Jacksonville Public Library

Gay American composers, Volume two

biography of composer or authorhistorical information

concertos

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Gay American composers

sound recording

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Recorded in Evanston, Ill., 1958 (4th work); in Boston, 1979 (8th work); in Glastonbury, CT, 1994 (10th work); and in New York between 1950 and 1986 (remainder)

Aeolian harp (1:32) ; The banshee (1:42) ; The lilt of the reel (1:58) / Henry Cowell (Henry Cowell, piano) -- Ulysses at the edge of the world / Harry Partch (Gate Five Ensemble of the University of Illinois [version for alto and baritone saxophones, percussion (bamboo and diamond marimbas, cloud-chamber bowls; 2 players)]) (6:37) -- Excursions : for piano / Samuel Barber (Zola Shaulis, piano) (11:46) -- Concerto for piano & orchestra. Moderato molto / Marc Blitzstein (Michael Barrett, piano ; Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra ; Lukas Foss, conductor) (10:50) -- Sonata for violin & piano. Moderate tempo / Aaron Copland (Carroll Glenn, violin ; Hilde Somer, piano) (7:25) -- Symphony no. 3. Allegro moderato (3:50) ; Tempo di valzer (4:11) / Virgil Thomson (New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra ; James Bolle, conductor) -- String quartet no. 2, op. 35 / Ben Weber (New Music Quartet) (10:40) -- Ryoanji : (excerpt) / John Cage (Jeffrey Krieger, electronic violoncello, with electronics) (3:07) -- Frail demons. Dance 1 (2:52) ; Tribe. Dance 2 (2:57) / Alwin Nikolais -- Sonata XIII from Sonatas & interludes for prepared piano / John Cage (Maro Ajemian, prepared piano) (4:00)

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