The 2 pm pre-concert talk by Fred Baumgarten was on the American composer Anthony Philip Heinrich (March 11, 1781 – May 3, 1861), the first “full-time” America composer who is remembered for his operatic style song recitations. He was inspired by the scenery of his 700 mile walk through Pennsylvania. He was jokingly called the Beethoven of America by a music critic because he had conducted a Beethoven symphony in 1817, the second person to have …
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