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Music school aide Vincent Persichetti, 72
Chicago Sun-Times; 8/15/1987; 95 words
; PHILADELPHIA (UP) Vincent Persichetti, head of the composition department at the Juilliard School ... night at his home following a brief illness. He was 72. Mr. Persichetti, a professor of composition, was the author of more than 150 ...
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Persichetti Quartet
The Washington Post; 2/17/1989; Joseph McLellan; 284 words
; Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was one of the most productive ... a long while. Amid this abundance, Persichetti's four string quartets have not received ... and too traditional for others. Now Persichetti's quartets are coming into their own ...
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Piano Sonatas: Nos. 1-12
Fanfare; 7/1/2008; Burwasser, Peter; Simmons, Walter; 787 words
; PERSICHETTI Piano Sonatas: Nos. 1-12 ... 80677 (2 CDs: 149:56) The late Vincent Persichetti is certainly one of the most ... momentous release. Although Vincent Persichetti is largely known today for ... the utmost in virtuosity. Persichetti was a virtuoso pianist himself ...
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String Quartets: Nos. 1-4
Fanfare; 3/1/2007; Simmons, Walter; 787 words
; ... festiva. Aria. See JONGEN. PERSICHETTI String Quartets: Nos. 1 ... The creative legacy of Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) comprises a ... 1 dates from 1939, when Persichetti was still seeking a distinctive ... many cryptic aspects of Persichetti's creative personality ...
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Lifting Varied Voices in `Celebrations'
The Washington Post; 2/8/1999; L. Peat O'Neil; 319 words
; ... presented American composer Vincent Persichetti's "Celebrations" in concert ... Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" set to Persichetti's challenging dissonance. Opening ... the band for "Celebrations." Persichetti's music achieves drama with ...
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Best Bets
The Washington Post; 8/26/2004; 339 words
; The Annapolis Wind Symphony celebrates its fifth anniversary with a performance of Vincent Persichetti's Symphony No. 6, Clifton Williams's "Symphonic Suite," Gordon Jacob's "Celebration Overture" and Morton Gould's "Ballad for Band ...
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(book reviews)
Notes; 12/1/1996; Fisher, George; 560 words
; ... of this century. Around the time of Stevens's death in 1955, Arthur Berger and Vincent Persichetti wrote some of the first works based on his poetry: Persichetti's Harmonium (1954) is a song cycle for soprano and piano set to texts from Stevens ...
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Washington Music Ensemble
The Washington Post; 11/23/1987; Stephen Brookes; 188 words
; ... the Terrace Theater last night with yet another unusual, insightful and well thought out program. Ranging from Vincent Persichetti's grave "Parable" for solo viola to Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's "Chamber Symphony" (with a stopover ...
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Good, Better, Bestor
Journal of Singing; 3/1/2007; Mabry, Sharon; 787 words
; ... Electronic Music Studio at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His composition training was with Paul Hindemith, Vincent Persichetti, and Peter Mennin at the Juilliard School, and independently with the electronic music composer, Vladimir Ussachevsky ...
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Paul Hill's Well-Versed Chorale
The Washington Post; 3/29/1991; A.M. Beale; 245 words
; ... life renewed and life past. The terse and somewhat fractured verses of e.e. cummings were remarkably enhanced in Vincent Persichetti's "Flower Songs," Op. 157. Performed in seven short choruses, the piece details the emotive images of flowers ...
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