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Benjamin Lees
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalAmerican Classicsamericanamerican classical
about
Benjamin Lees (born January 8, 1924) is a contemporary U.S. composer of classical music, born in Harbin, China, raised in San Francisco and currently residing in Palm Springs, California. Lees rejects atonalism and Americana in favor of classical structures. He began piano lessons at 5 with K. I. Rodetskyand[1] and started composing as a teenager. In 1954, the NBC Orchestra performed his Profiles for Orchestra on national TV. Notable work includes Symphony No. 4: Memorial Candles commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1985 to commemorate the Holocaust. Lees' music is published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing, http://www.boosey.com/lees. Lees' official site can be accessed here http://www.benjaminlees.com User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: I. Allegro con brio
242Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: III. Allegro energico
163Toccata
164Sonata Breve
145Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: II. Andante candando
126Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: III. Lively
127Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": I Visitations (Slow, Unhurried) 'Someone Blew The Shofar'
128Sonata No.2: Allegro
119String Quartet No. 1 (1952): II. Adagietto
1110Sonata No.2: Moderato - Allegro
11albums
Lees, B.: String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 and 6
LEES: Symphony No. 4, 'Memorial Candles'
Lees, B.: Piano Music (1947-2005)
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Milken Archive, Vol. 19 Album 5: Out of the Whirlwind – Memorial Candles & Silent Voices
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Works for Piano
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Delights and Dances
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Symphonies
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Benjamin Lees: Symphony No. 4 "Memorial Candles"
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Bloch, E.: Violin Concerto / Lees, B.: Violin Concerto
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Complete Violin Works
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Lees, B.: Passacaglia / Persichetti, V.: Symphony No. 4 / Daugherty, M.: Hell's Angels (American Contrasts)
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String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 and 6