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Robert Cogan (February 2, 1930 – August 19, 2021) was an American music theorist, composer and teacher.[1]
Pemungkah for two acoustic and two electric pianos (1983)
Costellar Pulsations for two pianists (1985)
Algebra & Piano (1981–2000)
Vocal
Whirl DS IS III: Mysterium Fragment for mixed chorus with two solo sopranos, oboe, clarinet, bassoon & cello (1969)
Polyutterances for two solo voices, one of which may be pre-recorded (1989)
Eight Poems of William Bronk for voice and piano (1998)
Publicationsedit
Cogan, Robert (1984): New Images of Musical Sound, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press
Cogan, Robert and Escot, Pozzi: Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music, Prentice Hall
Cogan, Robert and Escot, Pozzi: Sonic Design: Practice and Problems, Publication Contact International (This won the Society for Music Theory's "Distinguished Publication Award" in 1987.)
^"Robert D. Cogan 1930–2021". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
Further readingedit
Review of Robert Cogan, New Images of Musical Sound, Music Theory Online, (Harvard University Press, 1984) by Stephen W. Smoliar (May 1995) ISSN 1067-3040, accessed 9 February 2010
Review by Benjamin R. Levy of the Electroacoustic Music Festival at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 20–22 February 2002, Computer Music Journal, accessed 9 February 2010
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Robert Cogan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2021 Robert Cogan February 2 1930 August 19 2021 was an American music theorist composer and teacher 1 Contents 1 Career 2 Selected compositions 3 Publications 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksCareer editHe studied at the University of Michigan B M 1951 M M 1952 Princeton University M F A 1956 Royal Conservatory of Brussels Berkshire Music Center Tanglewood and the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hamburg His principal teachers included Nadia Boulanger Aaron Copland Ross Lee Finney Philipp Jarnach and Roger Sessions For more than three decades Cogan was Chair of Graduate Theoretical Studies and Professor of Composition at New England Conservatory Boston He also was a visiting professor at the Berkshire Music Center at State University of New York at Purchase at the Central Conservatory of Music Beijing and Shanghai Conservatory and at IBM Research As speaker and or composer Cogan was programmed in Belgium Brazil Canada Banff Festival China France IRCAM Paris Avignon and Nice Festivals Germany Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music North and West German Radios Zinzig Festival Bielefeld University Great Britain Universities of Edinburgh London and Southampton Italy Gubbio and Prix Italia festivals Italian Society for Musical Analysis Rockefeller Bellagio Study Center Korea Seoul Arts Olympics the Netherlands International Computer Music Association Russia Sweden Swedish Institute for Electronic Music Switzerland Montanea Festival and Yugoslavia Belgrade Radio Television In the United States he appeared under the auspices of the American Society for Aesthetics College Music Society Ford Morse Rockefeller and Rothschild Foundations International Association for Semiotics League of Composers Music Educators National Conference Music Teachers National Association Society of Composers Society for Ethnomusicology and Society for Music Theory as well as in universities throughout North America Performers of Cogan s works include the conductors Tamara Brooks Lorna Cooke deVaron John Heiss Jacques Louis Monod Fredrick Prausnitz Gunther Schuller and Leopold Stokowski the Cleveland Orchestra Norddeutscher Rundfunk and RIAS Berlin orchestras pianists Geoffrey Burleson Marilyn Crispell David Del Tredici David Hagan Robert Henry and Ellen Polansky instrumentalists Esther Lamneck Alexei Ludewig and Stephanie Key and singers Jan DeGaetani Elizabeth Keusch Joan Heller Jane Bryden and Maria Tegzes His music appears on the Delos Golden Crest Leo Music and Arts Neuma and Spectrum recording labels Cogan resided in Cambridge Massachusetts with his partner composer and theorist Pozzi Escot Selected compositions editOrchestral Fantasia for Orchestra 1951 Gulf Coast Bound a multi movement work for big band 1987 Chamber music Sonata for viola and piano 1953 Two Compositions for String Trio 1960 Spaces and Cries for five brass instruments 1963 Soliloquy for saxophone and two percussionists 1987 Fierce Singleness for solo clarinet 1988 America Is for string quartet Events Dancing Open ended Folio for viola and piano 1989 Aflame in Flight for solo violin with text by William Carlos Williams 1999 Organ No Attack of Organic Metals for organ 1973 Piano Sou Nos amp Variants for solo piano 1961 Contexts Memories for piano 1982 Pemungkah for two acoustic and two electric pianos 1983 Costellar Pulsations for two pianists 1985 Algebra amp Piano 1981 2000 Vocal Whirl DS IS III Mysterium Fragment for mixed chorus with two solo sopranos oboe clarinet bassoon amp cello 1969 Polyutterances for two solo voices one of which may be pre recorded 1989 Eight Poems of William Bronk for voice and piano 1998 Publications editCogan Robert 1984 New Images of Musical Sound Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University Press Cogan Robert and Escot Pozzi Sonic Design The Nature of Sound and Music Prentice Hall Cogan Robert and Escot Pozzi Sonic Design Practice and Problems Publication Contact International This won the Society for Music Theory s Distinguished Publication Award in 1987 He also published in numerous journals including College Music Symposium Interface Journal of Music Theory The Musical Quarterly Perspectives of New Music and Sonus References edit Robert D Cogan 1930 2021 The Boston Globe Retrieved 26 August 2021 Further reading editReview of Robert Cogan New Images of Musical Sound Music Theory Online Harvard University Press 1984 by Stephen W Smoliar May 1995 ISSN 1067 3040 accessed 9 February 2010 Review by Benjamin R Levy of the Electroacoustic Music Festival at the University of Maryland College Park Maryland USA 20 22 February 2002 Computer Music Journal accessed 9 February 2010External links editProfile New England Conservatory Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Classical music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robert Cogan amp oldid 1153396518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
