¿Por qué es más recordado Douglas Stuart Moore?
Douglas Stuart Moore (10 de agosto de 1893 - 25 de julio de 1969) fue un compositor, cantautor, organista, pianista, director de orquesta, educador, actor y autor estadounidense. Compositor que escribió principalmente obras de temática estadounidense, su música se caracteriza generalmente por el lirismo en un estilo popular o conservador que, por lo general, rehuía las tendencias progresistas más experimentales del modernismo musical. El compositor Virgil Thomson describió a Moore como un compositor neorromántico influido por la música folk estadounidense[1]. Aunque varias de sus obras gozaron de popularidad en vida, sólo su ópera folk La balada de Baby Doe (1956) ha seguido siendo conocida en el siglo XXI[2].
La Balada de Baby Doe (1956), tal y como ha seguido siendo conocida en el siglo XXI.
What is Douglas Stuart Moore's best remembered for?
Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 – July 25, 1969) was an American composer, songwriter, organist, pianist, conductor, educator, actor, and author. A composer who mainly wrote works with an American subject, his music is generally characterized by lyricism in a popular or conservative style which generally eschewed the more experimental progressive trends of musical modernism. Composer Virgil Thomson described Moore as a neoromantic composer who was influenced by American folk music.[1] While several of his works enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, only his folk opera The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) has remained well known into the 21st century.[2]
The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) as it has remained well known into the 21st century.