Composers' Forum concert, 1962 February 17

 

Name
Raimondi, Matthew (Instrumentalist)
Mills, Fred, 1935-2009 (Instrumentalist)
LaPorta, John (Instrumentalist)
Levine, Julius (Instrumentalist)
Schur, Maxim, 1907-1974 (Instrumentalist)
Strum, Margaret (Instrumentalist)
Kalish, Gilbert (Instrumentalist)
Levi, Nannette, 1926-2007 (Instrumentalist)
Harry, William (Instrumentalist)
Hartman, Lynne (Instrumentalist)
Richter, Clifford (Instrumentalist)
Neuman, Herman (Commentator)
Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996 (Commentator)
Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981 (Conductor)
Stearns, Peter Pindar
Illosovay, Elsor von, 1937-
Sutcliffe, James Helme
Ravina String Quartet (Instrumentalist)
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Title
Composers' Forum concert, 1962 February 17
Collection Name
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Subjects
Quartets (Saxophone, trumpet, violin, double bass); String quartets; Piano music; Toccatas; Sonatas (Piano); Flute and piano music; Piano trios; Canons, fugues, etc. (String quartet)
Format
music; sound recordings
Genre
Chamber music; Toccatas; Sonatas; Canons (Music); Live sound recordings
Date
1962
Physical Description
1 online resource (2 audio files) : WAV
Note (Funding)
Digitization funded by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Note
Concert of instrumental compositions by Peter Pindar Stearns and Elsor von Illosovay, including audience discussion with the composers; moderator, Henry Cowell.
The audience discussion listed in the concert program is not included on this recording.
Broadcast as part of WNYC's 23rd American Music Festival; includes a brief conversation between Herman Neuman and Frank Wigglesworh about the history and activities of the Composers' Forum.
file 02 includes broadcast content that was was not part of this concert, including a performance of James Sutcliffe's Gymnopédie performed by the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor.
Elsor von Illosovay is a pseudonym of Robert Moran.
Description derived from concert program and audio file; the order of works on the audio file may differ from that given in the concert program.
File name: RBML_ComposersForum_19620217_8616056.
Digitized by George Blood Audio, Philadelphia, 2011.
Service copy (44.1 kHz, 16 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit.
Recorded at the Donnell Library, New York, N.Y
Language
No linguistic content
Contents
file 01. Chamber set (1959) (Matthew Raimondi, violin ; Fred Mills, trumpet ; John D. La Porta, saxophone ; Julius Levine (double bass) ; Toccata for piano (Maxim Schur, piano) ; String quartet no. 5 (1960) (Ravina String Quartet) ; / Peter Pindar Stearns -- file 02. Conversation between WNYC Music Director, Herman Neuman and Composers' Forum, General Manager, Frank Wigglesworth. Piano sonata (Maxim Schur, piano) ; Structures : for flute and piano (Margaret Strum ; Gilbert Kalish, piano) ; Structures II : for violin, cello and piano) (Nannette Levi, violin ; William Harry, cello ; Gilbert Kalish, piano) ; Canons for string quartet (Nannette Levi, Lynne Hartman, violins ; Clifford Richter, viola ; William Harry, cello) / Elsor von Illosovay
Library Location
Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
8616056
Part
Chamber set; Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 5; Toccatas, piano; Sonata, piano; Structures, flute, piano; Structures, no. 2; Canons, violins (2), viola, cello; Gymnopédie
Also In
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Composers Forum Concerts Collection
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Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-8ed4-ta41