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Sinfonia for piano
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| Titel | Sinfonia for piano |
| Spieldauer | 00:08:57 |
| Urheber/innen |
Newlin, Dika [Komponist/in]
[GND]
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| Mitwirkende |
Newlin, Dika [Klavier]
[GND
]
Audiodisc [Label] |
| Datum |
1947 [Aufnahmedatum] |
| Ort |
Westminster, Western Maryland College [Ortsbezug]
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| Schlagworte | Musik ; E-Musik ; Instrumente - Klavier ; Publizierte und vervielfältigte Aufnahme |
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20. Jahrhundert - 40er Jahre
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| Typ | audio |
| Format |
SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack] |
| Sprache |
Englisch |
| Signatur | Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00814_b02_k02 |
| Medienart | Mp3-Audiodatei |
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When Dika Newlin began taking lessons with Schönberg as a 16-year-old student, he immediately recognized her talent. In a letter to the patron Marian Paschal, he urgently recommended supporting Newlin: “I teach for more than forty years and according to these forty years of experience I can say that I never had a student who in this age was as promising as Miss Newlin. She should become a composer and an outstanding musician – there is no doubt.” (Letter dated January 6, 1939) When Newlin gained a teaching position at Western Maryland College, she regularly exchanged letters with her teacher. As she showed an interest in the twelve-tone method early on, Schönberg recommended that she gain some experience in other areas before turning to this method of composition. She waited until 1949 before showing a twelve-tone piano trio to her teacher, who evidently admired it.
That same year Schönberg’s former student announced two records by post: “Let this come as a preliminary birthday greeting to warn you […] of the impending arrival of my own recording of my Sinfonia for piano (1947). In default of a finished new work for the great day (my current one is somewhere around its middle) I offer you this one in all humility and gratitude and hope that it may bring you some small pleasure.” (Letter dated August 29, 1949). (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)
That same year Schönberg’s former student announced two records by post: “Let this come as a preliminary birthday greeting to warn you […] of the impending arrival of my own recording of my Sinfonia for piano (1947). In default of a finished new work for the great day (my current one is somewhere around its middle) I offer you this one in all humility and gratitude and hope that it may bring you some small pleasure.” (Letter dated August 29, 1949). (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)
