Jan Meyerowitz

January Meyerowitz ( born April 23, 1913 in Breslau as Hans -Hermann Meyerowitz, † December 15, 1998 in Colmar ) was a German - American composer, conductor, pianist and writer.

Life

January Meyerowitz grew up in Breslau, the son of a flat manufacturers. From 1927 he studied in Berlin with Walter Gmeindl and Alexander von Zemlinsky. In 1933 he was forced to leave Germany and continued his education in Rome by Ottorino Respighi, Alfredo Casella and conductor Bernardino Molinari. In 1938 he moved to Belgium in 1939 to southern France, where he had contact with the Resistance. His future wife, the singer Marguerite Fricker, helped him in Marseille to survive the occupation.

1946 Meyerowitz went to the U.S. and became an assistant to Boris Goldovsky, director of the opera program at Tanglewood. In 1951 he became an American citizen. As a teacher, Meyerowitz has taught at Brooklyn College (1956-1962) and at the City College of New York. After his retirement, he returned to France.

Awards

Works

Compositions

Stage Works

  • Simoon (1949 ). Opera in one act Libretto: Peter John Stephens ( after August Strindberg ). UA August 2, 1949 Tanglewood / Massachusetts
  • Emily Dickinson (formerly Eastward in Eden, 1951). Opera 4 files. Libretto: Dorothy Gardner. UA November 16, 1951 Detroit Act 2 as a separate piece: The Meeting. UA September 16, 1955 Falmouth / Massachusetts

Vocal compositions

  • The Five Foolish Virgins. cantata
  • The Story of Ruth for coloratura soprano and piano
  • Missa Rachel Plorans (1954). Mass for choir a cappella
  • The Glory Around His Head ( 1955). Easter Cantata for medium voice, 4 - part mixed choir and piano. Libretto: Langston Hughes
  • How Godly Is the House of God for 4- part mixed choir and piano. Libretto: Langston Hughes
  • Emily Dickinson Cantata. Libretto: Dorothy Gardner (?)
  • New Plymouth Cantata for soloists, 4- part mixed choir and piano. Libretto: Dorothy Gardner
  • Hérodiade. Text: Stéphane Mallarmé
  • Arvit hadash Shir l' shabbat ( A new song for the Sabbath ). UA 1962 New York ( Park Avenue Synagogue, Cantor David Putterman )
  • Hebrew Service ( 1962)
  • Five Sacred Songs (1963 ) for bass and orchestra ( 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - Harp - Timpani, Percussion - Strings )
  • Other cantatas, song cycles and songs based on texts by Edward Estlin Cummings, Robert Herrick, John Keats, Arthur Rimbaud, among others

Orchestral works

  • Midrash Esther (1954). Symphony. UA 1957 New York (New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos )
  • Flemish Overture (1959 ) for orchestra ( 3.3.3.3 - 4.3.3.1 - Harp - Percussion - Strings )
  • Oboe Concerto (1962; Orchestra: 2.0.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - Harp - Timpani, Percussion - Strings )
  • Flute Concerto
  • Four Movements for Wind Symphony (1974 )
  • Four Romantic Pieces for Concert Band (1978 )

Chamber Music

  • String Quartet ( 1936-55 )
  • Sonatas for Violin and Cello
  • Short Suite for Brass ( 3.3.2.1 )

Writings

  • Arnold Schoenberg. Berlin ( Colloquium ), 1967 ( = minds of the 20th Century, Volume 47 )
  • The real Jewish joke. Berlin ( Colloquium ), 1971 edition. Berlin ( arani ) 1997 ISBN 3-7605-8669-4.
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