Mystery Mid Century Classical - Mitropoulos Minneapolis Symphony
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Help me figure out what this gripping piece of music is. The back of the box is incredibly vague - and I could not find anything to help me figure out what the piece is. It says simply:
MPLS Symphony
From Jamko (also might be Damko?)
Pickett
If you want to interpret his writing for yourself I've put it here:
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What I do know is this based on the nearly 200 reels in this collection I've already gone through - it's the Minneapolis Symphony, it's likely between 1948 and 1949, and it is very likely Mitropoulos conducting. He was well known for introducing very modern (for 1940s) music to his audience in his years at the Minneapolis Symphony. There was a program where the University of Minnesota would play rehearsals of these pieces before the main performance so folks could learn the music. But this is not a rehearsal - there is an audience.
It is very much in the Mitropoulos wheelhouse - aggressive tempo, exciting and dramatic brass parts (how fun would it be to play the trombone parts?), whimsical woodwinds.
Also interesting is that Mr. Marchant clearly recorded this piece himself as there is no evidence of radio broadcasts being involved. Perhaps he tapped into the line that went to the radio station, perhaps he was able to record the performance himself. Who knows!
Hope someone out there can help identify this piece!
Technical Info:
Unknown Scotch
7" Reel
15IPS
Very loud 60 cycle hum with some extra harmonics I had to filter out
Almost had the elusive all letter M title!
I *think* that this may be Frederick Piket's "Curtain Raiser to an American Play." The performance is likely the live one with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from December 30, 1948.
Piket was an Austrian composer (1903 - 1974) who emigrated to New York in 1940. He had been a composer and conductor of operettas in Austria. (I don't know if this is his music, but it's possible.)
That makes sense. Mitropoulos premiered the piece in Minneapolis, in ‘48, and he later brought it to New York in the 1949-50 season, where the program description squares with the piece we hear. The timing is spot on too; NY Phil did it in 5 minutes.