Word: rzewski
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eign willing to depart from the ordinary and then give the distinct impression that his subject is not worth writing about. In the middle of a discussion of the problems posed by minimalist composer Philip Glass, he says of the subject of an earlier essay. "A composer like [Frederic] Rzewski can shift facilely from idiom to idiom because, to be blunt, nobody cares what he does, least of all the people...
Busoni: The Six Sonatinas for Piano (Paul Jacobs, Nonesuch). Frederick Rzewski: Song and Dance. John Harbison: The Flower-Fed Buffaloes (Speculum Musicae, John Harbison conductor, Nonesuch). These two discs exemplify the fare that tiny, enterprising Nonesuch has been putting out for 15 years, a mixture of the unhackneyed traditional and the contemporary. The Rzewski-Harbison set - fresh, interesting chamber works by two Americans in their 40s - is the latest in a long line of contemporary composers on the label, including Elliott Carter, Morton Subotnik and George Crumb. Last month None such's guiding spirit, Teresa Sterne, was dismissed...