Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

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Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

Post by ChrisX » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:15 am

Anyone familiar with this US composer and his music and would care to comment on him? Anyone knows this cd with some of his orchestral works?

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Re: Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

Post by DavidRoss » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:03 am

Thanks for your post. The only thing I've heard by Dahl is the sax concerto, a few years ago by the Cleveland Orchestra with Joe Lulloff on alto. It was splendid--passionate, colorful, exciting!--and I've searched off and on for a good recording. The MTT/NWO seems like the best bet in a very small field and I just ordered a used copy from Amazon (it's OOP). MTT studied with Dahl, and he has done consistently fine work with new music and this ensemble, so I think it's a pretty safe bet.
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Re: Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

Post by johnQpublic » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:31 pm

Dahl is more of a Neo-Classicist, a bit like Stravinsky of the 30's & 40's, than anything else. The Music for Brass (on that album) is consider standard brass ensemble rep. His material is not as strong a personality as say Stravinsky, but his contrapuntal skills were strong.

I give him a B- :)
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Re: Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

Post by karlhenning » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:55 pm

♫ Oh, you beautiful Dahl, you great big beautiful Dahl . . . .

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Re: Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

Post by DavidRoss » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:22 pm

Feeling particularly playful today, are we? Beats glum and boring any time, IMO.
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"It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character." ~Dale Turner

"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either." ~Albert Einstein
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Re: Ingolf Dahl (1912 - 1970)

Post by lmpower » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:36 pm

I used to see Ingolf Dahl at concerts in Los Angeles. He was a frequent attendee back in the 1950's along with Lukas Foss, Ernst Krenek and Igor Stravinsky. His own music wasn't performed very often though. I remember that he taught at the University of Southern California.
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