Ron Chaplin wrote:
>In "What to Listen For in Music," Aaron Copland includes Miaskovsky
>with Shostakovich and Prokofiev as examples of modern composers who
>were creating symphonies at the time the book was written. I think it
>was written in the mid-1930's. Copland refers to Miaskovsky as a young
>composer who has already written 27 symphonies. This was the first I had
>heard of him. Do any list members have information about him?
I have loads of Cds of Miaskovsky on the Olympia label. It's all very
attractive stuff. I guess a good comparisom would be Prokofiev. However
don't expect catchy tunes like in Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. They're
absent from Miaskovsky.
Bob Draper
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