Compact Discoveries 163: "Goldmark Gold"
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:57:00
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Producer/guide Fred Flaxman presents Goldmark's biggest hit, The Rustic Wedding Symphony and the finale of Goldmark's Piano Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 30. Included is a short biography of the composer.
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Producer/guide Fred Flaxman presents Goldmark's biggest hit, The Rustic Wedding Symphony and the finale of Goldmark's Piano Quintet in B-flat Major, Op. 30. Included is a short biography of the composer.
Broadcast History
This is the world premiere.
Transcript
Program 163
"Goldmark Gold"
MUSIC: Goldmark: opening of the third movement (Scherzo) from The Rustic Wedding Symphony performed by the Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel [Vanguard Classics SVC-10, track 3] [under the following]
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I’m your guide, Fred Flaxman. Stay with me for the next hour and I promise to fill it with “Goldmark Gold” -- the very best of the music of Karl Goldmark.
Goldmark came from a very large Hungarian Jewish family. He was one of 20 children. His early training was as a violinist at the music academy of Sopron. Two years later his father sent him to Vienna, where he studied for 18 months before his funds ran out. Later he went to the Vienna Conservatory until the Revolution of 1848 forced the conservatory to close down.
Goldmark was largely self-taught as a composer, supporting himself in Vienna...
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