Meyer Kupferman

Meyer Kupferman ( born July 2, 1926 in New York City; † 26 November 2003 in Rhinebeck (New York)) was an American clarinetist, composer and music teacher whose compositions were influenced by his Eastern European origin and jazz.

Life

Kupferman began his career as a jazz musician; He joined clubs and bars on the room Coney Iceland and arranged in the 1940s for jazz bands. He studied music theory, chamber music and orchestral music at New York's High School of Music and Art and at Queens College. As a composer, he was self-taught, however. His early opera in a Garden was performed at Tanglewood and at the Edinburgh Festival. From the late 1950s he moved into the twelve-tone technique in his compositions; while he used ostinato and elements of improvisation.

Kupferman wrote six symphonies, six works for string quartet and three operas. Ranging from his Sonata with jazz elements (1958 ) produced numerous atonal works, recordings jazz elements. Some of them were designed for classical musicians; some works like his Jazz Symphony (1988 ) but also demanded the combination of classical orchestra and jazz soloists. His main job was teaching 1951-1993 Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers composition, where he led an improvisational ensemble. Among his students Binette Lipper and Michael Small.

His music experienced numerous international performances and recordings, including by the American Composers Orchestra. The clarinetist Charles Neidich led to his Soloklarinettenwwrk Moonflowers, Baby. Kupferman was with his Jazz String Quartet a guest appearance during the Johnson era in the White House. His Violin Fantasy was performed by Itzhak Perlman at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He also worked with Martha Graham and Pearl Lang as well as a film composer for films such as explosion of silence (1961 ) Black Like Me ( 1964), Hallelujah the Hills and Truman Capote adaptation Trilogy ( 1969). In 1992 he published his textbook Atonal jazz: A Systematic Approach to Atonal jazz improvisation.

Kupferman received numerous awards, including the Guggenheim Foundation. His legacy is preserved in the Lincoln Center.

Works (selection)

  • Concertino for Brass Instruments 11
  • Infinities Twenty- Two for Trumpet & Piano
  • Kierkegaard for Four ( 4) Tubas
  • Madrigal for Brass Quartet. ( 2) Trumpets & ( 2) Trombones
  • Mega rare atonality
  • Pico ( among the smallest particles ) for Piano
  • Short Suite: Second Thoughts
  • Symphony Variations ostinato 1964
  • 3 Non- Objectives for Piano
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