Liner Notes
Cat. No. 80285
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Aleck Karis, piano; Rolf Schulte, Linda Quan, Evan Paris, violin; John Graham, Lois Martin, viola; Madeline Shapiro, cello; Susan Palma, Paul L. Dunkel, flute; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Virgil Blackwell, clarinet; Frank Morelli, bassoon; Stewart Rose, horn; New Jersey Percussion Ensemble at William Paterson College
The generation of American composers who came of age in the 1920s are now generally acknowledged as seminal figures in the creation of a truly indigenous American art music. Quartet Romantic makes available for the first time on CD several important chamber works by four of these figures - Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Wallingford Riegger, and John Becker - as well as an early work by Cowell's most famous pupil, Lou Harrison.
The generation of American composers who came of age in the 1920s are now generally acknowledged as seminal figures in the creation of a truly indigenous American art music. Quartet Romantic makes available for the first time on CD several important chamber works by four of these figures - Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Wallingford Riegger, and John Becker - as well as an early work by Cowell's most famous pupil, Lou Harrison.
