Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Two very different composers from very different periods are completely
>unknown to me.
>Lee Hyla American contemporary
Completely unknown also to me!
>Charles Tournemire French late 19th - early 20 th.
Tournemire was an *organ* composer. He wrote extensively for that
instrument but also 8 symphonies (which are available from MarcoPolo and
Auvidis). I only know his 3rd and 7th symphony. This is quite typical
music from the turn of the century, a kind of melange of romantic and
impressionist with some modernist hints. As organ composer he could create
some *huge* orchestral sounds with interesting instrumental interplay.
I would not say you *have* to know his music, but its not bad!
Achim Breiling