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Ernst Levy (born Basel, Switzerland 18 November 1895, died Morges, Switzerland 19 April 1981) was a Swiss musicologist, composer, pianist and conductor. He studied with Egon Petri and Raoul Pugno.〔. Entry: "Ernst Levy". 〕 David Dubal describes him as an "unusual and powerful pianist" who made "grandly conceived" recordings of the late Beethoven sonatas and captured "the very essence of the Faustian Liszt".〔 His work as a musicologist and teacher brought him to the United States, where he taught at colleges including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago and the New England Conservatory; he also became a United States citizen.〔Levy (1985), end matter〕 In 1966 he retired from academia and returned to his native Switzerland where he spent the remainder of his life. Levy's son is composer and cellist Frank Ezra Levy (born 1930). ==Selected compositions== ;Orchestral * Symphony No.2 in D major (1922) * Symphony No.3 (1922) * Symphony No.7 (1937) * Symphony No.8 (1937) * Symphony No.10 ''"France"'' (1944) * Symphony No.11 (1949) * Symphony No.12 (1951) * Symphony No.13 (1955) * ''Third Suite'' for orchestra (1957) * ''Fourth Suite'' for orchestra (1959) * Symphony No.14 (1962) * Symphony No.15 (1968) ;Concertante * Concerto for cello and orchestra (1947) ;Chamber music * String Quartet No.1 (1919) * Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1932) * ''Divertimento'' for clarinet (or oboe) and piano (1952) * ''Theme and Transformations'' for clarinet and piano (1952) * String Trio No.1 (1953) * Sonata for cello and piano (1953) * Sonata for horn and Piano (1953) * ''Fifteen Little Pieces'' for cello solo (1955) * Piano Quartet (1956) * Suite for viola or cello solo (1956) * Suite for violin solo (1960) * String Trio No.2 (1960) * Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1961) * Sonata No.3 for violin and piano (1963) * Sonatina No.1 for violin and piano (1962) * Sonatina No.2 for violin and piano (1962) * Suite for 2 violas (1963) * Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1963) * Sonata for three violin parts (1965) * String Trio No.3 (1966) * Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1968) * Trio No.2 for clarinet, violin and piano (1970) * Suite No.2 for viola solo (1971) * ''Soliloquy'' for clarinet solo (1971) * ''Concerto sur "Auprès de ma blonde"'' for trumpet and piano (1975) * ''Threnodie'' for viola, cello and organ (1975) * Sonata for 2 violins and piano (1977) * ''Intermezzo idilliaco'' for clarinet and piano (1978) * String Trio No.4 (1978) * String Quartet No.4 (1978) * String Quartet No.5 (1978) * Sonata for viola and piano (1979) * Trio for violin, cello and piano (1979) * ''Sonata Accompagnata'' for bassoon and piano or orchestra (1980) ;Keyboard * ''Meditation on a Hebrew Raga'' for organ (1961) * ''Study on the Whole-Tone Scales'' for piano (1971) * Piano Sonata No.1 (1973) * Piano Sonata No.2 (1974) * Piano Sonata No.3 (1975) * Piano Sonata No.4 (1976) * Piano Sonata No.5 * ''Hommage romantique'' for piano (1977) * ''Fantaisie dialoguée'' for organ and piano (1980) ;Vocal * ''Gaudeamus'', Cantata for mixed chorus, wind orchestra and timpani (1964) * ''Li T'ai Po's Answer'' for tenor, string orchestra and flute (1979) * ''Eins und Alles'' for baritone and string orchestra (1980); words by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * * * * * * * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernst Levy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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