Composer
Seymour Shifrin
American composer (1926-1979)
1926–1979
3 works in the index
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 1979
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Natick
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
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."
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. 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:
Music for Orchestra (1948)
Chamber Symphony (1953)
Three Pieces for Orchestra (1958)
Chronicles for chorus, orchestra and soloists (1970)
Vocal and Choral Music
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:
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:
Four Cantos for Piano (1949)
Composition for Piano (1950)
Trauermusik for piano (1956)
Concert Piece for Solo Violin (1959)
Responses for Piano Solo (1973)
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Education
- Columbia University
- Teachers
- William Schuman; Otto Luening; Darius Milhaud
- Career institutions / employers
- Brandeis University; University of California, Berkeley
- VIAF ID
- 116849392
- ISNI
- 0000000108379738
- GND ID
- 119183331
- Library of Congress ID
- n82111777
- MusicBrainz ID
- c76ec8de-15f8-4d1d-b994-b4353af7d373
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Cello, Piano, violin
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 3
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play For The Young (For Violin And Cello) | — | — | — | Piano, Cello, violin | Classical | 6 |
| Lullaby | — | — | — | Piano, Cello, violin | Classical | 2 |
| Duettino (For Violin And Piano) | — | — | — | Piano, Cello, violin | Classical | 2 |
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 116849392.