Title from disc label. Various performers. "Originally released as part of Columbia Records' Modern American music series between 1953 and 1955." Booklet with biographical and program notes in English (58 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. Music by composers who once made their living as music critics for the New York Herald Tribune.
Contents:
Music for a farce / Paul Bowles (David Glazer, clarinet ; Herbert C. Mueller, trumpet ; Elden C. Bailey, percussion ; William Masselos, piano) (11:57) -- Suite for cello and harp / Lou Harrison (Seymour Barab, cello ; Lucille Lawrence, harp) (10:48) -- Capital capitals / Virgil Thomson ; text by Gertrude Stein (Joseph Crawford, Clyde S. Turner, tenors ; Joseph James, baritone ; William C. Smith, bass ; Virgil Thomson, piano) (17:16) -- Sonata for piano and percussion / Peggy Glanville-Hicks (Carlo Bussotti, piano ; New York Percussion Group ; Carlos Surinach, conductor) (9:34) -- String quartet in four parts / John Cage (New Music String Quartet) (22:34) Contents of booklet: The New York Herald Tribune composer-critics / by Charles Amirkhanian -- The paper / by Vigil Thomson -- The art of judging music / by Virgil Thomson -- Notes on the music / by Charles Amirkhanian -- Composer biographical notes -- Original album covers -- Track listings -- Image credits.
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