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American classical composer
Yehudi Wyner
(born June 1, 1929, in
Calgary
,
Alberta
) is an American
composer
,
pianist
,
conductor
and music educator.
Life and career
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Wyner, who grew up in
New York City
, was raised in a musical family. His father,
Lazar Weiner
, was an eminent composer of
Yiddish
art songs
. Wyner attended
Juilliard
,
Yale
and
Harvard
, and was a student of
Paul Hindemith
and
Walter Piston
. He has written music in a variety of genres, including compositions for
orchestra
,
chamber ensembles
, solo voice and solo instruments, as well as theatrical music and settings of the
Jewish liturgy
. Among his best-known works are the
Friday Evening Service
(1963) and "Torah Service with Instruments" (1966)
for
cantor
and
chorus
, and
On This Most Voluptuous Night
(1982) for
soprano
and chamber ensemble.
Wyner taught for 14 years at Yale, where he was the head of the composition faculty. He also taught at
SUNY Purchase
,
Cornell
,
Brandeis
and Harvard.
In 2006, Wyner won the
Pulitzer Prize for Music
for his
piano concerto
Chiavi in Mano
.
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Personal life
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Wyner was married to Nancy Braverman (Wyner) from 1951 to 1966, with whom he had three children ? Isaiah, Adam, and Cassia.
[3]
He married
soprano
Susan Davenny-Wyner
in 1967.
[4]
He graduated from
Yale University
and
Harvard University
.
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Selected works
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- Partita
? for piano, (1952)
- Concert duo for violin and piano (1956)
- Serenade for flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, piano (1958)
- "Torah Service with Instruments" (1966)
- The Mirror
(1972?73)
- Intermedio
? Lyric ballet for soprano and strings ? October 1974
- The Grass is High
? for voice and piano (1979)
- String quartet (1984?85)
- Composition
for viola and piano (1987)
- Trapunto Junction
for trumpet, French horn, trombone and percussion
- Amadeus' billiard
: for violin, viola, bass, bassoon and two horns (cf. Mozart?Divertimento no. 7, K. 205) (1991)
- Prologue and narrative: for cello and orchestra (1994)
- Horntrio (1997)
- The second madrigal
: Voices of women (1999)
- Quartet for oboe and string trio (1999)
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- Commedia
: for clarinet in B-flat and piano (2003)
- Chiavi in Mano
for piano and orchestra (2004)
- Give Thanks for All Things
for orchestra and chorus (2010)
Degrees
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Awards
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Notable students
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Partial discography
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- YEHUDI WYNER: 'CHIAVI IN MANO,' OTHER WORKS. Robert Levin, pianist; Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Spano; other performers. Bridge 9282; CD,
OCLC
1067026313
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