John La Montaine

John La Montaine

p, 1920-2013 US, Oak Park, Illinois
Musician / Composer of Classical
A.k.a. John Maynard La Montaine

(March 17, 1920 – April 29, 2013) Pulitzer Prize winning composer; Distinguished career having been pianist and celestist with the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini. Studied under Max Landow and Ralph Ganz. Was awarded commissions from the Ford Foundation and the Koussevitzky Foundation. In 1962 he was invited to act as Composer-in-Residence at the American Academy in Rome and has served as visiting professor of composition at the Eastman School of Music and the University of Utah.

Genres

Classical
Children's Music

Popular Tracks

That Hallowed Season on Go Tell It on the Mountain! by The Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys, Benjamin Bachmann, Matthew Edwards & Jeffrey Smith

Piccolo Sonata, Op. 61: I. With driving force, not fast on Chicago Duos for Flute by Mary Stolper

Piccolo Sonata, Op. 61: II. Sorrowing on Chicago Duos for Flute by Mary Stolper

The Donkey on Songs by 20th Century American Composers by Eleanor Steber, Mildred Miller, Donald Gramm & John McCollum

Piccolo Sonata, Op. 61: IV. Playful on Chicago Duos for Flute by Mary Stolper

Piccolo Sonata, Op. 61: III. Searching on Chicago Duos for Flute by Mary Stolper

Birds Of Paradise, Op. 34 on Music For Quiet Listening: Volume II by Eastman-Rochester Orchestra & Howard Hanson

Sonata for Flute Solo, Op. 24: I. Questioning on The Solo Flute by Mary Karen Clardy

Sonata for Flute Solo, Op. 24: I. Questioning on A Flute Alone by Idit Shemer

Sonata for Flute Solo, Op. 24: IV. Rakish on A Flute Alone by Idit Shemer

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Six Sonnets of Shakespeare, Conversations for Viola and Piano	John La Montaine, Polly Jo Baker, soprano; Thomas Tatton, viola	1978	Album
Wilderness Journal Opus 41 Symphony for Bass-Baritone, Organ And Orchestra	John La Montaine	1972	Album
Hanson Piano Concerto / Mosaics • La Montaine Birds Of Paradise	Howard Hanson / John La Montaine	1965	Album
Fifth Symphony For Strings Op. 34 / Concerto For Piano And Orchestra Op. 9	Gene Gutchë / John La Montaine	1965	Album
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra / Symphonic Dances	John La Montaine / Halsey Stevens - Karen Keys With The Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra, Guy Fraser Harrison / The London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Barati	1963	Album
Knoxville:Summer Of 1915; Songs Of The Rose Of Sharon	Eleanor Steber, Samuel Barber, John La Montaine	1962	Album
Sonata In B Flat Minor / Sonata For Piano - A Child's Picture Book - Toccata	Frédéric Chopin, John La Montaine	1951	Album
Teaching Pieces For Budding Pianists	John La Montaine, Paul J. Sifler		Album

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