Naxos has a wonderful series called "American." A place where Rochberg sups with Rorem....

Posted by jdaniel@jps.net on October 31, 2015 at 18:48:33

In Reply to: From my perspective posted by John Marks on October 30, 2015 at 09:26:08:

The lesser-known, mid-Century neo-Romantic composers-- whose compositions were lucky enough to be smuggled past the guards and over the chain link fence when the klieg lights were aimed the other way --seem well-represented. Apart from the usual suspects--Barber, Copland, etc--most are new to me.

Problem is, for me any way, is that none of them have left much of an impression so far; no "aha" moments. No stunning epiphanies. All that came to mind upon listening was "nice," (Diamond, Foote) to banal, (V. Thomson, Chadwick).

Robert Helps OTOH might be a gratifying discovery for some; I played his Hommages in College. No one yearning for "substantial" audience-friendly music will be disappointed. (BTW, substantial = I like it.)

I was hoping for the kind of thrill of discovery enjoyed when going through Decca's Entartete Series; for me, the Schreker Gezeichneten was the crown jewel. Pity what happened to him.

One final note: Rochberg is yet another Serialist who flipped mid-career, back to a more "traditional" sound. So many composers whose styles were fluid back then. Makes squeezing the Century (and its actors) into neat boxes a treacherous business.

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Topic - The Deformed Sonata Form - Newey 22:49:54 10/29/15 (22)

RE: The Deformed Sonata Form - learsfool 20:28:01 11/02/15 (0)

Yes, tinkering with the Sonata form. I'm simply not seeing any reason to stop the presses here. - jdaniel@jps.net 09:32:18 10/31/15 (0)

RE: The Deformed Sonata Form - banpuku 15:58:28 10/30/15 (5)

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RE: COURSERA Curtis Institute Bliss Beethoven Sonatas Course--FREE! - banpuku 18:23:51 10/30/15 (0)

RE: The Deformed Sonata Form - David Smith 14:40:01 10/30/15 (5)

If only. - rbolaw 15:02:14 10/30/15 (4)

Thank you! You're talking about Sieglinde bit, right? - jdaniel@jps.net 00:59:49 10/31/15 (2)

RE: Thank you! You're talking about Sieglinde bit, right? - rbolaw 08:23:18 10/31/15 (1)

RE: Thank you! You're talking about Sieglinde bit, right? - jdaniel@jps.net 10:13:29 10/31/15 (0)

"Pursue this...." - David Smith 15:40:06 10/30/15 (0)

From my perspective - John Marks 09:26:08 10/30/15 (6)

Naxos has a wonderful series called "American." A place where Rochberg sups with Rorem.... - jdaniel@jps.net 18:48:33 10/31/15 (3)

Shameless Commerce Division. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:28:35 11/01/15 (2)

Wow. I hope you get residuals. - jdaniel@jps.net 07:41:18 11/01/15 (1)

Madeline only gets residuals on the piano music. - Chris from Lafayette 08:15:07 11/01/15 (0)

An entire generation of music lost... - TGR 15:10:46 10/30/15 (1)

It wasn't Nihilism, it was Log-Rolling - John Marks 16:06:35 10/30/15 (0)

Thanks for that link. - rbolaw 08:07:06 10/30/15 (0)

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Naxos has a wonderful series called "American." A place where Rochberg sups with Rorem.... - jdaniel@jps.net 18:48:33 10/31/15 (3)

Shameless Commerce Division. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:28:35 11/01/15 (2)

Wow. I hope you get residuals. - jdaniel@jps.net 07:41:18 11/01/15 (1)

Madeline only gets residuals on the piano music. - Chris from Lafayette 08:15:07 11/01/15 (0)

Naxos has a wonderful series called "American." A place where Rochberg sups with Rorem....

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