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Danish composer
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2019-12-23 07:38:43
Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000) considered The Tempered Piano to be the central achievement among his staggeringly prolific keyboard output. This magnum opus is made up of 13 cycles, each encompassing 24 Preludes and Fugues in all of the major and minor keys. The first volume dates from 1964, with Vols. 2-5 appearing during the mid-to-late […]
2015-08-24 23:27:44
[…] had its premiere in Vienna. In 1907 Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” March No. 4 premiered in London. In 1910 Bernhard Heiden was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He studied under Paul Hindemith and was the winner of the the Mendelssohn Prize in Composition. He emigrated to the United States in 1935 (to flee Nazi Germany), became a U.S. citizen in 1941 and joined the Army and served as an Assistant Bandleader. In 1919 Niels Viggo Bentzon was born in Copenhagen. His compositions extend to 664 opus numbers which includes 24 symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, and string quartets. Perhaps his best known work is the 14 separate sets of 24 preludes and fugues, collectively known as “The Tempered Piano”, which represents a 20th-century example of music written in all 24 major and minor keys. In 1943 Leonard Bernstein’s song-cycle “I Hate Music!” was premiered at the Public Library in Lenox, […]
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