Stanley Weiner
Stanley Weiner (born January 27, 1925 in Baltimore , † March 1991 in Brussels ) was an American composer and violinist as well as conductor and music teacher.
Life
Stanley Weiner came from a Russian-Jewish immigrant family; his father was assistant concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The eight-year-old Stanley already appeared as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra Washington . In 1947 he became concertmaster of the New York Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein and later moved to the Indianapolis Symphony. In 1953 he moved to Brussels as a violin soloist and teacher, and in 1976 received a violin professorship at the Hamburg University of Music .
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Weiner's oeuvre, who only began composing at the age of thirty, includes over 200 orchestral works with opus numbers (including humoristic pieces such as Schnuffibär and the double bass op.119 for speaker, large orchestra and double bass solo), chamber music, vocal and church music. His music deliberately sets itself apart from the avant-garde trends of the 20th century and predominantly uses an easily accessible, tonal and melodic idiom.
Web links
- Works by and about Stanley Weiner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information on life and work (Wolfgang G. Haas-Musikverlag Köln e.K.)
- Information at klassika.info
- Stanley Weiner dies - obituary Hamburger Abendblatt No. 73 of March 27, 1991
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weiner, Stanley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1991 |
| Place of death | Brussels |