July 5 - George Rochberg (The Musical Birthday Series, 4th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 5th are here: George Rochberg (2019), William Crotch (2020), and Wanda Landowska (2021)

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George Rochberg (5 July 1918 – 29 May 2005) was an influential, and sometimes controversial American composer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Way

Some critics and many serialist composers were quick to bash Rochberg's music for being `pretty' but not `serious.' – Joel Rose on NPR, 4 June 2005

When Rochberg returned to tonality

Using major and minor duality,

The critics were stunned

And initially shunned

Such out of the blue abnormality.

 

 

 

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