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Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation: Varieties of Religious Experience Suite

by Raul d'Gama Rose
June 21, 2010

Gene Pritsker's Sound LiberationVarieties of Religious Experience SuiteInnova Records2010

There are times when certain music--usually symphonic in scope--suggests the character of a new cultural epoch. Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, also known as the Eroica symphony, was one such, and it set the tone for the Romantic era. His 9th Symphony was even more significant as it not only celebrated the Age of Enlightenment, but also humanity's action against repression. The composition of the ...