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Re-Discovering the Music of Composer Amy Beach

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By Fred Child
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NPR's Melissa Block talks with Fred Child, host of NPR's Performance Today, about the music of American composer Amy Beach. In her time, Beach was the most-performed American composer. Child shares the story of her musical life and selections from two of her longer works, the Piano Concerto and the Gaelic Symphony. Copyright 2004 NPR
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The Shanghai Quartet, from Cinema to Studio

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By Fred Child
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In addition to the requisite Manhattan backdrop, neurosis and affairs, the new Woody Allen movie Melinda and Melinda also features the music of a string quartet. In a 20-second scene in which they play themselves, the celebrated Shanghai Quartet performs the Pizzicato Movement of Bartok's Fourth Quartet. They join NPR's Fred Child in Studio 4A to play a complete rendition, along with the third movement of Dvorak's "American" Quartet. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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A Digital Companion for Concert Fans

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By Fred Child
| KVPR-FM (Fresno, CA) Verified
/ / Eight American orchestras have filed for bankruptcy in the last year. With classical concert attendance in decline, or at best, holding steady, orchestras are looking for new audiences, and considering new ways to attract those audiences. One possibility is a high tech device called the "Concert Companion." NPR's Fred Child had the opportunity to test-drive one of these gadgets during a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony at this summer's Aspen Music Festival.
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