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Celebrating Milton Babbitt Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Celebrating Milton Babbitt [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • Wuorinen, Charles.
  • Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011.
  • Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.
  • Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
  • Feinberg, Alan.
  • Shelton, Lucy.
  • Meglioranza, Thomas.
  • Blustine, Allen.
  • Martin, Lois (Violist)
  • Sherry, Fred.
  • Horner, Jacqueline.
  • Cluver, Martha.
  • Sullivan, Martha, 1964-
  • Farnham, Elizabeth.
  • Brackett, Luthien.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Charles Wuorinen moderates a panel discussion with composer, Milton Babbitt. Babbitt talks about his life; how he came to compose his work Partitions; what drew him to the music of Arnold Schoenberg; Igor Stravinsky; his fascination with texts from the Elizabethan period; and the selection of texts for their sounds.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 269
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 23, 2005.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Contents
Partitions (1957) ; Minute waltz (or 3/4 [plus or minus] 1/8) (1977) ; It takes twelve to tango (1984) ; Playing for time (1977) / composer, Milton Babbitt ; piano, Alan Feinberg -- Op. 33a for piano (1928) / composer, Arnold Schoenberg ; piano, Alan Feinberg -- The owl and the pussycat (1966) / composer, Igor Stravinsky ; soprano, Lucy Shelton ; piano, Alan Feinberg -- Two sonnetts (1955) / composer, Milton Babbitt ; baritone, Thomas Meglioranza ; clarinet, Alan Blustine ; viola, Lois Martin ; cello, Fred Sherry -- Elizabethan Sextette (1979): I. When I was fair and young (Elizabeth I) ; II. Out of sight out of mind (Barnabe Googe) ; III. (Sir Walter Raleigh?) ; IV. (Samuel Daniel) ; V. First love (Thomas Campion) ; VI. (Michael East) / composer, Milton Babbitt ; sopranos, Jacqueline Horner, Martha Cluver ; mezzo-sopranos, Martha Sullivan, Elizabeth Farnham ; altos, Luthien Brackett, Abby Fischer ; conductor, Fred Sherry.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2913
OCLC
166910762
Title
Celebrating Milton Babbitt [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2005.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 269
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 23, 2005.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Wuorinen, Charles. Interviewer
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Interviewee
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Partitions.
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Minute waltz.
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. It takes twelve to tango.
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Playing for time.
Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Stücke, piano, op. 33a.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Owl and the pussy-cat.
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Sonnets.
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-2011. Elizabethan sextette.
Feinberg, Alan. Instrumentalist
Shelton, Lucy. Instrumentalist
Meglioranza, Thomas. Singer
Blustine, Allen. Instrumentalist
Martin, Lois (Violist) Instrumentalist
Sherry, Fred. Instrumentalist
Horner, Jacqueline. Singer
Cluver, Martha. Singer
Sullivan, Martha, 1964- Singer
Farnham, Elizabeth. Singer
Brackett, Luthien. Singer
Sherry, Fred. Conductor
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-2913
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