Marianne Faithfull has recruited a team of established composers for her new album, Give My Love to London.
Betty Freeman, active in the commissioning of new music, is regularly excoriated by American composers for her support of foreigners like Thomas Adès and Harrison Birtwistle.
September 5, 1867 Henniker, New Hampshire December 27, 1944 New York City, New York Amy Marcy Beach, née Amy Marcy Cheney, married name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach (born Sept. 5, 1867, Henniker, N.H., U.S. died Dec. 27, 1944, New York, N.Y ., American pianist and composer known for her Piano Concerto (1900) and her Gaelic Symphony (1894), the first symphony by an American woman composer.
Pulitzers also went to the writers of the Broadway hit "Next to Normal" for drama; first-time novelist Paul Harding for "Tinkers" for fiction; poet Rae Armantrout for a collection called "Versed"; and classical composer Jennifer Higdon for her Violin Concerto.
CHAMBER DANCE PROJECT The group's artistic director, Diane Coburn Bruning, has commissioned a rich, turbulent string quartet from the young composer Giovanni Spinelli for her emotionally charged new ensemble piece, "Dark Parade".
October 6, 1591 Italy c. 1660 Florence, Italy Settimia Caccini, (born Oct. 6, 1591, Florence [Italy] died c. 1660, Florence), Italian singer and composer, celebrated for her technical and artistic skill.
Ms. Mutter will include the Lutoslawski piece in her first program, along with the Partita the composer arranged for her soon after, in response to the "very strong impression" that her performances had made on him.
Beneath that hectic, usually disheveled exterior, however, was a poetic, gutsy composer known for her experimentation with timbre or tonal quality and color, her invention of percussion instruments and the freshness of her musical structures, in works made for the timbre piano and traditional orchestra instruments.
There is also a lack of repertory suited to intermediate-level performers, so Ms. Zeltsman has asked that the composers writing for her festival tailor their works to those players.
That is familiar, too, though Ms. Loomer praised her own husband, Joe Romano, a composer, for his willingness to help.
