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Obituary: Alfred Schnittke 1934-1998
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SUSAN BRADSHAW assesses the achievement of the internationally renowned Soviet composer who died, aged 63, on 3 August
OF PART German descent, the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke, who has died aged 63, always acknowledged the musically formative importance of the two years he spent in Vienna as a child. It was there that he started to learn the piano at the age of 12 - incidentally becoming a fine exponent of keyboard chamber music, in which capacity he toured extensively as a young man. It was there too that he began to try his hand at composition, and to gain early insight into the ...
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The Papers of Henry Laurens, vol 13, March 16, 1778-July 6, 1778.
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
; ...fifty-four-year-old father, Henry Laurens, presided over a much reduced...papers. "The days lengthen," Henry Laurens wrote South Carolina President...of Philadelphia in June allowed Henry Laurens and his fellow delegates to return...
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Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens: The Parallel Lives of Two American Patriots
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine
; Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens: The Parallel Lives of Two American...Christopher Gadsden (1724-1805) and Henry Laurens (1724-92) were not only contemporaries...to an extensive collection of Henry Laurens Papers and an outstanding multi...
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The Papers of Henry Laurens, vol. 14: July 7, 1778-December 9, 1778.
Magazine article from: The Mississippi Quarterly
; Henry Laurens's name is not one that readily comes...hardly seems the stuff of greatness, and Laurens's only biographer, David Duncan Wallace...1915, was hard pressed to make it so. Laurens is much better served by his editors...
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HENRY LAURENS: THE SOUTHERN MAN OF CONSCIENCE IN HISTORY
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine
; ...father to a son, which was introduced by this rubric: "Henry Laurens of South Carolina Denounces the Institution of Slavery...congratulatory purpose of the exhibit.5 They used Henry Laurens to represent, or rather misrepresent, southern ideology...
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A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITH HENRY LAURENS
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine
; ...and the remarkable collection of Laurens family papers that have been at...seeking more information about Henry Laurens and his family. I do not visit...last five volumes of The Papers of Henry Laurens, covering the years 1777 to 1792...
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Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens: The Parallel Lives of Two American Patriots.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History
; ...Revolutionary-era leaders, only Henry Laurens left a substantial collection...Duncan Wallace's The Life of Henry Laurens (New York, 1915). Since the...reviewer more perceptive regarding Henry Laurens's personality. Still, McDonough...
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The Papers of Henry Laurens, Vol. XV: December 11, 1778--August 31, 1782
Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review
; The Papers of Henry Laurens, Vol. XV: December 11, 1778-August 31, 1782, edited by David...volume covers an eventful and ultimately tragic period in the life of Henry Laurens. At the volume's beginning in December 1778, Laurens had just...
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The Papers of Henry Laurens. Volume XV: December 11, 1778--August 31, 1782
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History
; The Papers of Henry Laurens. Volume XV: December 11, 1778...The first half finds the redoubtable Henry Laurens continuing to serve in Congress...found anywhere so far in The Papers of Henry Laurens into his personal character. The...
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The Papers of Henry Laurens. Volume XV: December 11, 1778-August 31, 1782.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History
; ...first half finds the redoubtable Henry Laurens continuing to serve in Congress...just forty-three letters from Laurens, seventeen letters to him, and...anywhere so far in The Papers of Henry Laurens into his personal character. The...
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The Papers of Henry Laurens, Volume Sixteen: September 1, 1782-December 17, 1792
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine
; The Papers of Henry Laurens, Volume Sixteen: September 1, 1782...regular volume in the series, covers Laurens's final decade and nearly brings...great editorial projects of our time. Henry Laurens, in the words of his early biographer...
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