In the music conservatories of the late middle of the twentieth century, the reputation of Amy Beach took it hard; after all, she signed her compositions with the pretentious name of "Mrs. H.H.A. Beach," and was associated with a type of American composition that slavishly adhered to German Romantic models. In addition to that, she was, God forbid ...
In the U.S., Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972) is primarily known as an exponent of the avant-garde and as the teacher of some of the most prominent American modernists of the late twentieth century, including Morton Feldman, Ralph Shapey, Herbert Brün, and Charles Wuorinen, and his most-performed works are his pieces for piano. Vocal music, however, made ...
Based on sacred Jewish themes and cast in the grand style of the Russian Romantics, Jacob Weinberg's nearly forgotten Piano Concerto No. 2 in C major (1944) is the focus of this world-premiere recording in the groundbreaking Milken Archive series. This concerto's splashy piano part, accessible tonality, and profusion of hummable melodies make it ...
While the voice and orchestra format is much beloved of composers owing to the immediacy of words, it has not enjoyed a great amount of attention from them since about 1970, and this doesn't make sense. After all, singers tour, symphony orchestras can certainly use such material to spice up programs and audiences don't seem to mind them. One ...
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