Major figures in American music [S-Z] : [oral history].

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951

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Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg was born on Sept. 13, 1874 in Vienna; began composing before he was nine years old; composed the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899), which he later scored for string orchestra, and became one of his most popular works; Austrian composers Alban Berg and Anton Webern began studying with him in 1904; his cantata Gurrelieder (begun in 1900) was received enthusiastically at its premiere in 1913; by 1909 he began creating atonal compositions, and in his Opus 25 Piano S...

Taylor, Billy, 1921-2010

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BillyTaylor (b. July 24, 1921, in Greenville, North Carolina; d. Dec. 28, 2010, in New York City) was an American jazz pianist, composer, educator, broadcaster, lecturer, and advocate. From the description of Billy Taylor papers, 1942-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744987035 Biographical Note 1921, July 24 Born, Greenville, North Carolina, to William Edward Taylor...

Schuller, Gunther, 1925-2015

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The son of German immigrants, Gunther Schuller was born in New York on November 22, 1925. His professional music career began as a horn player, performing with the American Ballet Theater, as principal horn in the Cincinnati Symphony (1943-1945) and with the Metropolitan Opera from 1945-1959. Schuller's jazz career also began as a French horn player on Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool recording (1949-1950). As an educator, Schuller first taught at the Manhattan School of Music from 1950-1953. Fro...

Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-2021

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Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987)...

Smith, Carleton Sprague

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Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977

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Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) was an American conductor, who led the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, American Youth Orchestra, New York City Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, and American Symphony Orchestra. His career began with studies at the Royal College of Music in 1896 when Stokowski was just 13. He performed as an organist and choral director for several years in England,...

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-

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American composer. From the description of Interviews with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, 1984-1986 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122501167 From the description of The Ellen Taaffe Zwiich interviews, 1984-1986 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122400641 Composed 1985. First performance 15 November 1985, San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony no. 2 : 'Cello ...

Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985

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Composer and educator Sessions graduated from Harvard and studied under Horatio Parker at Yale. In 1926 he won a Guggenheim Professorship and worked at composition in Europe until 1933 as a winner of the American Rome Prize. He held posts at Princeton (1935), Berkeley, CA (1945), Princeton again (1953), and the Julliard School (1965). Among his compositions are four symphonies, several operas, a notable violin concerto (1935), and chamber music. His best known work remains his early BLACK MASKER...

Ussachevsky, Vladimir, 1911-1990

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Composer. From the description of Reminiscences of Vladimir Ussachevsky : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735377 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Vladimir Ussachevsky was born in 1911 in the Russian province of Outer Manchuria, where his father was serving as a career officer in the Russian Army. Ussachevsky's mother performed and gave lessons on the piano, and she became her son's first teacher, initiating his musical ...

Schuman, William

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An American composer and educator, William Schuman was instructor at Sarah Lawrence College (1935-45), president of the Juilliard School of Music (1945-1962), director of publications for G. Schirmer (1945-1952), and president of Lincoln Center (1962-1968). In the 1970's he was chairman of the Norlin Foundation and of the MacDowell Colony. He was a founding director of the Charles Ives Society and a member of the board of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Naumburg and K...

Wernick, Richard

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Thompson, Randall, 1899-1984

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Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an American composer of three symphonies and numerous vocal works, noted for his choral work. He was a 1920 graduate of Harvard University. He became assistant professor of music and choir director at Wellesley College, received a doctorate in music from the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, and taught at the Curtis Institute of Music (serving as its director, 1941-1942), the University of Virginia, and Harvard University....

Hawkshaw, Susan.

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Sachs, Joel H.

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Vierk, Lois V.

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Zappa, Frank, 1940-1993

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Fournier, Janice E.

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Wilson, Olly, 1937-

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Retired music professor and composer Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr., was born on September 7, 1937, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Alma Grace Peoples Wilson, a seamstress, and Olly Woodrow Wilson, Sr., an insurance salesman and butler. Wilson's father had the reputation for having the best speaking voice and being the best singer in the family's church choir. Wilson's father insisted that all of his children learn to play the piano. As a result, Wilson learned to play the piano at the age of seven. Wilson...

Singleton, Alvin, 1940-

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Soltes, Eva

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Harbison, John R.

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American composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated Deforest, Wisc., [1981], to Joan Peyser, [1981]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992404 The American composer, John Harbison, was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1938. He was commissioned to write a full-scale opera in 1995 by the Metropolitan Opera. He chose to compose an opera based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The great Gatsby. From the description of Great Gatsby archive 1995-2000. (U...

Still, William Grant, 1895-1978

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Composer; d. 1978. From the description of William Grant Still papers, 1937-1969. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972606 Epithet: composer and conductor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000212 William Grant Still was a prominent African-American composer. Verna Arvey, Still's wife, was a journalist and musician who collaborated with her husband on many compositions. ...

Carrington, Mark St. J.

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Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987

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African-American jazz soloist Maxine Sullivan was known for her cool and arresting "whispering voice," soothing style, gentle rhythmic phrasing, and intricate swing delivery. She became well known in the late 1930s for her swing performance of the Scottish traditional ballad "Loch Lomond." The song became her signature piece and catapulted her career. During this period Sullivan performed as the main act at the Onyx Club on 52nd Street alongside bassist John Kirby and his band. The two married i...

Theodorakis, Mikis (Mikēs), 1925-

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Seeger, Charles, 1886-1979

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Musicologist. From the description of Ballad of Hattonchatel : manuscript and typescript poem, 1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981474 Seeger was born on Dec. 14, 1886 to American parents in Mexico City; graduated from Harvard University, 1908; taught music at UC Berkeley (1912-19), the Institute of Musical Arts, N.Y. (1921-33), and the New School for Social Research, N.Y. (1931-35); served as asst. director, Pan American Union (1941-53); visiting prof., Yale Univ. (19...

Sudler, Louis C. (Louis Courtenay), 1903-1992

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Sydeman, William, 1928-

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Van Cleve, Libby.

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Talma, Louise

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Louise Talma (b. Oct. 31, 1906, in Arcachon, France; d. Aug. 13, 1996 at Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) was an American composer, pianist, and educator. From the description of Louise Talma papers, 1875-1996 (bulk 1928-1994). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128298 Biographical Note 1906, Oct. 31 Born, Arcachon, France ...

Sur, Donald

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Strange, Allen

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Weisgall, Hugo.

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Ballet commissioned by the Baltimore Ballet. Composed 1938. First performance of this suite New York, 21 March 1942, New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite from the ballet Quest / Hugo Weisgall. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 57122732 Hugo Weisgall was a Moravian-born American composer. Weisgall studied composition and conducting at the Curtis Institute,...

Thorne, Francis

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American jazz musician and composer. From the description of Interview, Dec. 2, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861548 Prolific American composer Francis Thorne (born 1922) is well known for his work in a variety of genres, as well as for his service in music administration. Born in Bay Shore, New York, Thorne came from a musical family. His father had been a ragtime pianist and his grandfather, Gu...

Simon, Alfred, 1907-1991

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Shapey, Ralph, 1921-2002

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American composer and conductor; composition professor at the University of Chicago, where he founded and directed the Contemporary Chamber Players; MacArthur Fellow, 1982. From the description of Oral history, 1976. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155866428 ...

Wolpe, Stefan

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Wolfe, Julia

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Shapero, Harold, 1920-2013

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Wein, George H.

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Weigl, Vally, 1903-

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Ziporyn, Evan

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Marshall, Ingram, 1942-....

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Grimes, Evie M.

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Strunk, W. Oliver (William Oliver), 1901-1980

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W. Oliver Strunk was a musicologist and served as a professor of music at Princeton University from 1937-1966. During his tenure he was enormously influential for both his students at the university and for American musicology at large. From the description of William Oliver Strunk collection, 1937-1979. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 66529641 ...

Yates, Peter, 1929-2011

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Simonds, Bruce

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American pianist and composer. From the description of The Bruce Simonds papers, 1910-1974 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702121426 ...

Vercoe, Elizabeth, 1967-

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Wilson, Richard, 1941-

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Williams, Mary Lou, 1910-1981

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Jazz pianist, arranger, and composer in Durham (Durham Co.), N.C. Died May 28, 1981. From the description of Terry Sanford [music manuscript] 1979. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 53905922 ...

Stock, David, 1939-

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Composed 1971-73. First performance at World Music Days of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Boston, 30 October 1976, New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Inner space / David Stock. c1973. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55119328 Commissioned by The Pittsburgh Symphony. Composed 1983. First performance Pittsburgh, 23 May 1985, Pittsburgh Symphony, Zden...

Scheide, William H. (William Hurd), 1914-

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Woolf, Randall, 1959-

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Stein, Leonard

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American musicologist born in 1916, Stein was pianist and conductor who performed widely in Los Angeles during the 1960's. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California and a former head of the Schoenberg Institute. From the description of Leonard Stein collection of musical scores, 1954-1969. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80271526 Leonard Stein was born in 1916. He was a teaching and personal assistant to Arnold Schoenberg from 1939 ...

Schwartz, Elliott

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Sims, Ezra, 1928-....

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Stokes, Eric, 1930-1999

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Vercoe, Barry

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Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991

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Composer; wife participates in final interview. From the description of Reminiscences of Elie Siegmeister and Mrs. Elie Siegmeister : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725333 ...

Swift, Kay, 1897-1993

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Composer of "Can't we be friends" and other songs, friend and protegée of Gershwin. From the description of Autographed page of concert program : New York, to James Fuld, 1978 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270910507 American musical theater composer. From the description of The Kay Swift papers, 1894-1993 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152168 Kay Swift (1897-1993) is known today primarily for her close assoc...

Stevens, Halsey, 1908-1989

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Biographical Note Halsey Stevens was born on December 3, 1908, in Scott, New York. Educated at Homer Academy as a youth, Stevens took to composing at a young age and completed his first work, The Frogs at School, sometime around 1920-1921. He studied composition with William Berwald at Syracuse University, earning his B.A. in 1931 and his M.M. in 1937. Shortly after graduation, Stevens accepted a position as associate professor of music at Da...

Stinson, Bill, 1930-

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Wheeler, Scott, 1952-

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Raymond, Jenny.

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Temianka, Henri

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Temianka was born on Nov. 19, 1906, in Greenock, Scotland; studied violin with Blitz in Rotterdam (1915-23), Willi Hess at the Berlin Hochschule (1923-24), Jules Boucherit in Paris (1924-26), and with Flesch and Rodzinski at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, PA, from which he graduated in 1930; toured the world as a violin virtuoso during the 1930s, gaining international recognition by winning the first Wieniawski Violin Competition in Warsaw in 1935; was concertmaster of the Scottish Orches...

Olmstead, Andrea

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Strang, Gerald, 1908-1983

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Formerly, the 2nd movement was cataloged as callno.: 3076, the 3rd & 4th movements as callno.: 4220. All 4 movements consolidated under callno.: 3117, and the other 2 numbers re-assigned.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony / Gerald Strang. [1938] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 55210730 ...

Winsor, Phil, 1938-2012

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Oneppo, Martha.

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Thomas, Augusta Read, 1964-

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Augusta Read Thomas (born April 24, 1964) is an American composer and professor. ...

Southern, Eileen 1920-

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Eileen Southern (1920-2002) was a musicologist, teacher, author, editor, and publisher. She trained and performed as a concert pianist but earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in musicology from the University of Chicago (1940, 1941) and a Ph.D. from New York University (1961). She taught at several institutions, becoming the first black female tenured professor at Harvard (1976) where she chaired the Afro-American Studies Department from 1975-1979. She retired from teaching in 1987. Her numerous publis...

Plush, Vincent, 1950-

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First performance January 18, 1983, Flederman Ensemble, Las Vegas Festival of Contemporary Music, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Facing the danger / Vincent Plush. c1982. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 190553971 ...

Thomson, Joan, 1927-1996

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Ward, Robert, 1917-2013

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Originally composed for string quartet, 1937; arranged 1937-40. First performance Detroit, July 1941, Merrill String Ensemble, Celia Merrill conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Andante and scherzo for strings / Robert E. Ward. [1937-1940] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56906096 Composed 1937 for a symphony in E minor, not completed. First performance Rochester, New York, April 1938, Rochester Civic Orchestra, Howard Hanson con...

Steiger, Rand, 1957-

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Schafer, R. Murray

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Spiegel, Laurie, 1945-

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Thomson, Virgil

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The hymn is How Firm a Foundation, words and music commonly ascribed to Robert Keene. The melody is also called Geard. Also quoted Yes, Jesus Loves Me and For He's A Jolly Good Fellow. Composed 1926-28. First performance New York, 22 February 1945, New York Philharmonic, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony on a hymn tune / Virgil Thomson. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 56078995 Composer. ...

Stalvey, Dorrance

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Simeone, Harry

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Tower, Joan, 1938-....

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Schoenberg, Ronald

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Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965

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American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic progression. He was interested in electric instruments and composed pieces with sounds on tape. From the description of Autograph letters to François Bernouard, 1907-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872672 American composer of French origin; compositions of the 1920s used rhythmic complexity, atonality and themes not based on harmonic pro...

Silverman, Stanley B., 1947-

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Produced by Jewish Repertory Theatre, Young Men's/Young Women's Hebrew Association, 344 East 14th Street, New York, N.Y., and reviewed by Frank Rich in The New York Times on Oct. 26, 1983. From the description of Up from paradise / music by Stanley Silverman ; book and lyrics by Arthur Miller [based on his play "The creation of the world and other business"], 1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 740503832 ...

Atkins, Irene Kahn, 1922-1983

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Wuorinen, Charles

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Tenney, James

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Sanford, David, 1963-

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Hailey, Christopher.

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Sawyer Parisot, Elizabeth

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Bolster, Caitriona.

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Wyner, Yehudi, 1929-

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Sherman, Robert, 1932-

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Son of pianist Nadia Reisenberg, Robert Sherman (b. 1932) began his career in broadcasting as the Music Director and Program Manager for radio station WQXR in New York. In 1969, he began hosting the popular folk music program, "Woody's Children," on WQXR, followed in 1970 by the nationally broadcast program, "The Listening Room." He then expanded to television, hosting "Vibrations" on PBS in 1972 and appearing as a commentator for CBS's "Camera Three." He continued his work at WQXR,...

Tudor, David, 1926-1996

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American composer and performer of piano, multi-media and electronic music. By 1950 Tudor established his reputation as the leading exponent of the piano music of the American and European avante-gardes. From the description of David Tudor Papers, 1943-1989 (bulk 1950-1965). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80965755 David Tudor was an American pianist and electronic music composer. From the description of Recordings of David Tudor performances [sou...

Theofanidis, Christopher, 1967-

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Schwantner, Joseph C.

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Schoenberg, Lawrence A.

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Perlis, Vivian.

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Aaron Copland (1900-1990) ranks among the most widely respected of all American composers. Born in Brooklyn to a Russian Jewish family, Copland studied with Rubin Goldmark in New York and Nadia Boulanger in France. His music, which drew upon sources as disparate as jazz, neoclassicism, folk music, and serialism, helped establish an American musical vocabulary, and his most popular works, such as Appalachian Spring and Fanfare for the Common Man, have reached audiences far beyond the...

Okoomian, Janice Dzovinar

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Zorn, John F.

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Page, Tim, 1954-....

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Subotnick, Morton

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Morton Subotnick's incidental music for Berthold Brecht's play Caucasian chalk circle was written for the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center production at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre which premièred on March 24, 1966 and ran for 100 performances. The production was directed by Herbert Blau and Jules Irving. Stacy Keach, Brock Peters and Priscilla Pointer were members of the cast. From the description of [Music for the Caucasian chalk circle / Morton Subotnick]. [1966] (New York Pub...

Wilson, Keith L. (Keith Leroy), 1916-2013

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Schickele, Peter

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Composed 1975. First performance Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, 5 May 1975, The Mostovoy Soloists, Peter Schickele conductor, John Ferrante counter tenor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Maiden on the moor lay : for counter tenor or contralto and chamber orchestra / Peter Schickele ; text, anonymous English, 14th cent. ; translation [by] Brian Stone. [1975] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54053621 Composed 1958. Awarded Honorabl...

Starer, Robert

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Composed 1945. First performance Tel Aviv, 11 March 1947, Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Singer conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fantasy for strings with solo trio / Robert Starer. 1945. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54983174 Composed 1954. First performance New York, 27 October 1956, New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Prelude and ron...

Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995

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Composed 1933. First performance Hollywood Bowl, 13 July 1933, the composer conducting.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Fragment of chorus from "Orestes" of Euripides : from a conjectural version (400 B.C.) / arranged by Nicolas Slonimsky. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54759973 Movements 1-6 and 8 originally composed 1928 in Studies in Black and White for piano. Transcribed and Valse added, 1941. First performance Buenos Aire...

Wolff, Christian, 1934-....

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Christian Wolff was the son of the publisher Kurt Wolff (1887-1963) and Kurt's second wife, Helen Wolff (née Mosel; 1906-1994), both of whom were friends of Alma Mahler, and had been friends also of Franz Werfel. Kurt Wolff had been Werfel's publisher from 1912 to 1923. Christian was born in Nice, France; the family emigrated to the U.S. in 1940 or 1941. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1956, n. d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 15586...

Torke, Michael

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Vees, Jack

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Stoloff, M. W. (Morris W.), 1894-1980.

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