TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance Practices
T2 - David Burge, Robert Miller, and the Makrokosmos
AU - Nonken, Marilyn
N1 - Funding Information:
Many thanks to all at the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University for granting me the privileges of access and quietude. I am particularly grateful to my colleague Kent Underwood, Head of the Avery Fisher Centre for Music and Media, for helping to shepherd the David Burge Papers to the Special Collections at the behest of David’s widow, Evon Banning Burge (1934–2021). This text is offered in her memory.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The reception of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos I and II benefited from the efforts of pianists David Burge and Robert Miller. Burge, the composer’s colleague at Colorado College, gave the premiere of the first volume and made its first recording. The second volume was premiered by Robert Miller, a New York-based pianist associated with the Group for Contemporary Music, who created the initial recording of the second volume. The discographies of these two pianists testify to their tremendous and shared commitment to the music of their own time. Yet two artists drawn to the same repertoire, born in the same year, could not have been more different. There were significant differences in how they saw their goals, priorities, and responsibilities as interpreters dedicated to the evolving repertoire, which determined their immediate impact and the consequences of their work. Their choices, which reflect needs for access, self-preservation, education, standards, and audience engagement, are examined in light of contemporary debates regarding access and the bridging and bonding of diverse communities.
AB - The reception of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos I and II benefited from the efforts of pianists David Burge and Robert Miller. Burge, the composer’s colleague at Colorado College, gave the premiere of the first volume and made its first recording. The second volume was premiered by Robert Miller, a New York-based pianist associated with the Group for Contemporary Music, who created the initial recording of the second volume. The discographies of these two pianists testify to their tremendous and shared commitment to the music of their own time. Yet two artists drawn to the same repertoire, born in the same year, could not have been more different. There were significant differences in how they saw their goals, priorities, and responsibilities as interpreters dedicated to the evolving repertoire, which determined their immediate impact and the consequences of their work. Their choices, which reflect needs for access, self-preservation, education, standards, and audience engagement, are examined in light of contemporary debates regarding access and the bridging and bonding of diverse communities.
KW - David Burge
KW - George Crumb
KW - Performance Practice
KW - Reception
KW - Robert Miller
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U2 - 10.1080/07494467.2022.2033572
DO - 10.1080/07494467.2022.2033572
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125143428
SN - 0749-4467
VL - 41
SP - 74
EP - 85
JO - Contemporary Music Review
JF - Contemporary Music Review
IS - 1
ER -