Seymour Shifrin (28 February 1926 – 26 September 1979) was an American composer. He was described by Time Magazine as "one of the most significant composers of his generation."[1]
seymour, shifrin, february, 1926, september, 1979, american, composer, described, time, magazine, most, significant, composers, generation, shifrin, satires, circumstance, 1964, text, thomas, hardy, received, koussevitzky, international, recording, award, 1970. Seymour Shifrin 28 February 1926 26 September 1979 was an American composer He was described by Time Magazine as one of the most significant composers of his generation 1 Shifrin s Satires of Circumstance 1964 text by Thomas Hardy received the Koussevitzky International Recording Award for 1970 He received the Naumburg Award Columbia University s Bearns Prize 1949 the Copley Award the Horblit Prize 1963 and two Guggenheim Fellowships in 1956 and 1959 2 A graduate of Columbia University M A 1947 he was a member of the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley 1952 66 and at Brandeis University from 1966 until his death in 1979 Shifrin studied with William Schuman Otto Luening and Darius Milhaud A number of notable composers studied with Shifrin including David Del Tredici Pauline Oliveros Terry Riley and La Monte Young Orchestral Music 3 Music for Orchestra 1948 Chamber Symphony 1953 Three Pieces for Orchestra 1958 Chronicles for chorus orchestra and soloists 1970 Vocal and Choral Music 3 Two Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke for voice and piano 1947 No Second Troy for voice and piano Yeats 1953 A Medieval Latin Lyric for chorus SATB 1954 Odes of Shang for chorus piano and percussion 1962 Satires of Circumstance for soprano flute clarinet violin cello and double bass Thomas Hardy 1964 A Renaissance Garland for soprano tenor recorders lute viola da gambas tuned percussion 1978 Five Last Songs for soprano and piano 1979 Chamber Music 3 4 String quartets I V 1949 1962 1965 66 1966 67 1971 72 Violin Sonata 1948 Sonata for Cello and Piano 1948 Serenade for Five Instruments 1954 commissioned by the Juilliard School of Music The Modern Temper for piano duet 1959 In Eius Memoriam for mixed quintet 1967 68 Duo for violin and piano 1968 69 Duettino for violin and piano 1972 Piano Trio 1974 The Nick of Time seven instruments 1977 Solo Music 3 4 Four Cantos for Piano 1949 Composition for Piano 1950 Trauermusik for piano 1956 Concert Piece for Solo Violin 1959 Responses for Piano Solo 1973 References edit Music of Seymour Shifrin DRAMOnline org Seymour J Shifrin John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation a b c d Who Was Who in America a b Butterworth Neil 2013 Dictionary of American Classical Composers p 1976 Routledge ISBN 9781136790232 External links edit Seymour Shifrin NewWorldRecords org nbsp This article about an American composer born in the 20th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seymour Shifrin amp oldid 1165540263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
