David Maslanka

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David Maslanka (2015)

David Maslanka [ mæsˈləŋkʌ ] (born August 30, 1943 in New Bedford , Massachusetts , † August 6, 2017 in Missoula , Montana ) was an American composer .

After two years at the New England Conservatory of Music (1959–1961), Maslanka studied clarinet from 1961 to 1965 at Oberlin College with George Waln and composition with Joseph R. Wood , spending one year (1963–1964) at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. From 1965 to 1971 he studied at Michigan State University , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . His teachers here were H. Owen Reed (composition), Paul Harder (music theory) and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr (clarinet).

He taught at the State University of New York (1970–1974), Sarah Lawrence College (1974–1980) and New York University (1980/81). From 1981 to 1990 he was a professor at Kingsborough Community College . From then on he lived as a freelance composer in Missoula, Montana. He has worked as a guest composer at universities and festivals and has received three National Endowment for the Arts Composer Awards and five grants from the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire . His work includes compositions for solo instruments and chamber music, choral works (including a monumental mass), compositions for wind ensembles and for symphony orchestras. He was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers .

Maslanka died of colon cancer on the night of August 6, 2017 , about a month after his wife. He left two sons and a daughter.

Works

  • Choral works
    • A Litany for Courage and the Seasons
    • City Tree
    • Collected Chorale Settings
    • Four lullabies
    • Hear My Prayer O Lord (Psalm 102)
    • I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark
    • Mass
    • Seven Lyrics From Sappho
    • The Four Seasons
    • The Hungry Heart
    • The Nameless Fear; or: The Unanswered Question Put Yet Another Way
    • The One and Only Book of Madrigals
  • Orchestral works
    • A Child's Garden of Dreams
    • Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
    • Death and the Maiden
    • In Lonely Fields
    • Music for String Orchestra
    • Symphony No. 1
    • Symphony No. 6: Living Earth
    • World Music
  • Works for percussion instruments
    • Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble
    • Concerto for Marimba and Band
    • Crown of Thorns
    • Hohner
    • In Lonely Fields
    • Montana Music: Fantasy on a Chorale Tune
    • Montana Music: Three Dances for Percussion
    • My Lady White
    • Time stream
    • Variations on 'Lost Love'
  • Works for solo instruments and chamber music
    • Anne Sexton Songs
    • Arcadia
    • Arise!
    • Black Dog Songs
    • Blue Mountain Meadow - Missoula
    • Cello songs
    • duo
    • Five songs
    • Fourth piece
    • Heaven to Clear When Day Did Close
    • Images From 'The Old Gringo'
    • Lincoln Speaks at Gettysburg
    • Little Concerto for Six Players (1990)
    • Little Symphony on the Name of Barney Childs
    • Meditation on 'Dr. Affectionate '
    • Montana Music: Fantasy on a Chorale Tune
    • Montana Music: Trio
    • Mountain Roads
    • Music for Dr. Who (1979)
    • My Lady White
    • nocturne
    • Orpheus (1977)
    • Piano song
    • Pray for Tender Voices in the Darkness
    • Quintet for Winds No. 1
    • Quintet for Winds No. 2
    • Quintet for Winds No. 3
    • Quintet for Winds No. 4th
    • Recitation Book for Saxophone Quartet
    • Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
    • Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2004)
    • Sonata for Horn and Piano
    • Sonata for Oboe and Piano
    • Song book
    • String Quartet
    • Tears
    • The Nameless Fear; or: The Unanswered Question Put Yet Another Way (1989)
    • Three pieces
    • Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
    • Trio No. 2 for viola, clarinet and piano
    • Variations on 'Lost Love'
    • A Litany for Courage and the Seasons
  • Works for wind orchestra
    • A Carl Sandburg Reader
    • A Child's Garden of Dreams
    • A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter
    • Alex and The Phantom Band
    • Collected Chorale Settings
    • Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
    • Concerto for Marimba and Band
    • Concerto for Piano, Winds and Percussion
    • Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble
    • Concerto No. 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion
    • David's Book: Concerto for Solo Percussionist and Wind Ensemble
    • Desert Roads: Four Songs for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble
    • Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble
    • Golden Light - A Celebration Piece
    • Heart songs
    • Hell's Gate
    • In memoriam
    • Laudamus Te
    • Montana Music: Chorale Variations
    • Morning Star
    • Mother Earth: A Fanfare
    • Prelude on a Gregorian Tune
    • Procession of the Academics
    • Rollo takes a walk
    • Sea Dreams: Concerto for two Horns and Wind Ensemble
    • Song book
    • Symphony No. 2
    • Symphony No. 3
    • Symphony No. 4th
    • Symphony No. 5
    • Symphony No. 7th
    • Symphony No. 8th
    • Tears
    • testament
    • Traveler
    • ufo Dreams: Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble
    • Unending Stream of Life: Variations on "All Creatures of Our God and King"
    • Variants on a Hymn Tune

Web links

Commons : David Maslanka  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Matthew Maslanka: David Maslanka (1943-2017). (No longer available online.) David Maslanka's website, Aug 7, 2017, archived from the original on Aug 7, 2017 ; Retrieved on August 6, 2017 (English, last place of residence is given in the curriculum vitae on the website).
  2. ↑ David Maslanka . In: hebu-music.com . Retrieved August 12, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Maslanka, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New Bedford , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 2017
Place of death Missoula , Montana