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FEATURED RESOURCE
Database of Recorded American Music
DRAM is a not-for-profit resource providing CD quality audio, complete and original liner notes and essays from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) and other important labels. DRAM offers the educational community on-demand, high-quality (192kbps/MP4) streaming access to complete works.
FEATURED COMPOSERGustav Mahler
Now regarded as the last in a long line of great Austro-German symphony composers, Mahler was primarily known during his lifetime as a conductor and director of operas. His symphonies made little impact until the last ten years of his life, and even then, they were performed mostly in Austria and Germany. With the Nazi rise to power, his music grew even more obscure, suppressed by the Third Reich because of Mahler’s Jewish birth. Not until the 1960s and 1970s, when such conductors as Leonard Bernstein championed his music, did Mahler become a staple of concert halls all over the world. more
eighth blackbird
There is no more exciting chamber ensemble than eighth blackbird. These are six superb and adventurous musicians who have been playing together for more than 10 years and it shows. They are exciting to watch. They know each other well, and with their music often memorized, it is easy to forget that they are not improvising. Their musical selections are fresh and their performances exude the genuine thrill they have making music together. more
Alessandro Marangoni, Pianist
Alessandro Marangoni was born in Italy in 1979. He studied piano with Marco Vincenzi, obtaining the diploma with honours (summa cum laude) and he continued his studies at the 'Scuola di Musica di Fiesole' with Maria Tipo and Pietro De Maria. Besides his musical studies he also obtained a graduated with honours in philosophy at the 'Università di Pavia' with a thesis about Fernando Liuzzi's philosophy of music. more
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LAGNIAPPE Join chef Chris Loss, Director of the Ventura Center For Menu Research and Development at The Culinary Institute of America, as he presents the perfect companion meal to complement Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments. EDITORIALS Reminiscences of George Crumb at Swarthmore College Contemporary music is often perceived to be imbued with esoteric and abstract meaning, leaving many concert goers thinking, “Well, I suppose that was good, but I didn’t understand it!” As a music student at Swarthmore College, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, there seemed to be a culture of intellectual competition in how obscure musical meaning could be, either intended or interpreted. During my sophomore year, I took a seminar on Contemporary American Composers, where we read all about a particular composer during the week leading up to the seminar meeting, and then the composer in question would attend our seminar to lecture, if they wished, and answer our questions. I remember Milton Babbitt’s visit as the ultimate in the intellectual interpretation exercise. Spotlight on the 2007 Classical Grammy NomineesJoanna Wulfsberg We can safely assume that the paparazzi will flock to Justin Timberlake rather than Bernard Haitink. And it’s unlikely that Martha Argerich will beat out Beyonce for the cover of People magazine. Nevertheless, the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 11, 2007, features some of the classical music world’s most glittering stars and coveted awards. |
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