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Martin Bresnick

Composer Martin Bresnick

Martin Bresnick (born 1946) is a composer of contemporary classical music, film scores and experimental music.

Education and early career

Bresnick grew up in the Bronx,[1] and is a graduate of New York City's specialized High School of Music and Art. He was educated at the University of Hartford (B.A. '67), Stanford University (M.A. '68, D.M.A. '72), and the Akademie für Musik, Vienna ('69–'70),[2] and studied composition with John Chowning, György Ligeti and Gottfried von Einem. He went on to teach at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Stanford University and the Yale School of Music.[3]

Career

Bresnick’s work has received many prizes, among them: Fulbright Fellowship (1969–70),[4] three NEA Composer Grants (1974,[5] 1979,[6] 1990),[7] Rome Prize Fellowship (1975–76),[8] MacDowell Fellowship (1977),[9] First Prize, Premio Ancona (1980), First Prize, International Sinfonia Musicale Competition (1982),[10] Connecticut Commission on the Arts Grant, with Chamber Music America (1983),[11] The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Elise L. Stoeger Prize for Chamber Music (1996),[12] "Charles Ives Living" award, American Academy of Arts & Letters (1998),[13][14] Composer-in Residence, American Academy In Rome (1999),[15] Berlin Prize Fellow, American Academy in Berlin (2001)[16] a Guggenheim Fellowship (2003),[17] and was elected to membership, American Academy of Arts and Letters (2006).[18]

Bresnick is currently a professor at the Yale School of Music, where he has been a widely influential teacher of contemporary composition.[19][20] His teaching has been recognized by a Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching at Stanford University,[21] a Morse Fellowship from Yale University (1980–81), the ASCAP Foundation's Aaron Copland Prize for teaching,[22] and the Yale School of Music’s highest honor, the Sanford Medal for Service to Music.[23] See: List of music students by teacher: A to B#Martin Bresnick.

Bresnick has been recognized as having composed a large catalog of respected works while teaching and as an influential voice at the Yale School of Music.[24] Notable recent performances including a 60th birthday retrospective at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, the premiere of his oratorio “Passions of Bloom” on the International Festival of Arts and Ideas,[25] the premiere of his fourth string quartet “The Planet on the Table” by the Brentano String Quartet,[26] and a performance of his piano concerto “Caprichos Enfaticos” at the Nasher Sculpture Center.[27]

Film work

As a composer for films, he has contributed many scores for documentary films, including Arthur and Lillie (1975) and The Day After Trinity (1980),[28] both of which were nominated for Academy Awards. He also composed the score for the PBS documentary Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet.[29]

Major works

Bresnick's compositions tend to be concise and direct in expression,[14] and span a wide spectrum of genres. Some of his works were composed as a cycle called Opere della Musica Povera, or Works of a Poor Music.

Opera

Oratorio

Orchestra

Large ensemble

Small ensemble

Solo compositions

Vocal compositions

Recordings

References

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  3. ^ Liner notes, Composers Recordings Inc. LP CRI SD 468, 1982.
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  6. ^ "NEA Annual Report 1979" (PDF).
  7. ^ "NEA Annual Report 1990" (PDF).
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  11. ^ Page, Tim (1983-05-29). "MUSIC NOTES; CHAMBER GROUPS GET A BOOST". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
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  13. ^ "Awards – American Academy of Arts and Letters". Retrieved 2021-10-28.
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  21. ^ "Stanford University Awards: 1970s". 9 June 2021.
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  27. ^ "Soundings - New Music at the Nasher: Rituals of War and Death". CultureMap Dallas. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  28. ^ Credited on film upon release: 20 January 1981 (USA)
  29. ^ Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet - Credits
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  54. ^ "Ballade – Cello & Piano". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  55. ^ "Be Just!". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  56. ^ "Bird as Prophet". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  57. ^ "Bitter Suite". www.carlfischer.com. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  58. ^ "Bucket Rider, The". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  59. ^ "Capricho Nuevo – fs & pts". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  60. ^ "Caprichos Enfáticos". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  61. ^ "Elan's Blues". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  62. ^ "Every Thing Must Go". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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  64. ^ "Going Home – Oboe Qtet". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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  66. ^ "High Art-Piccolo". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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  71. ^ "Pan Penseroso V4 – 2 Fl & Pno". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  72. ^ "Pigs and Fishes". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  73. ^ "Pine Eyes – 5 Perf Scores". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  74. ^ "Prayers Remain Forever". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  75. ^ "Songs of the Mouse People". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  76. ^ "String Qt No 2 Bucephalus – fs". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  77. ^ "Tent of Miracles". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  78. ^ "Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  79. ^ "Willies Way – WW5-fs". www.carlfischer.com. Retrieved 2016-10-19.[permanent dead link]
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  81. ^ "Bag O' Tells". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  82. ^ "Bundists(Robert,Gyorgy and Me)". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  83. ^ "For The Sexes:The Gates Of Par". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  84. ^ "Four Short Piano Pieces". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  85. ^ "Ishi's Song". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  86. ^ "Joaquin is Dreaming – Solo Gtr". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  87. ^ "Josephine, the Singer-solo vln". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  88. ^ "Lady Neil's Dumpe". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  89. ^ "Strange Devotion". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  90. ^ "Dream Of The Lost Traveller". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  91. ^ "Theme and Variations". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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  94. ^ "New Haven". www.carlfischer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
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