[*5] George Frederick Bristow - 교향곡 2, 3, 4 번

George Frederick Bristow

George Frederick Bristow

(December 19, 1825 – December 13, 1898)was an American composer.

He advocated American classical music, rather than favoring European pieces. He was famously

involved in a related controversy involving William Henry Fry and the New York Philharmonic Society.

Bristow was born into a musical family in Brooklyn, New York. His father, William, a well-respected conductor, pianist, and clarinetist, gave his son lessons in piano, harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and violin. George joined the first violin section of the New York Philharmonic Society Orchestra in 1843 at the age of seventeen, and remained there until 1879. The New York Philharmonic's records indicate that he was concertmaster between 1850 and 1853.

Symphony No. 2 in d minor, op.24, "Jullien" (1854)

I. Allegro appassionato
II. Allegretto
III. Adagio
IV. Allegro agitato

 

The second symphony was dedicated to the French conductor and composer of dance music, Louis Antoine Julliet (1812-1860). The New York Philharmonic performed this symphony for the first time in 1856.

 

Symphony No. 3 in F minor, op.26 (1856)

00:00 I, Allegro
11:04 II, Nocturno Andante
21:19 III, Scherzo, “The Butterfly Frolic”
28:23 IV, Finale, Allegro

 

For this video, I have listed Bristow's Symphony in F-sharp minor, op. 26 as no. 3. Although there has been some conjecture that is symphony is actually no. 6. According to the original notes by the conductor, Karl Krueger he was only aware of four symphonies by Bristow, not including the Niagara Symphony.

The Jullien Symphony, No. 2, op. 24 of 1854
Symphony in F-sharp minor, op. 26 of 1856
The Arcadian Symphony No. 4, the "Pioneer", op. 49 of 1872
The Niagara Symphony. op. 62, of 1893.

Therefore, I am calling this symphony No. 3, because of the date of completion and it opus number.

Orchestra: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)
Karl Krueger, conductor

I have also uploaded the first recording of two movements of this symphony, which at the time was thought to be Bristow's sixth symphony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxzLp...

Cover Art: Paintings by Fitz Hugh Lane (born Nathaniel Rogers Lane,
(December 19, 1804 -- August 14, 1865) was an American painter and print maker of a style that would later be called Luminism, for its use of pervasive light

The paintings are as follows:
1. Clipper Ship Southern Cross Leaving Boston Harbor (1851)
2. The Yacht 'America' Winning the International Race (1851)
3. Shipping in Down East Waters
4. Ship in a Fog, Gloucester Harbor
5. Three Master in Rough Sea (1856)
6. New York Yacht Club Regatta II
7. Salem Harbor
8. Yacht 'Northern Light' in Boston Harbor

 

Arcadian Symphony No. 4, op.50, "Pioneer", op. 49 (1872)

The Arcadian Symphony was composed in 1872 and first performed this in 1874 by the New York Philharmonic. Bristow uses a theme by Thomas Tallis in the second movement of this symphony. The movements are titled:

00:00 I. Allegro appassionato,
13:25 II. Adagio,
25:48 III. Allegro con spirito, and
32:22 VI. "Indian War Dance" (Allegro ma non troppo).

Orchestra: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London)
Karl Krueger, conductor

UP-DATED INFORMATION: Op.49 - The Pioneer (cantata for solo soprano and bass, SATB chorus, orchestra, libretto by H. C. Watson, 1872). NYPL has on microfilm 6 manuscript parts for solo soprano, bass, and chorus (SATB) with instrumental cues.
Op.50 - The Arcadian Symphonie (1872; first performance: NY Philharmonic, Feb. 14, 1874). NYPL has a manuscript vocal score of 141 pages (holograph), a manuscript score of 192 pages (holograph) and 57 manuscript parts. First three movements are the same as the orchestral introduction to Op.49.

Cover Art:

1. Emigrants Crossing the Plains by Albert Bierstadt (c.1867)
2. Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California by Albert Bierstadt
3. Looking Up Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt (c.1865)
4. Sunset in the Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt