Abstract
In a brief but perspicacious study of Mennin' s music in 1954, Walter Hendl describes the composer as "a consummate craftsman who devotes great attention to the organization of materials." Although Hendl may not have known Canzona, which had been premiered in 1951 but not published until the year of his essay, the author's statement could well have been written with Mennin's sole piece for band specifically in mind. Not only is every aspect of Canzona integrally related to every other, but the relationships are deployed with a remarkable economy of means.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2006
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Copyright © 2006 Flenzo. This chapter first appeared in Minds Playing: A Festschrift for W.T. Atcherson.
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Recommended Citation
Anderson, Gene H. "Convergence and Divergence in Peter Mennin's Canzona." In Minds Playing: A Festschrift for W.T. Atcherson, edited by J. E. Hatmaker, 100-08. Iowa City: Flenzo, 2006.