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Joel Spiegelman

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Joel Spiegelman (born January 23, 1933) is an American composer, conductor, concert pianist, harpsichordist, recording artist, arranger, author and teacher.

As a composer, Spiegelman has been widely known for his blending of techniques from traditional classical music, dodecaphonic music, aleatoric music, gospel, Russian folk, and electronic idioms. He has written original music for string quartet, piano trio, piano quintet, chamber music with percussion, solo instruments, wind ensembles, symphony orchestra, ballet, film, choral and vocal music.

List of works

Incidental music

  • Medea - composed an electronic score for the Robinson Jeffers play based on Euripides' Medea performed in 1964 at the Brandeis University's Spingold Theatre*
  • They - composed the first electronic music score written for a film based on a novel by Marya Mannes. Produced by NET New York, 1969.[1]
  • The Possessed - composed music for a ballet by Pear Land based on the play The Dybbuk. First performed in 1974 at the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City.

Concertos

  • Garofalo: Romantic Symphony, Violin ConcertoJoel Spiegelman, New Moscow Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Stadler [2]

Orchestral works

  • My New York for full symphony orchestra, Paris, 1958, World premier Moscow, 1994 by Moscow Radio Symphony

References

  1. ^ HARPSICHORD GETS ELECTRONIC VOICE; Stanley Lock and Joel Spiegelman Perform,
  2. ^ [1],
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