Deems Taylor: Through the Looking Glass Suite
Historic Music
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30m
A charming extended piece of music (about 30 minutes) by an American composer who is seldom heard nowadays, but whose music was highly popular in the 1920s and is well worth hearing now. Deems Taylor was almost a household name in those days, being prominently seen and heard in magazines and on radio, as a classical music popularizer and a successful composer. Through the Looking Glass is closely inspired by Lewis Carroll’s famous story, with extensive passages from the book directly quoted in the margins of the score.
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