Unsung Composers

The Music => Composers & Music => Topic started by: semloh on Monday 22 October 2012, 04:02

Title: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: semloh on Monday 22 October 2012, 04:02
Thank you so much mikehopf for that splendid performance and excellent recording of the Piano Concerto in D minor by George Boyle, and what a very fine, late romantic work it is.

I see that Boyle is the subject of what looks like a very comprehensive thesis by Irene Peery, of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, 1987 (unfortunately not available online, but abstract at http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3287645). There's also a thesis on his piano music by Richard W Stanton (Butler Univ.), but again it seems to be available only at cost. [no wonder most university research sits on the shelves gathering dust!]

There is also an excerpt from his Suite de Ballet on YouTube.... which I am about to sample!
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: mikehopf on Monday 22 October 2012, 04:11
Semloh raed ym , yratnemelE
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 22 October 2012, 05:02
Ah, thanks!

(Reminder: a 2-piano reduction published 1912 can be downloaded here (http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_(Boyle,_George_Frederick)).)

To be fair- a surprisingly large number of dissertations can be downloaded online (well, maybe not in all copyright zones).
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 22 October 2012, 05:16
(I see a mention in the New York Times (here (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C16F7395E13738DDDA00894DA405B828DF1D3)) of a composer-conducted performance in New York City February 8? 1912 (possibly 7 - "last evening" in the first paragraph of the PDF attached, may mean the evening before the article was written, and the article I think was probably written February 8 for publication on February 9 1912. Not sure...  this arises with obituaries too and when other sources can be found to corroborate one or the other interpretation becomes no less confuzzling. Anyhow... might have been the premiere, but an early performance date, of the same year as the publication of the 2-piano score.)
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: DennisS on Monday 22 October 2012, 13:23
Thank you Mikehopf for the Boyle PC. I have just listened to it twice straight through and would like to say how much I enjoyed the piece - lovely melodies, beautifully orchestrated (I particularly like the use of the flute in the concerto), a delightful PC! I didn't know this composer before but am now going to see what else is available (will check out the CD of his virtuoso piano works).

Thanks again.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Monday 22 October 2012, 22:22
I'll echo those thanks. Wonderful to have this lovely work, Mikehopf. Thank you very much. Do we know the whereabouts of the score and parts?
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 22 October 2012, 23:26
I'm going to guess somewhere in the USA (maybe NYPL or the Library of Congress?), since Schirmer published it (and he was, though Australian-born, USA-resident (citizen even?) for most of his life. Will check and see if I can go from guess to definite, mind...
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: eschiss1 on Monday 22 October 2012, 23:32
and the answer was in front of me--
the Free Library of Philadelphia's Fleisher Collection has Boyle's piano and cello concertos in ms. scores and parts. (Yes, like Wikipedia said, he wrote concertos for piano, for cello (1917) and also for violin. The Fleisher Collection - I didn't see the violin concerto there, but I did see his "Aubade for Orchestra" listed...)

They also have an undated _concertino_ for piano and chamber orchestra by Boyle in ms score and parts   there... :) (estimated 13 minutes, movements Carnival -- Pastorale -- March.)
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: Gareth Vaughan on Tuesday 23 October 2012, 23:06
You just beat me to it, Eric. Thank God for Fleisher!
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: britishcomposer on Monday 08 April 2013, 16:14
Dear members,

Did any of you happen to record this chamber concert from ABC Classic FM:
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/music-listings/?date=2013-04-08 (http://www.abc.net.au/classic/music-listings/?date=2013-04-08)

10:00pm
George Frederick Boyle (1886-1948)
A concert from the Australian National Academy of Music's 'Australian Voices' series, devoted to the Sydney-born Busoni pupil who became a legendary teacher at the Peabody Conservatory, Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School in the United States.
Robert Manley, cello
Timothy Young, piano
Stewart Kelly, piano (Suite)
Gladys Chua, piano (Suite)
George Boyle
Ballade for piano
11'09
George Boyle
Sonata for cello and piano
25'34
George Boyle
Suite for two pianos
20'44
An ABC Classic FM Production.
Recorded in The Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre.
Sound Engineer: Chris Lawson.
Producer: Haig Burnell.
11:00pm
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: semloh on Tuesday 09 April 2013, 06:57
Oh dear, missed it! There are so few live performances of UCs on the ABC that I only rarely check - hmm, slack. Sorry! ::)

I'll check to see if it is available online, but it's unlikely.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: Richard Wagner on Tuesday 09 April 2013, 13:38
I got it, and will post the recordings soon.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: britishcomposer on Tuesday 09 April 2013, 17:51
Thank you very much! No need to hurry! :)
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: jerfilm on Tuesday 09 April 2013, 18:23
Oh that's great Richard.  Thanks.

Jerry
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: semloh on Tuesday 09 April 2013, 23:19
Oh, well done! Thank you.  :)
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: TerraEpon on Wednesday 10 April 2013, 06:59
I can't seem to DL these. Not sure if it's Mediafire or the file names or what but I can get to the MF page fine, except clicking on the download button does basically nothing.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: Mark Thomas on Wednesday 10 April 2013, 07:26
I've just tried and all worked well.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: semloh on Wednesday 10 April 2013, 12:01
Yes, they worked OK for me too. Thanks, Richard.
I see that they are WMA files, by the way.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: TerraEpon on Wednesday 10 April 2013, 18:51
They work on Chrome, but not on FF. Who knows.
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 10 April 2013, 19:12
There are some programs that will convert some wma files to mp3s (at least, Switch will do so on my Mac.)
Title: Re: George Frederick BOYLE
Post by: jerfilm on Thursday 11 April 2013, 00:20
So will Roxio Creator and probably Nero.