Talk:Ezra Laderman

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copyright infringing materialthat was removed on 16:32, 12 June 2006 came from http://www.artsandletters.org/index.php?page=press_releases&release=7 16:36, 12 June 2006 67.20.201.201 (talk)

The quotes in this article come from the liner notes to his CDs on Albany Records. 23:52, 10 February 2007 128.198.53.150 (talk)

Stanzas[edit]

To the list available on the link given in the article to G. Schirmer Inc, must be added : Stanzas, for Chamber Orchestra, written in 1959. Disk DC7129. Jeorge Mester, conductor. The note accompanying the record said this :

" Stanzas written in 1959 is scored for large chamber orchestra. Its instrumentation is as follows: 2 Flutes, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Organ, 3 solo Violins, 2 Violas, Cello, Bass and 4 percussionists playing a battery of percussion instruments. It is in five movements, or stanzas: 1. Allegro non troppo, ma agitato 2. Allegro ma non troppo, Sostenuto e agitato 3. Andantino, un poco mosso, rubato 4. Lento ma un poco con moto 5. Allegro molto Stanzas was created in the style of continuous development using serial techniques freely. The generic material presented in the first phrase goes through constant transformation all through the work. Although the row is used throughout, and the contrapuntal dissonance is self-evident, there remains a strong pull to certain tones in each of the movements: F# in the first, G# in the second, A in the third, B in the fourth and Eb in the fifth movement. These tones in fact make up the first five tones of the motive-row. The use of the organ first as an interjection and then slowly in the succeeding movements integrating within the orchestral fabric gives the work a certain philosophical attitude intended by the composer (circa 1959). The satiric, the dramatic, the intellectual, the turbulent and the lyric create an abstract, poetic composition, hence the title. As a whole the composition builds to its greatest dramatic height in the third movement. The first movement presents the cast of characters both thematically, instrumentally and esthetically. Them-atically, the row; instrumentally, all have individual solo lines within the row; esthetically, can tonality in some form survive within the realm of serialism. The second movement is fugal with both thematic and rhythmic fugal ideas counterpoised. The third movement is canonic. From an ominous beginning the canons eventually pile on top of each other. The fourth is fragmentary with short bursts of little cells. The fifth movement fast and light—somewhat rondoish in conception creates a feeling of a parting, a taking off, a loving farewell. Ezra Laderman has composed many works in various larger forms. Among the most noteworthy are two Symphonies, a Concerto for Orchestra, a Violin Concerto, the Oratorios Galileo and And David Wept, written in collaboration with Joe Darion, Magic Prison with a text by Archibald MacLeish, and the opera Shadows Among Us with a libretto by Norman Rosten. AIL are published by Oxford University Press as is Stanzas. " Ptyxs (talk) 11:31, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"A list of his published works"...[edit]

That's a list of his works -published by Schirmer-, of course, and only those. A quick check on Worldcat.org - itself incomplete, of course - shows other published works from other publishers. I dearly hope we editors don't make this stupid mistake often, of supposing that Schirmer maintains as a charitable service a complete list of a composer's published works on their site... at least, not without double-checking the assumption against other facts easily in view (e.g., as mentioned, Worldcat, etc.) Schissel | Sound the Note! 00:22, 9 September 2015 (UTC) (The one I found off-hand was mentioned above- the opera-oratorio, not oratorio, "Galileo Galilei : an opera-oratorio in three acts" (vocal score, Oxford, 1978). I have no idea what "AIL" is, but assuming "ALL" was meant (why the capitalization?) (published by Oxford or Schirmer, or else as yet unpublished), this is probably untrue also, since some of his works are published by Rongwen/Broude Brothers, by the American Composers Alliance (trio of 1955; string quartet No.11), and other publishers. (Ed...) Schissel | Sound the Note! 00:27, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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