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