(Hints Kärl Groo-bâr) b. 1943 Austrian composer Gruber studied with Alfred Uhl (1909–92) and Hanns Jelinek (1901–69). He began by working in a serial idiom but soon, along with his composer colleagues Kurt Schwertsik and Otto M. Zykan, devised a more eclectic musical language (under the designation ‘MOB and tone art’ – Tonart being German for tonality), drawing in ...
tuus (1987). Recommended Recording: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Dawn Upshaw, London Sinfonietta (cond) David Zinman (Nonesuch/Warner) Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Heinz Karl (H.K.) Gruber | Contemporary | Classical ...
them has suggested that Weill continued to develop, and was no stooge to Broadway and Hollywood. Recommended Recording: The Threepenny Opera, soloists, Ensemble Modern (cond) Heinz Karl Gruber (RCA/Sony) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Alexander Zemlinsky | Modern Era | Classical ...
‘A Masked Ball’ In 1857, Verdi was virtually asking for censorship trouble when he chose Gustavuse III, ou Le bal masqué (‘Gustavus III, or The Masked Ball’) for his next work. In 1792 King Gustavusus III of Sweden had been shot dead at a masked ball in Stockholm. Regicide was a taboo subject and the Neapolitan censors immediately ...
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