Quincy Porter bridges many of the themes we've seen so far in the podcast: he was the last student of nineteenth-century American composer Horatio Parker (who also taught 1947 prize winner Charles Ives), he taught composition at an Ivy League school (Yale, in this case) for many years, and he was celebrated for his orchestral music during his lifetime, but is virtually forgotten today.
From that list, and from our previous episodes on Howard Hanson, Walter Piston, and Douglas Moore, you might think you have a good sense of what Porter's Ivy League New England musical style might be, but are you right? Join us to find out.
For more about Quincy Porter:
1) https://composers.com/composers/quincy-porter
2) https://necmusic.edu/archives/quincy-porter
Episode 14 - 1956: Ernst Toch, Symphony No. 3
Episode 13 - 1955:Gian Carlo Menotti, The Saint of Bleecker Street
EPISODE 11 - 1953: No Prize
EPISODE 10 - 1952: Gail Kubik, Symphony Concertante
Episode 9 - 1951: Douglas Moore, Giants in the Earth
Episode 8 - 1950: Gian Carlo Menotti, The Consul
Episode 7 - 1949: Virgil Thomson, Louisiana Story
Episode 6 - 1948: Walter Piston, Symphony No. 3
Episode 5 - 1947: Charles E. Ives, Symphony No. 3, "The Camp Meeting"
Episode 4 - 1946: Leo Sowerby, Canticle of the Sun
Episode 3 - 1945: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
Episode 2: 1944 - Howard Hanson, Symphony No. 4 ("Requiem")
Episode 1 - 1943: William Schuman, Secular Cantata, No. 2, "A Free Song"
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