Name a famous composer from each one of the fifty states.
(uh...no...I"M NOT DOING THE WORK!!! ;D)
Quote from: snyprrr on August 29, 2009, 05:04:58 PM
Name a famous composer from each one of the fifty states.
(uh...no...I"M NOT DOING THE WORK!!! ;D)
I don't know how to define "famous," but I nominate you to do Alaska.
I'll do North Dakota
P.D.Q. Bach
As Brian has stated, how do you want to define 'famous'? Makes a BIG difference, but just to add one from my 'native' state of Michigan (although I now live in NC) - David Ott (http://www.davidottcomposer.com/bio.htm) - :D
John Phillip Sousa - Washington DC - Greatest US composer. :)
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Listening to:
Philharmonia Hungarica \ Dorati - Hob 09 16 #17 Minuet in Bb for Orchestra
Nebraska: Howard Hanson
NC--Kenneth Frazelle (I assume James Taylor doesn't count?)
http://www.kennethfrazelle.com/index.html
(http://www.kennethfrazelle.com/images/portrait2.jpg)
Massachusetts - Karl Henning
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Listening to:
Ronald Brautigam - Hob 20 03 The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross for Keyboard 4th part - Sonata III. Ecce Mulier Filius tuus (John 19, v26)
Elliott Carter, New York :)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Louisiana
Well Aaron Copland and Steve Reich were born in New York.
Leonard Bernstein and John Adams were born in Massachusetts.
Phillip Glass was born in Maryland.
Charles Ives was from Connecticut.
California: Henry Cowell
Connecticut: Charles Ives
Georgia: Wallingford Riegger
Indiana: Ned Rorem
Kentucky: John J. Becker
Maine: Walter Piston
Mississippi: Milton Babbitt (b. Philadelphia, but PA is taken)
Pennsylvania: Samuel Barber
South Carolina: Carlisle Floyd
West Virginia: George Crumb
Alaska is going to be tough ...
Here's a few that came up to my head:
CA: Cage, Cowell... pick one.
WV: Crumb
OR: Harrison
CT: Ives
NH: Beach
ME: Piston
NY will be the hardest one: you realize that half of the well-known American composers were born in NYC right?
Ohio: Ruth Crawford. Ha!
Quote from: RexRichter on August 29, 2009, 07:29:46 PM
NY will be the hardest one: you realize that half of the well-known American composers were born in NYC right?
I think
Delaware's going to be the hardest one.
Arkansas: Conlon Nancarrow
If we define "famous" in somewhat modest terms, my nomination for Alaska is Matthew Burtner--the only composer I've found who was actually born in the state! Here is some info:
http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~mburtner/ (http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~mburtner/)
New Jersey: George Antheil
Washington: William Bolcom
Illinois: John Alden Carpenter
Oklahoma: Roy Harris
Texas: Scott Joplin
Florida: Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Thread Duty for the OP of this thread, i.e. the original post needs to be edited w/ the addition of the states (preferrably in alphabetical order), and the composers mentioned - impossible to sort through the posts to see which states are left - just a hint, now - :D
Iowa: Robert Suderburg
Maybe not as famous as some others, but I like him a lot. And I agree: we need a master list of states.
Quote from: Joe Barron on August 29, 2009, 07:28:25 PM
Georgia: Wallingford Riegger
I'm glad my name isn't Wallingford Riegger.
Alaska: John Luther Adams
Quote from: ' on August 30, 2009, 12:26:45 PM
Giya Kancheli, Georgia
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That would be Georgia the country.
Quote from: Wanderer on August 30, 2009, 01:11:23 PM
That would be Georgia the country.
;D
If that's the way we're playing...
Ravi Shankar - Indiana
Edward Elgar - New England
;)
Nevada - Eric Whitacre
Alabama - Robert W. Smith
Quote from: Grazioso on August 30, 2009, 05:13:47 AM
Florida: Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Interesting. I though the only composer I've heard of that could even be associated in any way with my state would be Delius....
Thought this might help:
Alabama - Robert W. Smith
Alaska - Matthew Burtner, John Luther Adams
Arizona -
Arkansas - Conlon Nancarrow
California - Henry Cowell, John Cage
Colorado -
Connecticut - Charles Ives
Delaware -
Florida - Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Georgia - Wallingford Riegger
Hawaii -
Idaho -
Illinois - John Alden Carpenter, Miles Davis
Indiana - Ned Rorem
Iowa - Robert Suderburg
Kansas -
Kentucky - John L. Becker
Louisiana - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Maine - Walter Piston
Maryland - Phillip Glass, Frank Zappa
Massachusetts - Karl Henning, Leonard Bernstein, John Adams
Michigan - David Ott
Minnesota -
Mississippi - Milton Babbit
Missouri - Virgil Thomson
Montana -
Nebraska - Howard Hanson
Nevada - Eric Whitacre
New Hampshire - Amy Beach
New Jersey - George Antheil
New Mexico -
New York - Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Steve Reich
North Carolina - Kenneth Frazelle, Thelonious Monk
North Dakota - P.D.Q. Bach
Ohio - Ruth Crawford
Oklahoma - Roy Harris
Oregon - Lou Silver Harrison
Pennsylvania - Samuel Barber
Rhode Island -
South Carolina - Carlisle Floyd
South Dakota -
Tennessee -
Texas - Scott Joplin
Utah -
Vermont -
Virginia -
Washington - William Bolcom
West Virginia - George Crumb
Wisconsin - Kent Kennan
Wyoming -
Washington D.C. - John Phillip Sousa, Duke Ellington
Quote from: ' on August 30, 2009, 01:54:26 PM
So they have seceded? I knew Texas had been considering.
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One can only hope ...
I've been trying to think of one from Colorado, but the only name that comes to mind is Glenn Miller. :-\ Research pending...
Kudos to the Suderburg mention! I like his music too.
Does it count to say that Antonin Dvorak spent a summer in Iowa? ;D
Edgar Meyer - Tennessee
Update:
Alabama - Robert W. Smith
Alaska - Matthew Burtner, John Luther Adams
Arizona - Charles Mingus
Arkansas - Conlon Nancarrow
California - Henry Cowell, John Cage
Colorado - Harl McDonald
Connecticut - Charles Ives
Delaware -
Florida - Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Georgia - Wallingford Riegger
Hawaii -
Idaho - Ezra Pound, La Monte Young
Illinois - John Alden Carpenter, Miles Davis
Indiana - Ned Rorem
Iowa - Robert Suderburg
Kansas - Charlie Parker
Kentucky - John L. Becker
Louisiana - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Maine - Walter Piston
Maryland - Phillip Glass, Frank Zappa
Massachusetts - Karl Henning, Leonard Bernstein, John Adams
Michigan - David Ott
Minnesota -
Mississippi - Milton Babbit
Missouri - Virgil Thomson
Montana -
Nebraska - Howard Hanson
Nevada - Eric Whitacre
New Hampshire - Amy Beach
New Jersey - George Antheil
New Mexico -
New York - Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Steve Reich
North Carolina - Kenneth Frazelle, Thelonious Monk
North Dakota - P.D.Q. Bach
Ohio - Ruth Crawford
Oklahoma - Roy Harris
Oregon - Lou Silver Harrison
Pennsylvania - Samuel Barber
Rhode Island - George M. Cohan
South Carolina - Carlisle Floyd
South Dakota -
Tennessee - Edgar Meyer
Texas - Scott Joplin
Utah -
Vermont -
Virginia -
Washington - William Bolcom
West Virginia - George Crumb
Wisconsin - Kent Kennan
Wyoming -
Washington D.C. - John Phillip Sousa, Duke Ellington
Virginia? - come on guys!!!
Time to find a Hawaiian composer on Google.
Quote from: RexRichter on August 31, 2009, 09:37:07 PM
Virginia? - come on guys!!!
Time to find a Hawaiian composer on Google.
Queen Lili'uokalani
I don't have this particular CD, but I do have another of her music.
(http://www.arkivmusic.com/graphics/covers/non-muze/full/206985.jpg)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Queen-of-Hawaii-Liliuokalani/Composer/128626-1 (http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Queen-of-Hawaii-Liliuokalani/Composer/128626-1)
Another (unofficial) Update:
Alabama - Robert W. Smith
Alaska - Matthew Burtner, John Luther Adams
Arizona - Charles Mingus
Arkansas - Conlon Nancarrow
California - Henry Cowell, John Cage
Colorado - Harl McDonald
Connecticut - Charles Ives
Delaware - Libby Larsen
Florida - Ellen Taafe Zwilich
Georgia - Wallingford Riegger
Hawaii - Queen Lili'uokalani
Idaho - Ezra Pound, La Monte Young
Illinois - John Alden Carpenter, Miles Davis
Indiana - Ned Rorem
Iowa - Robert Suderburg
Kansas - Charlie Parker
Kentucky - John L. Becker
Louisiana - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Maine - Walter Piston
Maryland - Phillip Glass, Frank Zappa
Massachusetts - Karl Henning, Leonard Bernstein, John Adams
Michigan - David Ott
Minnesota - Arthur Farwell, Ross Lee Finney
Mississippi - Milton Babbit
Missouri - Virgil Thomson
Montana - George Flynn
Nebraska - Howard Hanson
Nevada - Eric Whitacre
New Hampshire - Amy Beach
New Jersey - George Antheil
New Mexico - Nacio Herb Brown
New York - Elliott Carter, Aaron Copland, Steve Reich
North Carolina - Kenneth Frazelle, Thelonious Monk
North Dakota - P.D.Q. Bach
Ohio - Ruth Crawford
Oklahoma - Roy Harris
Oregon - Lou Silver Harrison
Pennsylvania - Samuel Barber
Rhode Island - George M. Cohan
South Carolina - Carlisle Floyd
South Dakota -
Tennessee - Edgar Meyer
Texas - Scott Joplin
Utah -
Vermont -
Virginia - Anthony Davis
Washington - William Bolcom
West Virginia - George Crumb
Wisconsin - Kent Kennan
Wyoming -
Washington D.C. - John Phillip Sousa, Duke Ellington
Sorry, I've been away ever since I posted this thread! Thanks to all for taking this seriously. :)
Utah???... Mormon's don't compose???
Wyoming???...only 3 people live there???
South Dakota???...see Wyoming???
Vermont???...WHAT?, there's no composer from Vermont??? Are they too busy making cheese???
ok...any Jewish composers from OUTSIDE of NYC??? ;D ::) :P
Quote from: Joe Barron on August 30, 2009, 07:06:11 AM
Iowa: Robert Suderburg
Maybe not as famous as some others, but I like him a lot. And I agree: we need a master list of states.
If there weren't,
Dvorak could have fit the slot. :D
OHIO has another nominee, recently deceased, whose works were played by major orchestras e.g. the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, and the Saint Louis Symphony:
Donald Erb.
See:
http://www.presser.com/News/erbMemorial.cfm
Wyoming: George Hufsmith
Wrote a (cowboy?) opera called The Lynching At Sweetwater for the state's 1976 bicentennial celebration.
A certain David Tomatz wrote a small book in the 1970's on 90 (!) Wyoming composers! :o
But I cannot find it yet!
Maryland: Christopher Rouse
Quote from: snyprrr on September 02, 2009, 05:43:15 PM
ok...any Jewish composers from OUTSIDE of NYC??? ;D ::) :P
Bernstein from Massachusetts and Babbitt from Ol' Miss.