Negro music in America; Spirituals from the 1930s and 1940s

Why Thank You have just heard two sonnets or a baritone and three instruments. That. Has performed by. Charles them TASM. Baritone. And members of the contemporary Chamber Players of. The. Congo. Under the direction of Rome. Thank you. Mr Van Tassel. His return interested for another. Thank.

You. The last number on tonight's program. Consists of four songs by Charles Ives Charles Ives was born and down very Connecticut in 1874. And first studied music with his father who was a schoolteacher and band master and Dan Barry. He continued his musical studies with Horatio Parker at Yale and was an organist in New York City for a couple of years after his graduation. However Ives then went into the insurance business. And amassed a small fortune. During that time he continued to compose actively until the end of his life. The four selections which we are to hear tonight are evening. West London. The cage. And Paracelsus. Evening was composed in one thousand twenty one. This simple setting of the famous

excerpt from Milton's Paradise Lost lacks many of the characteristics associated with the composer particularly in his long works such as Polly metric ality incessant quotations from hymns and popular tunes and complicated textures. West London was also composed in one thousand twenty one. Ives had contemplated and perhaps had completed a Matthew Arnold overture around one thousand twelve. To be part of a set of men of literature pieces for orchestra. This work has been lost and all that remains is this song setting. The cage is a reworking by the composer of a piece of the same name in a set for theater orchestra composed between 1904 and 1906. For adopting songs from his instrumental works indicates that verbal or poetic correlates to musical ideas were often present as he composed. The very last work to be heard tonight the fourth of the Ives songs is from

Paracelsus. The form of this song is a gradual progression from great complexity at one point near the beginning of the piece. To great simplicity culminating in the unison of the last measure a form which follows the dramatic development of the text. It was adopted from a large orchestra work the Robert Browning overture of 1912. In from Paracelsus. James kid who accompanies Charles Lamb tassel. Will be joined at the piano by John Frito. Thanks and now here once again. Our James kid piano and Charles Van Tassel baritone. Four songs by I. A.

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you. Just heard four songs but it's all science. As performed by. Charles Van Tassel baritone with James with James accompanying on the piano. Also assisting Mr. Kidd in the last of the four songs of John Kerry. You once again return his name castle. And James cue. The final bell. This has been a concert by the contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago

Ralph's AP Music Director. Our featured soloist tonight was Charles Van Tassel baritone accompanied by James Kidd piano. Other members of the contemporary Chamber Players heard on tonight's program were yon herring or flute. Chester Milosovich clarinet John Frito piano Lawrence live in harpsichord and Daniel Rossen on violin and Mr. Kauf Viola and certainly Evans cello. We hope that you will be with us for the next program in this series of concerts by the contemporary Chamber Players of the University of Chicago. That program will feature easily Blackwood piano and Esther Glaser violin. And a performance of the sonatas for Violin and Piano By Charles Ives. This program was produced for radio broadcast by the University of Chicago. Your announcer has been t Kim headroom. This is the national educational

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