Episode 38 - 1980: David Del Tredici, In Memory of a Summer Day
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English - November 18, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes - 76.8 MBMusic History Music Music Commentary Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 37 - 1979: Joseph Schwantner, Aftertones of Infinity
Next Episode: Episode 39 - 1981: No Winner
In this episode, Dave and Andrew discuss a composer Aaron Copland called a "rare find among composers — a creator with a truly original gift." Will they agree with Copland about David Del Tredici's In Memory of a Summer Day?
If you'd like more information about David Del Tredici, we recommend:
Contemporary Music Review's issue on New Tonality, volume 6, issue 2 (1992), including Paul Moravec's interview with Del Tredici.
J. D. Dolan's article on Del Tredici in BOMB, No. 60 (Summer 1997): 42-45
James E. Chute's dissertation "The reemergence of tonality in contemporary music as shown in the works of David Del Tredici, Joseph Schwantner, and John Adams" (University of Cincinnati, 1991)
A recent interview with Del Tredici