{"product_id":"1466-lopatnikoff-nikolai-autograph-letter-regarding-a-canceled-bso-performance-of-his-work","title":"Lopatnikoff, Nikolai. (1903–1976) Autograph Letter regarding a canceled BSO performance of his work","description":"2 pp. Large octavo. Pittsburgh, February 22, 1953. On Lopatnikoff's letterhead, the Russian-born composer,pianist, and teacher tells his friends to cancel a planned party, because the Boston Symphony Orchestra cancelled a scheduled performance of a Lopatnikoff work! He mentions Cantelli and Monteux as guest conductors of the BSO, and apparently neither of them wanted to perform his composition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA student of Ernst Toch, Lopatnikoff worked closely with famed conductor Sergey Koussevitsky until Koussevitsky's death. A professor of composition at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh for 25 years, he was twice awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1963. Lopatnikoff's music has been described as a blend of late nineteenth-century Russian nationalism and the leaner twentieth-century neo-Classical sounds of Hindemith and Stravinsky. His output includes the opera Danton (1932), a pair of piano concertos (both premiered by Lopatnikoff), four symphonies, and a great deal of chamber and piano music.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093130858655,"sku":"1466","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Lopatnikoff_ALS460.jpg?v=1722186118","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/1466-lopatnikoff-nikolai-autograph-letter-regarding-a-canceled-bso-performance-of-his-work","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}