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The Forties: The USA in the 1940s

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Appalachian Spring and Music for the Movies rubbed shoulders with musicals like Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific.
The influence of the European avant-garde on a group of musical theorists armed with computers contrasted sharply with the home-grown modernism of Elliott Carter. Sue Knussen talks to Elliott Carter and Milton Babbitt - two of the major players in the musical world of 1940s America - and introduces music from across the entire spectrum.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sue Knussen
Interviewee:
Elliott Carter
Interviewee:
Milton Babbitt
Producer:
Christopher Marshall
Source: Radio Times

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