![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Three Works by Richard Maxfield
A recording of three, mostly early, works by the American composer, Richard Maxfield. Although perhaps known best for his pioneering work in the realm of electronic music, Maxfield was first an award winning composer of 20th century classical music, who studied with Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt. The first work heard is his “Piano Sonata No. 2” which was dedicated to Roger Sessions. This 1949 performance by Marie L...
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Music; 20th Century Classical; Richard Maxfield
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| Electric Richard Maxfield
On June 27, 1969, Richard Maxfield, 42, jumped out of a window of the Figueroa Hotel in Los Angeles, ending his tragically short life during which he became known as one of the earliest and foremost electronic music composers. Maxfield studied at U. C. Berkeley, performed concerts widely, and taught at the New School in New York City and then at the San Francisco State University in the late 1960s...
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Electro-Acoustic; Electronic; Richard Maxfield
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