Paul White (conductor)

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Paul Taylor White (born August 22, 1895 in Bangor , Maine , † May 31, 1973 in Henrietta , New York ) was an American composer, violinist, conductor and music teacher.

White studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and was a student of George Chadwick and Eugène Ysaÿe . The music patron George Eastman became aware of him and brought him to the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra . He studied conducting with Eugène Aynsley Goossens at the Eastman School of Music , where he taught from 1928 to 1965, first as a violin teacher and later as a professor of ensemble playing.

From 1929 to 1965 White was the conductor of the Rochester Civic Orchestra . He has also worked as a guest conductor with the Boston Pops Orchestra , the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra . He composed orchestral and vocal works as well as chamber music.

Works

  • Lyric Overture for orchestra, 1919
  • Compositions pour piano et violon , 1923
  • Fantastic dance for violin and piano, 1923
  • Little romance for piano or chamber ensemble, 1923
  • Old fashioned suite for piano and cello, 1923
  • Poem for violin and orchestra, 1923
  • Serenade et rverie for piano and cello, 1923
  • Little Tune And Variations , 1924
  • To youth: overture for orchestra , 1924
  • Pagan Festival Overture , 1927
  • Five miniatures for piano or orchestra, 1932
  • Sonata for violin and piano , 1935
  • Suite In Old Fashioned Style for String Orchestra
  • Four spokes from the hub , 1936
  • Sinfonietta for string orchestra , 1937
  • College caprice on The Maine YMCA for orchestra and male choir, 1939
  • Sea chanty for harp and strings, 1941
  • The dying soldier , song for voice and piano, 1944
  • Lake Placid Scenes for orchestra, 1944
  • Lake Spray for orchestra
  • Andante And Rondo for cello and orchestra or piano, 1945
  • Idyl for orchestra , 1946
  • Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  • The voyage of the Mayflower. An American ballad for orchestra and chorus (ad lib.)

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personal data
SURNAME White, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES White, Paul Taylor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, violinist, conductor and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangor , Maine
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1973
Place of death Henrietta , New York