KIRCHNER, LEON

1919–, American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Kirchner studied at the Univ. of California at Berkeley with Ernest Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Roger Sessions. He was professor of music at Harvard (1961–91). Although he uses many of the most modern techniques of composition, including electronics, he is a self-proclaimed romantic. Among his works are two piano concertos (1953 and 1963); three string quartets (1949, 1958, and 1967), the third for strings and tape; and the opera Lily, 1974.

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Leon Uris: A Critical Companion
Book by Kathleen Shine Cain; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Autobiographical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Uris, Leon--1924---Criticism And Interpretation, War Stories, American--History And Criticism
LEON URIS Photo of Leon Uris by Jerry Bauer. Courtesy of HarperCollins Publishers. LEON URIS A Critical Companion Kathleen Shine Cain CRITICAL COMPANIONS TO POPULAR CONTEMPORARY WRITERS Kathleen Gregory Klein, Series Editor GP Greenwood...
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The Art of the Stone Age: Forty Thousand Years of Rock Art
Book by Hans-Georg Bandi, Henri Breuil, Lilo Berger Kirchner, Henri Lhote, Erik Holm, Andreas Lommel; Crown Publishers, 1961
Subjects: Art, Primitive, Cave Paintings
...ART HANS-GEORG BANDI - HENRI BREUIL - LILO BERGER- KIRCHNER - HENRI LHOTE - ERIK HOLM ANDREAS LOMMEL CROWN...FRANCO-CANTABRIAN ROCK ART BY H. BREUIL AND L. BERGER-KIRCHNER At the close of the 19th century the entrances to caves in...
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Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos
Book by William R. Trotter; Amadeus Press, 1995
Subjects: Conductors (Music)--Biography, Mitropoulos, Dimitri--1896-1960
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The Modern Age, 1890-1960
Book by Martin Cooper; Oxford University Press, 1974
Subjects: Music--20th Century--History And Criticism
...Places in New England, Variations on America 1891 ; Leon Kirchner, String Quartet 1949 . Merrymount Music Inc...Jadis et naguere Paris, 1884 . 4 See Leon Vallas, Vincent dIndy, ii Paris, 1950 . pp. 195-6...
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Aaron Copland: A Guide to Research
Book by Marta Robertson, Robin Armstrong; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Copland, Aaron--1900---Bibliography
...dodecaphonic system The American Musical Scene Leon Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano Ralph Hawkes...for Alto and Piano from The Song of Songs Leon Kirchner (1950) See: Leon Kirchner: Duo for Violin and Piano William Schuman...
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journal articles on: Kirchner Leon  - 11 results

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French Art of the Present in Hitler's Berlin
Journal article by Michele C. Cone; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Art, French--Exhibitions, Art, Modern--France, France--Art
...Barlach, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Oskar Kokoschka). That...the Socialist government of Leon Blum and sheds new light on...Belling, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Oskar Kokoschka - should...Popular Front government of Leon Blum).(63) Even Francois-Poncet...
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Dual Power in Bolivia: Movement and Government since the Election of 2005
Journal article by Stuart Alexander Rockefeller; Urban Anthropology & Studies of Cultural Systems & World Economic Development, Vol. 36, 2007
Subjects: Bolivian history--Political aspects, Bolivian history--Social aspects, Indigenous peoples--Political aspects, Indigenous peoples--Social aspects, Morales, Evo--Powers and duties, Morales, Evo--Social aspects, Political history--Analysis, Presidential elections--Social aspects, Presidents (Government)--Powers and duties, Presidents (Government)--Social aspects, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Powers and duties, Presidents--Social aspects, Social movements--Influence
...Corey, transl. Colombo, Ceylon. Trotsky, Leon (1980). The History of the Russian Revolution...analysis. (11) The government of Nestor Kirchner in Argentina forms a third variation on the theme of governmental and social power. Kirchner was elected in 2003, in the aftermath...
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Georgette De Montenay: A Different Voice in Sixteenth-Century Emblematics
Journal article by Sara F. Matthews Grieco; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1994
Subjects: Art, Renaissance--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Books--History, Montenay, Georgette de--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...as an allegory of Lussuria by Leon Davent (Fontainebleau, 1547...world-view see Delumeau 1983, 172-89; Kirchner, passim; Matthews Grieco, 1982...1450-1800, London, 1976. Ferguere, Leon. Les femmes poetes au XVIe siecle...Renaissance. Chicago and London, 1991. Kirchner, G. Fortuna in Dichtung und...
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U.S. and Canadian Dissertations, 2006
Journal article; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 89, 2007
Subjects: Dissertations, Dissertations, Academic
...Shiff) TRAVIS, AMBER, "Theatres of War, Torture and Duress: Leon Golubs Mercenaries, Interrogations, and White Squads: 1979-87...Culture, 1940-47" (CUNY, K. Manthorne) ELPHICK, NENITA PONCE DE LEON, "Memory, Presence, and Power: The Social Life of Portraits in...
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Dissertations in Progress by Subject
Journal article; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 86, 2004
...European Left, 1929-1938" (UC Berkeley, A. Wagner) MCCULLOUGH, K. A., "Inner Necessity: The Interior Scenes of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Erich Heckel and Their Relationship to the Artists Group Die Brucke" (Bryn Mawr, C. Hertel) MURAI, NORIKO, "Authoring...
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New York Chronicle
Magazine article by Jay Nordlinger; New Criterion, Vol. 22, December 2003
Subjects: Music
...composers: Dina Koston, George Perle, Leon Kirchner, and Roger Sessions. Many composers have...his right arm in World War I. In fact, Kirchner said, describing the origin of his For the Left Hand, "Leon Fleisher is an old friend. He needed music...
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American Harvest: The Present Period in American Contemporary Music May Have No Name, but the Music Itself Is Flourishing
Magazine article by Allen Shawn; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 276, July 1995
Subjects: American music, Composers--Criticism and interpretation, Macbride, David--Criticism and interpretation, Music, American, Picker, Tobias--Criticism and interpretation, Rzewski, Frank--Criticism and interpretation, Sound recordings--Evaluation, Wuorinen, Charles--Criticism and interpretation
...Bernstein, Gershwin, Ives, and Leon Kirchner (Sony Classical SK 53126) pairs...knotty and ambitious ones. The Kirchner Triptych for violin and cello...satisfying heft of a string quartet. Kirchner has always had a special affinity...
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Season Preview 2006-07: The Season's Top 10
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006
Subjects: Theater--Directories
...Plays, Michelle Carter, Anne Galjour, Gary Leon Hill, Naomi lizuka, Arthur Kopit, Howard...M. Shephard-Massat; dir: Carol Mitchell Leon. Nov 1-Dec 3. A Christmas Memory Thanksgiving...Radio Golf, August Wilson; dir: Kenny Leon. Jan 13-Feb 18. Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire...
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Summit of the Americas
Magazine article; World and I, Vol. 19, March 2004
Subjects: Bush, George W.--International relations, Canadian foreign relations, Fox, Vicente--International relations, Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico, International relations, Martin, Paul--International relations, Mexican foreign relations, United States foreign relations
...countries signed the Nuevo Leon Declaration, the Summit of...adversary. President Nestor Kirchners trip to this Summit in Monterrey...to an Argentine minister, "Kirchners advantage is that when he sees...and, for the first time, the Kirchner administration publicly expressed...
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The Compulsive Subjectivity of Edvard Munch
Magazine article by Muriel Julius; Contemporary Review, Vol. 262, January 1993
Subjects: Munch, Edvard--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painters, Norwegian--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...of transition, the embarrassed girl hiding her body, the dark shadow behind her symbolizing male sexuality, all themes which Kirchner, Kokoschka, Heckel and other Expressionists developed are there. The atmosphere created by the strange dramatic light makes...
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Friedrichs Captures 400th 'W'
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 16, 2008
...with two out. Erica Castriano drew a four-pitch walk, Claire Kirchner singled and Jamie Finkle walked to load the bases. Courtney...walking one in 7 innings. McHenry 7, Grayslake N. 2: Amanda Leon (double) and Sam Fletcher were both 2-for-3 in the loss for...


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Kirchner, Leon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
KIRCHNER, LEON 1919 , American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Kirchner studied at the Univ. of California at Berkeley with Ernest Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Roger Sessions. He was professor of music at Harvard (1961 91). Although he uses many...


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