Theodore Strongin

Theodore Strongin ( born December 10, 1918 in New York; † November 24, 1998 in Asheville, North Carolina) was an American composer, music critic and entomologist.

Life

Strongin spent his childhood and youth in Darien (Connecticut).

He studied biology and music - he played the flute very well - at Bard College, and later at Harvard University. He had chosen the Entomology and got upon successful completion of a job at the American Museum of Natural History.

When the United States entered the Second World War, Strongin volunteered for the army. In 1946 he returned and settled in his native city. There he began to study at the Juilliard School, flute and composition; later he moved to the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

During this study experienced some of his works in New York premiered. Between 1963 and 1972 acted Strongin as a music and theater critic for the New York Times.

17 days before his 80th birthday died Theodore Strongin on 24 November 1998 in Asheville, North Carolina and found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

• Suite for unaccompanied cello
• Oboe Quintet