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Author Mirchandani, Sharon

Title Marga Richter / Sharon Mirchandani
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Women composers
Women composers (Urbana, Ill.)
Contents The early years : 1926-1951 -- Modern dance and the MGM recordings : 1951-1960 -- Fragments : 1960s -- Landscapes : 1970s -- Expansion : 1980s -- Culmination : 1990s -- Blooming : 2000s-present
Summary This book offers an introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more than one hundred works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance, opera, voice, chorus, piano, organ, and harpsichord. Actively composing into her eighties, Richter is particularly known for her large-scale works performed by ensembles such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and for other pieces performed by prominent artists including pianist Menahem Pressler, conductor Izler Solomon, and violinist Daniel Heifetz. Interspersing consideration of Richter's musical works with discussion of her life, her musical style, and the origins and performances of her works, the biographer documents a successful composer's professional and private life throughout the twentieth century. Covering Richter's formative years, her influences, and the phases of her career from the 1950s to the present, this book closely examines Richter's many interesting, attractive musical works that draw inspiration from distinctly American, Irish, English, and Asian sources. Drawing extensively on interviews with the composer, the biographer also provides detailed descriptions of Richter's scores and uses reviews and other secondary sources to provide contexts for her work, including their relationship to modern dance, to other musical styles, and to 1970s feminism
Bibliography Includes discography (pages 149-152), bibliographical references (pages 153-159), and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Richter, Marga
SUBJECT Richter, Marga fast
Subject Composers -- United States -- Biography
Women composers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician.
Composers
Women composers
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019716624
ISBN 9780252094491
0252094492
9781283735315
1283735318