Donald Martino

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Donald James Martino (born May 16, 1931 in Plainfield , New Jersey , † December 8, 2005 in the West Indies island of Antigua ) was an American composer.

Martino had clarinet, saxophone and oboe lessons from the age of nine and began composing at the age of fifteen. He studied at Syracuse University and Princeton University and was a student of composition with Ernst Bacon , Roger Sessions , Milton Babbitt and Luigi Dallapiccola .

He taught at Princeton University and Yale University , was composer in residence at the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in Tanglewood, and headed the composition department of the New England Conservatory from 1969 to 1979 . He was then Professor of Music at Brandeis University and Harvard University .

In addition to two Fulbright scholarships and three Guggenheim awards, awards from the Massachusetts Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts , Martino received the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his nonet . He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1981) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1987).

Martino composed orchestral works and instrumental concerts, choral and chamber music, pieces for piano and for jazz ensemble and songs. In his compositions he followed a modern tone and form language and used atonal and serial techniques.

Martino died on December 8, 2005 at the age of 74 while on a boat trip in the Caribbean off the coast of Antigua . Cardiac arrest was the cause of death after hypoglycemic shock . After his death, the Donald Martino Award was donated, which is given to outstanding composition students at the New England Conservatory .

Works

  • Piano concerto , 1965
  • Cello Concerto , 1972
  • Paradiso Choruses , 1974
  • Triple Concerto for clarinet, bass clarinet and double bass clarinet, 1977
  • The White Island , 1985
  • Saxophone Concerto , 1987
  • Violin Concerto , 1996
  • Clarinet Concerto , 2003
  • From The Bad Child's Book of Beasts for soprano and piano
  • From the Other Side for flute, cello, piano and percussion
  • Notturno for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion
  • Fantasies and Impromptus for piano

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donald Martino, 74; Composer of Atonal Works Won Pulitzer , Los Angeles Times, December 16, 2005.

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personal data
SURNAME Martino, Donald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martino, Donald James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Plainfield
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2005
Place of death in the Antilles island of Antigua