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Creole Romantics |
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Quality,
Audience-Friendly
Original
American Classical Music
for your
Symphony Orchestra |
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|  In
the glittering
international culture of pre-Civil War New Orleans,
the Créole Romantics, a group of gifted composers
from both the black and white communities, created
music that combined the best influences of the Old
and New Worlds.
Galvanized
by the success of their headliner, superstar composer/pianist
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, whose Symphony No.
1 - “A Night in the Tropics” introduced
South American samba rhythms to the orchestral concert
hall, the Créole Romantics also produced
such milestone works as Edmond Dédé's’Mon
Pauvre Coeur (the first music by a black composer
to be published in the United States). And it was
a family affair: the Dédé and Lambert
musical dynasties were crucial links in the shifting
styles that became American jazz.
Neglected
for a century after the Civil War's turmoil forced
the Créole Romantics into exile, this exceptional
repertoire is once again available, resurrected
and restored for performance by conductor Richard
Rosenberg. |
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Music
of the Créole Romantics:
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perfect for Black History Month concerts
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has inspired cheering audiences at the Louisiana
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony,
the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, the Hot Springs
Music Festival and the London Philharmonic Orchestra
at the BBC Proms
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can be presented in stand-alone programs or
combined with standard repertoire
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packages include clear computer-printed orchestral
parts, guest conductor, promotional materials,
radio interviews, pre-concert talks and program
notes
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compact discs on Naxos Records (including the
Grammy-nominated Gottschalk disc) promote concert
attendance through radio broadcasts
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orchestral repertoire can be configured with
programs of chamber and solo works to create
“"mini-Festivals”"
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Créole Romantics Orchestral Works - |
Basile
J. Barès
(1846-1902)
Edmond
Dédé (1827-1901)
Eugène
Arcade Dédé (b. c. 1864, son
of Edmond Dédé)
Louis
Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)
Lucièn
Léon Guillaume Lambert (1858-1945,
son of Charles Lucièn Lambert)
Sydney
Lambert (1838-c. 1900, cousin of Charles
Lucièn Lambert)
Samuel
Snäer (1835-1900)
- Sous
Sa Fenêtre (with vocal soloist) 1872
Also
available: works for chamber ensemble,
chorus, piano four-hands and piano solo. |
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The
Créole Romantics on Naxos compact discs |
   
Listen
to an interview with Richard Rosenberg on the music
of Gottschalk |
“Richard
Rosenberg leads the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra
in a performance whose ‘Festa Criolla’
rattles the roof”
- The New York Times
...gets
the juices flowing ...wonderful performances”
- American Record Guide |
For
more information, sample programs, recordings or
booking availability, contact:
The
Créole Romantics Project
Hot Springs Music Festival
634 Prospect Avenue
Hot Springs National Park AR 71901 USA
e-mail <festival@hotmusic.org>
phone 501 623 4763 |
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