Frederick Fox

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Frederick Alfred Fox (born January 17, 1931 in Detroit , † August 24, 2011 ) was an American composer and music teacher.

Fox took saxophone lessons in Detroit from Laurence Teal and music theory from Ray McConnell in his youth. He then studied composition with Ruth Shaw Wylie at Wayne State University , with Ross Lee Finney at the University of Michigan and with Bernhard Heiden at Indiana University .

From 1964 he taught music theory and composition at California State University, East Bay . In 1974 he moved to Indiana University and founded the university's New Music Ensemble , which he directed until 1992. His students included u. a. James Aikman, Margaret Brouwer, David Dzubay, Keith Fitch, Jeffrey Hass, Jeeyoung Kim, Robert Paterson, Mark Phillips, Stephen Suber, Teresa LeVelle, Stefan Freund, Till MacIvor Meyn, David Heuser, Timothy Luby, David DeBoor Canfield and Andrew Earle Simpson .

Fox composed several works for the saxophone, including Shaking the Pumpkin , Visitations and Hear Again in Memory (for Eugene Rousseau), SAX (for Larry Teal) and Annexus (for Thomas Liley); also a ballet, orchestral works and instrumental concerts, chamber music and choral works. In his compositions he combines the serial composition technique with elements from jazz music. Among his influencers were Béla Bartók and Anton Webern , but also Bebop and Charlie Parker .

Fox has received several awards for his compositions, including a. he received three awards from the National Endowment for the Arts . His works have been performed in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Japan. Recorded were u. a. Night Ceremonies with the Louisville Orchestra and The Descent with the Gregg Smith Singers .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical dates on Keizer Southern Music
  2. ↑ a b c d e Detailed biography on: IU Jacobs School of Music celebrates 80th birthday of composer Frederick Fox from January 17, 2011
  3. ^ Indiana University New Music Ensemble
  4. ^ A b c New Music from Indiana University
personal data
SURNAME Fox, Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fox, Frederick Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2011