Ross Lee Finney

about

Ross Lee Finney Junior (December 23, 1906–February 4, 1997) was an American composer born in Wells, Minnesota who taught for many years at the University of Michigan. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Edward Burlingame Hill, Alban Berg (from 1931-2) and Roger Sessions (in 1935). His students included Leslie Bassett, George Crumb, Burton Beerman, Roger Reynolds, William Albright, Donald Bohlen, Robert Ashley, Robert Morris, Richard Toensing, Stephen Chatman, Rolv Yttrehus, Robert Cogan, George Balch Wilson, and Philip Krumm. According to the notes for the Composers Recordings, Inc. recording of Finney's second cello sonata (about 1953), Chromatic Fantasy In E for Violoncello Solo (1957) and second piano trio (1954), he received the Rome Prize in 1960 and the Brandeis Medal in 1968. He is quoted in those notes as having begun writing serial music from time to time beginning with his sixth string quartet (a work which uses serial principles but is "in E" on the score), his next work to be composed after the sonata. He wrote eight string quartets, four symphonies as well as other orchestral works, other chamber works and songs. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

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Finney: Pilgrim Psalms

Music by Ross Lee Finney

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Ross Lee Finney: Piano Works

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Ross Lee Finney: Landscapes Remembered

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North Texas Wind Symphony: Recollections

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The Dale Warland Singers: Reincarnations

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Le Merle Noir

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Permutations

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Ruth Crawford Seeger: String Quartet 1931 - Ross Lee Finney: Piano Quintet

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Chamber & Solo Music of Ross Lee Finney & William Bolcom

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Finney, Weiss: Chamber Works

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The Earth and I

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