Ludmila Ulehla
Ludmila Ulehla (born May 20, 1923 in Flushing , Queens , New York City , † December 5, 2009 ) was an American composer, music teacher and author.
Ulehla had piano and violin lessons as a child and was already composing small pieces for these instruments at the age of five. She studied composition with Vittorio Giannini at the Manhattan School of Music . Here she taught composition from 1947 and headed the Faculty of Composition from 1972 to 1989.
Among her students are composers such as Henriette Müller and Larry Hochman , the pianist and composer David Kane as well as the jazz musicians Tim Sund and Richie Beirach .
Works
- Gargoyles
- Remembrances
- Unrolling a Chinese Scroll
- Sybil of the American Revolution , chamber opera
- Undersea Fantasy for Orchestra
- Elegy for a whale
- Sonata for Improvisation for clarinet, soprano saxophone and piano
Fonts
- Contemporary Harmony - Romanticism through the Twelve-Tone-Row
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludmila Ulehla in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Ludmila Ulehla in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ulehla, Ludmila |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flushing , Queens, New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 2009 |