TESTIMONIES OF WAR 1914 – 1945 (1995)
2010; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE; Volume: 64; Issue: 252 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0040298210000161
ISSN1980-542X
Autores Tópico(s)Musicology and Musical Analysis
ResumoThis essay appeared as the introduction to the very fully documented booklet notes of the 2-CD set, LARGO 5130, issued in 1995 – for the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II – by Largo Records (Cologne) as Testimonies of War (Kriegszeugnisse) 1914–45 . The central composer of this collection is Boris Blacher, who is represented by his Alla Marcia, Dance Scenes, Chiarina , Partita for strings and 6 percussion, Sonatina No. 2 for piano, and Drei Psalmen for baritone and piano. The other composers are Harrington Shortall ( Fanfare for Those who Will Not Return ), Kurt Weill ( Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen and Choral-Fantasie ), Berthold Goldschmidt ( Zwei Psalmen for tenor and strings), Darius Milhaud (Chorale for piano) and Vaughan Williams ( Valiant-for-Truth ).
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