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Carl Strommen
Carlos "Carl" Strommen (born May 7, 1939) is an American composer, music pedagogue and Conducting, conductor. Biography Strommen first studied English literature at Long Island University in Brookville, New York, Brookville, New York (state), New York, where he obtained his '' Bachelor of Arts ''. Subsequently he studied music at the City College of New York (CUNY) in New York (city), New York, where he obtained his '' Master of Music ''. He completed his studies at the famed Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Rochester, New York (state), New York. Initially he was conductor of the wind orchestras at the '' Mamaroneck Public Schools '' in Mamaroneck, New York, on the coast of Westchester County. He then became professor for orchestration, composition and arrangement at the ''C.W. Post College '' from the Long Island University in Brookville, New York, Brookville, New York (state), New York. He is known in the United States as a leading composer of instrumental and v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning common today: a work usually consisting of multiple distinct sections or movement (music), movements, often four, with the first movement in sonata form. Symphonies are almost always scored for an orchestra consisting of a string section (violin, viola, cello, and double bass), Brass instrument, brass, Woodwind instrument, woodwind, and Percussion instrument, percussion Musical instrument, instruments which altogether number about 30 to 100 musicians. Symphonies are notated in a Full score, musical score, which contains all the instrument parts. Orchestral musicians play from parts which contain just the notated music for their own instrument. Some symphonies also contain vocal parts (e.g., Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
