Description |
xii, 305 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index. |
Contents |
"Save something for the end" : Second symphony and George Szell -- A concert of music : Caprice variations for solo violin -- Interlude 1. A distant music : Serenata d'estate -- The last Gershwin Prize : Night music and Dimitri Mitropoulos -- After and before : twelve bagatelles and String quartet no. 1 -- "Let the other George do it" : Symphony no. 1 and Eugene Ormandy -- Interlude 2. Rilke's angels : String quartet no. 2 with soprano -- Breaking with modernism : Third string quartet and the Concord String Quartet -- "It's only a small, little, wooden box" : Violin concerto and Isaac Stern -- Interlude 3. Stravinsky's caveat : Circles of fire and the Hirsch-Pinkas piano duo -- Unlocking the past : Contra mortem et tempus and Music for the magic theater -- A passion according to the twentieth century : Third symphony and the Juilliard orchestra and chorus -- Interlude 4. "O for a muse of fire" : Eliot Fisk and works for guitar : solo, duo, and ensemble -- Pictures of the floating world : Ukiyo-e, Slow fires of autumn, Between two worlds, and Imago mundi -- A trio of symphonies : four, five, and six -- Interlude 5. Gods of wrath : Phaedra, a monodrama for mezzo-soprano and orchestra -- A triptych of sonatas : Sonata for violin and piano (1988), Sonata for viola and piano (1979), Sonata-aria for cello and piano (1992) -- Blown on the wind : oboe and clarinet concertos -- A trio of trios : Piano trio no. 1 (1962-1963), Piano trio no. 2 (1985), Piano trio no. 3 (summer, 1990) -- Interlude 6. Constructing with canons : Sonata-fantasia for solo piano -- Some things saved for the end. |
Subject |
Rochberg, George.
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Rochberg, George. |
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Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Rochberg, George -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Rochberg, Gene.
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Griscom, Richard.
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ISBN |
9780252034251 cloth alkaline paper |
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0252034252 cloth alkaline paper |
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