Arlene Zallman -- what a composer!

[Larry Kart]

Just discovered the music of the late Arlene Zallman. What a composer! I particularly recommend Variations on the Villanella Alma Che Fai , the PianoTrio, and Nightsongs. She doesn’t sound like anyone else, and what an ear. Dig how on Nightsongs she turns the duo of clarinet and flute into a kind of super clarinet at times. Also, even though the Variations on the Villanella begins quietly and lasts only about twelve minutes, its “reach” so to speak is very large, I think.

http://web.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2006/120406.html

[MomsMobley]

interesting... did you discover via Boykan?

Also, in the Z, between Zallman and Zelenka, say, Eric Zeisl:

[Larry Kart]

Moms -- Yes, I was led to Zallman by that Boykan piano piece that's dedicated to her.

I know of Zeisel, got at least one CD. Also, in the same general area, I'm eagerly awaiting the arrival of the four symphonies and complete piano music of Hans Gal. What I've heard on Spotify sounded terrific and, a la Zallman, without being at all outre, quite unlike any music of its era and background that I'd ever heard. Maybe like a cross between the early neoclassic Weill, the Strauss of the Metamorphosen, and Othmar Schoeck, if such a thing can be imagined.

http://www.hansgal.com