YouOverThere Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Composer Christopher Rouse passed away on Saturday, September 21, four weeks before the scheduled premiere of his 6th symphony. For those not familiar with him, he won both a Grammy and a Pullitzer, served in several capacities with major symphony orchestras (including the New York Philharmonic), and taught at several top music schools (including Julliard and Eastman). He had been one of my two favorite living composers. https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/Composer-Christopher-Rouse-Dies-At-Age-70-20190921 Link to comment
dirac Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thanks for posting, YouOverThere. I am not familiar with his work although the name rang a bell. Gramophone reprints an appreciation of Rouse's work by Richard Whitehouse: Quote Such pieces as these two from the 1980s were often appraised in terms more associated with the rock music that was current in Western music during the previous decade. Indeed, Rouse led a course on the history of rock while teaching at the Eastman School of Music. The influence of rock is at its most overt in such pieces as the percussion octet Bonham (1988, a tribute to the legendary Led Zeppelin drummer), but this influence can also be seen as more subtle and incremental in other works. A change in aesthetic came during the mid-1980s, when Rouse’s music took on deeper and more ambiguous emotional shadings.............. Link to comment
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