Vincent Persichetti, the composer, disapproved of programmatic music that used a program as a 'crutch,' believing that music should be valid as 'absolute music' even if inspired by texts.
Composition History
Many pieces in Vincent Persichetti's second volume of Hymns and Responses for the Church Year, Op. 166, were drawn from works composed years earlier and retrofitted as hymns.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vincent Persichetti, the composer, considered his instrumental works titled 'Parable' to be like biblical parables, where the 'story' is what is heard in the music.
Composer Biography
Vincent Persichetti, the composer, earned his tuition for conservatories by working as an organist, starting church jobs at fifteen.
Composer Biography
Vincent Persichetti, a much-loved American composer, taught Philip Glass and Steve Reich at The Juilliard School.
Instruments
The organ of St Albans Cathedral, where this recording was made, was the first English cathedral instrument built on Neo-Classical principles, inspired by European trends in organ building.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Vincent Persichetti, the composer, preferred 20th-century organs that combined baroque, romantic, and modern elements, and believed that music for a specific instrument should be self-sufficient in its intensity.
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