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No. 20. Quasi Cadenza Andante Con Molto Espressivo by George Rochberg
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George Rochberg July 5 1918 Paterson New Jersey – May 29 2005 Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Was An American Composer Of Contemporary Classical Music. Rochberg Attended The Mannes College Of Music Where One Of His Teachers Was George Szell. He Was The Chairman Of The Music Department At The University Of Pennsylvania Until 1968 And Continued To Teach There Until 1983. His Notable Students Include Vincent McDermott. After A Period Of Experimentation With Serialism Rochberg Abandoned It After 1963 When His Son Died Saying That Serialism Was Empty Of Expressive Emotion And Was Inadequate To Express His Grief And Rage. By The Seventies He Had Become Controversial For The Use Of Tonal Passages In His Music. His Use Of Tonality First Became Widely Known Through The String Quartet No. 3 1972 Which Includes An Entire Set Of Variations That Are In The Style Of Late Beethoven. Another Movement Of The Quartet Contains Passages Reminiscent Of The Music Of Gustav Mahler. This Use Of Tonality Caused Critics To Classify Him As A Neoromantic Composer. He Compared Atonality To Abstract Art And Tonality To Concrete Art And Compared His Artistic Evolution With Philip Guston's Saying "the Tension Between Concreteness And Abstraction" Is A Fundamental Issue For Both Of Them Rochberg 1992 . Of The Works Composed Early In His Career The Symphony No. 2 1955-56 Stands Out As An Accomplished Serial Composition By An American Composer. Rochberg Is Perhaps Best Known For His String Quartets Nos. 4-6 1977-78 Known As The "Concord" Quartets Because They Were Composed For The Concord String Quartet. The String Quartet No. 6 Includes A Set Of Variations On The Pachelbel Canon In D. A Few Of His Works Were Musical Collages Of Quotations From Other Composers. "Contra Mortem Et Tempus" For Example Contains Passages From Pierre Boulez Luciano Berio Edgard Varèse And Charles Ives. Rochberg's Collected Essays Were Published By The University Of Michigan Press In 1984 As The Aesthetics Of Survival. A Revised And Expanded Edition Rochberg 2005 Published Shortly Before His Death Was Awarded An ASCAP Deems Taylor Award In 2006.
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George Rochberg July 5 1918 Paterson New Jersey – May 29 2005 Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Was An American Composer Of Contemporary Classical Music. Rochberg Attended The Mannes College Of Music Where One Of His Teachers Was George Szell. He Was The Chairman Of The Music Department At The University Of Pennsylvania Until 1968 And Continued To Teach There Until 1983. His Notable Students Include Vincent McDermott. After A Period Of Experimentation With Serialism Rochberg Abandoned It After 1963 When His Son Died Saying That Serialism Was Empty Of Expressive Emotion And Was Inadequate To Express His Grief And Rage. By The Seventies He Had Become Controversial For The Use Of Tonal Passages In His Music. His Use Of Tonality First Became Widely Known Through The String Quartet No. 3 1972 Which Includes An Entire Set Of Variations That Are In The Style Of Late Beethoven. Another Movement Of The Quartet Contains Passages Reminiscent Of The Music Of Gustav Mahler. This Use Of Tonality Caused Critics To Classify Him As A Neoromantic Composer. He Compared Atonality To Abstract Art And Tonality To Concrete Art And Compared His Artistic Evolution With Philip Guston's Saying "the Tension Between Concreteness And Abstraction" Is A Fundamental Issue For Both Of Them Rochberg 1992 . Of The Works Composed Early In His Career The Symphony No. 2 1955-56 Stands Out As An Accomplished Serial Composition By An American Composer. Rochberg Is Perhaps Best Known For His String Quartets Nos. 4-6 1977-78 Known As The "Concord" Quartets Because They Were Composed For The Concord String Quartet. The String Quartet No. 6 Includes A Set Of Variations On The Pachelbel Canon In D. A Few Of His Works Were Musical Collages Of Quotations From Other Composers. "Contra Mortem Et Tempus" For Example Contains Passages From Pierre Boulez Luciano Berio Edgard Varèse And Charles Ives. Rochberg's Collected Essays Were Published By The University Of Michigan Press In 1984 As The Aesthetics Of Survival. A Revised And Expanded Edition Rochberg 2005 Published Shortly Before His Death Was Awarded An ASCAP Deems Taylor Award In 2006.
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