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Leon Kirchner

Kirchner studied at the University Of California at Berkeley with Ernest Bloch , Arnold Schoenberg , and Roger Sessions . He was professor of music at Harvard from 1961 - 1991 .

SELECTED WORKS

Opera

Lily ( 1977 ), Opera in 3 acts, libretto by the composer after Saul Bellow 's novel '' Henderson The Rain King '', cast: 3 male, 4 female roles; chorus

Orchestra

Sinfonia ( 1951 )

Concerto For Piano No. 1 ( 1953 ), received Naumburg Award

Toccata ( 1955 )

Concerto for Violin , Violoncello , 10 Winds, and Percussion ( 1960 )

Concerto for Piano No. 2 ( 1963 )

Music for Orchestra ( 1969 )

Music for Flute and Orchestra ( 1978 )

Orchestra Piece (Music for Orchestra II) ( 1990 ), formerly called 'Kaleidoscope'

Music for Cello and Orchestra ( 1992 ), received Friedheim Award

Of Things Exactly As They Are ( 1997 ), Soprano, Baritone; SATB Chorus; texts by Robinson Jeffers , Emily Dickinson , Edna St. Vincent Millay , Wallace Stevens , and Robert Lowell

Chamber/vocal/solo

Duo for Violin and Piano ( 1947 )

Piano Sonata ( 1948 )

Little Suite ( 1949 ) for piano

String Quartet No. 1 (1949)

Sonata Concertante ( 1952 ) for violin and piano

Trio ( 1954 ) for violin, cello, and piano

String Quartet No. 2 ( 1958 )

Fanfare ( 1965 ), for horn and two trumpets

String Quartet No. 3 ( 1966 ), received Pulitzer Prize

Words from Wordsworth (1966) for mixed voices a cappella

Flutings for Paula ( 1973 ), for flute solo (with optional percussion)

Fanfare II ( 1977 ), for brass ensemble

The Twilight Stood ( 1982 )

Music for Twelve ( 1985 )

For Cello Solo ( 1986 )

For Violin Solo (1986)

Illuminations (1986) for brass ensemble

Five Pieces ( 1987 ), for piano solo

For Violin Solo II ( 1988 )

Triptych (1988) for violin and cello (comprised of For Cello Solo and Two Duos for Violin and Cello)

Two Duos (1988) for violin and cello

Interlude ( 1989 ) for piano

Trio II ( 1993 ) for violin, cello, and piano

For the Left Hand ( 1995 ), for piano solo

Duo No. 2 for Violin and Piano ( 2002 )

Interlude II ( 2003 ) for piano

Piano Sonata No. 2 (2003)

EXTERNAL LINKS

Biography at All Music Guide by Blair Johnston

Biography at G. Schirmer