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Copland, Aaron – “Piano Fantasy/Piano Variations ” – [Odyssey]
Cousin Mary 1/11/2009 12-inch, A Library
Aaron Copland composed the Piano Variations in 1930, his period of writing ???absolute??? music and being influenced by Schonberg and Alban Berg and 12-tone technique. Leonard Bernstein, who loved this piece, joked that he played it at parties to “empty the room, guaranteed, in two minutes.”
The Piano Fantasy is also highly experimental music. It was commissioned in 1957 for Julliard???s 50th anniversary concert and was performed by William Masselos on that date.
???Fanfare for the Common Man??? this ain???t. Liner notes have excellent details of musical theory and composition.
you heard it 15 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 946 days ago, Bryan Chandler played Piano Variations
- 4590 days ago, Cousin Mary played Piano Fantasy
- 4666 days ago, sonny atoms played Piano Fantasy
- 5031 days ago, Cousin Mary played Piano Variations
- 5226 days ago, Anubis, God of Jackals played Piano Fantasy
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