Donald Martino

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Donald Martino (May 16, 1931 – December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino began as a clarinettist, playing jazz for fun and profit. He attended Syracuse University, where he studied composition with Ernst Bacon, who encouraged him in that direction. He then attended Princeton University as a graduate student, where worked with composers Roger Sessions and Milton Babbitt. He also studied with Luigi Dallapiccola in Italy as a Fulbright Scholar. He became a lecturer and teacher himself, working with students at Yale University, the New England Conservatory of Music (where he became chair of the composition department), Brandeis University, and Harvard University. He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1974 for his chamber work Notturno. In 1991, the journal Perspectives of New Music published a 292-page tribute to Martino.[2] Martino died in Antigua in 2005. A memorial concert was held at the New England Conservatory on May 8, 2007. A recording of the concert was released by Navona Records in 2009. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

Martino: Violin Sonata - Violin Sonata No. 2 - Romanza - Fantasy Variations

Martino, D.: Solo Piano Music

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Donald Martino: Later Works

Donald Martino: A Jazz Set

Music of Donald Martino

Martino, D.: Fantasies and Impromptus / Piano Trio / Serenata Concertante / Peyton, M.: Elegy / Homans, P.: Quintino

Martino, D.: Solo Piano and Chamber Works

Donald Martino & Fred Lerdahl: String Quartets

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Triple Concerto

Universal Flute

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New Music for Double Bass & Oboe

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Donald Martino - The Group For Contemporary Music

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