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| Ralph Shapey: A Composer's Composer |
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| By Anthony Tommasini Exulting in the Orneriness of a Composer's Composer The New York Times November 18, 2009 "The ingenious, curmudgeonly American composer Ralph Shapey, who died at 81 in 2002, wrote flinty works of uncompromising complexity. He expected listeners to bring their brains as well as their humanity to the concert hall, as he often said. 'I believe posterity will vindicate me,' Shapey explained in a 1996 interview with The New York Times, before chuckling and adding, 'So, that’s my problem'....” Click here to read the full article, and here to learn about the remaining concerts in the series. Photo Miranda Cuckson and Blair McMillen by David Goldman for The New York Times. |
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