Martin Mailman

Martin S. Mailman (* June 30, 1932 in New York, NY, † April 18, 2000 in Denton, Texas) was an American composer, conductor and music educator.

He started quite early with trumpet lessons. He studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester (New York). There he was composing pupil of Louis Mennini, Wayne Barlow, Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. The Bachelor of Music in 1954, he completed the Master of Music degree in 1955 and Ph.D. of Music in 1960.

His successful educational career began at the U.S. Naval School of Music in 1955 until 1957. Further stations of his career were the Eastman School of Music in Rochester from 1958 to 1959, the Brevard Music Center in the summers of 1960, 1961 and 1983, the West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia in the summer of 1963, and the East Carolina University in Greenville, North Caroline of 1961 until 1966. Eventually, he became in 1966 a professor at the College of Music at the University of North Texas in Denton and stayed there for 34 years. At more than 90 universities in the U.S. and in Europe, he held workshops and seminars. At the same time he was active as a guest conductor.

With some others, he was one of the first contemporary American composers in the The Young Composers Project mitmachten 1959, which was sponsored and supported by the Ford Foundation and the National Music Council. At that time he lived and worked in Jacksonville, Florida.

For his compositions, he has been honored with numerous national and international awards and prizes, such as twice the price of the American Bandmasters Association / Ostwald prizes for composition of the National Band Association / Band Mans Company prize for composition and Edward Benjamin Award. 1982 was awarded to him in Geneva, the Queen Marie- Jose Prize for composition. His oeuvre consists of chamber music, music for wind band, choral music, orchestral works, film music, music for television and radio, operas and a requiem for soloists, chorus and orchestra.

Works

Works for Orchestra

Works for wind

Choral music and religious music

  • Alleluia opus 15 mixed for unanimous chorus and orchestra
  • Concord Hymn opus 20
  • Three Madrigals
  • Requiem, Requiem Opus 51 for speaker, soprano, mezzo - soprano, baritone, chorus ( SATB) and orchestra

Stage Works

  • The Hunted Opera in one act
  • Music for the play " Moby Dick" opus 35 for chorus and orchestra

Ensemble and chamber music

  • String Quartet in One Movement, Op 26
  • Four Divisions for Percussion Ensemble opus 40
  • Partita No.. 4 opus 42 - Nine for Instrumentalists (flute [ piccolo ], oboe, clarinet [ bass clarinet ], bassoon, trumpet, horn, timpani [ also Percussion], violin and cello)
  • Clastics II for euphonium and percussion
  • American composer
  • Composer ( brass bands )
  • Music teacher
  • Conductor
  • Born in 1932
  • Died in 2000
  • Man
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