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Composer

Stephen Jaffe

American composer and professor of music

b. 1954

4 works in the index

Born
1954
Birthplace
Washington, D.C.
Citizenship / historical state
United States
Period (estimated from birth year)
Contemporary

Biography

Stephen Jaffe (born December 30, 1954, in Washington, D.C.) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and serves on the music faculty of Duke University, where he holds the post of Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition.

Jaffe's music has been performed in the United States and Europe by ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, and the Ciompi Quartet, and has been recorded on the Bridge and New Focus labels. His honors include the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, and, in 2012, election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Life and musical career

Occupations
composer
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Career institutions / employers
Duke University
Recorded memberships
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Awards
Rome Prize; Guggenheim Fellowship; Arts and Letters Award in Music
VIAF ID
66888521
ISNI
000000011474173X
GND ID
103794239
Library of Congress ID
n84040502
MusicBrainz ID
d61997b9-5758-420f-9735-39f32bf5868d

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Flute
Genres represented
Classical
Works with composition dates
0 of 4

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.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Introduction and the Ground — —— FluteClassical 3
Figure I — —— FluteClassical 1
Figure 3 — —— FluteClassical 0
Figure 2 — —— FluteClassical —

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 66888521. Portrait: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.