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Biography of the late American composer Leon Kirchner (1919-2009),
exploring his work and important personal associations. In this
first biography of American composer, pianist, conductor, and
teacher Leon Kirchner (1919-2009), Robert Riggs paints a vivid
picture of an extraordinary, multifaceted musician. Refugees from
Hitler's Third Reich (Schoenberg, Bloch, and Stravinsky) dominated
Kirchner's early development, and he in turn became a
transformative mentor for later generations at the University of
Southern California, Mills College, and Harvard University.
Kirchner's performance persona is brought to life by highlighting
his appearances with top orchestras and at major festivals,
especially his long tenure at the Marlboro Music Festival, where he
worked with Rudolf Serkin and Pablo Casals. Currentchampions of his
music (Yo-Yo Ma, Leon Fleisher, and James Levine) are also key
protagonists. Kirchner's entire oeuvre is discussed within the
chronological narrative, and six representative works are examined
in detail. Inaddition to Riggs's extensive interviews with the
composer, the biography is documented with Kirchner's colorful
correspondence from a roster of luminaries: Saul Bellow, Leonard
Bernstein, Edward Cone, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, Isaac Stern,
Roger Sessions, and many others. Excerpts from Kirchner's own
elegantly written essays and speeches complete the portrait and
reveal his highly personal, romantic view of music as powerful art
capable of endowing humanity with an "aesthetic sensibility and
protective wisdom, without which we cannot survive." Robert Riggs
is Professor of Music at the University of Mississippi.
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The Violin (Hardcover)
Robert Riggs; Contributions by Chris Goertzen, Eitan Ornoy, Peter Walls, Peter Wollny, …
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R830
Discovery Miles 8 300
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Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert
repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on
four continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and
literature. With a colorful history that spans 450 years, the
violin has proven to be one of the world's most important and
versatile instruments. Addressed to performing musicians, serious
concertgoers, and collectors of recordings, The Violin offers
insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Essays
discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's solo repertoire,
with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach, Mozart,
Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, as well as the evolution of performance styles and
interpretation as documented in recordings. The volume also
illustrates the broad cultural and geographic reach of the
instrument, offering readers a taste of the traditional music of
Argentina, Mexico, Norway, and India, in which the violin's
participation is an essential and characteristic element. Other
chapters are devoted to American fiddling andto the violin and
violinists as metaphors in literature and the visual arts.
CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Goertzen, Eitan Ornoy, Robert Riggs, Peter
Walls, Peter Wollny. Musicologist and violinist Robert Riggs
(PhD,Harvard University) chairs the Department of Music at the
University of Mississippi and is the author of articles on Mozart
as well as the monograph Leon Kirchner: Composer, Performer, and
Teacher (URP 2010).
Summer of 1950, Marine Reservists go to war in Korea and find
love along the way. Marine operations include the Pusan Perimeter
battles, the Inchon Landing, and the Chosin Reservoir campaign.
Summer of 1950, Marine Reservists go to war in Korea and find
love along the way. Marine operations include the Pusan Perimeter
battles, the Inchon Landing, and the Chosin Reservoir campaign.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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