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Subtitle: the world of my music
By: George Rochberg ; introduction by Gene Rochberg.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780252034251
Subjects: Rochberg, George; Rochberg, George -- Criticism and interpretation; Composers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Save something for the end" : Second symphony and George Szell; title: A concert of music : Caprice variations for solo violin ; Interlude 1. A distant music : Serenata d'estate; title: The last Gershwin Prize : Night music and Dimitri Mitropoulos; title: After and before : Twelve bagatelles and String quartet no. 1; title: "Let the other George do it" : Symphony no. 1 and Eugene Ormandy ; Interlude 2. Rilke's Angels : String quartet no. 2 with soprano; title: Breaking with modernism : Third string quartet and the Concord String Quartet; title: "It's only a small, little, wooden box" : Violin concerto and Isaac Stern ; Interlude 3. Stravinsky's caveat : Circles of fire and the Hirsch-Pinkas piano duo; title: Unlocking the past : Contra mortem et tempus and Music for the magic theater; title: A passion according to the twentieth century : Third symphony and the Juilliard Orchestra and Chorus ; Interlude 4. "O for a muse of fire" : Eliot Fisk and works for guitar solo, duo, and ensemble; title: Pictures of the floating world : Ukiyo-e, Slow fires of autumn, between two worlds, and Imago mundi; title: A trio of symphonies : four, five, and six ; Interlude 5. Gods of wrath : Phaedra, a monodrama for mezzo-   soprano and orchestra; title: A triptych of sonatas : Sonata for violin and piano (1988), Sonata for viola and piano (1979), Sonata, aria for cello and piano (1992); title: Blown on the wind : oboe and clarinet concertos; title: A trio of trios : Piano trio no. 1 (1962-1963), Piano trio no. 2 (1985), Piano trio no. 3 (summer, 1990) ; Interlude 6. Constructing with canons : Sonata-fantasia for solo piano; title: Some things saved for the end.