b'Elvis Presley 68 Comeback Special | flickr.com/photos/ruthdaniel/38020202472 | CCBY2.0 | isolated on background, cropped Femme Assise, Oil on Canvas, 1909 | Pablo Picasso | Staatliche Museen zu Berlin | Public DomainThe Wild West in Song, 20th Century Modern:Symphony Halls & On ScreenThe Next Generation of ArtBy Karl Middleman By Phyllis Gotkin Mondays: September 16 & 23, 2 p.m. September 27, 2 p.m.(Bradford movie theater) (Bradford movie theater) With its spacious skies and purple mountain majesties,The 20th century ushered in many the grandeur of the American West was well capturedchanges. Transformations that, not by Katherine Lee Bates America the Beautiful lyrics insurprisingly, showed up in the art 1893. A year that also yielded Dvoraks New Worldworld. Modern artists in the 1900s Symphonyan anthem to American roots thatdefied convention. Styles constantly rebooted classical music in our country. Beginningchanged. And color was freed from with this latter piece, well explore bothrealism. Freedom to express oneself American and European compositions inspiredacross multi-mediums mirrored by our western frontier. Rare film and audioradical movements in real life. In clips will highlight just how the history of thisessence, artists felt released from the western movement made its way into symphonicneed to please a patron. Viewing movements and, later, truly American classics. works by Dali, Rivera, Cezanne, Our stars on this wagon train include Placido Domingo, Picasso, and Duchamp, well observe Doris Day, Roy Rogers, Martha Graham, even Elvis Presley.how artists let their experiences and Dont miss this scenic tumbleweeds and sagebrush adventureimagination steer their style . as the that only maestro Middleman can conduct. next generation of art evolved.41'