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How the composer of today sees the contemporary world around him. Interviews, commentary and musical illustration provide a better picture of the modern composer. The series is hosted by Burrill Phillips, composer and professor of music at the University of Illinois.

Available Episodes

1958-01-01American work for chorus and orchestra00:28:39
1958-01-01Music by Peter Mennin00:29:00
1958-01-01Paradox of strict limitation00:28:40
1958-01-01Meaning and pattern in music00:29:20
1958-01-01Composers discuss music, part two00:29:31
1958-01-01Composers discuss music, part one00:28:50
1958-01-01Making the new out of the old00:29:29
1958-01-01An unusual trio00:29:34
1958-01-01Four-hand music for piano00:28:22
1958-01-01Chamber music for brass00:28:49
1958-01-01American work for chorus and orchestra00:29:41
1958-01-01The solo song00:28:46
1958-01-01Symphony of premonition and reminiscence00:29:45
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Subjects
20th century; 20th century--History and criticism; Chamber music; Choruses with orchestra--20th century--Analysis, appreciation; Composers; Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Symphonies, no. 11; Music; NAEB Region III; NAEB Regions III & IV: The Upper Midwest; Pianists; Piano music; U.S. History (1900-present); United States--History--20th century
Creators
Cutler, Kenneth; Phillips, Burrill; Rogers, Bernard, 1893-1968; University of Illinois; WILL (Radio/television station : Urbana, Ill.)
Contributors
Andricks, George; Andricks, Peggy; Clark, Dorothy; Fletcher, Stanley; Gaburo, Kenneth; Gray, Robert; Lousivlle Orchestra; Mennin, Peter; Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987; Richards, Claire; Sexton, Haskell; Williams, Ed; Wykes, Robert
Genres
Music; Music Talk
Time Periods
1950-1959