John Alden Carpenter - Skyscrapers (1926)

Описание: John Alden Carpenter (February 28, 1876 – April 26, 1951) was an American composer. Carpenter's compositional style was considered to be mainly "mildly modernistic and impressionistic"; many of his works strive to encompass the spirit of America, including the patriotic The Home Road and several other jazz-inspired works. He was among the first classical composers to incorporate elements of jazz and ragtime in their pieces.

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Skyscrapers (1926)
A Ballet of Modern American Life

Scene I. Allegro molto (0:11)
Scene II. Tempo I (0:51)
Scene III. Moderato (2:36)
Scene IV. (4:36)
Solo "Dance of Herself". Grazioso (9:50)
The "Merry-Go-Round" (11:44)
The Negro Scene. Lento cantabile (17:43)
The Sandwich Men. Piu lento (21:48)
Scene V. Molto piu moderato (25:15)
Scene VI. (25:48)

Boston Modern Orchestra Project conducted by Gil Rose

Carpenter was educated at Harvard University, where he studied under John Knowles Paine, and was president of the Glee Club, also writing music for the Hasty-Pudding Club. Showing great promise as a composer, he had a few lessons with Edward Elgar during a trip to Rome in 1906 later returning to the United States to study under Bernhard Ziehn in Chicago through 1912. It was there he earned a comfortable living as vice-president of the family business, a shipping supply company, from 1909 to his retirement in 1936. After his retirement, he spent much of his time composing. Carpenter served as Chairman of the Board of Children's Home Society of Illinois and a life trustee of the Children's Home Society of Illinois Foundation. He died in Chicago on April 26, 1951.

Carpenter composed three ballets: Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime, based on the Krazy Kat comics, was premiered at the New York Town Hall on 20 January 1922, and was the first work by a concert composer to use the word 'jazz' in its title; possibly his best-known is Skyscrapers (1926), set in New York (it premiered at the Metropolitan Opera), but equally inspired by his native Chicago.

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