Collection: Blank, Allan
Allan Blank was born in New York in 1925. His early musical training was on the violin. He attended the High School of Music & Art where an interest in conducting and composition was fostered. Further studies were at the Juilliard School of Music (1945-1947), Washington Square College (BA, 1948), University of Minnesota (MA,1950) and the University of Iowa. He was a violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1950-1952) and has taught at a number of schools and universities. Currently he is a retired professor of composition at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.
One of ACA's most often-requested composers by performers around the world, Allan Blank has over 60 published works distributed among the following publishers: Boosey & Hawkes, Associated Music Publishers, Carl Fischer & Co., Smith Publications, Theodore Presser & Co., Seesaw Music Corp., Music For Percussion, Dorn Publications, Nichols Music Co., Roncorp Inc., Falls House Press, Northeastern Publishers, International Opus, Frank Warren Music Service, and Association for the Promotion of New Music (APNM). A number of his works have been recorded and are available on the CRI, Orion, Advance, Open Loop, Centaur and Contemporary Record Society labels.
Recent awards include First Prize in the George Eastman Competition (1985) sponsored by the Eastman School of Music for his DUO FOR BASSOON & PIANO, and a grant (1985) from the National Endowment for the Arts in support of his one-act opera, THE MAGIC BONBONS. He was commissioned by the Virginia Shakespeare Festival at Williamsburg to write music for their production of Measure For Measure.
In 1985, he received a commission from the New York State Council on the Arts' Presenting Organization to write a clarinet quintet for the Roxburg Chamber Players. This work has been recorded and released on the OPUS ONE label. He has received four commissions (1979, 1988, 1991, 2007) from the Virginia Music Teachers Association. In 1988 he won both the ERIC SATIN MOSTLY TONAL AWARD for his string trio, FANTASY ON CANTILLATION MOTIVES, and the ANNUAL CHORAL COMPOSITION CONTEST sponsored by the Chautauqua Chamber Singers for his setting called POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACS. In 1989 Prof. Blank was a winner in the LIND SOLO SONG COMPETITION sponsored by Cornell University, and in 1990 he was awarded a grant from the Virginia Commission of the Arts for his CONCERTO FOR CLARINET AND STRING ORCHESTRA. He died in November 2013 in Richmond.
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Allan Blank
CONCERTINO FOR OBOE AND STRING ORCHESTRA
Oboe, String orchestra
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Allan Blank
CONCERTINO FOR STRING ORCHESTRA
string orchestra
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Allan Blank
CONCERTO FOR CLARINET & STRING ORCH
clarinet, str orch
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Allan Blank
CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA
2222 4331 timp, perc (2), hp, pf, strings
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Allan Blank
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
vln, orch: pic-2-2-1-2-1-2-1; 4-3-3-1; perc, hp, pf/celesta; str
Archival
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Allan Blank
CONTRASTS FOR SOLO ALTO SAX
alto sax
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Allan Blank
DALLIANCE OF EAGLES
male voice, piano
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Allan Blank
DIVERTIMENTO for Oboe-Clarinet-Bassoon-and-Piano
ob, cl, bsn, pf
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Allan Blank
DIVERTIMENTO, TUBA & SYMPH BAND
tuba & band:3-3-7-4(sax)-3,4-3(cor)-3-4-2,cb,cel,perc(4)
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Allan Blank
DUO CONCERTANTE for Flute and Piano
fl, pf
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Allan Blank
DUO CONCERTANTE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
violin, piano
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Allan Blank
DUO for bassoon and piano
bsn,pf
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Allan Blank
DUO FOR VIOLONCELLO AND PIANO
vcl, pf
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Allan Blank
Eight Studies for Solo Violin
vln
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