Topic: COMPOSER
In the early 1990s, few would have predicted that a message scratched on a Gestapo cell wall, a mother's lament for her dead son and a medieval prayer to the Virgin Mary would inspire one of the most moving and memorable musical experiences of the 20th century. Or that a symphony by a little-known Polish avant-garde composer would entrance and enthrall a generation of listeners. But, in 1993, Nonesuch Records issued a stunning recording, by the American soprano Dawn Upshaw with the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Zinman, of
Henryk Gorecki's Third Symphony, Symfonia Piesni Zalosnych — the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' — and, almost overnight, Gorecki became a household name.
...LINK to complete news story | Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Friday, 2 September 2005
Constanze Mozart Topic: COMPOSER Mozart was no lone genius. His wife made him a success - and he was the first to admit it, writes Jane Glover ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 29 August 2005
Gershwin leads composer rich list Topic: COMPOSER The music of George Gershwin has delighted millions of people across the world and he made a multi-million pound fortune from it. Now the creator of such classics as Summertime, Rhapsody In Blue and I Got Rhythm has topped a list of the richest composers of all time. ...LINK to complete news story
Sunday, 28 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER Michael Tippett's selected letters are infuriating, impenetrable and full of struggle - but utterly fascinating, says Michael Berkeley ...LINK to complete news story
Wednesday, 24 August 2005
Fanfare for Copland, Who Wasn't Always a Common Man Topic: COMPOSER Aaron Copland espoused a creed of Shaker simplicity. The hymn he set in "Appalachian Spring" begins with the words " 'Tis the gift to be simple." When asked in 1937 about his role in the music of his time, he replied "to write something that is simple, yet very good."
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Tuesday, 23 August 2005
Catching Up with Composer Steven Stucky at Aspen Now Playing: LISTEN-NPR's Performance Today, August 22, 2005 ? Topic: COMPOSER Composer Steven Stucky, who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for his Second Concerto for Orchestra, has much to say about composing, his colleagues and the music of Bach. He's as engaging in conversation as he is musically. ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 22 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich
Classical Music Library Biography
pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov, he helped his teacher with the completion of Borodin's unfinished opera Prince Igor.
...LINK to complete news story
Thursday, 18 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER Franz Schreker was better on his best days than most great composers are on their off days, which is why canons of genius are suspect. A child of fin-de-siecle Vienna, he delighted in the traumas of hypersensitive artist types, capturing them inside a glistening spiderweb of orchestral sound. At the height of his career, around 1920, he was anything but obscure ...LINK to complete news story
Tuesday, 16 August 2005
Now Playing: Fandango! Topic: COMPOSER Boccherini's Fandango Quintet for Guitar and Strings in D (with a sistrum and castanets added for spice) flavors WNYC's programming with a taste of his adopted city, Madrid. ...LINK to complete news story
Topic: COMPOSER Composer Steve Reich is the 46th recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal. The medal is awarded each year to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to the arts. Medals have been awarded to artists as diverse as composer Aaron Copland, animator Chuck Jones, and author Philip Roth. ...LINK to complete news story
Now Playing: Classical Music Library Biography Topic: COMPOSER Nicolo Paganini was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1782. His parents were a cargo handler and shipping clerk. He began to play the mandolin when he was 5, and changed to the violin aged 7. His father made him practice all hours of the day and would refuse to feed him if his playing was not satisfactory. Subsequently he received violin lessons and composition lessons from local musicians. In 1794 he played for Mass in the church of S Filippo Neri, and was widely acclaimed. He was composing at this time, and his youthful works already display the love of unusual effects which was to prove one of his trademarks. ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 15 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER Beyond the Myths and the Commerce, How Much Is Left of Mozart?
By Nicholas Kenyon
International Herald Tribune
SALZBURG — Every year, more than half a million people fight their way through small streets to visit Mozart's birthplace on the third floor of a medieval town house in the Getreidegasse. It is the place to go, even if you are really here only for the Sound of Music tour. ...LINK to complete news story
Friday, 12 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER It pays to be poor
Sofia Gubaidulina's 'music of poverty' was born of Soviet repression and censorship - and was all the richer for it. Gerard McBurney meets her
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Monday, 8 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER Music sleuth uncovers new work by Antonio Vivaldi a Melbourne University researcher has unearthed an important new work. It has been described by Vivaldi experts as the biggest find in 75 years.
...LINK to complete news story
Thursday, 4 August 2005
Topic: COMPOSER One late-summer day in 1912, a young man collapsed at West Croydon station. A few days later he was dead, of pneumonia exacerbated by exhaustion through overwork. His name was
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and he was Britain's first successful black classical composer. ...LINK to complete news story
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In the early 1990s, few would have predicted that a message scratched on a Gestapo cell wall, a mother's lament for her dead son and a medieval prayer to the Virgin Mary would inspire one of the most moving and memorable musical experiences of the 20th century. Or that a symphony by a little-known Polish avant-garde composer would entrance and enthrall a generation of listeners. But, in 1993, Nonesuch Records issued a stunning recording, by the American soprano Dawn Upshaw with the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Zinman, of
Henryk Gorecki's Third Symphony, Symfonia Piesni Zalosnych — the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' — and, almost overnight, Gorecki became a household name.
Mozart was no lone genius.
The music of George Gershwin has delighted 
Michael Tippett's selected letters are 
Aaron Copland espoused a creed of Shaker 
Composer Steven Stucky, who won 
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich
Franz Schreker was better on his best days than most great composers are on their off days, which is why canons of genius are suspect. A child of fin-de-siecle Vienna, he delighted in the traumas of hypersensitive artist types, capturing them inside a glistening spiderweb of orchestral sound. At the height of his career, around 1920, he was anything but obscure
Boccherini's Fandango Quintet for Guitar and 
Composer Steve Reich is the 46th recipient 
Nicolo Paganini was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1782. His parents were a cargo handler and shipping clerk. He began to play the mandolin when he was 5, and changed to the violin aged 7. His father made him practice all hours of the day and would refuse to feed him if his playing was not satisfactory. Subsequently he received violin lessons and composition lessons from local musicians. In 1794 he played for Mass in the church of S Filippo Neri, and was widely acclaimed. He was composing at this time, and his youthful works already display the love of unusual effects which was to prove one of his trademarks.
Beyond the Myths and the Commerce, How Much Is Left of Mozart?
It pays to be poor 
Music sleuth uncovers new work by Antonio Vivaldi
One late-summer day in 1912, a young man collapsed at West Croydon station. A few days later he was dead, of pneumonia exacerbated by exhaustion through overwork. His name was
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and he was Britain's first successful black classical composer. 
