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Deems Taylor, Through the Looking Glass; Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Poem; The White Peacock; The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan; Three Tone Pictures; Bacchanale. The Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor; Scott Goff, flute. Liner notes by Paul Schiavo. Naxos American Classics Seattle Symphony Collection 559724, [1990] 2012, CD.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2014

Christopher E. Mehrens
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Journal of the Society for American Music , Volume 8 , Special Issue 3: Music and Sound in American Cinema, 1927–56 , August 2014 , pp. 427 - 431
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References

1 Christopher E. Mehrens, “The Critical and Musical Work of Deems Taylor in Light of Contemporary Cultural Patterns” (Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998).

2 Donna K. Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes: A Descriptive Catalogue” (Ph.D. diss., Indiana University, 1966).

3 Edward M. Maisel, Charles T. Griffes: The Life of an American Composer (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943).

4 Anderson wrote that “Following Griffes's death, performances of his music seemed to be everywhere.” Anderson, Charles T. Griffes: A Life in Music (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993), 174.

5 The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor, Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, cond., Delos DE 3099, 1990, CD.

6 This release is also available in streaming audio format via the Naxos Music Library.

7 Pegolotti, James A., Deems Taylor: A Biography (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2003), 53Google Scholar.

8 The first entry under this title was dated 6 December 1914. Taylor, Deems, Sketchbook of Deems Taylor, February 28, 1913, Deems Taylor Papers, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale UniversityGoogle Scholar.

9 Stevenson, Robert, “Taylor, (Joseph) Deems,” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 18, ed. Sadie, Stanley (London: Macmillan, 1980), 604–6Google Scholar.

10 Taylor's thoughts along these lines are best elucidated in his article “The Synthetic Muse.” Deems Taylor, “The Synthetic Muse,” New York World, 7 January 1923.

11 Taylor, “Through the Looking Glass,” Program Notes (New York Symphony Society, 11 March 1923).

12 Taylor, “Through the Looking Glass.”

13 Taylor, “Through the Looking Glass.”

14 Taylor, “Through the Looking Glass.”

15 Anderson, Charles T. Griffes, 222.

16 Anderson, Charles T. Griffes, 153.

17 The orchestra consists of horns, harp, percussion and strings.

18 Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes,” 287.

19 Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes,” 281.

20 Philadelphia Orchestra Notes, Season 1919–20, vol. 20, 311, cited in Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes,” 501.

21 Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes,” 259.

22 Donna K. Anderson, liner notes to The Musical Fantasies of Charles Griffes and Deems Taylor, Delos International DE 3099, 1990.

23 “The Lake at Evening” is based on the Yeats's “The Lake Isle at Innisfree”; “The Vale of Dreams” is based on the Poe's “The Sleeper”; and “The Night Winds” is based on Poe's “The Lake.” See Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes,” 226–35.

24 Donna K. Anderson, “Griffes, Charles T(omlinson),” Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.

25 Anderson, “The Works of Charles T. Griffes,” 263.

26 Jeremy Siepmann, “Schwarz Interviewed by Jeremy Siepmann,” Classical Music News from Naxos.com (18 January 2011). http://www.naxos.com.