(for 62:36 in one piece click here) (& see tag el pueblo unido) The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) is a piano composition by American composer Frederic Rzewski. It is a set of 36 variations on the Chilean song ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! by Sergio Ortega and Quilapayún. The piece received its World Premiere on February 7, 1976, played by Ursula Oppens as part of the Bi-Centennial Piano Series at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. The song on which the variations is based is one of many that emerged from the Unidad Popular in … read more
(for 62:36 in one piece click here) (& see tag el pueblo unido) The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) is a piano composition by Ameri… read more
(for 62:36 in one piece click here) (& see tag el pueblo unido) The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) is a piano composition by American composer Frederic Rzewski. It is … read more
Frederic Rzewski (born Westfield, Massachusetts, 1938) studied music first with Charles Mackey of Springfield, and subsequently with Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, and Milton Babbitt at Harvard and Princeton Universities. He went to Italy in 1960, where he studied with Luigi Dallapiccola and met Severino Gazzelloni, with whom he performed in a number of concerts, thus beginning a career as a performer of new piano music. His early friendship with Christian Wolff and David Behrman, and his acquaintance with John Cage and David Tudor, strongly influenced his development in both compos… read more
Frederic Rzewski (born Westfield, Massachusetts, 1938) studied music first with Charles Mackey of Springfield, and subsequently with Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, and Milton Babbitt at Har… read more
Frederic Rzewski (born Westfield, Massachusetts, 1938) studied music first with Charles Mackey of Springfield, and subsequently with Walter Piston, Roger Sessions, and Milton Babbitt at Harvard and Princeton Universities. He went to It… read more