Isaac Nemiroff
Isaac Nemiroff (born February 16, 1912 in Cincinnati , † March 5, 1977 in New York City ) was an American composer, music teacher and scholar.
Nemiroff studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory and was then a student of Stefan Wolpe at the New York College of Music . He taught from 1946 to 1948 at the music school of the Brooklyn Musical Society , then until 1952 at the Contemporary Music School in New York and from 1952 at the Greenwich House Music School . He was the founder of the music program of the newly formed State University College on Long Island until the campus of Stony Brook University was incorporated. He taught there until his death in 1977.
As a composer, Nemiroff became known for his music for modern dance, which was performed in April 1948 by Marie Marchowsky and her company at New York's Cort Theater . At the same time, under the auspices of the International Society for New Music, Broadus Erle and David Tudor performed his Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano. In 1964 he was inducted into the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers .
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- Stony Brook University - Special Collections and University Archives - Isaac Nemiroff Collection
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nemiroff, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, music educator and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5th 1977 |
| Place of death | New York City |