Elliott Shelling Schwartz (January 19, 1936 – December 7, 2016) was an American composer. A graduate of

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, he was Beckwith Professor Emeritus of music at

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joining the faculty in 1964. In 2006, the

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acquired his papers to make them part of their permanent collection. He held visiting residencies and fellowships at the University of California ( Santa Barbara and

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and

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Universities (UK), and the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center (Bellagio, Italy). In 1975 the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival commissioned his work ''Cycles and Gongs'' for organ, trumpet, and quadraphonic tape. Performances of his music include the

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and

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Symphonies, the

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, th
Kreutzer
and Borromeo Quartets,

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Merkin Hall Merkin Hall is a 449-seat concert hall in Manhattan, New York City. The hall, named in honor of Hermann and Ursula Merkin, is part of the Kaufman Music Center, a complex that includes the Lucy Moses School, a community arts school, and the Speci ...

Symphony Space Symphony Space, founded by Isaiah Sheffer and Allan Miller, is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization at 2537 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Performances take place in the 760-seat Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (also called Pe ...

and the MOMA Summer Garden (NYC);

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, the Bath Festival (UK); Leningrad Spring (Russia), Gaudeamus Music Week (Netherlands), and the European Youth Orchestra Festival (Denmark). Recordings of his music can be heard on th
New WorldCRIInnovaAlbany
and GM labels. A CD recording of his six chamber concertos has recently been released by BMOP-SOUND. In 2006, Schwartz's 70th birthday was celebrated with concerts, lectures and residencies at the University of Minnesota, the Library of Congress (Washington), Oxford, and the Royal Academy of Music (London). In addition to his composing, Schwartz also wrote a number of books, critical essays and reviews. His books include: *''Electronic Music: A Listener’s Guide'

Music Since 1945 co-authored with Daniel Godfrey *The anthology, ''Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music'', an anthology co-edited with

Barney Childs Barney Sanford Childs (February 13, 1926 – January 11, 2000) was an American composer and teacher. Born in Spokane, Washington, he taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities in the United States and United Kingdom. M ...

He died on December 7, 2016, at the age of 80.

References

External links

Elliott Schwartz Website

''Extended Piano''
on

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Elliott Schwartz Bowdoin College Faculty Page

Elliott Schwartz, American Composers Alliance

Elliott Schwartz on Archivmusic

Proudly Disruptive Yet Guilelessly Generous—Remembering Elliott Schwartz (1936-2016)

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Classical Composer, Bowdoin Professor Elliott Schwartz Dies at 80
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April 5, 1987 {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, Elliott 1936 births 2016 deaths American male composers American composers Bowdoin College faculty Columbia College (New York) alumni Concert band composers