Collection: Avshalomov, Jacob
Born on 28 March 1919 in Tsingtao, China, Jacob Avshalomov was the son of composer Aaron Avshalomov and father of composer David Avhshalomov and violist Daniel Avshalomov. Jacob studied with his father, with Bernard Rogers, with Aaron Copland, and at Reed College and the Eastman School of Music. He taught at Columbia University from 1946 to 1954, at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, Reed College, and at Tanglewood and Aspen. He conducted the U.S. premieres of Bruckner's Mass in D; Tippett's A Child of our Time; Handel's The Triumph of Time & Truth; and Roger Sessions' Divertimento for Orchestra.
He has conducted all over the world, including the Bloch Festival in Newport, Oreg.; Aaron Avshalomov's 90th Anniversary Celebrations in Beijing, Wuhan, and Shanghai; the Portland Youth Philharmonic from 1954 to 1994; six international tours; and the Moscow Symphony recordings of his father's music. Jacob received the Ditson Fellowship in Composition; the Ernest Bloch Award; Guggenheim Fellowships; New York Music Critics Circle Awards; Naumburg Recording awards; the Governor's Arts Award; and the American Symphony Orchestra League's Award. His commissioned works include Oregon: The Symphony,The Thirteen Clocks, Phases of the Great Land, Glorious th'Assembled Fires, and Symphony of Songs. He passed away April 25, 2013, in Oregon.
Interview with Bruce Duffie here.
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Jacob Avshalomov
ARCANA - IMAGES FROM THE TAROT
Mixed and Unmixed Chorus, tpt, hn, bsn, trb
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Jacob Avshalomov
CANTATA: HOW LONG, OH LORD
contralto solo or baritone, SATB, orch or pf/org
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Jacob Avshalomov
CITY UPON A HILL (Cantata)
ORCH:2-2-2-2-cbsn,4-2-3-1, perc(3),handbells,2-1-1-1 & spk,satb
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Jacob Avshalomov
CUES FROM THE LITTLE CLAY CART
2/pic-1-2-0; str, hp, banjo (2 or 3); 4perc winds, perc,banjo/gtr,str
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Jacob Avshalomov
CUES FROM THE LITTLE CLAY CART,FOR CHAM ORCH
5winds,4perc,hp, banjo,str 2-1-1-1
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Jacob Avshalomov
Entrada for Reed
2 tpt, horn, trb, tuba
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Jacob Avshalomov
GLORIOUS TH' ASSEMBLED FIRES
SATB & ORCH: 3-2-EH-2-BCL-2-CBSN,4-2-3-1, PERC (3),STR 2111
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Jacob Avshalomov
HAIL THE 'GREAT LAND': Anthem for the State of Alaska
VOICE & PF, OR CHORAL & PF
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Jacob Avshalomov
INSCRIPTIONS AT THE CITY OF BRASS
Orch: 3-3-3-bcl-2-cbsn, 4-3-3-1,tmp,perc,hp,pf,bass,banjo,str(2-1-1),chor(satb),narr.
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Jacob Avshalomov
MOST TRIUMPHANT BIRD
SATB mixed choir, viola, piano
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Jacob Avshalomov
OPEN SESAME!,for orch
PIC-2-2-2-2,4-2-1-btbn,gl/xyl, timp,perc(3),pf,str(2-1-1-1)
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Jacob Avshalomov
QUODLIBET MONTAGNA
tpt, 4 hrns, bass trb
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Jacob Avshalomov
SONGS FROM THE GOLIARDS
SATB, cello
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Jacob Avshalomov
TAKING LEAVE OF A FRIEND
Medium-Low voice, flute, viola, piano
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Jacob Avshalomov
THIRTEEN CLOCKS, THE; 2 narr(m,f)&orch
3-2(eh)-2(bcl)-2, 4-2-2-1,hp,cel,perc(4-5),2-1-1-1)
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Jacob Avshalomov
TWO OLD BIRDS
sop,cl,pf
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Jacob Avshalomov
VISION, for piano
pf
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