Orchestervariationen Über Ein Thema Von Nicolò Paganini Op. 26 Thema. Quasi Presto Variationen 1 3 - Music
Orchestervariationen Über Ein Thema Von Nicolò Paganini Op. 26 Thema. Quasi Presto Variationen 1 3 by Boris Blacher
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Boris Blacher Born 19 January 1903 Newchwang China Died 30 January 1975 Berlin Was A German Composer. His Style Took Something From Stravinsky’s Instrumental Pungency And The Anti-Romantic Clarity Of Milhaud Berg And Bartók Were Other Early Influences. He Also Experimented With Rhythm Devising What He Called ‘variable Metres’ Inspired By Schoenberg’s Note-Rows Expanding And Contracting To Bring Metrical Variety To The Works Where He Used Them Such As The Second Piano Concerto Of 1952 And The Orchester-Ornament Written A Year Later. Moving To Berlin In 1922 To Study Architecture And Music Blacher Supported Himself As An Arranger Of Popular And Film Music. A First Academic Post – The Beginning Of An Outstanding Career As A Teacher – Came In 1938 When Karl Böhm Obtained A Place For Him As Director Of A Composition Class At The Dresden Conservatory An Appointment He Was Forced To Resign The Following Year As His Teaching Did Not Accord With National Socialist Policy. Blacher’s Progress In German Musical Life Faltered During The Second World War Since He Refused To Have Any Truck With The Nazis’ Cultural Doctrines. But With The Premiere In November 1947 Of His Orchestral Variations On A Theme By Paganini It Was Clear That A Major New Voice Had Arrived And A Succession Of Tightly Argued Contrapuntally Ingenious Rhythmically Charged Works Began To Flow From Blacher’s Pen. He Wrote Prolifically In Most Genres Being Particularly Attracted To The Stage There Are Nine Ballets The Best Known Being Lysistrata 1950 And No Fewer Than Thirteen Operas Including The ‘dramatic Nocturne’ Die Nachtschwalbe The Night Swallow The Plot Of Which Dealing With Prostitutes And Pimps Caused Considerable Controversy At Its 1948 Premiere And The Intriguing Semi-Improvised Tongue-In-Cheek Abstrakte Oper No. 1. As Well As The Paganini Variations Several More Works From Blacher’s Huge Output Of Orchestral Music Achieved Popularity Not Least The Concertante Musik 1937 And His Hommage À Mozart 1956 . His Extensive Chamber-Music Catalogue Includes Five String Quartets And His Vocal Music Features A Collective Work Jüdische Chronik 1961 Written With Dessau Hartmann Henze And Wagner-Régeny.
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Boris Blacher Born 19 January 1903 Newchwang China Died 30 January 1975 Berlin Was A German Composer. His Style Took Something From Stravinsky’s Instrumental Pungency And The Anti-Romantic Clarity Of Milhaud Berg And Bartók Were Other Early Influences. He Also Experimented With Rhythm Devising What He Called ‘variable Metres’ Inspired By Schoenberg’s Note-Rows Expanding And Contracting To Bring Metrical Variety To The Works Where He Used Them Such As The Second Piano Concerto Of 1952 And The Orchester-Ornament Written A Year Later. Moving To Berlin In 1922 To Study Architecture And Music Blacher Supported Himself As An Arranger Of Popular And Film Music. A First Academic Post – The Beginning Of An Outstanding Career As A Teacher – Came In 1938 When Karl Böhm Obtained A Place For Him As Director Of A Composition Class At The Dresden Conservatory An Appointment He Was Forced To Resign The Following Year As His Teaching Did Not Accord With National Socialist Policy. Blacher’s Progress In German Musical Life Faltered During The Second World War Since He Refused To Have Any Truck With The Nazis’ Cultural Doctrines. But With The Premiere In November 1947 Of His Orchestral Variations On A Theme By Paganini It Was Clear That A Major New Voice Had Arrived And A Succession Of Tightly Argued Contrapuntally Ingenious Rhythmically Charged Works Began To Flow From Blacher’s Pen. He Wrote Prolifically In Most Genres Being Particularly Attracted To The Stage There Are Nine Ballets The Best Known Being Lysistrata 1950 And No Fewer Than Thirteen Operas Including The ‘dramatic Nocturne’ Die Nachtschwalbe The Night Swallow The Plot Of Which Dealing With Prostitutes And Pimps Caused Considerable Controversy At Its 1948 Premiere And The Intriguing Semi-Improvised Tongue-In-Cheek Abstrakte Oper No. 1. As Well As The Paganini Variations Several More Works From Blacher’s Huge Output Of Orchestral Music Achieved Popularity Not Least The Concertante Musik 1937 And His Hommage À Mozart 1956 . His Extensive Chamber-Music Catalogue Includes Five String Quartets And His Vocal Music Features A Collective Work Jüdische Chronik 1961 Written With Dessau Hartmann Henze And Wagner-Régeny.
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