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Author | : Katherine K. Preston |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2020-11-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0252052307 |
Download George Frederick Bristow Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As American classical music struggled for recognition in the mid-nineteenth century, George Frederick Bristow emerged as one of its most energetic champions and practitioners. Katherine K. Preston explores the life and works of a figure admired in his own time and credited today with producing the first American grand opera and composing important works that ranged from oratorios to symphonies to chamber music. Preston reveals Bristow's passion for creating and promoting music, his skills as a businessman and educator, the respect paid him by contemporaries and students, and his tireless work as both a composer and in-demand performer. As she examines Bristow against the backdrop of the music scene in New York City, Preston illuminates the little-known creative and performance culture that he helped define and create. Vivid and richly detailed, George Frederick Bristow enriches our perceptions of musical life in nineteenth-century America.
Author | : George Frederick Bristow |
Publisher | : A-R Editions, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 299 |
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Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1987208943 |
Download Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 50 ("Arcadian") Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
George Frederick Bristow (1825–98), considered by many of his contemporaries to be among the best American composers of the second half of the nineteenth century, was a pillar of the New York musical community. He wrote his Symphony no. 4 in E minor, op. 50 (“Arcadian”), in 1872–73 on a commission from the Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn. Unlike his earlier symphonies, which had been faulted by some contemporary critics as being too “Europeanist,” the Arcadian follows an overtly American extramusical program that depicts pioneers’ trek across the country. Early performances of the symphony met with widespread acclaim, but this work, like many compositions by other American composers, was shelved. This edition is the first publication of the Arcadian Symphony and joins a welcome body of new scholarship on Bristow just in time for the bicentennial of his birth in 2025 and the two hundred fiftieth birthday of the nation in 2026.
Author | : Gregory Fried |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1989 |
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Download A study of the orchestral music of George Frederick Bristow Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Brandon L. Moss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Choral music |
ISBN | : |
Download George F. Bristow' S Praise to God Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
George Frederick Bristow (1825-1898) was a prolific American composer of the mid-19th Century, writing symphonies, oratorios, an opera, a mass, sacred choral music, and a wealth of piano literature. Yet his music today—much of which remains unpublished—has been almost completely forgotten. Among these works is his first oratorio, Praise to God (1860), one of the earliest grand-scale choral-orchestral works ever to be produced in the United States. This piece is unique among much of Bristow’s major output in that its piano-vocal score was published. However, after its initial performances, the piece seems to have fallen into obscurity. Still available today in its published piano-vocal score through online printing sources, this work is very accessible to choirs and deserves to be performed as a representative of important American choral literature. This document first aims to provide a historical context for Praise to God and then offers a detailed musical analysis of the piece—complete with considerations for keyboard-vocal rehearsals and performances—in the hope that it may be performed and become more familiar among American musicians, scholars, and audiences.
Author | : Delmer Dalzell Rogers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Music |
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Download Nineteenth Century Music in New York City as Reflected in the Career of George Frederick Bristow Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Kira Lynn Horel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2012 |
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Download The Overture to George Frederick Bristow's Rip Van Winkle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This dissertation centers on creating a new critical edition of the Rip Van Winkle overture. One of America's earliest opera composers, George Frederick Bristow (1825-1898), completed the opera Rip Van Winkle in 1855. When he revised it twenty-five years later in 1880, the composer omitted the original overture which was then thought to be lost. A concert version of this overture exists today only in manuscript form, located at the New York Public Library. Rip Van Winkle is significant to the history of American Music because it is one of the earliest operas composed by an American, and the first to be written on American subject matter (in this case, Washington Irving's story of the same name). Adding to the work's considerable historical significance is that the overture was one of the first American pieces performed by the New York Philharmonic Society, in which Bristow was a violinist. There is currently no scholarly edition of the overture, and thus this edition will fill a significant gap in the understanding of nineteenth-century American music. This critical edition of the overture to George Frederick Bristow's Rip Van Winkle was created in order to be published and available for performance and study, shedding light on the often under-represented American opera in the United States.
Author | : Theodore Thomas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : Composers |
ISBN | : |
Download Famous Composers and Their Music Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : E. Douglas Bomberger |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1999-11-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0313032432 |
Download Brainard's Biographies of American Musicians Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The series of biographical sketches published by Brainard's Musical World between 1877 and 1889 is notable for the diversity of the musicians profiled and for the entertaining personal information provided. This period witnessed the establishment of musical institutions and attitudes toward music that have shaped American music to the present day. The biographies present a cross-section of American musicians in the late 19th century, including singers, instrumentalists, writers, teachers, and composers. Among the musicians included are some of America's most prominent conductors, such as Theodore Thomas and Leopold Damrosch; composers, such as John Knowles Paine and George F. Root; writers, such as John S. Dwight and Amy Fay; teachers, such as William Mason and Erminia Rudersdorff; and performers, such as Emma Abbott and Maud Powell. Scores of less familiar musicians who were also instrumental in shaping America's music are included as well. Originally intended for general readers, the biographical sketches not only shed light on musical topics but also include personal information that is seldom found in a traditional dictionary and which speaks to the attitudes and concerns of the late 19th century society. This work will be of value to scholars and researchers of 19th-century American music and to those interested in the development of popular song. Entries are alphabetically arranged and include select bibliographies. A general bibliography and index are also included.
Author | : Delmer Dalzell Rogers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Music |
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Author | : New York Public Library. Reference Department |
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Total Pages | : 796 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Music |
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Download Dictionary Catalog of the Music Collection Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle