Seymour Shifrin (28 February 1926 – 26 September 1979) was an American composer. He was described by ''Time Magazine'' as "one of the most significant composers of his generation." Shifrin's ''Satires of Circumstance'' (1964, text by Thomas Hardy) received the Koussevitzky International Recording Award for 1970. He received the

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, Columbia University's Bearns Prize (1949), the Copley Award, the Horblit Prize (1963), and two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1956 and 1959. A graduate of

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(M.A., 1947), he was a member of the faculty at the

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(1952–66) and at

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from 1966 until his death in 1979. Shifrin studied with

William Schuman William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Life Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, son of Samuel and Rachel Schuman. He was named after the 27th U.S. ...

Otto Luening Otto Clarence Luening (June 15, 1900 – September 2, 1996) was a German-American composer and conductor, and an early pioneer of tape music and electronic music. Luening was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to German parents, Eugene, a conduct ...

, and

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

. Orchestral Music:''Who Was Who in America'' *''Music for Orchestra'' (1948) *''Chamber Symphony'' (1953) *''Three Pieces for Orchestra'' (1958) *''Chronicles'' for chorus, orchestra and soloists (1970) Vocal and Choral Music *''Two Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke'' for voice and piano (1947) *''No Second Troy'' for voice and piano (Yeats) (1953 *''A Medieval Latin Lyric'' for chorus SATB (1954) *''Odes of Shang'' for chorus, piano and percussion (1962) *''Satires of Circumstance'' for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and double bass (Thomas Hardy) 1964 *''A Renaissance Garland'' for soprano, tenor, recorders, lute, viola da gambas, tuned percussion (1978) *''Five Last Songs'' for soprano and piano (1979) Chamber Music:Butterworth, Neil (2013). ''Dictionary of American Classical Composers'', p.1976. Routledge. . *String quartets I-V (1949, 1962, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1971–72) *Violin Sonata (1948) *''Sonata for Cello and Piano'' (1948) *''Serenade for Five Instruments'' (1954), commissioned by the

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School of Music *''The Modern Temper'' for piano duet (1959) *''In Eius Memoriam'' for mixed quintet (1967–68) *''Duo'' for violin and piano (1968–69) *''Duettino'' for violin and piano (1972) *''Piano Trio'' (1974) *''The Nick of Time'' seven instruments (1977) Solo Music: *''Four Cantos for Piano'' (1949) *''Composition for Piano'' (1950) *''Trauermusik'' for piano (1956) *''Concert Piece for Solo Violin'' (1959) *''Responses for Piano Solo'' (1973)

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