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R.B. Kitaj; Art Had Historical, Literary Themes
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R.B. Kitaj, 74, an artist whose vivid figurative paintings used
realistic shapes and images to convey historical and literary themes
and who challenged the abstract art movement that dominated his era,
died Oct. 21 at his home in Los Angeles.
A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County coroner's office said
test results were needed to determine the cause of death.
Mr. Kitaj often made wild use of collage, fragmentary design and
bright color, along with a thematic concern with modern Jewish
history, particularly the Holocaust. His art highlighted historical
and social commentary and obscure ...
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Chasing the blahs with Blacher. (On Music).(Boris Blacher)(Biography)
Magazine article from: The New Leader
; ...about the German composer Boris Blacher (1903-75). He had...made out from what is. Blacher's father, Eduard...Estonia, their home base. Boris, although born in the...Stuckenschmidt: "The strokes of Boris Blacher's pen are so delicate...
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Boris Blacher
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion
; ...provenance than the greatly gifted Boris Blacher, who was born on 19 January 1903...Slominsky so carefully detailed Blacher's ancestry. When Blather was...teaching found a ready response in Blacher, who became a very prolific composer...
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Romeo and Juliet
Magazine article from: Fanfare
; BLACHER Romeo and Juliet * Jeffrey Silberschlag...ALBANY TROY 1008 (71:47 *) That Boris Blacher (1903-1975) evolved into a musical...Asian parts of Russia. At the time of Blacher's birth, his father was a prominent...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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CSO, YOUNG PIANIST SHINE.(News)(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
; ...guest conductor Andres Delfs, paired Paganini (via Boris Blacher and Rachmaninoff) and Mozart. Guest artist was the...Variations on a Theme of Niccolo Paganini" (1947) by Boris Blacher, a kind of concerto for orchestra brimming with color...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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CLASSICAL REVIEW; ST. PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA; Perfect, yet something's missing.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...with a tart ap[unke9]ritif, Boris Blacher's "Homage to Mozart." Top...egalitarian, collaborative playing. Blacher (1903-75) made his career in...the Mozart bicentennial in 1956, Blacher's "Homage" clocks in at only...
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Paganini theme crisply interpreted.(DAILY DATEBOOK)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle
; ...Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Boris Blacher's 1947 Orchestral Variations on...in the melodic 18th Variation. Blacher's delightful set is a more puckish...through in a game of peekaboo. Blacher even tips his hat to his precursor...
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MSO wins at Strauss vs. Strauss
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...another fascinating comparison: Boris Blacher's orchestral Variations on a Theme...Rachmaninoff sounds like Tchaikovsky. Blacher's variations sound like Expressionism...in 1934, was looking backward. Blacher, in 1947, was wholly of his time...
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MSO plays Paganini-inspired works
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...this weekend. Another set of Paganini variations, by the more obscure and modernist Boris Blacher (1903-'75), will make an interesting comparison. Blacher was born in Niutschang, Manchuria, where his Russian- Asian-Estonian father worked...
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Whats On
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post
; ...Music Center, Bialik 26, (03) 620-1185. Haifa Blacher, not Becker The Haifa Symphony Orchestra under the...Gabriel Chmura, with Ian Fountain on piano. Works by Boris Blacher, Rachmaninoff, and Reger. At 8:30 p.m. in Haifas...
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Obituary: Gottfried von Einem
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Staatsoper. From 1941 to 1943 he studied privately with Boris Blacher, a composer whose music had recently been proscribed...Dantons Tod, which von Einem adapted, together with Blacher, from Buchner's drama about the French Revolution...
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