Based on an unfinished Oscar Wilde play, Alexander Zemlinskys one-act opera A Florentine Tragedy tells of jealousy, betrayal and ultimately murder. Mezzo-soprano Petra Lang, one of the most sought-after performers in the Austro-German song repertoire, is ..
In 1997 the Artis Quartet was awarded the Alexander Zemlinsky Award, beginning a close cooperation with Nimbus Records. Their first project, the complete Zemlinsky String Quartets, immediately gained outstanding recognition from international critics, incl..
Moskovitz's exploration of Zemlinsky's songs, operas, choral works, chamber music and symphonic compositions follows the composer's search for a distinctly personal sound, revealing an artist caught up in the music of his time yet unwilling toabandon his 1..
His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold Schoenberg''s musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the exp..
His allegiance to the austere rigor of Arnold Schoenberg''s musical revolution was balanced by a lifelong devotion to the warm sensuousness of Viennese musical tradition and a love of lyric utterance, the emotional intensity of opera, and the exp..
Five activists who have fought to incorporate slavery into American political discourse are the focus of this timely book, in which Alex Zamalin considers past African American resistance to underscore its future democratic necessity. He looks at the langu..
Organized around eleven fundamental choices that all secondary schools must make, this book serves as a checklist, an agenda, and a study guide for high school reform.