James Cohn

James Cohn ( born February 12, 1928 in Newark / New Jersey) is an American composer.

Cohn had in his hometown violin and piano lessons, was a student of Roy Harris, Wayne Barlow and Bernard Wagenaar and studied composition with completion in 1950 at the Juilliard School. He composed solo and orchestral works, choral works and chamber music, including the opera The Fall of the City, eight symphonies, five piano sonatas and string quartets, moreover, commissioned works for film and television.

For his Second Symphony, which was premiered in Brussels, he was awarded the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Paul Paray gave the first performance of his Third Symphony and the Variations on The Wayfaring Stranger. He has received commissions, inter alia, by clarinetist Jon Manasse and Christopher Jepperson, trumpeter Jeffrey Silver shock, the Belgian Clarinet Ensemble Claribel and The McKim Fund of the Library of Congress. More recently, Cohn wrote a piano concerto for the Argentine pianist Mirian Conti, 3 Dances for clarinet and guitar for Raphael Sanders and David Galvez as well as a duo for Clarinet & Violin for Julianne Kirk and Adda Kridler.

Works

  • Quintet No.2 for Winds, 1947, 1992
  • Symphony No.1 in Eb, 1947
  • Symphony No.. 2, 1949
  • The Fall of the City, opera ( libretto by Archibald MacLeish ), 1952
  • Sonata Romantica for double bass and piano, 1952
  • 4 Psalms for female chorus and piano, 1953
  • Miniatures for Orchestra, 1954, 1975
  • Symphony No.. 5 in Bb, 1954
  • Symphony No.. 3 in G Major, 1955
  • Symphony No.. 4 in A Major, 1956
  • Piano Sonata, 1956
  • Homage, Tomdichtung, 1959
  • Statues in the Park, eight poems by Felicia Lamport, 1964
  • Symphony No.. 6 in B Minor, 1965
  • Baroque Suite for Oboe or Föte, 1966
  • Concerto for Concertina and Strings, 1966
  • Symphony No.. 7 in D Minor, 1967
  • Three Phases of Love, three songs for choir a cappella (text by WH Auden ), 1969
  • 4 Songs for Voice and Guitar or Piano ( with Lyrics by George Wither, William Blake, Lord Byron and John Dryden ), 1970
  • 5 Dances Psalm, cantata for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and Jazz Ensemble, 1971
  • The Little Circus, 1974
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano, 1974
  • A Song of the Waters, variations on " Shenandoah " tone poem, 1976
  • Symphony No.. 8 in C Major, 1978
  • Robusta Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, 1980
  • Quintet for Woodwinds, 1981
  • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, 1981
  • Concerto da Camera, 1982
  • Little Overture for Wind Quintet, 1982
  • Goldfinch Variations for Wind Trio, 1984
  • Concerto No.. 1 for clarinet and string orchestra, 1986
  • Piano Sonata No.. 5 (A slightly ' Blue' Sonata ), 1986
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1987
  • Piano Trio No.. 1, 1988
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano, 1988
  • Serenade for Flute, Violin and Cello, 1990
  • " Strutting Butterflies for piano, 1974, for wind quintet, 1990
  • Mount Gretna Suite for Chamber Orchestra, 1991
  • Arkansas Reel for wind quintet, 1994
  • Concerto No.. 3 for Clarinet and Strings ( Evocations ), 1996
  • Concerto for Trumpet and Strings, 1996
  • Pieces for solo clarinet, 1999
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 2000
  • Piano Trio No.. 2, 2003
  • Americana for piano, 2004
  • Caprice for Clarinet Choir, 2005
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, 2005
  • A Grecian Festival, 2007
  • 3 -Bon- Bons for Women 's Voices for female chorus a cappella, 2008
  • FOOD! ( The Clean Platter ) (Text with Ogden Nash ) for mixed chorus and piano, 2009
  • Texas Suite for Clarinet Choir, 2010
  • The Tailor Variations for Clarinet Choir, 2012

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