Great conversations: the composers / Eugene Istomin [video recording]

Title

Great conversations: the composers [videorecording]

Interviewee(s)

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe

Rorem, Ned

Perle, George

Lieberman, Lowell

Danielpour, Richard

Babbitt, Milton

Producer(s)

Rosen, Peter

Host

Istomin, Eugene

Place of Publication/Creation

New York

Publisher(s)

Peter Rosen Productions, Inc.

Date issued

2005

Form

videorecording

Physical Description

1 digibeta videotape; duration: 56 min., 4 sec.

Permissions note

Copyright Library of Congress. This program was made possible through the courtesy of Eugene Istomin. Artists' appearances are courtesy of themselves: Milton Babbitt, Richard Danielpour, Lowell Lieberman, George Perle, Ned Rorem, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

Type of Material

moving image

Contents note

Composers Milton Babbit, Richard Danielpour, Lowell Liebermann, George Perle, Ned Rorem, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich join Istomin at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York to discuss and argue about the strong feelings and controversies surrounding modern contemporary music and the challenges that programming their music presents. The composers talk about their lifelong struggles to achieve recognition, but express pride in their collective status as representatives of the avant-garde.

Venue note

Filmed at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.

Creator note(s)

In opening credits: "The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, presents."

In credits: "produced for the Library of Congress by Peter Rosen Productions, Inc."

Bibliographic history note(s)

"Program two" in the series of Great conversations.

Additional credits: for the Music Division of the Library of Congress: Jon Newsom, Chief; Jan Lauridsen, Asst. Chief; Ruth Foss, Program Specialist.

Repository

Music Division

Last Updated: 11-18-2005