Camillo Togni (18 October 1922 – 28 November 1993) was an Italian composer, teacher, and pianist. Coming from a family of independent means, he was able to pursue his art as he saw fit, regardless of changing fashions or economic pressure. Togni was born in Gussago, near Brescia. He began studying piano at the age … Continue reading Camillo Togni : the unknown dodecaphonist
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Erkki-Sven Tüür : Questions …
Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 16 October 1959) is an Estonian composer. He started his musical activity in the second half of the seventies as a leader of a progressive rock band, influenced by the music of King Crimson, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Genesis, as well as Mike Oldfield and Frank Zappa. In the second half … Continue reading Erkki-Sven Tüür : Questions …
Missy Mazzoli : composer for a new dark age
Missy Mazzoli (born 1980) is an American composer and pianist living in Brooklyn, New York who has received critical acclaim for her chamber, orchestral and operatic work. One of her recent works, Vespers for a New Dark Age, is a 30-minute suite for singers, chamber ensemble and electronics, which inhabits the sometimes disturbing intersection between technology … Continue reading Missy Mazzoli : composer for a new dark age
Elam Rotem : Early Music performer, scholar and composer
Since about the mid-19th century, classical music has been governed by a narrative of historical progress. Composers have been taken seriously only if they write in a modern, new-sounding style; composers who continued to write in traditional styles were considered less “important,” and when they wrote in frankly historical styles - as when Mendelssohn wrote … Continue reading Elam Rotem : Early Music performer, scholar and composer
Valentin Silvestrov : Requiem for Larissa
Valentin Silvestrov composed Requiem for Larissa between 1997 and 1999 as a memorial to his wife, musicologist Larissa Bondarenko, who died in 1996. It is a big and unceasingly somber work, scored for chorus and orchestra. Understandably, this Requiem is to a degree reflective, incorporating musical themes drawn from older works that had special meaning … Continue reading Valentin Silvestrov : Requiem for Larissa
Terry Riley : Requiem for Adam
Terrence Mitchell "Terry" Riley is an American composer and performing musician associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music, of which he was a pioneer. His work is deeply influenced by both jazz and Indian classical music. Requiem for Adam is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet. The music was composed by Terry Riley, commissioned … Continue reading Terry Riley : Requiem for Adam
Alexander von Zemlinsky : combining the divergent tendencies of Brahms and Wagner.
Alexander Zemlinsky (October 14, 1871 – March 15, 1942) was one of the most powerful musical voices of his time. A remarkably influential musician, he had connections with both the more traditional and the Second Viennese School. Although his work was nearly forgotten after the war, he has recently been recognized as one of the … Continue reading Alexander von Zemlinsky : combining the divergent tendencies of Brahms and Wagner.
Gregorio Allegri : Renaissance vocal polyphony in its purest form
Gregorio Allegri (1582 -- 17 February 1652) was an Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a priest and a singer. He lived mainly in Rome, where he would later die. He studied music as a puer (boy chorister) at San Luigi dei Francesi, under the maestro di … Continue reading Gregorio Allegri : Renaissance vocal polyphony in its purest form
At last, Lukas Foss : Complete Symphonies
Released last month by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, this 2 disc recording collects all of the symphonies by Lukas Foss. Even if these were not good performances - they are - this would be a valuable recording since Foss's symphonies have been unjustly neglected. Mr. Foss was, from the start of his composing career, considered an … Continue reading At last, Lukas Foss : Complete Symphonies
Morgan Krauss : the clashing of emotional opposites
Morgan Krauss (b. 1985) is a composer currently living in Chicago. She received her Bachelor of Music in Composition at Columbia College Chicago in the winter of 2012. She is now continuing her studies in Music Composition as a Doctoral student at Northwestern University. Krauss’ ambitions in her works are to produce tactile explorations based on ones physical … Continue reading Morgan Krauss : the clashing of emotional opposites
Musica Kaleidoskopea 