Henry Cowell, 1897-1965, pioneering and influential American modern composer, Cowell created the music for Here at the Waters’ Edge, 1961. Educated at home in his childhood, Cowell became one of the leaders of a group of 20th Century composers that included, Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, and Edgar Varese. Virgil Thomson wrote, “No other composer of … Continued
David Diamond, 1915-1990, composed music for Strange Victory, 1948. An important American composer and member of the group of young composers that included Aaron Copeland, William Schuman and Marc Blitzstein among others, that came to prominence in the 1930’s. They sought a kind of democratic revolution in American music.
Marc Blitzstein, 1905-1964, composer for Native Land, 1942, and the earlier Spanish Earth, 1938. Composer of musical theater, operas, symphonic music and film scores, Blitzstein was a central character in the turn of American classical music toward social consciousness in the 1930’s. His works, The Cradle Will Rock, 1936; No for an Answer, 1931; and … Continued