(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 ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1935–40s) After the dissolution of The Cumberland Ridge Runners around 1935, Karl Davis (vocal, mandolin, 1905–79) and Hartford Taylor (vocal, guitar, 1905–63) maintained their popularity on the WLS National Barn Dance and other Chicago radio shows until the late 1940s. Echoing an earlier WLS mandolin-guitar duet, Mac & Bob (Lester McFarland and ...
1894–1981 Austrian conductor Music director of several German opera houses before World War II, Böhm was director of the Vienna State Opera 1943–45 and 1954–56. He championed Berg’s Wozzeck, and gave many performances of operas by Richard Strauss, who dedicated Daphne to him. He was also renowned for his interpretations of Mozart and Wagner. Introduction | Modern Era ...
b. 1944 Welsh composer Jenkins played for more than a decade in the progressive rock band Soft Machine before attracting wider attention as a composer of music for advertising. A movement composed for De Beers diamond merchants, and scored for strings in Baroque concerto grosso style, became the Allegretto of his suite Palladio, while his best-known single track ...
sizes, shapes and constitutions of metallic braces, either solid bars or various lengths and diameters of tubing. Among the first pioneers of the fully integrated iron frame were Karl Röllig, who was experimenting with the idea as early as 1795, and Isaac Hawkins in Philadelphia who patented a metal frame in 1800. But it was Alpheus Babcock ...
London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1932 and the Royal Philharmonic in 1946. His conducting was admired for its rhythmic liveliness and elegant phrasing. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Karl Böhm | Modern Era | Classical ...
from the Vienna Conservatory (1891), and international commemorations for his 70th birthday, an appreciation of greatness which posterity has upheld. Recommended Recording: Symphony No. 4, Vienna PO (cond) Karl Böhm (Decca) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Hans von Bülow | Late Romantic | Classical ...
, but earlier he had written Orontea (1649) and Cesare amante (‘Caesar in Love’, 1651) for Venetian audiences. In 1652, Cesti was appointed Kappellmeister to the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Karl and produced several operas, including the most successful, La Dori (‘The Faithful Slave’, 1657). From there, Cesti moved to imperial Vienna, where his most famous opera ...
grandest of Wagnerian climaxes with ease. Among Nilsson’s most famous performances were her legendary 1950s and 1960s portrayals of Brünnhilde and Isolde. Both of these roles were recorded, with Karl Böhm conducting. She was equally powerful in roles such as Turandot and Minnie in La fanciulla del West. She retired in 1982. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | ...
and two stepdaughters formed The Jenkins Family, which sang sacred music on Atlanta’s WSB throughout the 1920s. Styles & Forms | Early Years of Hillbilly | Country Personalities | Karl & Harty | Early Years of Hillbilly | Country ...
She also sang Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde) and Kundry at Bayreuth. Her musicality made her a favourite of a number of conductors, and Ludwig formed her greatest collaborations with Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Thomas Mann | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of ...
a career lasting little more than a decade, Wunderlich established himself as Germany’s leading lyric tenor. After his Stuttgart Opera debut in 1955, he was spotted by conductor Karl Böhm, under whom he later recorded Mozart (Tamino in The Magic Flute), Strauss and Berg (Andres in Wozzeck). His other records included Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, Schumann’s Dichterliebe ...
and in evoking – sometimes poignantly, sometimes exuberantly – events from the life of Christ. Recommended Recording: Mystery Sonatas, Eduard Melkus, Huguette Dreyfus, Lionel Rogg, Karl Scheit (Archiv) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | John Blow | Early Baroque | Classical ...
Berio, Henze, Lutosławski and Stockhausen. Recommended Recording: Scardanelli-Zyklus, Aurèle Nicolet, London Voices, Ensemble Modern (cond) Heinz Holliger (ECM) Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Karl Jenkins | Contemporary | Classical ...
Miserere (1981) and Totus 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 ...
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