Brand new composition
Hi all, I just wanted to share this new stringy composition with those who are or are not already familiar with my music. I think that perhaps it sounds a little like a mixture between Samuel Barber's...
View ArticleSamuel Barber's Knoxville: An Appreciation
I've long held a fascination with and admiration for James Agee's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915". He wrote it in one 90 minute writing session, and likened the process to improvisation in jazz: made up on...
View ArticleYour Top 10 American Composers
Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing... 01. Morton Feldman 02. Harry Partch 03. John Cage 04. Elliott Carter 05. Henry Cowell 06. Charles Ives 07. Conlon Nancarrow 08. Milton Babbitt 09. Samuel Barber...
View ArticleGood and Great recordings of Samuel Barber's Piano Sonata?
As we know, Horowitz admitted regularly that he always made a mistake playing the Fugue, the 4th Movement in Samuel Barber's Sonata For Solo Piano, Op. 26. What recordings of the Barber Sonata do you...
View ArticleWhat are your favorite American composers?
American composers, they’re certainly a different breed of musical architects. Who are your favorites? To take it further why are they your favorites, what pieces specifically make them special to you?...
View ArticleIntroduction
I was comparing recordings of Chopin's ballades,played by Artur Rubinstein and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and wondered what other people felt about those two pianists. Next thing I find myself on this...
View ArticleSS 23.04.16 - Barber "Symphony In One Movement"
A continuation of the Saturday Symphonies Tradition: Welcome to another weekend of symphonic listening! For your listening pleasure this weekend: Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981) Symphony No. 1 (In One...
View ArticleConstant Vauclain: Violin concerto (1951)
The score of the Violin concerto (1951) by US composer Constant Vauclain (1908-2003) is now available for gratis download from my website: http://www.tobias-broeker.de/rare-ma...tant-vauclain/ Here a...
View ArticleBorn on this day in 1910: Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber was born today, March 9, in 1910. I've created a short 3-minute video that offers comments about his music by William Schuman, Thomas Hampson, biographer Barbara Heyman, Leonard Slatkin...
View ArticleComposers: Last four in, First four out
This is an NCAA tournament themed game. For those that don't live in the US or don't follow sports, the NCAA college basketball championship is decided by a single elimination tournament consisting of...
View ArticleWonderful choral collection found on YouTube
quite a collection: 0:00:00 | Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei 0:07:21 | Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus 0:18:36 | Edward Elgar - Lux aeterna 0:23:14 | Gabriel Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine 0:28:02 |...
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