La Scena Musicale

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Today's Birthday in Music: October 14 (Zemlinsky)

1871 - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna, Austria; composer and conductor

Wikipedia
Alexander Zemlinsky Foundation website

Sonata for Cello and Piano in A minor, 2nd mvt. (Norman Fischer, cello and Jeanne Kierman, piano at Rice University)


Extract from Zemlinsky's opera Es War Einmal


Frühlingsbegräbnis, cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (Junge Philharmonie Zentralschweiz, Akademiechor Luzern, conductor Thüring Bräm, Zug, Switzerland, 2006)

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