200px, Julian Cochran in 1998 Julian Cochran (born 1974) is an

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-born

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n composer. Cochran's earlier works show stylistic influences from

Impressionist music Impressionism in music was a movement among various composers in Western classical music (mainly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries) whose music focuses on mood and atmosphere, "conveying the moods and emotions aroused by the subject ...

and his later works are more noticeably influenced by

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and

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of Eastern Europe. The piano works include twelve preludes, five

mazurka The mazurka (Polish: ''mazur'' Polish ball dance, one of the five Polish national dances and ''mazurek'' Polish folk dance') is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, with character de ...

s, two

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, six Romanian Dances, '' Animation Suite'' (comprising ''Tin Sentinel'', ''Clockwork Doll'', ''Wooden Dolls ( Matreshki)'' and ''Flydian Galop''), '' Animal Scenes'' (comprising ''Butterfly Dance'', ''Hedgehog'', ''Goat's Dance'' and ''Tail-chasing Kitten''), ''Toccata & Fire Dance'', the impressionistic work ''Maelstrom'', four large Fantasia works (''Dagda's Harp'', ''Grande Scherzo'', the three movement work ''Sul Settimo'', and ''The Wind Sylph and the Dryad''), three

waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ...

es titled ''Valses'', two piano sonatas, a cycle of five works titled ''Pegasus' Travels'' and ''Dances of Noble Sentiment'' (comprising

Minuet A minuet (; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually in time. The English word was adapted from the Italian ''minuetto'' and the French ''menuet''. The term also describes the musical form that accompa ...

Courante The ''courante'', ''corrente'', ''coranto'' and ''corant'' are some of the names given to a family of triple metre dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era. In a Baroque dance suite an Italian or French courante is typically paired ...

, Rondeau and Forlana). Related to the piano works are seven pieces published for concert harp. Cochran also wrote orchestral and chamber music including the trio for violin, cor anglais and concert harp or piano ''Artemis'', the sextet for string quartet, oboe and bassoon ''Zorya Vechernyaya'', the four-part orchestral work ''Symphonic Tale'', Two Valses for symphony orchestra, the Romanian Dances for chamber orchestra, ''Dagda's Harp'' Fantasy for symphony orchestra and choral works. Cochran's music has been performed at

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in New York, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Berlin Konzerthaus, and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Hall in Russia. The International Cochran Piano Competition is held in

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References

External links

Carnegie Hall 2013 sleeve notes, Cochran's mazurkas and preludes
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