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André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers
directed by Tony Palmer, 1941-; composed by André Previn, 1929-2019, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937 and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; conducted by André Previn, 1929-2019; produced by Reiner Moritz, 1938- and Mike Bluett, fl. 1993; performed by Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958- and André Previn, 1929-2019, Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and NHK Strings, in André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 2012), 1 hour 30 mins
Andre George Previn’s simultaneous world careers as a director, composer and pianist are extremely thrilling and interesting, and they cannot be told in just a few words. The names of his teachers and the artists and orchestras with which he worked belong to the select few of their field in the classic scene. Pr...
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directed by Tony Palmer, 1941-; composed by André Previn, 1929-2019, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937 and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; conducted by André Previn, 1929-2019; produced by Reiner Moritz, 1938- and Mike Bluett, fl. 1993; performed by Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958- and André Previn, 1929-2019, Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and NHK Strings, in André Previn: The Kindness of Strangers (Germany: ArtHaus Musik, 2012), 1 hour 30 mins
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Andre George Previn’s simultaneous world careers as a director, composer and pianist are extremely thrilling and interesting, and they cannot be told in just a few words. The names of his teachers and the artists and orchestras with which he worked belong to the select few of their field in the classic scene. Previn was born in 1929 in Berlin and emigrated to the United States in 1938 where his family settled in Hollywood. He was awarded the Os...
Andre George Previn’s simultaneous world careers as a director, composer and pianist are extremely thrilling and interesting, and they cannot be told in just a few words. The names of his teachers and the artists and orchestras with which he worked belong to the select few of their field in the classic scene. Previn was born in 1929 in Berlin and emigrated to the United States in 1938 where his family settled in Hollywood. He was awarded the Oscar a total of four times. Along with his work as a director he has also composed orchestra and chamber music as well as two stage entertainments. He however doesn’t consider himself as belonging to the musical avant-garde.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, NHK Strings, Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958-, André Previn, 1929-2019
Contributor
André Previn, 1929-2019, Reiner Moritz, 1938-, Mike Bluett, fl. 1993
Author / Creator
André Previn, 1929-2019, Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897, Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957, Tony Palmer, 1941-, Emerson Quartet, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, NHK Strings, Renée Fleming, 1959-, Grady Tate, 1932-, Ray Brown, 1926-2002, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1944-, David E. Finck, 1958-
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Person Discussed
André Previn, 1929-2019
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Opera, Composers, Music composition, Music conducting, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by ArtHaus Musik GmbH
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Beautifully Scary: Contemporary Music in America
directed by Russ Wiltse, fl. 1994; produced by Russ Wiltse, fl. 1994, Beyond Definition Films (Privately Published, 2016), 1 hour 1 mins
Beautifully Scary explores the landscape of contemporary music in America in the 20th century and beyond. The documentary features generations of composers who represent trends in modern classical music. Interviews with some of the most influential composers in American such as Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt and P...
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directed by Russ Wiltse, fl. 1994; produced by Russ Wiltse, fl. 1994, Beyond Definition Films (Privately Published, 2016), 1 hour 1 mins
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Beautifully Scary explores the landscape of contemporary music in America in the 20th century and beyond. The documentary features generations of composers who represent trends in modern classical music. Interviews with some of the most influential composers in American such as Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt and Philip Glass, gives the viewer a strong sense of the circumstances that shaped the classical tradition in America, and the creative visi...
Beautifully Scary explores the landscape of contemporary music in America in the 20th century and beyond. The documentary features generations of composers who represent trends in modern classical music. Interviews with some of the most influential composers in American such as Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt and Philip Glass, gives the viewer a strong sense of the circumstances that shaped the classical tradition in America, and the creative visions that have emerged from it. The film begins with a short history of modern music in America, highlighting some of the great American composers (Ives, Copland, Cage, Bernstein) through archival photos and film footage combined with short musical excerpts. This section also includes brief references to the earlier European influences (Wagner, Debussy, Schoenberg, Stravinsky). Composers such as Steve Reich, George Crumb, Bright Sheng and Pauline Oliveros talk about their lives, and how their work has contributed to the evolution of the form. They also discuss their music, and the effect of their approaches to composition upon the contemporary music scene. The documentary includes short excerpts from performances of works by Joan Tower, Tan Dun, Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano. The instrumental forces range from solo and small instrumental combinations, to full orchestra, showing the broad expressive range of their unique music. The film draws attention to the innovative work being done, and it's importance to the fabric of modern American culture.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Russ Wiltse, fl. 1994, Beyond Definition Films
Author / Creator
Russ Wiltse, fl. 1994
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Privately Published
Person Discussed
Charles Wuorinen, Lang Lang, 1982-, Michael Gordon, Wu Man, fl. 1997, Alexa Still, Sharon Isbin, David Harrington, Evelyn Glennie, 1965-, Zhou Long, 1953-, Julia Wolfe, 1958-, Joan Tower, 1938-, Tan Dun, 1957-, Bright Sheng, 1955-, Christopher Rouse, 1949-, Ned Rorem, 1923-, Terry Riley, 1935-, Pauline Oliveros, 1932-2016, Libby Larsen, 1950-, David Lang, 1957-, George Crumb, 1929-, John Paul Cori...
Charles Wuorinen, Lang Lang, 1982-, Michael Gordon, Wu Man, fl. 1997, Alexa Still, Sharon Isbin, David Harrington, Evelyn Glennie, 1965-, Zhou Long, 1953-, Julia Wolfe, 1958-, Joan Tower, 1938-, Tan Dun, 1957-, Bright Sheng, 1955-, Christopher Rouse, 1949-, Ned Rorem, 1923-, Terry Riley, 1935-, Pauline Oliveros, 1932-2016, Libby Larsen, 1950-, David Lang, 1957-, George Crumb, 1929-, John Paul Corigliano, 1938-, Yi Chen, 1953-, John Coolidge Adams, 1947-, Philip Glass, 1937-, Milton Babbitt, 1916-2011, Elliott Carter, 1908-2012, Charles E. Ives, 1874-1954, Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, John Cage, 1912-1992, Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990
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Topic / Theme
History, Music composition, Composers, Fusion, Electronic, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Russ Wiltse
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Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
directed by Barrie Gavin, 1935-; composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; conducted by Hugh Wolff; produced by Reiner Moritz Associates, London, England; performed by Alexander Frey, fl. 1985, Anne Sofie von Otter, 1955- and Leonidas Kavakos, 1967-, HR-Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt, in Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Bristol, England: Digital Classics Distribution, 2001), 59 mins
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directed by Barrie Gavin, 1935-; composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957; conducted by Hugh Wolff; produced by Reiner Moritz Associates, London, England; performed by Alexander Frey, fl. 1985, Anne Sofie von Otter, 1955- and Leonidas Kavakos, 1967-, HR-Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt, in Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Bristol, England: Digital Classics Distribution, 2001), 59 mins
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
HR-Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt, Alexander Frey, fl. 1985, Anne Sofie von Otter, 1955-, Leonidas Kavakos, 1967-
Contributor
Hugh Wolff, Reiner Moritz Associates, London, England
Author / Creator
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957, Barrie Gavin, 1935-, HR-Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt, Alexander Frey, fl. 1985, Anne Sofie von Otter, 1955-, Leonidas Kavakos, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Digital Classics Distribution
Person Discussed
Hugh Wolff, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, 1897-1957
Topic / Theme
Imagination, Film industry, Composers, Music composition, Music theory, Orchestration (Music), Performance influences
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014. Used by permission of Digital Classics Distribution, Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Boulez on Varèse, Part I, Offrandes
directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY, in Boulez on Varèse, Part I, in Boulez on Varèse, Part I: Offrandes (Kent, CT: Creative Arts Television, 1971), 29 mins
Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Offrandes" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part I of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez' intention, as stated in his remarks, is to have the...
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directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY, in Boulez on Varèse, Part I, in Boulez on Varèse, Part I: Offrandes (Kent, CT: Creative Arts Television, 1971), 29 mins
Description
Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Offrandes" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part I of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez' intention, as stated in his remarks, is to have the audience familiar with "the vocabulary" of the piece, and to close the gap between contemporary audiences and contemporary music. Vares...
Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Offrandes" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part I of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez' intention, as stated in his remarks, is to have the audience familiar with "the vocabulary" of the piece, and to close the gap between contemporary audiences and contemporary music. Varese, who was born in 1885, moved to America as a young man. He died in 1966. In the early days of the century Varese anticipated a great deal of what later. understood as "modern music."
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance, Interview
Contributor
Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY
Author / Creator
Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013
Date Published / Released
1971
Publisher
Creative Arts Television
Series
Boulez on Varèse
Person Discussed
Edgard Varèse, 1883-1965
Topic / Theme
Music history, Composers, Music composition, Avant-Garde
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1971 Creative Arts Television
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Boulez on Varèse, Part II, Octandre
directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY, in Boulez on Varèse, Part II, in Boulez on Varèse, Part II: Octandre (Kent, CT: Creative Arts Television, 1971), 28 mins
Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Octandre" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part II of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez is particularly interested in modern music and in l...
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directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY, in Boulez on Varèse, Part II, in Boulez on Varèse, Part II: Octandre (Kent, CT: Creative Arts Television, 1971), 28 mins
Description
Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Octandre" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part II of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez is particularly interested in modern music and in leading audiences to an appreciation of it. He makes clear that audiences tend to have a fear of new music and can be brought to an unde...
Pierre Boulez rehearses the 1920's composition "Octandre" by Edgard Varese, and discusses the piece with music critic Michael Steinberg. The piece is then performed again. This is Part II of a two-part series using this technique and the music of Varese. Boulez is particularly interested in modern music and in leading audiences to an appreciation of it. He makes clear that audiences tend to have a fear of new music and can be brought to an understanding of the music.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Interview, Performance
Contributor
Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY
Author / Creator
Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013
Date Published / Released
1971
Publisher
Creative Arts Television
Series
Boulez on Varèse
Person Discussed
Edgard Varèse, 1883-1965
Topic / Theme
Music history, Composers, Music composition, Avant-Garde
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1971 Creative Arts Television
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Boulez x 3, Part III, Music Director and Contemporary Music
directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY, in Boulez x 3, Part III, in Boulez x 3, Part III: Music Director and Contemporary Music (Kent, CT: Creative Arts Television, 1975), 29 mins
Part three of a three-part series in which Pierre Boulez, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, discusses many aspects of performing "contemporary" and "avant garde" music with panels representing the music world. here Arthur Weisberg, conductor of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and Jacob Druckman, comp...
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directed by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013; produced by Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY, in Boulez x 3, Part III, in Boulez x 3, Part III: Music Director and Contemporary Music (Kent, CT: Creative Arts Television, 1975), 29 mins
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Part three of a three-part series in which Pierre Boulez, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, discusses many aspects of performing "contemporary" and "avant garde" music with panels representing the music world. here Arthur Weisberg, conductor of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and Jacob Druckman, composer. Performances of modern music accompany and illustrate these talks. On this program the conversation concerns the responsibilities...
Part three of a three-part series in which Pierre Boulez, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, discusses many aspects of performing "contemporary" and "avant garde" music with panels representing the music world. here Arthur Weisberg, conductor of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, and Jacob Druckman, composer. Performances of modern music accompany and illustrate these talks. On this program the conversation concerns the responsibilities of the conductor, the architecture of concert halls, added rehearsal time needed for modern music, new or different orchestra personnel needed for new music. Pieces performed: "Valentine" by Druckman, "Eclat" by Boulez.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Panel discussion, Performance
Contributor
Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013, Camera Three, New York, NY
Author / Creator
Merrill Brockway, 1923-2013
Date Published / Released
1975
Publisher
Creative Arts Television
Series
Boulez x 3
Speaker / Narrator
Arthur Weisberg, Jacob Druckman, 1928-1996, Faubion Bowers, 1917-1999, Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016
Person Discussed
Arthur Weisberg, Jacob Druckman, 1928-1996, Faubion Bowers, 1917-1999, Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016
Topic / Theme
Music, Music conductors, Composers, Avant-Garde
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1975 Creative Arts Television
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Bruckners Entscheidung
directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre, 1962- (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1995), 1 hour 19 mins
The dramatization of a severe professional and personal crisis in the life of Anton Bruckner, who has to make the most important decision he will ever make whether to stay in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist or go to Vienna to work as a composer. This period of soul-searching makes his later symphoni...
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directed by Jan Schmidt-Garre, 1962- (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1995), 1 hour 19 mins
Description
The dramatization of a severe professional and personal crisis in the life of Anton Bruckner, who has to make the most important decision he will ever make whether to stay in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist or go to Vienna to work as a composer. This period of soul-searching makes his later symphonies all the more powerful. At the age of 43, Anton Bruckner still has not yet developed his full musical genius. Although everything ins...
The dramatization of a severe professional and personal crisis in the life of Anton Bruckner, who has to make the most important decision he will ever make whether to stay in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist or go to Vienna to work as a composer. This period of soul-searching makes his later symphonies all the more powerful. At the age of 43, Anton Bruckner still has not yet developed his full musical genius. Although everything inside him is striving towards music he finds one excuse after another to turn away from his vocation. Having completed every imaginable course of study in music, he is now confronted with the decision of his life: should he go to Vienna and complete his work as a composer, or should he remain in his hometown of Linz as a teacher and organist? Director Jan Schmidt-Garre's work is, like much of Bruckner's music, poetic and beautiful, with a sense of timelessness.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Jan Schmidt-Garre, 1962-
Date Published / Released
1995-10-08, 1995
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Person Discussed
Anton Bruckner, 1824-1896
Topic / Theme
Music careers, Career choice, Composers, Musicians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 Monarda Arts
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CAGE: Music, Art, Chess
produced by Brian Brandt, fl. 2011; performed by Margaret Leng Tan, 1945- and Larry List, in John Cage, Vol. 34: The Works for Piano 7 (New York, NY: Mode Records, 2006), 33 mins
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produced by Brian Brandt, fl. 2011; performed by Margaret Leng Tan, 1945- and Larry List, in John Cage, Vol. 34: The Works for Piano 7 (New York, NY: Mode Records, 2006), 33 mins
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Margaret Leng Tan, 1945-, Larry List
Contributor
Brian Brandt, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Margaret Leng Tan, 1945-, Larry List
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Mode Records
Person Discussed
John Cage, 1912-1992
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music composition, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006 by Mode Records
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Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: Documentary
directed by Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; composed by Béla Bartók, 1881-1945 (1943); conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Paul Smaczny, fl. 1995-2015 and Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker), in Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music: Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (EuroArts, 2007), 28 mins
This documentary features a performance of Concerto for Orchestra, performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted by Pierre Boulez.
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directed by Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; composed by Béla Bartók, 1881-1945 (1943); conducted by Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016; produced by Paul Smaczny, fl. 1995-2015 and Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015; performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker), in Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music: Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra (EuroArts, 2007), 28 mins
Description
This documentary features a performance of Concerto for Orchestra, performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted by Pierre Boulez.
Date Written / Recorded
1943
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Contributor
Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Paul Smaczny, fl. 1995-2015, Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015
Author / Creator
Béla Bartók, 1881-1945, Günter Atteln, fl. 2004-2015, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker)
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
EuroArts
Person Discussed
Béla Bartók, 1881-1945
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music composition, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of EuroArts Music International GmbH.
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13. The Philharmonic Intermissions Begin, 1936-1938
written by James Pegolotti; in Deems Taylor: A Biography (Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 2003), 237-254
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written by James Pegolotti; in Deems Taylor: A Biography (Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 2003), 237-254
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Biography
Author / Creator
James Pegolotti
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Northeastern University Press
Person Discussed
Deems Taylor, 1885-1966, Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951
Topic / Theme
Radio programs, Music criticism, Performance influences, Composers, Nonfiction, Writers, Apartment buildings, Performance criticism, Teaching, Contests and competitions
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