David Loeb (composer)

David Loeb (composer)

David Loeb (born May 1, 1939) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Born in New York City, he has written extensively for early music instruments such as the viol, as well as instruments from China and Japan. He teaches at the Mannes College The New School for Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. He is Jewish.[1]

His notable students include Jennifer Higdon, Jeremy Beck, and Craig Walsh.

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Works

Ancient Legends
Andorran Fantasy
Between Sea and Sky
Cantata for Oboe and String Orchestra
Caprices for Solo Mandolin Vol. 1-2
Chanson Malagache
A Distant Land Unfurled
Fantasia on a Theme of Yuize
Fantasia on Pyong-si-jo No. 1-2
Fantasia sobre "Una Hiji Tiene del Rey"
Fantasias for the Japanese Consort
Ganya
Imagined Landscapes
Keisho for Theorbo Solo
The Meeting of Sea and Clouds
Nocturne for Mandolin and Guitar
Prelude for Two Consorts
Quartet for flute, guitar, violin, and cello
Riddles
Rivermist in Summer
Sonata No. 1-6 for Cello Solo
Seiya
Symphony for Mandolin orchestra
Three Fantasias on East Asian Modes
Tre Romanze
Two Views of the Silent Waterfall
Utagumi
Yoru Ga Mau

Books

  • Loeb, David. Chinese & Japanese Musical Instruments and Their Notation. Harold Branch, 1972.

Sources

  • Loeb, David: The life and times of a viola composer, Journal of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. 22 (1985), p. 29-34.
  • Anderson, Ruth. Contemporary American composers. A biographical dictionary, 1st edition, G. K. Hall, 1976.
  • Press, Jaques Cattell (Ed.). Who's who in American Music. Classical, first edition. R. R. Bowker, 1983.

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