Vincent, John, 1902-1977

This revision of the ballet, 1953. First performance Los Angeles, 16 March 1954, Los Angeles Chamber symphony with the Lazar Galpern Ballet Company, Jan Popper conductor. Choreography by Lazar Galpern. For original version of the ballet, see callno.: 5026; for the revision as an orchestral suite, see callno.: 5355.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Commissioned by the Louisville Orchestra, 1954. Revised 1955. First performance Louisville, Kentucky, 5 February 1955, Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Revised in this form 1954 at the request of Alfred Wallenstein for the opening concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 1954-44 season. First performance Los Angeles, 4 November 1954, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Wallenstein conductor. For original ballet version, see callno.: 5026; for revised ballet version, see callno.: 5346.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Vincent was born on May 17, 1902 in Birmingham, AL; diploma from New England Conservatory of Music; BS and MA from George Peabody College; studied with Walter Piston at Harvard Univ., 1933-35, where he received the John Knowles Paine Travelling Fellowship for two years' study with Nadia Boulanger; Ph. D, Cornell Univ., 1942; head of music dept. at Western Kentucky State Univ., 1937-45, then succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as professor of composition at UCLA, 1946-69; conducted orchestras throughout the US and South America; director, Huntington Hartford Foundation, 1952-65; wrote The diatonic modes in modern music (1951); composed many works, including: Three jacks ballet (1941), Primeval void (opera buffa, 1969-71), Symphony in D (1954), Stabat mater (1970), Three Grecian songs, and two string quartets; he died on Jan. 21, 1977 in Santa Monica, CA.

Ballet on the popular nursery rhymes. Composed 1941-42. First performance Rochester, New York, October 1943, Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson conductor. For revised version of the ballet see callno.: 5346; For revision as an orchestral suite see callno.: 5355.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

Biography

Vincent was born on May 17, 1902 in Birmingham, AL; diploma from New England Conservatory of Music; BS and MA from George Peabody College; studied with Walter Piston at Harvard Univ., 1933-35, where he received the John Knowles Paine Travelling Fellowship for two years' study with Nadia Boulanger; Ph.D, Cornell Univ., 1942; head of music dept. at Western Kentucky State Univ., 1937-45, then succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as professor of composition at UCLA, 1946-69; conducted orchestras throughout the US and South America; director, Huntington Hartford Foundation, 1952-65; wrote The diatonic modes in modern music (1951); composed many works, including: Three jacks ballet (1941), Primeval void (opera buffa, 1969-71), Symphony in D (1954), Stabat mater (1970), Three Grecian songs, and two string quartets; he died on Jan. 21, 1977 in Santa Monica, CA.