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Allen Brings
12+ albums
americanClassicalgammarec2jumaus-contemporary
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Allen Brings - American composer and pianist Born 1934 in New York City. Studied with Otto Luening, Gardner Read, and Roger Sessions. A native of New York City, Allen Brings received a bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude from Queens College and a master of arts degree from Columbia University, where he was a Mosenthal Fellow and a student of Otto Luening, and a doctorate in theory and composition from Boston University, where he was a teaching fellow and a student of Gardner Read. In 1962 he was a Naumburg Fellow at Princeton University, where he studied with Roger Sessions. He has twice served as chairman of the eastern region of the American Society of University Composers and is currently vice-president of Connecticut Composers. His published compositions, which include works for orchestra, band, chorus, a wide variety of chamber ensembles, piano, organ, harpsichord, guitar, and voice, have been recorded for Navona Records, Capstone, Centaur, Grenadilla, User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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16 Waltzes, Op. 39 (version for piano duet): No. 1 in B major
826 Praeludia: No. 2, Praeludium I (En forme d'une méditation)
6316 Waltzes, Op. 39 (version for piano duet): No. 11 in B minor
64Slavonic Dances, Series 2, Op. 72, B. 145: Slavonic Dance No. 10 in E minor, Op. 72, No. 2, B. 145
5516 Waltzes, Op. 39 (version for piano duet): No. 15 in A flat major
46In paradisum (Version for Unaccompanied Mixed Chorus)
4721 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for piano 4 hands): No. 1 in G minor
4816 Waltzes, Op. 39 (version for piano duet): No. 6 in C sharp major
4921 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for piano 4 hands): No. 5 in F sharp minor
41016 Waltzes, Op. 39 (version for piano duet): No. 4 in E minor
3albums
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Dvorak, A.: Slavonic Dances / Brahms, J.: 21 Hungarian Dances / 16 Waltzes
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Allen Brings: Music for Keyboard Instruments
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Allen Brings: Music for Voices
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Allen Brings: Chamber Works
Brings: A Concert of Music
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Songs of Peace & Praise
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Fire & Time
A Concert of Music by Allen Brings
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Paradigms - New Sounds for the Modern Orchestra
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Brings, A.: Clarinet Sonata / Violin Sonata / Piano Sonata (Sonatas)
The Chamber Works of Allen Brings
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String Music of Allen Brings and Leo Kraft