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Ursula Mamlok
12+ albums
contemporary classicalcomposergermanamericanserialist
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Ursula Mamlok (February 1, 1923 – May 4, 2016) was a German-born American composer and teacher. Mamlok was born as Ursula Meyer in Berlin, Germany, into a Jewish family, and studied piano and composition with Professor Gustav Ernest and Emily Weissgerber until her family fled Nazi Germany following the nationwide pogrom in 1938. Due to American immigration quotas, the family moved to Guayaquil, Ecuador for a short time, finally immigrating to New York City in 1941. Mamlok became an American citizen in 1945. In New York Mamlok continued her musical studies under the direction of George Szell at the Mannes School of Music, where she studied for four years. She then received a bachelor's and master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Vittorio Giannini. Other teachers include Roger Sessions and Ralph Shapey in composition and Eduard Steuermann, one of the foremost piano pedagogues at the time, in performance. Though Hindemith was one of her earliest influences, Mamlok credits the works of serial composers, including Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, as having the greatest impact on her compositional style. However, she admits: "My music is colorful, with the background of tonality – tonal centers … I can't shake it completely." Mamlok composed extensively for small chamber ensembles of various configurations as well as works for piano. However, her compositional oeuvre included a few pieces for orchestra, including a concerto for oboe. Other works included sev
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From My Garden for Viola
4802String Quartet No. 1: I. With Intensity
5332000 Notes: I. Gruff
504String Quartet No. 1: II. Very Rhythmic
475Polyphony No. 1: III. eighth note = 30
466String Quartet No. 1: III. Still, As If Suspended
447Three Bagatelles: II. Very calm
378Confluences: I. Introduction: Presto - Grazioso
3392000 Notes: II. quarter note + sixteenth note = 72+
3210Confluences: II. Vivo: Calm - Poco meno mosso
32albums
Mamlok: String Quartet No. 1 - Polyphony No. 1
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 1
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 2
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 3
Music of Ursula Mamlok
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 5
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Psalms Of Joy And Sorrow
Sheer Pluck
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 6
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Ursula Mamlok, Volume 5
Music of Ursula Mamlok, Vol. 4
Contemporary American Piano Trios, Vol. 2