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Irving Fine
12+ albums
contemporary classical20th Centurycomposeramericanneo-classical
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Irving Gifford Fine (December 3, 1914 – August 23, 1962) was an American composer. Fine's work assimilated neo-classical, romantic and, later, serial elements. Composer Virgil Thomson described Fine's "unusual melodic grace" while Aaron Copland noted the "elegance, style, finish and...convincing continuity" of Fine's music. Fine was a member of a close-knit group of Boston composers in the mid-20th century who were sometimes called the "Boston Six" or "Boston School." Other members of the Boston School included Arthur Berger, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, and Harold Fine was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied piano, and received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Harvard University, where he was a pupil of Walter Piston. Fine was a conducting pupil of Serge Koussevitzky, served as pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and studied composition with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris and at Radcliffe College. From 1939 until 1950, he taught music theory at Harvard and conducted its Glee Club, becoming a close associate of Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copland. From 1950, he taught at Brandeis University, where he was Walter S. Naumburg Professor of Music and founded the School of Creative Arts. Between 1946 and 1957, he also taught composition at the Tanglewood Music Festival in the Berkshires. Irving Fine died in Natick, Massachusetts in August 1962. He was 47 years of age. The cause of death
top songs
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Old American Songs I (arr. I. Fine): V. I Bought me a Cat
5532Old American Songs II (arr. R. Wilding-White): IV. At The River (arr. R. Wilding-White)
2323Notturno for Strings and Harp: Lento
1894Old American Songs I (arr. I. Fine): IV. Simple Gifts
1025Old American Songs I (Arr. I. Fine For Chorus): I. The Boatmen's Dance
626Partita for Wind Quintet: Introduction and Theme
617Old American Songs I (Arr. I. Fine For Chorus): II. The Dodger
598Old American Songs II (arr. R. Wilding-White): II. Zion's Walls (arr. G. Koponen)
549Old American Songs I (Arr. I. Fine For Chorus): III. Long Time Ago
5210Partita for Wind Quintet: Variation
51albums
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Irving Fine: Notturno, Partita, String Quartet; The Hour Glass
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The Works of Aaron Copland
Irving Fine: Complete Orchestral Works
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Irving Fine: Chamber and Vocal Works
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Copland: The Tender Land Suite / Piano Concerto / Old American Songs (Arr. for Chorus)
An Irving Fine Celebration
Music of Irving Fine
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The Composer-Performer
Fine, I.: Music for Orchestra / Diversions / Symphony / Blue Towers / Toccata Concertante
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BARBER: Summer Music / FINE: Partita / SCHULLER: Suite / HARBISON: Wind Quintet / BEACH: Pastorale
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Irving Fine - Symphony 1962/ Toccata Concertante/ Serious Song For String Orchestra
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An Irving Fine Celebration (Live)