Cecil Effinger A Colorado Composer

by Worster, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780810831087
• ISBN10: 0810831082
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-20
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

During his seventy-six years, Cecil Effinger participated in the tremendous expansion of the quantity and quality of art music in America. Although he often called himself a contemporary composer, his works have more in common with those of a more conservative current of writers such as Samuel Barber, Roy Harris, William Schumann, and Leonard Bernstein.

Table of Contents

Series Note	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii	(4)
Acknowledgements	xvii	(2)
List of Abbreviations in the Text	xix
Part I--The Life of Cecil Effinger	3	(172)
Chapter 1: The Early Years, 1914-1946	3	(30)
Chapter 2: After World War II, 1946-1950	33	(28)
Chapter 3: The Composer As Businessman	61	(14)
Chapter 4: Building a Regional Reputation: 1945-1959	75	(38)
Chapter 5: Middle Career: 1960-1976	113	(40)
Chapter 6: The Last Twelve Years	153	(22)
Part II--The Works of Cecil Effinger	175	(198)
Chapter 7: A Model for Analysis	175	(10)
Chapter 8: Piano Pieces, Op. 33, No. 1	185	(16)
Chapter 9: The Invisible Fire	201	(34)
Chapter 10: Four Pastorales	235	(24)
Chapter 11: String Quarter No. 5	259	(40)
Chapter 12: Toccata for Chamber Orchestra	299	(22)
Chapter 13: Conclusion	321	(6)
Chapter Notes	327	(46)
Part III--Appendixes	373	(50)
Catalog of Works	373	(4)
Catalog Listings	377	(29)
Alphabetical List of Works	406	(5)
Discography	411	(1)
Reel-to-Reel Recordings in the Cecil Effinger Archive	412	(11)
Bibliography	423	(10)
Index	433