Code: 04869682

Marga Richter

Name: Marga Richter
Brand: University of Illinois Press
SKU: 04869682
Price: 28.10 EUR
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by Sharon Mirchandani

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2012
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This is the first full-length introduction to the life and works of significant American composer Marga Richter (born 1926), who has written more than one hundred works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, dance, opera, voice, chorus, piano, organ, and harpsichord. Still actively composing in her eighties, Richter is particularly known for her large-scale works performed by ensembles such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and for other pieces performed by prominent artists including pianist Menahem Pressler, conductor Izler Solomon, and violinist Daniel Heifetz. Interspersing consideration of Richter's musical works with discussion of her life, her musical style, and the origins and performances of her works, Sharon Mirchandani documents a successful composer's professional and private life throughout the twentieth century. Mirchandani covers Richter's formative years, her influences, and the phases of her career from the 1950s to the present. Drawing extensively on interviews with the composer, Mirchandani also provides detailed descriptions of Richter's scores and uses reviews and other secondary sources to provide contexts for her works, including their relationship to modern dance, to other musical styles, and to 1970s feminism. Sharon Mirchandani is an associate professor of music history and theory at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, New Jersey. A volume in the series Women Composers