![]() ![]() "The 33-1/3 speed had been established before work began, and it already had become clear that a very narrow groove, something like the. "Goldmark assigned individual researchers to individual problems: cutting-motor and stylus design, pickup design, turntable design, amplifier, radius equalization," Martin Mayer wrote in a history of the LP published by High Fidelity Magazine in 1958. ![]() ![]() 4a, at the King's Theater in London, performed between the acts of Handel's opera "Amadigi di Gaula" (Gregorian date: July 1) ġ901 - Elgar: "Cockaigne Overture: In London Town," at a London Philharmonic concert ġ938 - Jerome Moross: ballet, "Frankie and Johnny," by the Page-Stone Ballet at the Great Northern Theater in Chicago This production was part of the Federal Theater Project ġ947 - Britten: opera "Albert Herring," at the Glyndebourne Opera ġ952 - Hindemith: opera "Cardillac" (2nd version) in Zürich at the Stadttheater ġ961 - Paul Creston: "Dance Variations" for soprano and orchestra, at Lewisohn Stadium by the Stadium Symphony (New York Philharmonic), Pierre Monteux conducting and Roberta Peters the vocal soloist ġ962 - Leroy Anderson: "Clarinet Candy" at a Decca recording session in New York City, with the composer conducting The four clarinet soloist for this classic recording were Vincent Abato, Herbert Blayman, Roger Hiller and Bernard Portnoy ġ969 - Penderecki: opera "The Devils of Loudun," in Hamburg at the Staatsoper ġ948 - At the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, Edward Wallerstein conducts the first public demonstration of the revolutionary Columbia Records 33-rpm "Long Playing" (LP) discs for fifty-odd members of the press.When Columbia was finally freed from geopolitical conflict and able to resolve the LP's previous technical difficulties – pickups that were too heavy, grooves that were too wide, playback times that were too short, and audio fidelity that was too crappy – everything changed. 1960) Rocketekya (David Krakauer, clarinet Alicia Svigals, violin Martha Mooke, electric viola Pablo Aslan, contrabass) Naxos 8.559403 On This Day Birthsġ756 - German-Swedish composer Joseph Martin Kraus, in Miltenberg, near Mainz ġ819 - German-born French cellist and operetta composer Jacques Offenbach, in Cologne ġ931 - Norwegian composer Arne Nordheim, in Larvik ġ787 - German-born, London-based composer, gamba virtuoso and concert impresario Carl Friedrich Abel, age 63, in London He was a friend and associate of Johann Christian Bach (the "London" Bach) ġ940 - French organ composer Jehan Alain, age 29, killed in action at Petits-Puis, near Saumur ġ716 - Handel: Concerto Grosso in F, Op. Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975) –Clarinet Candy (Decca Studio Orchestra Leroy Anderson, cond.) MCA 9815 Golijov explained: “I thought it would be interesting to write a different sort of celebratory piece, and I had an idea of a shofar blasting inside a rocket-an ancient sound propelled toward the future.” Music Played in Today's Program This Klezmer-style clarinet piece is entitled “Rocketekya,” and was written for the 20th anniversary of New York’s Merkin Hall. The contemporary Argentinean-born composer Osvaldo Golijov has also proved popular enough to have many of his brand-new works recorded either at their premieres or shortly thereafter. On June 20, 1962, Anderson was at New York’s Manhattan Center, conducting for Decca Records the premiere of his “Clarinet Candy.” By recording in the summer months, when many of New York’s best symphonic players were available for studio work, Anderson was able to round up top-notch musicians for his recording sessions. But that was the case with many works written by the American composer Leroy Anderson, whose short and tuneful compositions from the 1940s, 50s and 60s proved enormously popular during his lifetime. It’s a mark success when a new musical work is recorded shortly after its premiere, and even more when the recording session itself is the premiere.
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