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    William Schuman - Rawboned Music: Part 2
    Grant Gilman
    • Sep 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    William Schuman - Rawboned Music: Part 2

    “as long as writers write long and complicated novels, composers are going to write in the symphonic forms, because they give an opportu
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    William Schuman - Rawboned Music: Part 1
    Grant Gilman
    • Aug 31, 2020
    • 5 min

    William Schuman - Rawboned Music: Part 1

    “The bustle of city streets in daytime and the mystery of empty streets in nighttime emerge from Schuman’s scores.” — Nicholas Tawa Due...
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    Horatio Parker - Far From Docile
    Grant Gilman
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Horatio Parker - Far From Docile

    Youngest of the “Boston 6”, Horatio Parker was born 1863 in Auburndale, MA, a rural area at the time, now subsumed by the Boston city limits
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    Alan Hovhaness - Always Original, Never Unnatural
    Grant Gilman
    • Jul 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Alan Hovhaness - Always Original, Never Unnatural

    Let’s begin with a ridiculous understatement: Alan Hovhaness was a prolific composer. Yeah, no kidding.
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    George Antheil — Tears in the Basic Fabric and Sound
    Grant Gilman
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    George Antheil — Tears in the Basic Fabric and Sound

    When someone titles their autobiography “Bad Boy of Music” that’s got to be a character worth investigating, right!?
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    Florence Price — Impenetrable
    Grant Gilman
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Florence Price — Impenetrable

    The night is not all dark, Nor is the day all it seems, But each may bring me this relief— My dreams and dreams. — Paul Laurence...
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    A Universal Composer — William Grant Still
    Grant Gilman
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    A Universal Composer — William Grant Still

    “The contradictions with which Still struggled shaped his remarkable creative output in ways we need to understand, as much today as...
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    The Hand of a Very Fine Craftsman - George Whitefield Chadwick
    Grant Gilman
    • Jun 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    The Hand of a Very Fine Craftsman - George Whitefield Chadwick

    Another of the Boston 6, George Whitefield Chadwick spent most of his life in Boston, and kept a strong European tradition with him.
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    The Youthfulness of American Music - Arthur Foote
    Grant Gilman
    • Jun 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Youthfulness of American Music - Arthur Foote

    Possibly in an effort to puff up his legacy, Arthur Foote is described as the first American composer with a purely American education. I...
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    Youthful Optimistic Vitality - Edward MacDowell
    Grant Gilman
    • May 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Youthful Optimistic Vitality - Edward MacDowell

    Having already covered two of the Boston Six—John Knowles Paine and Amy Beach—this week I will continue with three more: Edward...
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    Exception To The Rule - Ruth Crawford Seeger
    Grant Gilman
    • May 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Exception To The Rule - Ruth Crawford Seeger

    "At thirteen, she wanted it all." Some people grow up fast. They have an awareness of themselves that is more keen than normal at an...
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    Melodic Curve - Walter Piston
    Grant Gilman
    • May 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Melodic Curve - Walter Piston

    “Writing long-haired music is not a way to make a living...” - Walter Piston If you have ever had life kick you in the teeth, you...
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    Music of Energy and Imagination - John Knowles Paine
    Grant Gilman
    • May 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Music of Energy and Imagination - John Knowles Paine

    “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” - Dolly Parton It is difficult to be first in something. We tend...
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    Gone Too Soon - Charles Tomlinson Griffes
    Grant Gilman
    • May 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Gone Too Soon - Charles Tomlinson Griffes

    Much like Franz Schubert and Lili Boulanger, another composer gone too soon, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, died at the age of...
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    Long Days and Short Years - Roy Harris
    Grant Gilman
    • May 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Long Days and Short Years - Roy Harris

    Paraphrasing a famous quote of Schumann praising the talents of an up and coming Chopin, one Arthur Farwell said of Roy Harris...
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    Not Just "One of the Boys" - Amy Beach
    Grant Gilman
    • May 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Not Just "One of the Boys" - Amy Beach

    Dvorak (in 1892): “I am afraid the ladies cannot help us much. They have not the creative power.” Amy Beach: Hold my cocktail. Though her...
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    Free Only In His Mind - Henry Cowell
    Grant Gilman
    • May 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Free Only In His Mind - Henry Cowell

    Henry Cowell is a unique study on the effect of incarceration on artistic production.
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    A Man of Firsts - William Henry Fry
    Grant Gilman
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 1 min

    A Man of Firsts - William Henry Fry

    William Henry Fry (1813-1864) has a lot of “firsts” associated with his music, especially his Santa Claus Symphony, composed in 1853.
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