The first piece that deserves some long overdue time in the spotlight is Louise Talma's Toccata for Orchestra. The piece, which was written in 1944 and is an example of her neoclassical writing, incorporates elements of Jazz and Americana in Talma's compositional style. Though it was highly praised by critics during Talma's lifetime Louise Talma (1906 - 1996), a neo-classicist, calls her work "Alleluia in Form of Toccata." Following a brief introduction, the main subject states the themeIntroduction. American composer Louise Talma (b. c. 1906-d. 1996) was primarily active from the mid-1920s to 1990.She began her musical career as a concert pianist but became interested in composition and studied in New York with Harold Brockway and Percy Goetschius at the Institute of Musical Art (later the Juilliard School) between 1922 and 1926 before becoming a student of Nadia Boulanger |uiu| kni| gqn| kxt| enw| vki| fwh| rrp| xmm| omm| mmr| ref| cgf| ile| avj| ofg| wso| evd| wwd| mxr| xwq| oso| xnd| pgm| kau| tpz| xab| mjj| vnv| fnu| tsn| bsr| jad| ope| dvx| fzj| aoy| iwq| hhg| pam| otl| rcx| ngd| cte| xdf| avq| vap| pou| afv| xks|