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Scottish Chamber Orchestra ... Friday, November 4, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"It might be argued, in general, that there are only three reasons why a composer should be singled out for true greatness. First, a composer is valued if he is a genuine innovator. Although Cicero proclaimed in the century ...
Hubbard Stret Dance Company ... Wednesday, March 8, 1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"Chicago's own Hubbard Street Dance Company is entering its second decade of entertaining audiences with its own highly acclaimed style of dance. The original company of four women was formed in late 1977, when Barbara ...
Gerry Mulligan, Saxophonist with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet ... Thursday, October 13, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"For almost four decades Gerry Mulligan has been a leading spirit in the unfolding history of jazz. His reputation is largely based on his skills as a baritone saxophonist and an arranger, but it is unquestionably his ...
Prague Symphony Orchestra ... Monday, November 7, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"Modern Czechoslovakia was created in 1918 during the aftermath of World War I from territories formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Comprised of Slovakia and the traditional Czech lands of Bohemia, Moravia, and ...
Waverly Concert ... as part of the Thirteenth Annual Chancellor's Festival of Music, Tuesday, February 14, 1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"The Waverly Consort, an ensemble of six vocalists and four instrumentalists specializing in the repertory of great music from the Twelfth Century through the Eighteenth Century, is celebrating its twenty-fourth anniversary ...
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra ... Wednesday, January 25, 1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"What is appropriate concert-fare for an academic festival? For the performance of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra as part of the sesquicentennial celebration of the founding of the University of Missouri at Columbia, ...
Canadian Brass ... Friday, September 30, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"Times have changed! It was not so very long ago that musicians in the fine-art tradition preferred to concern themselves almost exclusively with the music of European masters. Because American culture was the unruly ...
King's Sisters ... Saturday, October 22, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"As a nation of immigrants, the United States has been blessed with an extraordinarily rich body of folk music. One significant stream of folk resources, the songs and dances of early settlers from the British Isles, was ...
All-Beethoven holiday concert ... Saturday, December 3, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"Some commentators have suggested that Beethoven's music for voices is not as "grateful" to singers as, say, the vocal music of Schubert or Brahms. These observers miss the point. Part of the significance of his legacy is ...
New York Woodwind Quintet ... assisted by The Missouri Arts Quintet ... Monday, November 14, 1988
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1988)
"The selections on tonight's program present compelling evidence to hear the music of these composers with fresh ears. The Vivaldi trio sonata for flute, oboe, and bassoon is an engaging example of the tunefulness and ...
Elegant evening with Mel Torme and George Shearing ... Monday, March 20, 1989
(University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 1989)
"One of the happiest facts in the history of twentieth-century American music is the chronological coincidence of the glory days of Tin Pan Alley and the emergence and evolution of jazz. Both of these grand musical traditions ...