Frederik Prausnitz, now retired, was a conductor with the BBC
Symphony, the New Philharmonia Orchestra of London, the English
Chamber Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, and his own chamber
ensemble. He also taught in the conducting program at the Peabody
Conservatory of Music for many years, as well as at the New England
Conservatory of Music. In 1974, he was the recipient of the
American Bruckner Society's Mahler Medal of Honor. Roger
Sessions's
Ninth Symphony is dedicated to him.
"[A] thorough study of previously unpublished
materials."--Symphony
"Sessions taught....inspiring generations of composers from Milton
Babbitt to David Brewbaker....In his endeavor to explain "how a
'difficult' composer got that way," Prausnitz leads us through
Sessions's life....Prausnitz has been, and is, another champion.New
champions, "willing ears," and time are needed."--Times Literary
Supplement , November 15, 2002
"Prausnitz's book complements Andrea Olmstead's well-balanced but
shorter study Rogers Sessions and His Music (1985). Prausnitz
offers more detail about Sessions' life and provides perspective
about contemporary music in the US and Europe, as he follows
Sesions' path from a neoclassic to a 12-tone composer."--Choice
"[A] thorough study of previously unpublished
materials."--Symphony
"Sessions taught....inspiring generations of composers from Milton
Babbitt to David Brewbaker....In his endeavor to explain "how a
'difficult' composer got that way," Prausnitz leads us through
Sessions's life....Prausnitz has been, and is, another
champion....New champions, "willing ears," and time are
needed."--Times Literary Supplement , November 15, 2002
"Prausnitz's book complements Andrea Olmstead's well-balanced but
shorter study Rogers Sessions and His Music (1985). Prausnitz
offers more detail about Sessions' life and provides perspective
about contemporary music in the US and Europe, as he follows
Sesions' path from a neoclassic to a 12-tone composer."--Choice
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