The Composer David Busch etc.
Bruce
Newsgroup member Eric Schissel mentioned a prolific composer named David
Busch in a recent posting. Would Mr. Schissel or someone else care to
provide some information about this composer? What is his music like? Is
it any good. What nationality? What era?
Also, would any group members care to comment on who they consider to be
the most undeservedly neglected 20th century composer. The recently
deceased composer Robert Simpson is one who comes immediately to my mind.
Bruce
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Eric Schissel
That should have been Dennis Busch. Scores of some of his 80+
small-orchestra symphonies (generally, flute, oboe, 2 horns, violins and
celli) are available at the American Music Center in New York City, IIRC.
I don't know a work of his, not even having skimmed the scores, but there
are at least 400... (of course, this only makes him one of the more, not
one of the most, prolific 20th century composers!) Probably American,
tonal (his works carry on the practice, rarely undertaken elsewhere, of
identifying their keys on the title page), and was apparently born in
1947. For a very partial list of his works see http://www.catnyp.nypl.org
and search under author for Busch, Dennis.
Bruce (b...@efn.org) wrote:
For me, Havergal Brian does. Not that the two would have wanted to be put
at odds.
-Eric Schissel
Bruce
On 25 Nov 1997, Eric Schissel wrote:
> 1947. For a very partial list of his works see http://www.catnyp.nypl.org
> and search under author for Busch, Dennis.
Is the above URL correct? I couldn't seem to get it to work when I tried
it.
Bruce
b...@efn.org
Eric Schissel
jaq...@en.spam-die.com
In article <347b0...@news2.lightlink.com>, schi...@light.lightlink.com
(Eric Schissel) wrote:
> That should have been Dennis Busch. Scores of some of his 80+
> small-orchestra symphonies (generally, flute, oboe, 2 horns, violins and
> celli) are available at the American Music Center in New York City, IIRC.
> I don't know a work of his, not even having skimmed the scores, but there
> are at least 400... (of course, this only makes him one of the more, not
> one of the most, prolific 20th century composers!) Probably American,
> tonal (his works carry on the practice, rarely undertaken elsewhere, of
> identifying their keys on the title page), and was apparently born in
> 1947. For a very partial list of his works see http://www.catnyp.nypl.org
> and search under author for Busch, Dennis.
Is this the guy who was pretty much single-handedly reponsible for the
American Music Center changing their policies on depositing scores? I know
that they were being basically spammed by somebody writing reams of
mediocre tonal music, and they decided they couldn't afford the space or
cataloging time, so now you can send one thing in free if you're a member
of AMC, and if not, you have to pay THEM something like $35 to take your
score.
Sounds like he's into pre-classical. Has anybody ever heard this music?
Jeffrey Quick
Eric Schissel
jaq...@en.spam-die.com wrote:
>In article <347b0...@news2.lightlink.com>, schi...@light.lightlink.com
>(Eric Schissel) wrote:
>> That should have been Dennis Busch. Scores of some of his 80+
>Is this the guy who was pretty much single-handedly reponsible for the
>American Music Center changing their policies on depositing scores? I know
>that they were being basically spammed by somebody writing reams of
>mediocre tonal music, and they decided they couldn't afford the space or
>cataloging time, so now you can send one thing in free if you're a member
>of AMC, and if not, you have to pay THEM something like $35 to take your
>score.
I haven't the foggiest. If so, I guess they did catalog it... where'd you
hear about this? This is something...
-Eric Schissel