Cheap imitation : for orchestra without conductor / John Cage. [1972]
Related Entities
There are 5 Entities related to this resource.
Koussevitzky, Natalie, 1880-1942
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d904f4 (person)
Natalie Ushkova, the daughter of an extremely wealthy tea merchant, was the second wife of Russian American conductor, Serge Koussevitzky. When she died in 1942, and Serge Koussevitzky created the Koussevitzky Music Foundations in her honor....
Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j20w5g (person)
Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist, known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. Koussevitzky's appointment as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was the beginning of a golden era for the ensemble that would continue until 1949. Over that 25-year period, he built the ensemble's reputation into that of a leading American orchestra. ...
Cage, John.
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h1c6x (person)
American composer. From the description of Imaginary landscape no. 4 or March no. 2, 1951. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 406987239 American composer, philosopher, and writer on music. From the description of [Renga]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270967275 In the summers of 1940 and 1941, John Cage was on the dance faculty of Mills College (Oakland, Calif.). He composed Dance music for Elfrid Ide when she was a student in 1940. ...
Koussevitzky Music Foundation
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc55fx (corporateBody)
The foundation was created by Dr. Serge Koussevitzky in May 1942 in memory of his first wife, Natalie Koussevitzky. Its broad purpose was the encouragement of the growth of musical culture, and in the fulfillment of that purpose it regularly commissioned new works and aided in the development of musical talent through widely varied activities. From the description of Cancelled checks paid to composers by the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, 1944 June 9 -1956 January 25. (Harvard Univer...
Satie, Erik, 1866-1925
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jw8dz9 (person)
Satie arr. the Piège de Méduse to accompany the play in 1921; Sauguet met Satie ca. 1920. Cf. New Grove online. From the description of 7 dances du Piège de Méduse : piano : Erik Satie : manuscript, [after 1921] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 671537756 Charles Gounod's opéra-comique Le médecin malgré lui, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Molière's play, was first performed in 1858. For a revival at the Festival Français in Mont...
