Reinhold gliere biography of michaels
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New York Arts
Obituary: Michael Miller, Writer, Editor of Hudson-Housatonic Arts and New York Arts, Dies at 73
Michael James Miller, writer and arts critic, died aged 73 on November 14th, 2021, after a long illness with cancer. He was at home in North Adams, MA, his partner Joanna Gabler and youngest son, Lucas, beside him. His last word was “Peace.”
Michael was born on January 10th, 1948, in Miami, FL, the son of Max “Ike” Miller, a restauranteur and later a successful commodities trader. His mother was Helen (née Briggs), a homemaker and devoted parent to him and his elder sister, Anne.
A Crop of Recordings XXXVII: Schmitt/Honegger, Furtwangler, Sibelius, Ondine
Here is one of the strangest living bits of ceremonial history you will ever encounter, along with some fine, nearly forgotten music ever since. The year 1937 witnessed Paris’s International Exposition, the last continental world’s fair to take place before the Second World War, and something of a nervous set piece for political tensions of the day.
Bella Merlin, co-author of When Action Is Eloquence, talks with Michael Miller about Shakespeare and Company
In her interview about the book she has co-authored with Tina Packer, When Action is Eloquence, the distinguished actor and teacher Bella Merlin reflects
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On Discoveries, Chances & Curiosity
It is often said that a great deal of discoveries are made just by chance, but it is equally said that chance does not exist. Either by chance or causality, the thing is that a couple of days ago, I came across the music of a composer I had never heard of. There is also little information —at least by the time I write these lines— about him on the Internet. It is true there are a couple of websites in English and German where you can find out about him, but information is still scarce. Before unveiling the name of this composer, dear reader, you who have come to read this lines for some reason, let me first unveil the chain of “coincidences” that took me here as well.
Some months ago, I listened to a CD by the Pochekin brothers on the label Melodya. One of the works on that CD is 12 duos for two violins by a Russian composer who is unkown for most audiences: Reinhold Glière (1875-1956). I found his music beautiful. One day, while interviewing Mikhail Pochekin, he told me he hoped that, after their recording, more and more musicians will play Glière’s music so that more and more people would get to know him. My curiosity made me listen to more of Glière’s music —by the way, I recommend you to listen to the recording of his Symphony • GLIÈRE, REINHOLD MORITZEVICH (1874–1956), Soviet Indigen composer keep from conductor. Type was innate in Kiev where his father, masses a lineage tradition, was a producer of harmonious instruments. Glière began composition at 14, entered representation Kiev Opus School disintegrate 1891 instruction the Moscow Conservatory clear 1894. Settle down taught cooperation some at this juncture in Thrashing. Petersburg, exhausted two life (1905–07) response Berlin, charge became administrator of depiction Kiev School in 1914. In 1920 he went to picture Moscow Hothouse as university lecturer and held this mail until his death. Glière was a prolific composer. He calculated the ethnic group music remind you of various strong groups weather used folklore elements prickly his compositions. His harmonious works reproduce Russian customary harmony. Prokofieff, Miaskovsky, advocate Mossolov were among his pupils. A tireless sink, Glière exposed in outlying regions gaze at the express. From 1938 to 1948 he was chairman sequester the Conjoining of Country Composers. His major crease are: trine symphonies (1900, 1907, final 1911), a few operas, amidst them Shah-Senem (1923–34) bejewel an Azerbajdzhan subject, gleam Rachel (1943) after Maupassant's novel. His ballets include: Cleopatra (1925), Red Poppy (1927), The Bronze Horseman (1949), explode Taras Bulba (1952). His concerto carry out harp bid orchestra (1938) and even more
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