Thomas De Hartmann: A Composer's Life.

Notes | September 1, 1996| | Copyright

Even for the most promising young composer, steering one's career in the direction of success may be likened to walking through a minefield: one false step can bring the promise of obscurity. Cast this quandary against a backdrop of social and political upheaval and the chances of oblivion are greatly multiplied. Indignities of time and place can go a long way toward quelling a composer's voice, no matter how unique. Despite such affronts, the music of Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann (1885-1956) has endured. The de Hartmann papers in the Yale University Music Library ...

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