Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History

Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History 12/13/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History – Leon Botstein Symphony NO. 6, Op. 23 (1923) – Maya Pritsker Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History – Maya Pritsker Symphony No. 2 (1927) – Robert McColley, Fanfare

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Symphony No. 6, Op. 23 (1923)

Symphony No. 6, Op. 23 (1923) By Maya Pritsker Written for the concert Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History , performed on Dec 13, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. During his lifetime Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950) was regarded along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich as one of the greatest Soviet composers and at one…

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Symphony No. 2 (1927)

Symphony No. 2 (1927) By Robert McColley, Fanfare Written for the concert Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History, performed on Dec 13, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The prevailing view of the life and art of Shostakovich, is that both express the immense tragedy of the twentieth century. The composer lived his…

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