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American classical composer
Rolv Berger Yttrehus (born
Duluth, Minnesota, March 12, 1926 – February 4, 2018) was an American composer of
contemporary classical music.
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He held degrees from the
University of Minnesota and
University of Michigan and a Diploma from the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied harmony with
Nadia Boulanger and composition with
Ross Lee Finney,
Roger Sessions,
Aaron Copland, and
Goffredo Petrassi. He taught at the
University of Missouri,
Purdue University,
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and
Rutgers University.
He regarded
Arnold Schoenberg and Sessions as his principal influences.
He died in 2018.
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List of works
- Six Pieces for Piano Solo (1942–45)
- Six Haiku (1960) pub.
American Composers Alliance
- Music for Winds, Percussion, and Viola (1961) pub. American Composers Alliance
- Espressioni per Orchestra (1962) pub. American Composers Alliance
- Sextet (1964–70, revised 1974) pub.
C. F. Peters Corporation
- Music for Winds, Percussion, 'Cello and Voices (1969) pub. Association for the Promotion of New Music (APNM)
- Angstwagen (1971) pub. American Composers Alliance
- Quintet (1973) pub. Boelke-Bomart/Mobart Music
- Gradus ad Parnassum (1974–79) pub. American Composers Alliance
- Sonata for Percussion and Piano (1982) pub. C. F. Peters Corporation
- Explorations for Piano Solo (1985) pub. APNM
- Sonata for 'Cello and Piano (1988, revised 1989) pub. C. F. Peters Corporation
- Raritan Variations (1989) pub. APNM
- Symphony No. 1 (1998) pub. APNM
- Plectrum Spectrum (2000) pub. APNM
- Sextet II (2006) pub. APNM
- Laudate
Milton Babbitt (2006) pub. APNM
References
Bibliography
- Boros, James. 1988. "An Interview with Rolv Yttrehus on the Occasion of Gradus Ad Parnassum."
Perspectives of New Music, 26/2 (Summer): 238–253
- Boros, James. 1991. "The Role of Percussion Instruments in the Music of Rolv Yttrehus." Percussive Notes 30/2 (December): 63–68
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