Composers' Forum concert, 1958 December 20

 

Name
Leopardi, Giacomo, 1798-1837 (Author)
Swenson, Robert, 1910-1996 (Instrumentalist)
Fletcher, Stanley, 1910-1988 (Instrumentalist)
Smith, Carol, 1926- (Singer)
Silverberg, Martin (Conductor)
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989 (Moderator)
Kelly, Robert, 1916-2007
Herder, Ronald
Walden String Quartet (Urbana, Ill.) (Performer)
New York Brass Ensemble (Performer)
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Title
Composers' Forum concert, 1958 December 20
Collection Name
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Subjects
Sonatas (Cello and piano); String quartets; Solo cantatas, Secular (Medium voice); Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble; Leopardi, Giacomo, 1798-1837
Format
music; sound recordings
Genre
Sonatas; Chamber music; Cantatas; Art music; Musical settings; Live sound recordings
Date
1958
Physical Description
1 online resource (3 audio files) : WAV
Note (Funding)
Digitization funded by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Note (Language)
Vocal work sung in Italian.
Note
Concert of vocal and instrumental compositions by Robert Kelly and Ronald Herder, includes audience discussion with the composers; moderator, Virgil Thomson.
Text of Herder's L'infinito by Leopardi.
Description derived from original container and the concert program; the order of works on the audio file may differ from that given in the concert program.
File name: RBML_ComposersForum_19581220_8540432.
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
Italian
Contents
File 01. Sonata for cello and piano in one movement (1958) (Robert Swenson, cello ; Stanley Fletcher, piano) ; Quartet no. 2 for strings (1952) (The Walden Quartet) / Robert Kelly -- file 02. First string quartet (1954) (The Walden Quartet) ; "L'Infinito" : chamber cantata for contralto and brass septet (1957) (Carol Smith, contralto ; New York Brass Ensemble ; Martin Silverberg, conductor) / Ronald Herder -- file 03. Discussion with Ronald Herder. Discussion with Robert Kelly
Library Location
Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
8540432
Part
Sonatas, cello, piano, op. 32; Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2; Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1; Infinito
Also In
Time-Based Media
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hj05-2232