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Composers in Crisis

Presented by National Philharmonic at Online/Virtual Space

Jun 04 - Jun 25, 2020

Composers in Crisis

National Philharmonic Cover Conductor, Rebecca Smithorn, takes a deep-dive into the way past musicians have dealt with troubled times.

French composer Maurice Ravel lived through both the first World War and the Spanish Flu. Beethoven took shelter in his brother’s cellar during the Napoleonic wars. Ruth Crawford Seeger, once a budding classical composer, found her way to folk music during the Great Depression. According to Rebecca Smithorn, a Cover Conductor and Lecturer with the National Philharmonic, these moments of world crisis not only influenced each composer's music at the time, but would go on to shape who they ... view more »

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  • French composer Maurice Ravel lived through both World War I and the Spanish Flu. Rebecca Smithorn, Cover Conductor with the National Philharmonic talks about how these moments of world crisis not only influenced Ravel’s music at the time but would go on to shape who he became.

    This is the first in a series exploring Composers in Crisis. Tune in for more episodes covering Ruth Crawford Seeger, the AIDS epidemic and Beethoven during the Napoleonic Wars.

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