10 favourite American composers

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Lisztianwagner

#160
July 01, 2023, 03:43:05 PM
I'm not sure I can arrive to ten composers, but anyway, in no particular order:

Ives
Copland
Carter
Bernstein
Gershwin
Piston
Barber
Adams
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foxandpeng

#161
July 01, 2023, 04:43:04 PM Last Edit: July 01, 2023, 04:46:29 PM by foxandpeng
Quote from: vandermolen on July 01, 2023, 05:21:32 AMInteresting list Danny. I hardly know Rouse and have never heard of Ruhr.

Haha. Probably because I typo'd her name! Corrected in the OP so as not to misdirect others. Apologies.

Fine composers, both. Elena Ruehr has a cycle of SQs that I think are outstanding.#3 'Bel Canto' is a good starting point, or the O'Keeffe Images.
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vandermolen

#162
July 01, 2023, 11:03:20 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on July 01, 2023, 04:43:04 PMHaha. Probably because I typo'd her name! Corrected in the OP so as not to misdirect others. Apologies.

Fine composers, both. Elena Ruehr has a cycle of SQs that I think are outstanding.#3 'Bel Canto' is a good starting point, or the O'Keeffe Images.
Thanks Danny. I've never heard of Ruehr either!  ;D
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foxandpeng

#163
July 02, 2023, 12:53:38 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on July 01, 2023, 11:03:20 PMThanks Danny. I've never heard of Ruehr either!  ;D

 ;D  ;D
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foxandpeng

#164
July 02, 2023, 12:16:28 PM Last Edit: July 02, 2023, 12:19:34 PM by foxandpeng
Quote from: Dry Brett Kavanaugh on July 01, 2023, 01:10:37 PMPeter Mennin
Ned Rorem
Henry Cowell
Bernstein
Paul Creston
Ernest Bloch
Kamran Ince
Danielpour
W.C. Handy
Gershwin

Hm. Peter Mennin. Kamran Ince. Paul Creston. Yes. Hm.

Oh, and Charles Ives. And Alla Pavlova.

Hm.
"A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people ... then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness"

Tolstoy

Maestro267

#165
July 06, 2023, 11:41:40 PM
Bernstein
Copland
Corigliano
Gershwin
Barber
Schuman
Daugherty
Adams

atardecer

#166
July 15, 2023, 07:29:11 PM
My favorites are Ives, Carter and Partch.
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