Great conversations: the composers Istomin, Eugene Host Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe Interviewee Rorem, Ned Interviewee Perle, George Interviewee Lieberman, Lowell Interviewee Danielpour, Richard Interviewee Babbitt, Milton Interviewee Rosen, Peter Producer moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 monographic videorecording videorecording access 1 digibeta videotape; duration: 56 min., 4 sec. reformatted digital adult greatconv Composers Milton Babbit, Richard Danielpour, Lowell Liebermann, George Perle, Ned Rorem, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich join Istomin at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York to discuss and argue about the strong feelings and controversies surrounding modern contemporary music and the challenges that programming their music presents. The composers talk about their lifelong struggles to achieve recognition, but express pride in their collective status as representatives of the avant-garde. In opening credits: "The Library of Congress, Washington, DC, presents." Filmed at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. "Program two" in the series of Great conversations. Additional credits: for the Music Division of the Library of Congress: Jon Newsom, Chief; Jan Lauridsen, Asst. Chief; Ruth Foss, Program Specialist. In credits: "produced for the Library of Congress by Peter Rosen Productions, Inc." Copyright Library of Congress. This program was made possible through the courtesy of Eugene Istomin. Artists' appearances are courtesy of themselves: Milton Babbitt, Richard Danielpour, Lowell Lieberman, George Perle, Ned Rorem, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. 23598 200031103 Opening credits; and Roots moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 5 min., 10 sec. reformatted digital Opening credits. Istomin introduces his guests and begins a conversation on the European roots of American music. The composer moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 7 min., 11 sec. reformatted digital Istomin’s guests reflect on how they decided to become composers. Twentieth-century masterpieces moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 3 min., 14 sec. reformatted digital Istomin’s guests discuss their choices for the six greatest works written after the turn of the twentieth century. Appreciating different works moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 3 min., 25 sec. reformatted digital Rorem, Liberman, Danielpour, and Babbit talk about works that have vastly differing aesthetics. Eclectic programming moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 3 min., 31 sec. reformatted digital Istomin and his guests speak about eclectic programming. Performers moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 6 min., 30 sec. reformatted digital Istomin’s guests discuss the relationships and qualities they desire in musicians who perform their works. Accessibility moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 9 min., 57 sec. reformatted digital Istomin and his guests comment on the accessibility and popularity of twentieth-century classical music. Language and tonality moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 9 min., 18 sec. reformatted digital Istomin and his guests speak about understanding tonal, atonal, and serial music. The avant-garde; and closing credits moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 5 min., 14 sec. reformatted digital Istomin and his guests make observations on obsolescence and the avant-garde as well as perceived differences between American and European contemporary composers. Closing credits. Experimental music moving image New York Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. 2005 videorecording video access Duration: 2 min., 34 sec. reformatted digital Istomin and his guests discuss experimental music. 200031103 23598 Music Division DLC IHAS 051118 loc.natlib.ihas.200031103