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Mark Wessel (March 26, 1894 – May 9, 1973) was an American pianist and composer. Wessel was born in Coldwater, Michigan, and graduated from Northwestern School of Music, now known as Bienen School of Music; he later taught piano and theory there. When Wessel left Northwestern, he became a professor of piano and composition at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Wessel was a former pupil of Arnold Schoenberg. He was twice awarded Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1930 and 1932. He was also the recipient in 1930 of a Pulitzer Scholarship to further his education in Europe . In the 1938 contest of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society his choral-orchestral work ''The King of Babylon'' won honorable mention, while his former student David Van Vactor won the competition with his Symphony in D (; ). He died on May 9, 1973 in Orchard Lake, Oakland County, Michigan . ==Selected compositions== *''Adagio'', for orchestra *''Allegro pomposo'', for two pianos (pub. 1982) *''The Amorous Peacock'', for piano *''Ballade'', for solo violin, solo oboe, string orchestra (1931) *''Ballade'', for violin and piano (1937) *Concertino, for flute or violin and chamber orchestra (1928) *Concerto, for piano and orchestra (1941) *''The Day Is No More'' (words by Rabindranath Tagore), for voice and piano (1919) *''The Departure'', for orchestra (1922) *Etude in G Minor, for piano (before 1947) *''Feminine Conversations'' and ''Promenade of Respectable People'', for piano (pub. 1931) *''The King of Babylon'', for mixed chorus and orchestra (1933) *''Holiday'', overture for orchestra (1932) *''The Hour Comes When One May Question Fate'', for orchestra (1922) *''Lento Fantasia'', for horn and piano (pub. 1941) *''Meerestille'' (words by Nicolaus Lenau), for voice, viola, violoncello (or horn in C), and piano *''1945'', for orchestra *Nocturne, for piano *''Original Theme and Four Fantasies'', for horn (1979) *''Plains and Mountains'', for violin, cello, and piano *''Poem'', for orchestra and piano solo (1924) *Prelude and Fugue, for string quartet (1931) *''Prisms'', for two pianos *Quintet *''Sacred Dances'', for piano *Scherzo, for horn and piano (pub. 1941) *''Scherzo burlesque'', for piano and orchestra (ca. 1931) *''Seven Ages of Man'', for orchestra *Sextet, for woodwind and piano (ca. 1931) *Sonata, for four horns *Sonata, for violin and piano *Sonata, for cello and piano (before 1947) *Sonatine, for piano (before 1937) *''Song and Dance'', for orchestra (1933) *''Southern Tour'', for piano (pub. 1982) *String Quartet no. 1 (1931) *String Quartet no. 2 (ca. 1938) *''String Serenade'', for solo violin and string orchestra *Suite, for large orchestra (and baritone voice in second movement) (1928) *Symphony (1932) *Symphony Concertante, for piano and horn with orchestra (1929) *''Theme and Variations on "I've Got a Gal in Summer School"'', for two pianos, organ, and orchestra *''Two Concert Pieces for the Piano'', "Green River" (Symmetrical Toccata) and "Isle Of Death" (pub. 1926) 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「Mark Wessel (composer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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