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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

Composer of the Week: Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007): Episode 2

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Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

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BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007), Episode 2

Donald Macleod on Menotti's glamorous connections and the many commissions they brought.

Donald Macleod explores Menotti's glamorous connections and the plentiful commissions they brought him. With Dance of the Wounded Courtesan (Sebastian.

Classically tall, dark and handsome, and a man with a personal magnetism of such intensity, he could, it was often said, "charm the birds off the trees". It's no surprise that after an early operatic success, America fell in love with Gian Carlo Menotti, and he quickly made friends in high places. Donald Macleod explores Menotti's glamorous connections and the plentiful commissions they brought him.

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Donald Macleod introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti

Donald Macleod introduces the music of Gian Carlo Menotti - a composer who stood apart from his age, creating delightful operas when the genre was considered nearly moribund

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