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Austrian Jewish composer, conductor, and teacher (1871-1942)
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2024-02-05 15:57:39
Alban Berg, Part I, Early Years, 2024
[…] later completed one of them, published as his op. 1. That was a big departure, as before joining Schoenberg all he could write were songs. We should note that the pre-WWI years in Vienna were a period of tremendous cultural development; despite the overall antisemitism of the Austrian society, many of the leading figures were Jewish, and sexuality was explored deeply for the first time. In music, it was Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Franz Schreker, Egon Wellesz, Ernst Toch, and of course, Webern and Berg, with many younger composers to follow. Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Robert Musil and Stefan Zweig were important novelists and playwrights (Frank Wedekind, their German contemporary, was the source for Berg’s opera Lulu). The painter Gustav Klimt was Berg’s friend, and so was the architect Adolf Loos. And we shouldn’t forget Sigmund Freud, who was not just a psychoanalyst famous around […]
2023-10-05 23:44:00
The Alexander String Quartet almost always has a Saturday morning series at Herbst, accompanied by talks by composer/musicologist Robert Greenberg. This year's series is called Music as a Mirror of Our World: The String Quartet from 1905 to 1946. The title is....partially correct. It's a mirror of our world if you think only white men compose string quartets.Here's the programming for the full series. For each concert, I've suggested an alternative quartet they might have programmed.Program 1: Austria. Quartets by Schoenberg and Webern. Add Johanna Beyer String Quartet 1 or 2.Program 2: Russia. Quartets by Stravinsky and Prokofiev. No obvious pick here, so let's go for the unknown-to-me Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova, who wrote two strings quartets.Program 3: Czechoslovakia. Quartets by Haas and Janacek. Vítězslava Kaprálová wrote eight string quartets; take your pick.Program 4: United States. Quartets by Barber and Piston. Add Ruth Crawford Seeger's sole quartet.Program 5: Austria. Quartets by Zemlinsky and Korngold. The loveliest girl in […]
2023-03-27 02:42:00
I told a friend I saw at today's California Symphony concert that I wasn't going to blog about it, but I have changed my mind.It was the kind of program that I love to see: music I've never heard before, by three interesting composers. As it turns out, one of them, occupying well over half the concert time, wasn't nearly as interesting as I expected.Conductor Donato Cabrera opened with a Zemlinsky overture, Lustspiel, and it was fine; it could have used a bit more sparkle. Then we got what turned out to be the highlight of the program, contralto Sara Couden singing five songs by Alma Mahler. They are luscious, with considerable charm; Alma was talented and we can hate on Gus for pressuring her to quit composing. Couden has a gorgeous voice of a rare type and brought a beautiful line to these. I would have liked more consonants, it's […]
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2023-03-04 07:46:38
Zemlinsky is rediscovered by Prague
Gustav Mahler’s protege Alexander Zemlinsky was chief conductor... The post Zemlinsky is rediscovered by Prague appeared first on Slippedisc.
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