Ruth Schönthal News
German composer (1924–2006)
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- Germany, United States of America
- composer, university teacher, pianist
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2024-03-28
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-01-10 17:09:52
Texts Meet Tones: Origins and Meanings
[…] invited many wonderful artists–from a commissioned poet (Letta Neely) to pianists (Letizia Palimieri and JJ Penna) to singers (Alexis Peart, Felix Gygli, Daon Drisdom, Joanne Evans, James Demler, and Eric Rieger), to Boston-area conservatory students (Sam Crosby-Schmidt with L. Palmieri)–to participate in four consecutive days of music making. Our four concerts include core song repertoire like Schubert’s Winterreise and Fauré’s La bonne chanson as well as works by Shawn Okpebholo, Robert Schumann, Florence Price, Ruth Schonthal, and others to which we are happy to bring more attention. While the last three concerts are in the standard song-duo mold, the first concert features varied pairings of artists as well as entertaining explorations of language’s and music’s many combinatory permutations including poetry recitation, vocalise, melodrama, solo piano, and art song. We will provide texts and translations of all works and discuss selected texts. Boston is filled with experts. This is undoubtedly one […]
2020-02-24 15:13:09
Ruth Schönthal: Streichquartett Nr. 3 ‘In Memoriam Holocaust’: Immer daran denken
Ruth Schönthal: Streichquartett Nr. 3 ‘In Memoriam Holocaust’ Der Kontext Das Streichquartett Nr. 3, das als In Memoriam Holocaust untertitelt ist, wurde 1997 von Ruth Schönthal komponiert. Schönthal hat viele Jahre lang dieses Thema vermieden, weil sie nicht die Schoah trivialisieren wollte. 1999 forderte sie in einem Gespräch, dass andere […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2020-02-20 12:55:57
Ruth Schönthal: String Quartet No.3 ‘In Memorium Holocaust’: Always Remember
Ruth Schönthal: String Quartet No.3 ‘In Memorium Holocaust’ Context Composed in 1997, Ruth Schönthal’s String Quartet No.3 is subtitled ‘In Memroiam Holocaust’. For many years Schönthal had avoided this topic in her music as she didn’t want to trivialise the Holocaust. In a 1999 interview she claimed that other composers […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2020-02-15 20:20:46
Ruth Schönthal ‘Sonata, quasi un’improvvisazione’: Eine neue Stilrichtung
Ruth Schönthal: Sonata, quasi un’improvvisazione Der historische Kontext Sonata, quasi un’improvvisazione wurde 1964 von Ruth Schönthal komponiert. Schönthal komponierte zwei weiteren einsätzigen Sonaten, die Sonate Breve (1972) und Sonatensatz (1973) heißen. Die Erstaufführung fand bei dem 26. jährlichen “Delta Omicron WNYC” Festspiel der amerikanischen Musik in der New York Stadtbücherei […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
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