Word: persichetti
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...includes 40 hymns, responses, prayers, glorias and amens, all composed by 41-year-old Composer-Pianist Vincent Persichetti. to fit verses by more than a dozen poets, including famed versifier Anon. A teacher at Manhattan's Juilliard...
School of Music, whose work has been performed by the Philadelphia and Louis ville Orchestras, Philadelphia-born Persi chetti is also editor of the small music publishing house Elkan-Vogel, which has published his paperbound Hymns and Responses for the Church Year ($1). An eclectic churchgoer himself, Persichetti expects his hymnal to appeal to adven turous congregations of all Protestant denominations. Choir directors at Lu theran, Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches have already indicated interest...
...Persichetti's tunes are fresh and sing able; their lyrics contain more surprises...
...Composer Persichetti suggests a poem by e. e. cummings as a Christmas hymn. First verse: purer than purest ptire whisper of whisper so, so (big with innocence) forgivingly a once of eager glory, no more miracle may grow...
Elsewhere in the series. Concerto for Piano-Four Hands, by Philadelphia's Teacher-Composer Vincent Persichetti, starts off in a tortured, plodding style, goes on to crank out some astonishing, dervish-like activity. Lilacs and Portals, by one of the "bad boys" of the '20s, Carl Ruggles (played by the Juilliard String Orchestra), are handsome but dated experiments in sound combinations. Since Columbia can hardly expect to show a profit on this series anyway, it seems a shame it does not grit its worthy teeth and bring out at least a few samples of really controversial music...