Irving Fine
Irving Gifford Fine (born December 3, 1914 in Boston , Massachusetts , † August 23, 1962 ) was an American composer .
Fine studied at Harvard University with Edward Burlingame Hill , Walter Piston and Sergei Alexandrowitsch Kussewizki and from 1938 to 1939 in Paris with Nadia Boulanger . From 1945 to 1950 he worked as an assistant professor at Harvard University, after which he taught at Brandeis University , where he became a professor in 1954.
He composed a symphony , an orchestral suite, a lament for string orchestra, chamber music works, choirs and songs .
Works
- Alice in Wonderland , three pieces for SSA, 1942
- The Choral New Yorker , Cantata, 1944
- Fantasia for string trio, 1946
- Violin Sonata , 1946
- Music for Piano , 1947
- Toccata Concertante for orchestra, 1948
- Partita for wind quintet, 1948
- The Hour-glass , six pieces a cappella for SATB, 1949
- McCord's Menagerie , four pieces a cappella for TBB
- String quartet , 1952
- Mutability , six songs for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1952
- Serious Song and Lament for string orchestra, 1955
- Childhood fables for grownups , six songs for medium voice and piano based on texts by Gertrude Norman, 1955
- Diversion for orchestra, 1960
- Romanza for wind quintet, 1961
- Symphony , 1962
- Maggie , musical based on Stephen Crane , 1962 (unfinished)
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| SURNAME | Fine, Irving |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fine, Irving Gifford |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1962 |
| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts |