Yehudi Wyner

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Yehudi Wyner (born June 1, 1929 in Calgary, Alberta) is an American composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. Wyner, who grew up in New York City, was raised in a musical family. His father, Lazar Weiner, was an eminent composer of Yiddish art songs. Wyner attended Juilliard, Yale and Harvard. He has written music in a variety of genres, including compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voice and solo instruments, as well as theatrical music and settings of the Jewish liturgy. Among his best-known works are the Friday Evening Service (1963) for cantor and chorus, and On This Most Voluptuous Night (1982) for soprano and chamber ensemble. Wyner taught for 14 years at Yale, where he was the head of the composition faculty. He also taught at SUNY Purchase, Cornell, Brandeis and Harvard. In 2006, Wyner won the Pulitzer Prize for Music for his piano concerto Chiavi in Mano.[1][2] User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Wyner: Mirror (The) / Passover Offering / Tants Un Maysele

Weiner: Piano Preludes - Lag ba'omer - Wyner: Passover Offering

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Psalms Of Joy And Sorrow

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Romantic Cello Music from the 20th Century

Yehudi Wyner: On This Most Voluptuous Night

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Yehudi Wyner: Sacred Music

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The Music Of Yehudi Wyner

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Introducing The World Of American Jewish Music

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Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 7 Album 6: Masterworks of Prayer – Yehudi Wyner Sacred Services

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On This Most Voluptuous Night

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Music of Yehudi Wyner

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Americans In Rome: Music By Fellows of the American Academy In Rome

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