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Author: Aussie Nick
Date: 2002-11-16 13:40
My university (college?) recital is on Tuesday, and although programme notes are not essential, I would like to have some. I'm playing the Spohr 1st concerto, and the Piston Concerto. Anyone know where I could find any fairly general information on these composers... particularly Piston. I'm about to go and check the insides of cd booklets of my recordings. Thanks.
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2002-11-16 14:48
The Lives of the Great Composers by Harold Schonberg is my favorite book for program notes research. Piston is only mentioned briefly but there are a bunch of references to Spohr in the index.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-11-16 14:53
Aussie Nick...For the Piston Concerto, look up the American composer John Adams...GBK
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2002-11-16 15:32
Lots of interesting stuff on Spohr if you just have a go at <Spohr> in your search engine.
Find <The Spohr Society of Great Britain> and there you go!!
I assume that Piston is mentioned on a search also.
Sometime in your career grab a good soprano and do Spohr's Six German Songs. I've just done them twice on a "mini tour". They are wonderfully written esp for clarinet (fantasia-like) and the interplay is delightful.
All the best for Tuesday.
RT
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Author: bob49t
Date: 2002-11-17 08:02
Sorry my last post should have said -
Find "Spohr Society of Great Britain" and there you go.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-11-17 23:06
Aussie Nick - can you tape/mini-disc record your Spohr - I'd love to hear it (yes, it's WAY out of copyright). Do NOT record the Piston - still in copyright
thanks
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