Morton Gould

Morton Gould (born 10 December 1913 in Richmond Hill, Long Iceland, † February 21, 1996 in Orlando ( Florida)) was an American composer, conductor and pianist.

Life

Gould studied at the Institute of Musical Art (now Juilliard School of Music) and at New York University with Abby Whiteside and Vincent Jones piano composition. Initially, he worked in radio and was a pianist for the show Radio City Music Hall. In 1934 he was arranger and conductor of a series of orchestral programs for WOR Mutual Radio. He achieved great popularity with his radio programs and was known in the United States of America, especially in the years after 1940 gave its programs Cresta Blanca Carnival and The Chrysler Hour ( CBS) to the " initial spark ".

Gould composed Broadway pieces ( Billion Dollar Baby, Arms and the Girl), film music ( Delightfully Dangerous, Cinerama Holiday, Tall Ship ), music for television ( the Holocaust, the CBS documentary World War One) and ballets ( Interplay, Fall River Legend and I'm Old Fashioned ). Gould processed in his works, elements of folk, jazz, blues and gospel music.

As a conductor, he led both all major American orchestras as well as orchestras in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Australia.

1936 Choral and Fugue be premiered in Jazz by Leopold Stokowski.

Morton Gould was 1986-1994 president of the development company American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers ( ASCAP, similar to the German GEMA). In his honor, created the Society for the Promotion of young composers the annual Morton Gould Young Composer advertised Awards.

Awards

Works

Works for Orchestra

Works for wind

Stage Works

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