Compact Discoveries 33: One-Hit American Composers

Part of Series Compact Discoveries
Length 58:06
Licensor Fred Flaxman
Producer(s) Fred Flaxman
Formats Weekly Program
Topics Music
Produced 2003
Added to PRX March 26, 2007
 

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Summary:

Big hits by Morton Gould, Edward MacDowell and Walter Piston.

Website:

http://www.compactdiscoveries.com

Additional Credits and Funding:

Funding credit at end of program for the National Endowment for the Arts and the PRX Reversioning Project, totalling 15 seconds.

Tones:

Authoritative, Light

Language:

English

Description:


Compact Discoveries Program 33: One-Hit American Composers

Producer/host Fred Flaxman presents the biggest hits of four American composers who only had one big hit: Morton Gould's "American Salute," Edward MacDowell's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor," Walter Piston's "The Incredible Flutist," and an excerpt from Virgil Thomson's "The Plow that Broke the Plains."