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Article: SIENA COLLEGE FOCUSES ON THE THREE BS BEETHOVEN, BACH, BRAHMS HIGHLIGHTED.(PREVIEW)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 1, 1996
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Byline: RON EMERY Special to The Times Union
For at least 80 years, from 1880 to 1960, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms -- the Three Bs -- were the most important composers of the classical music repertory in Europe and America. The three German composers dominated concert halls and classrooms. German conductors were hired to perform German music in America.
During this time in New York City, for example, you could hear perhaps 20 different performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 every season by the major orchestras. You went to hear Bruno Walter's Beethoven Seventh, or Arturo Toscanini's, or George Szell's, or Erich Leinsdorf's.
It wasn't mere ...