Pianophilia

burstroman wrote:Hi, Where can I order online piano sonatas no 1 and 2 of Virgil Thomson? I already have no 3 and 4 is on the way. Thanks for your help.

No. 1 (= original solo version of Symphony No. 2)
Published in 1954 by MCA Music, Melville, N.Y., republished in 1980.
Appears to be currently out-of-print.

No. 2:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... ition=used

A small and early work by a very interesting American composer, no longer in print:

Irwin BAZELON
Sonatina, for piano (1952) Update, see also viewtopic.php?f=17&t=161&p=28325#p28325 for more early Bazelon.

caostotale wrote:Irwin BAZELON

From Grove:

Bazelon, Irwin (Allen)

(b Evanston, IL, 4 June 1922; d New York, 2 Aug 1995). American composer. After graduating from DePaul University (BA 1944, MA 1945), he studied with Milhaud at Mills College (1946–8) and then settled in New York in 1948, where he received numerous fellowships, honours and commissions. His music is in the tradition of urban American expressionism, with audible antecedents in the works of Varèse and Ruggles but with a distinctive angular simplicity, characterized by dramatic alternations between violence and tenderness. Bazelon’s language, while influenced by serialism, borrows the jabbing brass and percussion chords and the propulsive rhythms of big-band jazz. This driving energy is contrasted with moments of relative repose in which orchestral colours are subtly varied.

Bazelon’s ten symphonies (1962–92) form the heart of his musical output. The immediacy of these works derives from their spare textures, which often feature one or two contrapuntal lines presented in striking instrumental combinations; characteristic passages are harmonically and timbrally static, treating sound as a sculptural object. A free use of serial techniques combined with an undercurrent of jazz creates a dark sense of New York City, reminiscent of film noir. The influence of a lighter jazz style, reflecting the manic side of life in New York, dominates such works as the chamber concerto Churchill Downs (1971). Named after the racetrack near the city, it features electronic instruments more typically employed in rock and pop music.

Bazelon’s vocal works set texts from the modernist tradition of American poetry (i.e. Hart Crane, Wallace Stevens, etc.) in a highly charged, chromatic style, more dramatic than lyrical, with striking and uncluttered accompaniments. Also notable are percussion works such as Propulsions (1974), with their emphasis on rhythmic invention, dramatic structure and the exploration of timbre. Several film scores, as well as music for television, number among his other compositions. He is the author of Knowing the Score: Notes on Film Music (New York, 1975).

Regards
Fred

Hello everyone! I am going to ask for something very rare that I have been searching for a long time: Does anybody happen to have any portraits by Virgil Thomson for piano, especially from the first album, or any other pieces by him? If not, do you know where I could buy his portraits or other piano music by him?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

JimFetsios wrote:Hello everyone! I am going to ask for something very rare that I have been searching for a long time: Does anybody happen to have any portraits by Virgil Thomson for piano, especially from the first album, or any other pieces by him? If not, do you know where I could buy his portraits or other piano music by him?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Hi Jim, welcome to the family, I don't have the Portraits myself but I know someone who does. Here is a link to the Di Arezzo shop with a veritable gallery of Portraits. Hope they have what you want.
regards
Brian

http://www.di-arezzo.co.uk/resultat_rec ... f36d2f5f73

HullandHellandHalifax wrote:

JimFetsios wrote:Hello everyone! I am going to ask for something very rare that I have been searching for a long time: Does anybody happen to have any portraits by Virgil Thomson for piano, especially from the first album, or any other pieces by him? If not, do you know where I could buy his portraits or other piano music by him?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Hi Jim, welcome to the family, I don't have the Portraits myself but I know someone who does. Here is a link to the Di Arezzo shop with a veritable gallery of Portraits. Hope they have what you want.
regards
Brian

http://www.di-arezzo.co.uk/resultat_rec ... f36d2f5f73

Thank you very much Hull!
Jim

JimFetsios wrote:

HullandHellandHalifax wrote:

JimFetsios wrote:Hello everyone! I am going to ask for something very rare that I have been searching for a long time: Does anybody happen to have any portraits by Virgil Thomson for piano, especially from the first album, or any other pieces by him? If not, do you know where I could buy his portraits or other piano music by him?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Hi Jim, welcome to the family, I don't have the Portraits myself but I know someone who does. Here is a link to the Di Arezzo shop with a veritable gallery of Portraits. Hope they have what you want.
regards
Brian

http://www.di-arezzo.co.uk/resultat_rec ... f36d2f5f73

Thank you very much Hull!
Jim

Welcome Jim. I am searching for my copy of the piano score for the suite from the film the Plow that Broke the Plains . I actually thought I had uploaded it as I most certainly have it, it is scarce/rare, and I know I scanned that thing. It now seems 'gone' or I just never actually submitted and filed it away in the great abyss that is my misc. rare score files folder. I will search it out and try to get it up and to you all soon.
http://youtu.be/iV2THARSCOA
-Pianophillically,
Scriabinoff

Scriabinoff wrote:

JimFetsios wrote:

HullandHellandHalifax wrote:

JimFetsios wrote:Hello everyone! I am going to ask for something very rare that I have been searching for a long time: Does anybody happen to have any portraits by Virgil Thomson for piano, especially from the first album, or any other pieces by him? If not, do you know where I could buy his portraits or other piano music by him?
Thanks in advance,
Jim

Hi Jim, welcome to the family, I don't have the Portraits myself but I know someone who does. Here is a link to the Di Arezzo shop with a veritable gallery of Portraits. Hope they have what you want.
regards
Brian

http://www.di-arezzo.co.uk/resultat_rec ... f36d2f5f73

Thank you very much Hull!
Jim

Welcome Jim. I am searching for my copy of the piano score for the suite from the film the Plow that Broke the Plains . I actually thought I had uploaded it as I most certainly have it, it is scarce/rare, and I know I scanned that thing. It now seems 'gone' or I just never actually submitted and filed it away in the great abyss that is my misc. rare score files folder. I will search it out and try to get it up and to you all soon.
http://youtu.be/iV2THARSCOA
-Pianophillically,
Scriabinoff

Thank you very much Scriabinoff! I am very happy to be part of such an active community!

Thank you Alfor,
I purchased the Sonata no 2, and it arrived in perfect condition. This website and the members are all great. Alan

Alfred Raedeker (?)
op.10, Five compositions for the pianoforte No.3 Valse Legère
Published by R. Liversidge, The Bay State Music Co., Lawrence - Massachusetts, 1916.