Louis Mennini
Louis Alfred Mennini (born November 18, 1920 in Erie / Pennsylvania , † February 22, 2000 in Naples / Florida ) was an American composer and music teacher.
Life
After attending Oberlin College (with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson ), Mennini studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester , where he taught composition since 1949. In 1965 he founded the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and directed its music school. He also founded the D'Angelo School of Music in Erie, Pasadena and the Virginia School of the Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia.
He composed two operas and a ballet, two symphonies, an overture, a string quartet, a mass, piano pieces, choral works and songs.
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 20, volume 4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mennini, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mennini, Louis Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2000 |
| Place of death | Naples (Florida) |