Harold Farberman

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Harold Farberman (born November 2, 1929 in New York City , † November 24, 2018 in Germantown, New York ) was an American conductor and composer .

Farberman comes from a family of musicians. His father played drums in Schleomke Beckerman's Klezmer band in the 1920s , his brother is a drummer, and his first drum teacher, Irving Farberman, was a cousin. After graduating from the Juilliard School of Music , he became a drummer in the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1951 .

Farberman was a member of the orchestra until 1963. During this time he completed his composition studies at the New England Conservatory of Music . It was through his first composition Evolution , a work for soprano, horn and seven percussionists, that Aaron Copland became aware of him and invited him to Tanglewood in 1955 as a composition student. In 1957 he won first prize at the New England Composer's Competition for the quartet for flute, oboe, viola and cello , and with the Greek Scene he represented the USA at an international composers symposium in Paris in 1957.

In addition to his training at Copland, Farberman also attended Eleazar de Carvalho's conducting class . From 1963 he was chief conductor of the Colorado Springs and Oakland Symphony Orchestras as well as principal guest conductor of the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Bornemouth Sinfonietta . As a guest conductor he led well-known orchestras in Europe, Asia and Australia.

The Academy of Arts and Letters awarded him the Ives Medal for his commitment to Charles Ives ' music . Farberman founded the Conductors Guild and the Conductors Institute , an international training center for young conductors.

Works

  • Evolution for soprano, horn and percussion, 1953
  • Variations for Percussion with Piano , 1954
  • Variations on a Familiar Theme for seven percussionists, 1955
  • Symphony No. 1 , 1957
  • Greek Scene for mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion, 1957 or for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 1958
  • Music Inn Suite for drum set, timpani and percussion, 1958
  • Medea , chamber opera, libretto by William Van Lennep , 1961
  • August 30, 1964 for mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion, 1964
  • Elegy, Fanfare and March for orchestra, 1964
  • Medea Suite for orchestra, 1963, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 1965
  • There's Us, There's Them, Together? for orchestra and solo jazz ensemble, 1967
  • Alea or Game Of Chance for percussion ensemble, 1967
  • If Music Be for jazz soloist / narrator, rock group, trumpet or alto saxophone, 1969
  • The Lindsey Swing or Fun City for soprano, baritone and ensemble, 1971
  • The Losers , opera, libretto by Barbara Fried , 1971
  • Swinging A's victory March for choir and orchestra, 1972
  • War Cry on a Prayer Feather , song cycle for soprano and baritone, 1975
  • Great American Cowboy Suite for Orchestra, 1979
  • Combinations for six percussionists, 1984
  • "A" Train, for solo marimba , 1985
  • A Play with Music , libretto by Laurence Luckinbill , for soprano, alto, baritone, bass and instrumental ensemble, 1986
  • A Summer's Day in Central Park, A musical portrait for orchestra , 1987
  • The Princess for singers / storytellers and percussionists, 1989
  • The Dancers Suite for jazz percussion ensemble , 1990
  • Ground Zero Paradiddle for jazz percussion ensemble with timpani, 1990
  • Little Boy / Girl and the Tree Branch for narrator and orchestra, 2001
  • Song Of Eddie , opera, 2003-04
  • Diamond Street , Chamber Opera, 2009

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mort du chef américain Harold Farberman. Announcement on francemusique.fr of November 27, 2018. Accessed December 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Leon Botstein : Bard Conservatory mourns loss of long-time faculty member, Harold Farberman, age 89 , obituary, Bard College, November 27, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Farberman, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 2018
Place of death Germantown, New York (State)