Featuring discussions of Augustan and neoclassical poetic style; John Dryden; Alexander Pope; Samuel Johnson; Aristotle's Poetics; mimesis; Francis Scott Key's "Defense of Fort McHenry"; Phillis...
Neoclassical architecture is associated with historic American buildings like the White House, but is also common in neighborhood home design. Watch this About.com video to...
Featuring discussions of the transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism; Alexander Pope's "Windsor-Forest"; pastoralism; the graveyard school; fancy and imagination; Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a...
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008) Epigraph (1953) for orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Hans Swarowsky, conductor "Epigraph" was commissioned by Mrs. Frederic H. Douglas in commemoration of...
Walter Piston (1894-1976) Prelude and Allegro (1943) for organ and strings I. Prelude 0:00 II. Allegro 5:16 David Schrader, organ Grant Park Orchestra/Carlos Kalmar The...
Arthur Berger (1912-2003) Serenade Concertante (1944) Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose Joanna Kurkowicz, violin; Ann Bobo, flute; Peggy Pearson, oboe; Ian Greitzer, clarinet; Ronald Haroutunian,...
Irving Fine (1914 - 1962) Blue Towers (1959) for orchestra Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra/Joel Spiegelman During his twelve years on the Brandeis University faculty, Fine...