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Selections from Operettas
Selections from Operettas By Steven Ledbetter Written for the concert Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930, performed on Oct 22, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Victor Herbert was born to Irish parents in Dublin. His grandfather was also a celebrated Irish artist, the multi-talented Samuel Lover, who was active as a poet, painter, novelist,…
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Showboat: A Scenario By Steven Ledbetter Written for the concert Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930, performed on Oct 22, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Probably the majority of operettas and musical comedies before 1927 were based on original plots, though some (like Die Fledermaus) were adaptations of theatrical comedies. But no one had…
Read MorePiano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 By Steven Ledbetter Written for the concert Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930, performed on Oct 22, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. There were American composers of concert music before the twentieth century, and gradually they have been making their way back in to the…
Read MoreAdmiration and Emulation: The Friendship of Brahms and Dvorák
Admiration and Emulation: The Friendship of Brahms and Dvorák 05/14/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Admiration and Emulation: The Friendship of Brahms and Dvorák – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (1877) – Reinhold Brinkmann, Harvard University Symphony No. 6, Op. 60 (1880) – Anton Dvorák Note by…
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Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 (1877) By Reinhold Brinkmann, Harvard University Written for the concert Admiration and Emulation: The Friendship of Brahms and Dvorák, performed on May 14, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The four symphonies of Brahms are to be placed in pairs, both chronologically and contextually. Regarding the mutual relationship…
Read MoreSymphony No. 6, Op. 60 (1880)
Symphony No. 6, Op. 60 (1880) By Anton Dvorák Written for the concert Admiration and Emulation: The Friendship of Brahms and Dvorák, performed on May 14, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The similarities between the Brahms Second and Dvorák Sixth are striking. Both symphonies are in the key of D major. Brahms…
Read MoreNote by the Composer
Note by the Composer By Franz Schmidt Written for the concert A Politically Incorrect Masterpiece, performed on November 22, 1996 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Certain parts of the Apocalypse which are especially suitable for setting to music have often been used by composers, hut as far as I know mine is the…
Read MoreAgainst the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century
Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century 04/13/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century – Leon Botstein Istar, Op. 42 (1896) – Peter J. Rabinowitz, Hamilton College…
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Istar, Op. 42 (1896) By Peter J. Rabinowitz, Hamilton College Written for the concert Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century, performed on April 13, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. From the intensity with which he pursued military history to the rigor or his…
Read MoreSymphony No. 3, Op. 11 (1896)
Symphony No. 3, Op. 11 (1896) By Adrian Corleonis Written for the concert Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century, performed on April 13, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. On March 9 1828 the newly formed Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, at its initial…
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