Donald Grantham

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Donald Grantham (born November 9, 1947 in Duncan, Oklahoma ) is an American composer , conductor and university professor who is mainly active in the field of symphonic wind music .

Life

Donald Grantham studied from 1967 to 1970 at the University of Oklahoma and from 1970 to 1973 at the University of Southern California with Halsey Stevens , Robert Linn and Ramiro Cortés . In 1973 and 1974 he also studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. In 1980 he completed his education with a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California. In 1974 Grantham began teaching at the University of Southern California; the following year he moved to the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin , where he has also been Professor of Composition since 1991.

Works (selection)

Stage works

  • 1988: The Boor , comic opera in one act based on the play " The Bear " by Anton Chekhov . World premiere on February 24, 1989 at the University of Texas Opera Theater.

Wind band

  • 1979: Concerto in One Movement for bass trombone and wind ensemble
  • 1993: Bum's Rush
  • 1997: Fantasy Variations
  • 1998: Southern Harmony
  • 1999: J'ai été au bal
  • 2000: Kentucky Harmony
  • 2001: Don't You See?
  • 2001: Variations on an American Cavalry Song
  • 2004–2007: The Barons ( Baron Cimetiere's Mambo , Baron Samedi's Sarabande and Soft Shoe , Baron la Croix's Shuffle )
  • 2005: Court Music
  • 2007: Starry Crown
  • 2008: Lone Star Twister
  • 2009: Symphony for Winds and Percussion

Symphony orchestra

  • 1983: El álbum de los duendecitos
  • 1991: To the Wind's Twelve Quarters
  • 2000: Exhilaration and Cry
  • 2004: Fantasy Variations
  • 2004 Twilight Music

Chamber music

  • 1976: Cuatro Caprichos de Francisco Goya for violin
  • 1984: The Heart of the Woman after William Butler Yeats for soprano and piano
  • 1987: Fantasy on Mr. Hyde's Song for clarinets, flute, violin, violoncello, percussion and piano
  • 1990: Life of a Queen after Lisel Mueller for soprano, choir and harp
  • 1990: Lascivious Love Songs after EE Cummings for mezzo-soprano and wind quintet; also mezzo-soprano and alto saxophone and mezzo-soprano and piano
  • 1990: La noche en la isla after Pablo Neruda for baritone, horn and piano
  • 1993: Slobberin 'Goblins for flute, bass clarinet, horn, violin, piano and percussion
  • 1996: Fantasy Variations on Gershwin's Second Prelude for Piano for two pianos
  • 1999: From the Diaries of Adam and Eve after Mark Twain for baritone and piano or soprano, baritone, flute, violin, viola, cello and piano
  • 2005: La cancion deseperada after Pablo Neruda for soprano, bass, violin and choir

Other publications

Awards

  • 1976: Prix ​​Lili Boulanger
  • 1983: Rudolf Nissim Prize of the ASCAP Foundation (El álbum de los duendecitos)
  • 1990: Guggenheim grant
  • 1991: Biennial Composition Prize of the National Opera Association (The Boor)
  • 1993: First place in the Composition Contest of the International Horn Society (Slobberin 'Goblins)
  • 1995: William D. Revelli Composition Award from the National Band Association (Bum's Rush)
  • 1998: William D. Revelli Composition Award from the National Band Association (Fantasy Variations)
  • 1999: Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award from the American Bandmasters Association (Fantasy Variations)
  • 1999: William D. Revelli Composition Award from the National Band Association (Southern Harmony)
  • 2000: Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award from the American Bandmasters Association (Southern Harmony)

Recordings

  • Music by Donald Grantham (2001, Centaur CRC-2441), Voices of Change, Jo Boatman (Artistic Direction).
  • Composer's Collection: Donald Grantham (2006, GIA Publications 682), North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon (conductor).
  • Southern Harmony: Kabalevsky, Stevens, Grantham, Lauridsen, Copland (2009, Naxos 8572342), Ohio State University Wind Symphony, Russel C. Mikkelson (conductor).
  • Old Wine in New Bottles: Grantham, Jacob, Bryant, Pann (2012, Naxos 8572762), Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble, Dana Chamber Winds, Stephen L. Gage (conductor).

literature

  • Neil Butterworth: Dictionary of American Classical Composers . 2nd Edition. Routledge, New York 2005, ISBN 0-415-93848-1 , pp. 181 f .
  • James Michael Floyd: Composers in the classroom . Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2001, ISBN 978-0-8108-7775-7 , pp. 124-127 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul G. Davis: The historical and musical correlation of "The southern harmony and musical companion" with Donald Grantham's "Southern harmony" . The University of Texas at Austin, 2006, p. 15th f . ( utexas.edu [PDF]).
  2. ↑ Donald Grantham. Butler School of Music website, accessed April 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ The Boor. North American Works Directory of the National Opera Center America, accessed April 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ James R. Oestreich: Florilegium's Zoological Analogies. The New York Times, June 17, 1990, accessed August 10, 2019 .
  5. ^ The ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize. The ASCAP Foundation, accessed April 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Donald Grantham. TJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, accessed April 24, 2017 .
  7. ^ Floyd: Composers in the classroom , Lanham 2001, p. 126.
  8. ↑ a b c William D. Revelli Composition Contest. National Band Association, accessed April 24, 2017 .
  9. ↑ a b ABA Awards. The American Bandmasters Association, accessed October 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Grantham, Donald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, conductor and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Duncan, Oklahoma