Wayne Barlow

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Wayne Brewster^[1]^[2] Barlow (b. Elyria, Ohio, September 6, 1912; d. Rochester, NY, December 17, 1996) was an American composer of classical music. He was also a professor of music, organist, and choir director.

Life and career

Barlow received bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music, majoring in composition and theory and becoming in 1937 the first American to receive a doctorate in music composition.^[3] He also studied with Arnold Schoenberg in California, as well as with Myron Schaeffer, the director of the Electronic Music Laboratory at the University of Toronto.^[4]^[5] He served as a professor at the Eastman School of Music from 1937 to 1978, where he directed the Electronic Music Studio from 1968 to 1978, and also served as Dean of Graduate Studies from 1973 to 1978. From 1978 to 1996 he held the position of Emeritus Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music. His notable students include James Cohn, Lucrecia Kasilag, Samuel Jones, Martin Mailman, Norma Wendelburg, and Don Freund.

Among his best-known compositions is The Winter's Past, for oboe and string orchestra.

He died at the age of 84.

His manuscripts are held by the Sibley Music Library of the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.

Works

Stage

False faces, Choral Ballet in a prologue and 2 scenes (1935); libretto by Leone Coffer
Three Moods for Dancing, ballet for orchestra (1940)
The Black Madonna, ballet in 3 scenes, adapted from the play by William Sharp (1941)

Orchestral

De Profundis, Symphonic Poem (1934)
Nocturne for small orchestra (1946)
Rondo-Overture (1947)
Night Song (1956)
Sinfonia da camera (1960)
Vistas (1963)
Rota for chamber orchestra (1959)
Hampton Beach, Overture (1971)
Soundscapes for orchestra and tape (1972)

Band or Wind or brass ensemble

Frontiers, for symphonic band (1982)
Requiem and Alleluia, for trombone choir (1991)
Fanfare for the University of Alabama, for trumpets

Concertante

The Winter's Passed for oboe and string orchestra (1940)
Lyrical Piece for clarinet and string orchestra (1947)
Images for harp and orchestra (1961); additional version for harp, clarinet, and string quartet (1963)
Elegy, for viola and orchestra (1968)
Divertissement for flute and chamber orchestra (1980)

Chamber music

Prelude, Air and Variation for bassoon, string quartet and piano (1947)
Quintet for piano and strings (1951)
Triptych for string quartet (1953)
Intrada, Fugue and Postlude for brass ensemble (1960)
Trio for oboe, viola, and piano (1964)
Elegy for viola and piano (1967)
Duo for harp and tape (1971)
Intermezzo for viola and harp (1980)

Piano

Impressionist (1940)
Sonata for Piano (1947)
Dynamisms for 2 pianos (1966)
Prelude in E (? 1968)

Organ

Three Christmas Tunes (1960)
Four Chorale Voluntaries (1981)

Vocal

Zion in Exile, Cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soli, mixed chorus and orchestra (1937)
Madrigal for a Bright Morning for mixed chorus (1942); words by John R. Slater
The Twenty-Third Psalm for mixed chorus and organ (1943)
Three Songs after Shakespeare for soprano and piano (1948)
Mass in G for mixed chorus and orchestra (1951)
Poems for Music, Four Songs for soprano and orchestra (1958); poems by Robert Hillyer
Diversify the Abyss for male chorus and piano (1963); words by Hyam Plutzik
Missa Sanctis Thomae for unison voices (1963)
We All Believe in One True God for mixed chorus, brass quartet (ad libitum) and organ (1965); words by Tobias Clausnitzer
Wait for the Promise of the Father for soloists, chorus, organ, and orchestra (1968)
Voices of Darkness for reader, piano, percussion and tape (1974)
Voices of Faith for soprano solo, narrator, mixed chorus and orchestra (1975)
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking for chamber chorus, tenor solo, clarinet, viola, piano, and electronic tape (1978)
The Seven Seals of Revelation for chorus and orchestra (1989)

Electronic media

Study in Electronic Sound (1965)
Moonflight (1970)
Soundprints in Concrete (1975)

Books

Foundations of Music.

References

^ W. Thomas Marrocco and Mary Wallace Davidson, "Barlow, Wayne (Brewster)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001)
^ Nicolas Slonimsky, Laura Kuhn, and Dennis McIntire, "Barlow, Wayne (Brewster)", Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, eighth edition, edited by Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Kuhn (New York: Schirmer Books, 2001).
^ "Cominsky Portrait Gallery - Wayne Barlow". www.esm.rochester.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-09-17.
^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/q379
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External links

Wayne Barlow page
Allmusic page
Interview with Wayne Barlow, September 10, 1988
Wayne Barlow Collection at the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

[1] W. Thomas Marrocco and Mary Wallace Davidson, "Barlow, Wayne (Brewster)", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001)

[2] Nicolas Slonimsky, Laura Kuhn, and Dennis McIntire, "Barlow, Wayne (Brewster)", Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, eighth edition, edited by Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Kuhn (New York: Schirmer Books, 2001).

[3] "Cominsky Portrait Gallery - Wayne Barlow". www.esm.rochester.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-09-17.

[4] ttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/q379

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