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Richard Pennycuick wrote:
>Browsing a list of new releases, I came across an Albany CD of
>orchestral music by one Edward Collins. I assumed him to be American as
>the CD is conducted by Marin Alsop. There was no information in Grove,
>DRAM lists Edward Collins and Edward Joseph Collins, who may be the same
>person. No source I checked mentioned his dates, but I'd guess late
>C19-early C20. Steve may well be writing his review of the CD, but in
>the meantime, I'd appreciate any other information about this composer.
I wrote a review of his Symphony in B minor and 3rd Piano Concerto. Do
you have access to American Record Guide? The review appeared in the
January-February 2004 issue, and I understand that a colleague is reviewing
another disc for the March April issue.
Very quickly, he was a Chicago composer with dates of 1896-1951. He
wrote a good deal of piano music and some choral works, among others.
I went into a lot of detail describing the works I reviewed in my review.
Put way too briefly, though he was an American, his music is strongly
late European Romantic.
Roger Hecht
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