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George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer.Along with John Knowles Paine, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell, he was a representative composer of what is called the Second New England School of American composers of the late 19th century.
Percy Lee Atherton (September 25, 1871 – March 8, 1944) was an American composer [1] [2] [3] and a music teacher. His musical compositions include songs, chamber music, and several comic operas. His musical compositions include songs, chamber music, and several comic operas.
Principal Boston Pops trumpeter Timothy Morrison played the opening solo on the album recording. It has been arranged for various types of ensembles, including wind ensembles. This theme is now used prevalently by NBC for intros and outros to commercial breaks of the Olympics. "Call of the Champions" – 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. American composer and conductor (born 1932) This article is about the composer. For other people named John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation). John Williams Williams in 2024 Born John Towner Williams (1932-02-08) February 8, 1932 (age 92) New York City, U.S. Occupations ...
An older Hovhaness seen working on a manuscript, c. 1970-79. Alan Hovhaness (/ h oʊ ˈ v ɑː n ɪ s /; [1] March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer.He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. [2]
John Knowles Paine. John Knowles Paine (January 9, 1839 – April 25, 1906) was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those responsible for the first significant body of concert music by composers from the United States.
Mekeel’s compositions include solo instrumental works, chamber music, orchestral and vocal music, and dramatic pieces for dancers, actors, and actresses with instrumentalists. Her compositions were especially championed by Richard Pittman and the Boston Musica Viva. [2] Mekeel wrote music for Fenwick Smith and the Empire Brass Quintet. [4]
The Boston Classicists were first referred to as a "school" in the second edition of Gilbert Chase's America’s Music (1966). [1]We must attempt to define the prevailing New England attitude toward musical art, that is to say, the attitude that dominated the musical thinking of those New England composers who, in the final decade of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth ...