Have only seen this Bohemian-born, Boston-and-New York-resident composer (1781-1861) mentioned here once (a few months ago, for his Ornithological Combat of the Birds- the one work of his I had heard of until recently, actually, though the programmatic suggestion of the title turned me off at the time it was on the radio, I believe (sorry!). Anyhow, the Library of Congress has quite a bit of his music that was published in his lifetime scanned, and in a commentary on that project one of the organizers, I believe, selects him as one of the most interesting and idiosyncratic composers working in America in the mid-19th century. That piqued my interest. Looking at the scores they have scanned in did not disappoint...
A couple of publishers are making new editions of his music, at least one intended to be fairly complete, I've seen (and has a few webpages up about specific works and the project in general- that would be Kallisti Music.) Anyone heard/seen/played a representative sampling of his music in various genres (choral, piano, solo vocal, ... ? orchestral probably still mostly, except for that Ornithological Combat aforementioned, requires critical editions not yet prepared for the most part- with a few exceptions already out, I gather.)
Trying to remember who, but read someone describe him as the first 'full-time' composer working in the USA... (that the quality of his works does seem to be fairly high along with its innovation, judging only however from browsed scores though... - though PD Music has some MIDI samples I haven't heard yet - augurs well.)
Eric
A couple of publishers are making new editions of his music, at least one intended to be fairly complete, I've seen (and has a few webpages up about specific works and the project in general- that would be Kallisti Music.) Anyone heard/seen/played a representative sampling of his music in various genres (choral, piano, solo vocal, ... ? orchestral probably still mostly, except for that Ornithological Combat aforementioned, requires critical editions not yet prepared for the most part- with a few exceptions already out, I gather.)
Trying to remember who, but read someone describe him as the first 'full-time' composer working in the USA... (that the quality of his works does seem to be fairly high along with its innovation, judging only however from browsed scores though... - though PD Music has some MIDI samples I haven't heard yet - augurs well.)
Eric