GLASS; LOUIS

Piano Music By (The Wrong) Glass

Jed Distler

Classicstoday.com readers may have read my colleague David Hurwitz’s understandably scathing reviews of Louis Glass’ symphonic works. Words like “tensionless”, “generic”, “unoriginal”, and “boring” gain

You Heard That–It’s The “Swastika” Symphony

David Hurwitz

Theosophy is bad for music. Just ask Scriabin–look where it got him. Danish composer Louis Glass (1864-1936) evidently got into it around 1910, just in

Louis Glass’ Third: Not Nearly A Major Discovery

David Hurwitz

Every decade or so some enterprising label takes Danish composer Louis Glass’s (1864-1936) symphonies out for a spin. Danacord tried it, and so did Marco

Glass from the past

Victor Carr Jr

Danish composer Louis Glass (1864-1936) enjoyed modest success in his lifetime, even in the shadow of his more famous compatriot Carl Nielsen. Compared to the