Born in Nuremberg in 1869, Karl Rorich (1869-1941) was a Bavarian composer of lieder and chamber music. Though much of his chamber music involved woodwinds, he appears to have only written 1 wind quintet. Rorich’s Op. 58 Wind Quintet in E minor was performed at the Eastman School of Music in 1925 at the first [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The Rorich Quintet
Posted in Composers on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rustle of Spring
Posted in Composers on October 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Norwegian composer Christian Sinding (1856-1941) was one of the original faculty members when the Eastman School of Music began its first official school year in 1921. Brought in to teach theory and composition after plans to bring another noted European composer, Jean Sibelius, fell through, Sinding’s tenure at the school was brief; he left at [...]
Leon Levy Foundation
Posted in Digitization News on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great article in the New York Times yesterday about the Leon Levy Foundation, and the grants that it has provided to numerous archives for the purpose of digitization. A recipient of particular interest is the New York Philharmonic, which, according to the website for the Leon Levy Foundation, will be using the $2.4 million grant [...]
Felix Mottl (1856-1911)
Posted in Composers on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like Scherchen, Felix Mottl (1856-1911) was a well regarded conductor, composer and arranger; much of Mottl’s career was devoted to the works of Richard Wagner. He held posts as the music director for the Ring-Theater in Vienna, the Karlsruhe Opera, and the Munich Opera. He conducted a variety of staged works, including those by Handel, [...]
