American Pioneers

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Album Summary

Conductor

• Klein, Kenneth

Ensemble

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Composers

• John Knowles Paine (1839 - 1906)
• Dudley Buck (1839 - 1909)
• Edward MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
• John Alden Carpenter (Classical) (1876 - 1951)
• Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937)

Notes & Reviews:

In this new release – Giants rest on the shoulders of their predecessors, and here’s a snapshot of some who made an American music possible – from the German Romanticism of Paine and Buck, through the more colorful MacDowell, to the Elgarian Foote, and finally Carpenter – the first serious composer of the jazz age – this American Classics: American Pioneers.

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Works Details

Carpenter, John Alden : Skyscrapers, ballet for chorus & orchestra

• Conductor: Kenneth Klein
• Running Time: 20 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1923-1924

Paine, John Knowles : Prelude to Oedipus tyrannus, Op. 35

• Conductor: Kenneth Klein
• Running Time: 9 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880-1881

MacDowell, Edward : Lamia, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 29

• Conductor: Kenneth Klein
• Running Time: 13 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1887-1888

Foote, Arthur : Suite for string orchestra in E major, Op. 63

• Conductor: Kenneth Klein
• Running Time: 17 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907

Buck, Dudley : Festival Overture on the "Star-Spangled Banner" for orchestra

• Conductor: Kenneth Klein
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879