¿Por qué es más recordado Douglas Stuart Moore?
Douglas Stuart Moore (10 de agosto de 1893 - 25 de julio de 1969) fue un compositor, cantautor, organista, pianista, director de orquesta, educador, actor y autor estadounidense. Compositor que escribió principalmente obras de temática estadounidense, su música se caracteriza generalmente por el lirismo en un estilo popular o conservador que, por lo general, rehuía las tendencias progresistas más experimentales del modernismo musical. El compositor Virgil Thomson describió a Moore como un compositor neorromántico influido por la música folk estadounidense. Aunque varias de sus obras gozaron de popularidad en vida, sólo su ópera folk La balada de Baby Doe (1956) ha seguido siendo conocida en el siglo XXI.
La Balada de Baby Doe (1956), tal y como ha seguido siendo conocida en el siglo XXI.
What is Douglas Stuart Moore's best remembered for?
Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 – July 25, 1969) was an American composer, songwriter, organist, pianist, conductor, educator, actor, and author. A composer who mainly wrote works with an American subject, his music is generally characterized by lyricism in a popular or conservative style which generally eschewed the more experimental progressive trends of musical modernism. Composer Virgil Thomson described Moore as a neoromantic composer who was influenced by American folk music.[1] While several of his works enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, only his folk opera The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) has remained well known into the 21st century.[2]
The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) as it has remained well known into the 21st century.