Ron Chaplin [[[log in to unmask]]] wrote:

>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?

He was professor at Moscows conservatory for a big bunch of years.  He
was very popular in his time, what for the quick gives an idea of that
his music didn't belong to the avant-garde.  Now he is almost forgotten
although quality in the symphonies.  People forget and forget and forget...

>Jannequin, a Renaissance composer, who wrote vocal music based on the
>songs of birds.

Never heard of, but so I am not a renaissance nut either, but this sounds
indeed interesting.

Mats Norrman
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