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9 results for "1953"

9 results for "1953"

Lawrence Moss

Person

Title: Scenes
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Completed: 1963
Instrumentation: small orchestra
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Born in 1927 in Los Angeles, Lawrence Moss received his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1957. He has held grants...

Yinam Leef

Person

Title: Night Light
Commission: 1990
Completed: 1996
Instrumentation: chamber orchestra
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Yinam Leef (born in Jerusalem in 1953) is one of the most prominent and active composers in Israel today. He grew up in a...

Michael Byron

Person

Title: This is the Hour to Know the Precise Moment Somewhere Else  
Commission: 2022
Completed: 2025
Instrumentation: Violin 1/2, viola 1/2, violoncello


Michael Byron was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the California Institute of The Arts...

Tod Machover

Person

Title: Bug Mudra
Commission: 1989
Completed: 1990
Instrumentation: two electric guitars, percussion, and hyperinstrument
Premiere Location: Bunkamura Theater, Tokyo
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Tod Machover (b. 1953 in New York) has been called “America’s most...

Henry Brant

Person

Title: Prisons of the Mind: A Spatial Symphony in One Movement
Commission: 1989
Completed: 1990
Instrumentation: two orchestras, two concert bands, two brass sextets, two steel drum ensembles, eight conductors
Premiere Location: Dallas Symphony Orchestra...

Samuel Adler

Person

Title: String Quartet No. 10
Commission: 2013
Completed: 2014
Instrumentation: string quartet
Premiere Location: Brunswick, ME
Premiere Ensemble: Cassatt Quartet
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Samuel Adler was born March 4, 1928, in Mannheim, Germany and came to the United States in...