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Alvin Etler
10+ albums
2jumagammarecus-contemporary
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Alvin Derald Etler (February 19, 1913 – June 13, 1973) was an American composer and oboist. A student of Paul Hindemith, Etler is noted for his highly rhythmic, harmonically and texturally complex compositional style, taking inspiration from the works of Bartók and Copland as well as the dissonant and accented styles of jazz. Though he played with the Indianapolis Symphony in 1938, he abandoned his orchestral life shortly thereafter to focus on his increasingly successful compositional career (which earned him two Guggenheim Fellowships during this period). In 1942 he joined the faculty at Yale University as conductor of the university band and instructor of wind instruments, where he began his studies with Hindemith. He also taught at Cornell University and University of Illinois before accepting a position at Smith College, which he held until his death. Notable works include his two woodwind quintets (from 1955 and 1957), a bassoon sonata, the 1963 "Quintet for Brass Instruments", and "Fragments" for woodwind quartet. Etler is also the author of Making Music: An Introduction to Theory, an introductory-level theory text published posthumously in 1974. Etler received several important commissions from major orchestras and a number of these works were premiered by prominent conductors including Fritz Reiner, who conducted the premiere of the Symphonietta in 1941, his Passacaglia and Fugue in 1947 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and George Szell, who commissioned t
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Quintet for Brass Instruments: I.
162Woodwind Quintet No. 1: I. Andante
143Quintet for Brass Instruments: II.
114Woodwind Quintet No. 1: II. Allegro
105Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. quarter note = about 168
96Quintet for Brass Instruments: IV.
97Quintet for Brass Instruments: III.
98Woodwind Quintet No. 1: III. Lento
99Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major: I. quarter note = about 50
810Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major: III. quarter note = about 44
8albums
Clarinet Chamber Music of Alvin Etler
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Winning Artists Series - Lutoslawski, Taxin, Hindemith, etc.
Works By Cascarino, Etler, Gaburo, Lieberson
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Charles Ives & William Schuman: Variations on "America" - Ulysses Kay: Umbrian Scene - Alvin Etler: Concerto for Wind Quintet & Orchestra
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American Wind Music
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Music of Alvin Etler & Iain Hamilton
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Bach, Jan - Laudes
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Etler, Alvin - Concerto for Violin & Wind Quintet
Concerto For Wind Quintet And Orchestra / Variations On "America" / Umbrian Scene
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The Sylvan Winds Plays American Composers