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Wayne B. Barlow (b. Elyria, Ohio, September 6, 1912; d. Rochester, NY, December 17, 1996) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was also a professor of music, organist, and choir director. Barlow received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music, majoring in composition and theory and becoming in 1937 the first American to receive a doctorate in music composition.〔http://www.esm.rochester.edu/places/portraits/barlow.php〕 He also studied with Arnold Schoenberg in California, as well as with Myron Schaeffer, the director of the Electronic Music Laboratory at the University of Toronto.〔http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hEKc44ojZXgJ:issuu.com/bmcarchives/docs/bmc_1982_overture+%22wayne+barlow%22+elyria&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us〕 He served as a professor at the Eastman School of Music from 1937 to 1978, where he directed the Electronic Music Studio from 1968 to 1978, and also served as Dean of Graduate Studies from 1973 to 1978. From 1978 to 1996 he held the position of Emeritus Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music. His notable students include James Cohn, Lucrecia Kasilag, Samuel Jones, Robert Jordahl, Norma Wendelburg, Martin Mailman, Charles Edward Carter (b. 1926), Warner Hutchison, Raymond Helble, Don Freund, Robert Mols, Michael Richard Miller (b. 1932), Edwin Childs, Richard Lane, and Thom Ritter George. Among his best-known compositions is ''The Winter's Passed'', for oboe and string orchestra. He died at the age of 84. ==Selected works== ;Stage * ''False faces'', Choral Ballet in a prologue and 2 scenes (1935); libretto by Leone Coffer * ''Three Moods for Dancing'', Ballet (1940) ;Orchestral * ''Nocturne'' for small orchestra (1946) * ''Rondo-Overture'' (1947) * ''Sinfonia da camera'' (1960) * ''Vistas'' (1963) * ''Rota'' for chamber orchestra (1959) * ''Hampton Beach'', Overture (1971) * ''Soundscapes'' for orchestra and tape (1972) * ''Night Song'' (before 1960) * ''De Profundis'', Symphonic Poem ;Concertante * ''The Winter's Passed'' for oboe and string orchestra (1940) * ''Lyrical Piece'' for clarinet and string orchestra (1947) * ''Images'' for harp and chamber orchestra (1963) ;Chamber music * ''Intrada, Fugue and Postlude'' for brass ensemble (1960) * ''Elegy'' for viola and piano (1967) * ''Intermezzo'' for viola and harp (1980) * ''Prelude, Air and Variation'' for bassoon, string quartet and piano * Piano Quintet * ''Triptych'' for string quartet ;Piano * ''Impressionist'' (1940) * ''Dynamisms'' for 2 pianos (1966) * ''Prelude in E'' * Piano Sonata ;Organ * ''Three Christmas Tunes'' (1960) * ''Four Chorale Voluntaries'' (1981) ;Vocal * ''Zion in Exile'', Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soli, mixed chorus and orchestra (1937) * ''Madrigal for a Bright Morning'' for mixed chorus (1942); words by John R. Slater * ''The Twenty-Third Psalm'' for mixed chorus and organ (1943) * ''Poems for Music'', Four Songs for soprano and orchestra (1958); poems by Robert Hillyer * ''Diversify the Abyss'' for male chorus and piano (1963); words by Hyam Plutzik * ''Missa Sanctis Thomae'' for unison voices (1963) * ''We All Believe in One True God'' for mixed chorus, brass quartet (ad libitum) and organ (1968); words by Tobias Clausnitzer * ''Voices of Darkness'' for reader, piano, percussion and tape (1974) * ''Voices of Faith'' for soprano solo, narrator, mixed chorus and orchestra (1975) * ''Three Songs after Shakespeare'' for soprano and piano 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「Wayne Barlow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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