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Episode 38 - 1980: David Del Tredici, In Memory of a Summer Day

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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:

  1. 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
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