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Elie Siegmeister
1909-1991 US, New York City
Composer / Conductor of Classical
Elie Siegmeister (also published under pseudonym L. E. Swift; January 15, 1909, New York City – March 10, 1991, Manhasset, New York) was an American composer, educator and author.His varied musical output showed his concern with the development of an authentic American musical vocabulary. Jazz, blues and folk melodies and rhythms are frequent themes in his many song cycles, his nine operas, his eight symphonies, and his many choral, chamber, and solo works. His 37 orchestral works have been performed by leading orchestras throughout the world under such conductors as Arturo Toscanini, Leopold Stokowski, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Lorin Maazel, and Sergiu Comissiona. He also composed for Hollywood (notably, the film score of They Came to Cordura, starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth, 1959) and
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Plays With
| American Ballad Singers |
Popular Tracks 
Big Rock Candy Mountain (From "Sing Out, Sweet Land") on The Broadway Cast Collection, Vol. 7: Alfred Drake in Sing Out, Sweet Land & Down in the Valley by Alfred Drake Sunday in Brooklyn (arr. for piano): III Family at Home on Siegmeister: Piano Music, Vol. 2 by Elie Siegmeister Western Suite: I. Prairie Morning on Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra by Maurice Abravanel & Lukas Foss Western Suite: II. Round-up on Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra by Maurice Abravanel & Lukas Foss Sunday in Brooklyn (arr. for piano): I Prospect Park on Siegmeister: Piano Music, Vol. 2 by Elie Siegmeister Western Suite: V. Riding Home on Americana: 20th Century Works for Orchestra by Maurice Abravanel & Lukas Foss American Sonata: I Fast, with fiery energy on Siegmeister: Piano Music, Vol. 1 by Elie Siegmeister Clarinet Concerto: III. Slow Drag on Paul Freeman Introduces, Vol. 4 by Paul Freeman & Czech National Symphony Orchestra Family at Home on Ozark Set / Sunday In Brooklyn by Elie Siegmeister, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Dimitri Mitropoulos & F. Charles Adler I'm Going Down the Road (From "Sing Out, Sweet Land") on The Broadway Cast Collection, Vol. 7: Alfred Drake in Sing Out, Sweet Land & Down in the Valley by Alfred DrakeTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schönberg - Quartetto N.2 Op.10 | Arnold Schoenberg, Astrid Varnay, Dimitri Mitropoulos, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Elie Siegmeister | 1999 | Album |
| Piano Music, Vol. 1 | Elie Siegmeister, Kenneth Boulton | 1999 | Compil. |
| Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic | Stanley Drucker, Leonard Bernstein, John Corigliano, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Elie Siegmeister | 1998 | Album |
| 5 Piano Sonatas | Elie Siegmeister | 1998 | Compil. |
| Siegmeister: Symphony No. 3 • Goeb: Symphony No. 4 • Keller: Symphony No. 3 | Elie Siegmeister, Homer Keller, Roger Goeb | 1997 | Compil. |
| Americana: 20th Century Works For Orchestra | Leonard Bernstein, Elie Siegmeister, Morton Gould, Aaron Copland, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice de Abravanel, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss | 1993 | Compil. |
| American Winds Volume 1 | Walter Piston, Elliott Carter, Irving Fine, Elie Siegmeister, Vincent Persichetti Performed by The Boehm Quintette | 1990 | Album |
| Ways Of Love / Five Langston Hughes Songs / Imprints... On Ivory And Strings / Five Pieces | Elie Siegmeister / Irwin Bazelon | 1986 | Album |
| Prelude, Blues & Finale / City Songs / Theme & Variations No. 1 / Songs Of Innocence | Elie Siegmeister | 1986 | Album |
| Songs Of Experience / Portraits / Abracadabra / Four Instruments / Shaar Shaar / Piano Quartet / About An Old Tune / Five Sketches In A Sentimental Mood | Cantilena Chamber Players - Elie Siegmeister / David Amram / Meyer Kupferman / Morton Feldman / Ben-Zion Orgad / Oedoen Partos / Mark Kopytman / Tom Hajdu | 1979 | Album |
| Concerto For Flute And Orchestra / Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra | Elie Siegmeister | 1977 | Album |
| American Piano Music | Alan Mandel / Elie Siegmeister, Robert Starer, William Albright | 1977 | Album |
| American Harp | Pearl Chertok - Elie Siegmeister / Nuncio Mondello / Robert Starer / Edmund Haines / William Mayer | 1975 | Album |
| Ozark Set / Sunday In Brooklyn | Elie Siegmeister - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Wiener Symphoniker, F. Charles Adler | 1973 | Album |
| Americana, Volume II | Leonard Bernstein / Elie Siegmeister / Morton Gould / Leroy Robertson / Vaclav Nelhybel - Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice de Abravanel | 1972 | Album |
| A Musical Profile | Elie Siegmeister | 1969 | Album |
| Invitation To Music | Elie Siegmeister | 1960 | Album |
| American Sonata | Elie Siegmeister | 1947 | Album |
| Ozark Set | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos - Elie Siegmeister | 1946 | Album |
| Sit Down / Casey Jones | The Manhattan Chorus - Elie Siegmeister | 1937 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 (1957) / Overture For An American (1958) • Essay For Brass And Winds (1954) • Country Fair (1957) | Elie Siegmeister – Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester / William Mayer – The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Russell Stanger ; New York Brass And Woodwind Ensemble, Emanuel Balaban ; Robert Nagel Brass Trio | Album | |
| Duo For Violin And Piano / Sonata No. 2 | Ezra Laderman / Elie Siegmeister - Jaime Laredo, Ruth Laredo | Album | |
| Three American Premieres (Five Preludes For Piano / Three Studies / Three Etudes) / Sonata No. 6, Op. 82 | Roberta Rust, Robert Starer, Elie Siegmeister, David Noon, Sergei Prokofiev | Album |
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