Word: demith
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rumbling Thunder. Conductor Robert Craft and Director Bodo Igesz made the most of the fact that Cardillac is swifter and more dramatic than Hin demith's later operas. The elements cooperated too: distant thunder rumbled over the Rio Grande Valley as a vengeful Paris mob killed Cardillac, and through the wide opening at the rear of the stage, the near-capacity audience of 1,100 could see lightning flickering above the blue Jemez Mountains. Hin demith's complex melodies were traced with clarity and polish by a well-schooled, predominantly American cast, notably Baritone John Reardon, whose demented...
Some critics believe that most of Hin demith's later work fails to measure up to the vigorous and imaginative music of the 1920s, in which he so brilliantly enlarged the neo-classical movement. But Hindemith rarely listens to the critics. In all the 20th century, he insists, there are only two men who deserve the name Composer: Igor Stravinsky and Bela Bartok. And perhaps, his admirers believe, Paul Hindemith...
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