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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books on: Kirchner Leon  - 508 results

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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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Reflections of an American Composer
Book by Arthur Berger; University of California Press, 2002
Subjects: Berger, Arthur--1912-, Music--United States--History And Criticism
...icons. What of those who have had much to offer but never made it as big as your Stravinsky or Copland, names like Leon Kirchner, Irving Fine, Harold Shapero, or Don Martino, to pick at random from my own circle without much calculation? Also...
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Record Ratings: The Music Library Association's Index of Record Reviews
Book by Kurtz Myers, Richard S. Hill; Crown Publishers, 1956
Subjects: Music--Discography, Sound Recordings--Reviews--Indexes
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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 criticism, Art history, Berlin Germany, Blum, Leon (1872-1950), Germany-pre-1945, Nazi era
...Ernst Barlach, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Oskar Kokoschka). That same year...perspective on the Socialist government of Leon Blum and sheds new light on the Nazi reception...Rudolf Belling, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Oskar Kokoschka-should have given...
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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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Every Juror Wants a Story: Narrative Relevance, Third Party Guilt and the Right to Present a Defense
Journal article by John H. Blume, Sheri L. Johnson, Emily C. Paavola; American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 44, 2007
Subjects: Defense (Criminal procedure)--Laws, regulations and rules, Evidence (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Evidence, Hearsay--Laws, regulations and rules, Federal Rules of Evidence--Fed. R. Evid. 401, Federal Rules of Evidence--Fed. R. Evid. 403, Hearsay evidence--Laws, regulations and rules, Right to trial by jury--Laws, regulations and rules, Third parties (Law)--Laws, regulations and rules
...difference at all. Thus, in People v. Kirchner, (252) where the Illinois Supreme Court...abuse was too attenuated); People v. Kirchner, 743 N.E.2d 94, 113-14 (Ill. 2000) (holding...the crime with which he was charged); Kirchner, 743 N.E.2d at 114 (upholding the exclusion...
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Relationships among Body Satisfaction, Social Physique Anxiety, and Eating Behaviors in Female Athletes and Exercisers
Journal article by Vikki Krane, Jennifer Waldron, Julie A. Stiles-Shipley, Jennifer Michalenok; Journal of Sport Behavior, Vol. 24, 2001
Subjects: Aerobic exercises--Psychological aspects, Body image--Social aspects, Body weight--Psychological aspects, Eating disorders--Research, Leanness--Social aspects, Women athletes--Psychological aspects
...Black, 1988; OConnor, Lewis, Kirchner, 1995; Petrie, 1993; Rucinski...Wilmore, 1992; Fulkerson, Keele, Leon, Dorr, 1999). Each EDI item...Fulkerson, J.A., Keele, P.K., Leon, G.R., Dorr, T. (1999). Eating-disordered...OConnor, R.J., Lewis, R.D., Kirchner, E.M. (1995). Eating disorder...
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The Perspective Plan in the Sixteenth Century: the Invention of a Representational Language
Journal article by Lucia Nuti; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 76, 1994
Subjects: Art, Culture, Language, Politics, Renaissance period
...see Emblemata. Handbuch zur Sinnbildkunst des XVI und XVll jahrhunderts, ed. A. Henkel and A. Schone, Stuttgart, 1967; G. Kirchner, Fortuna in Dichtung und Emblematik des Barock. Tradition und Bedeutungswandel eines Motivs, Stuttgart, 1970; H. Pigler, Barockthemen...
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magazine articles on: Kirchner Leon  - 9 results

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In the Spotlight: Jonathan Biss
Magazine article by Judith Monk; Musical Opinion, Vol. 132, March 2009
...by contemporary composers, including commissions from Leon Kirchner and Lewis Spratlan. He was relaxed and affable when I...did he admire and which make of piano did he favour? "Leon Fleisher, Mitsuko Uchida, Andras Schiff, Richard Goode...
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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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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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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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newspaper articles on: Kirchner Leon  - 2 results

 
 
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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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Steyn Spree Guides Team to Win
Newspaper article; Sunshine Coast Daily (Maroochydore, Australia), May 25, 2009
Subjects: Basketball (Professional), Professional basketball
...that was hungry enough." The Bulls came back when fullback Zane Kirchner drew the cover to send Ndungane over for a try in the 33rd minute...drop goals) CRUSADERS 23 (Kieran Read, Adam Whitelock tries Leon MacDonald 2 cons Stephen Brett, MacDonald pens Andrew Ellis...


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encyclopedia articles on: Kirchner Leon  - 1 result

 
 
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Kirchner, Leon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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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