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George Rochberg (July 5, 1918 – May 29, 2005) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Long a serial composer, Rochberg abandoned the practice following the death of his teenage son in 1964; he claimed this compositional technique had proved inadequate to express his grief and had found it empty of expressive intent. By the 1970s, Rochberg's use of tonal passages in his music had invoked controversy among critics and fellow composers. A teacher at the University of Pennsylvania until 1983, Rochberg also served as chairman of its music department until 1968 and was named the first Annenberg Professor of the Humanities in 1978. For notable students See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#George Rochberg.
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Rochberg attended first the Mannes College of Music, where his teachers included George Szell and Hans Weisse, then the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Rosario Scalero and Gian Carlo Menotti. He served in the United States Army in the infantry during World War II.
GEORGE ROCHBERG (1918-2005) VI String Quartet (1978, for Isaac Stern), III mvt - "Variations (on Pachelbel) [Poco andante e teneramente]" Audio - Concord String Quartet (LP around 1979, CD from 1999) Mark Sokol - I Violin Andrew Jennings - II Violin John Kochanowski - Viola Norman Fischer - Cello Score - (c) 1979 by Theodore Presser Co., Bryn Mawr, Pa (courtesy of Paul Sacher Stiftung, Basel, CH) Video - KarlisKlotins (using Gimp, iMovie and MPEG Streamclip) No copyright infridgement intended - with respect to composer, artists and publishers!!! Video made for educational and entertainment purposes only.
George Rochberg (1918-2005): Sinfonia n.5 (1984/1985) -- Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra diretta da Christopher Lyndon-Gee -- Opening Statement - Episode 1 - Development 1 - Episode 2 - Development 2 - Episode 3 - Finale -- painting by Georgia O'Keefe ---- The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be apprec...
Rochberg's 3rd string quartet was written for the Concord Quartet of Dartmouth College in 1971, later resulting in a commission by the same ensemble for three additional quartets. After the death of his son in 1961, the composer was struggling to find a satisfying means of expression in the strictures of Schoenberg's serialism. Nor did the faceless results of aleatory techniques (Lutoslawski/Cage) offer a solution. Instead, Rochberg began to employ a somewhat controversial method in which tension between pre-twentieth-century tonality and an expressive atonality (though not serialist in form) allowed for a cohesive whole. This is the Concord's recording of Part C, the 4th and 5th movements (IV. March; V. Finale: Scherzos and Serenades). In my opinion, it stands as a 21-minute masterpie...
One of America's most important composers of the later 20th century whose music is being recorded more often nowadays; as well as his Caprice Variations and Piano Sonata (MSV28521) we have this excellent quartet which is coupled on the album with the also-excellent 'Bellagio Variations' by Elliott Schwartz. Details at http://www.divineartrecords.com/CD/92051info.htm
George Rochberg (1918-2005): Quartetto per archi n.5 (1978) -- Concord String Quartet -- I. Molto allegro marziale II. Mesto -- cover image: painting by Margot Balcerek ---- The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.
George Rochberg (1918-2005): Imago Mundi, per grande orchestra (1973) -- Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra diretta da Christopher Lyndon-Gee -- Adagio: unhurried, noble, contained, quasi-ceremonial - Più mosso: slightly agitated and restless - Quasi tempo primo: playful, chattering, nature sounds - Alla marcia: Grotesque, a touch of the macabre - Fantasia - Fanfares: molto allegro - Declamando, molto runato - Molto tranquillo - Meno mosso ---- The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates...
George Rochberg - Symphony No. 2 (1955-56) Cleveland Orchestra George Szell, conductor Severance Hall, Cleveland 26, 28 February 1959
George Rochberg: Symphony No 6 (1987). Conducted by Raymond Leppard. St Louis Symphony Orchestra. [radio broadcast]
The first one of George Rochberg's Three Elegiac Pieces for piano. Played by Marc-André Hamelin.
George Rochberg (1918-2005): Twelve Bagatelles, per pianoforte (1952) -- David Burge, pianoforte ---- The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900's (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly. Your collaboration will be appreciated.