Composer
Irving Fine
American composer (1914-1962)
1914–1962
22 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1962
- Birthplace
- Boston
- Place of death
- Natick
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Irving Gifford Fine (December 3, 1914 – August 23, 1962) was an American composer. Fine's work assimilated neoclassical, romantic, and serial elements. Composer Virgil Thomson described Fine's "unusual melodic grace" while Aaron Copland noted the "elegance, style, finish and...convincing continuity" of Fine's music.
Fine was a member of a close-knit group of Boston composers in the mid-20th century who were sometimes called the "Boston School." Other members of the Boston School included Arthur Berger, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, and Harold Shapero.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; university teacher
- Education
- Harvard University
- Teachers
- Nadia Boulanger
- Career institutions / employers
- Brandeis University
- Official website
- https://www.irvingfinesoc.org/
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 32183114
- ISNI
- 0000000081116160
- GND ID
- 132030497
- Library of Congress ID
- n80019662
- MusicBrainz ID
- 80a48d4a-f75d-4e5e-bd39-37004b5c4227
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Frog and the Snake | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Because I Caught A Glimpse of You | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Song of the Flowers | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I Have Heard the Hoof Beats of Happiness | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Koko's Lullaby | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Lenny the Leopard | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Duck and the Yak | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Victory March of the Elephants | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Lullaby for A Baby Panda | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Little Toccata | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Flamingo Polka | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Two Worms | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| My Father | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Peregrine | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Jubilation | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Red Queen's Gavotte | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Prelude from Music for Piano | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Polaroli | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Tigeroo | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Weed | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Now God Be Thanked for Mutability | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Hour-Glass | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 32183114.