Singer, Andre
*1907/11/1 @ RS - Subotica
†1996/11/1 @ USA - NY - New York
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Biographisches etc.:
- NYtimes.com
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«Andre Singer, composer, pianist, and professor emeritus of music at Sarah Lawrence College, died Nov. 1 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He was 89.
Prof. Singer was born Nov. 1, 1907, in Hungary and what is now Subotica, Serbia. He received his musical training in Vienna at the Akademie (composition) and Hochschule (piano) fur Musik.
In the early 1930s, Prof. Singer co-founded the Literatur am Naschmarkt cabaret, where his works were often censored for their anti-Nazi content. From 1936 to 1938, he worked in Paris and London before immigrating to the United States.
Prof. Singer joined the Sarah Lawrence faculty in 1946, retiring in 1977. He also taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the City College of New York and the New School. He lived in New York City.
“Andre Singer was an important figure in the history of the college — a significant but insufficiently recognized composer, a brilliant pianist and music scholar formidably acquainted with both traditional and modern repertoire,” said Sarah Lawrence president Alice Ilchman. “He was a demanding teacher who evoked broad respect and even love from his students. He continued to be a devoted friend to the college during his nearly 20year retirement.”
Prof. Singer’s compositions were frequently performed by pianists Jean and Kenneth Wentworth, who have also recorded his piano works. Mr. Singer, also the author of “Musical Thought and Organization,” an unpublished treatise on analysis, composed more than 100 orchestral, operatic, chamber and keyboard works.
Prof. Singer drew constant inspiration from literature, especially satire, visual art, and a vast array of current and historical concepts. His work is characterized by a constant engagement with the interplay of these ideas, his delight in which inspired his many students of composition, piano and analysis. Among his finest works, “Canticle of Peace” (1957), set excerpts from Walt Whitman’s “Civil War Diary”. He completed his last major composition, “Ubu Roi,” a comic opera based on Alfred Jarry’s play, in the year prior to his death.
Prof. Singer served as a soldier in the Yugoslavian army and later, during World War II, volunteered for the U.S. Army, serving from 1943 to 1945.
Prof. Singer is survived by his wife, Lucy, and his brother and sister-in-law Nicholas and Margot Singer. A memorial will be held at Sarah Lawrence in June 1997.» -
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Mr. Singer has written symphonies, string quartets and sonatas. His “Alcottiana,” a scennic cantata for solo, chorus, and orchestra, recently was performed by the Schola Cantorum conducted by Hugh Ross, on a second tour through 10 states Md Canada. - melroseparkmemories.org: Suche nach "Andre Singer"
- melroseparkmemories.org: Suche nach "Andre Singer"
- collections.bso.org: Suche nach "Andre Singer"
Werkverzeichnis(se) etc.:
- viaf.org: 43016189
- dnb.de: 133055175
- worldcat.org
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sarahlawrence.edu: Andre Singer (1907-1996) Collection
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