Both the British and the Americans seem intent on re-discovering their countries' nineteenth-century composers. The Victorian era in both countries was a time when interest in concert music grew rapidly. The eventual bloom of world-class composers (for instance: Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and Holst; Ives, MacDowell, and Griffes) occurred in a garden prepared by the likes of the American composers Horatio Parker, Dudley Buck, W. Eugene Thayer, John Knowles Paine, and George E. Whiting, to name those represented on this disc of ...
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Both the British and the Americans seem intent on re-discovering their countries' nineteenth-century composers. The Victorian era in both countries was a time when interest in concert music grew rapidly. The eventual bloom of world-class composers (for instance: Elgar, Vaughan Williams, and Holst; Ives, MacDowell, and Griffes) occurred in a garden prepared by the likes of the American composers Horatio Parker, Dudley Buck, W. Eugene Thayer, John Knowles Paine, and George E. Whiting, to name those represented on this disc of secular American organ music.The works are all in standard academic forms, and for the most part the composers are German-trained. Four of them (all except Parker, b. 1863) were born within two years of each other from 1838 to 1840. The works are Buck's Grand Sonata in E flat, Thayer's Variations on the Russian National Hymn, Parker's Fugue Op. 36 No. 3, Paine's Fantasie on "A Mighty Fortress," and the Prelude, Op. 53, by Whiting.While symphony orchestras and professional chamber...
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Dudley Buck; George Elbridge Whiting; Horatio Parker; John Knowles Paine; W. Eugene Thayer. Poor. Used-Acceptable, withdrawn library disc(s) with liner notes. Disc(s) should play great without any playback issues. Disc(s) & liner notes may contain typical library markings like stickers, protective label covers, & writing. Discs may be repackaged in library style casing. Back artwork & any other promo material not included.
Add this copy of Fugues, Fantasia, and Variations-19th Century American to cart. $10.55, like new condition, Sold by First Coast Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eatonton, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by New World Records.
