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Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn
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Musician / Composer of Classical
Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (October 2, 1927 in Holland, Michigan – December 12, 2014 in Lubbock, Texas) was an American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. She studied with Bernard Rogers and Alan Hovhaness at the Eastman School of Music. She received her Ph.D. in music theory from Eastman in 1966. She served on the music faculty of Texas Tech University from 1950 until 2008. She composed numerous works for various instrumental combinations and also composed computer music. Her works are generally tonal, although she also used the twelve-tone technique, and she frequently utilized string piano techniques in her piano music. Her music has been recorded by the Opus One and Golden Crest labels, and her scores are published by numerous publishers. Her surname is Dutch (from the town of Apeldoorn, though in Americanized spelling); her great-grandparents emigrated to the United States from the Netherlands. She visited Apeldoorn in 1982.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcards | Nancy Bloomer Deussen, Ira-Paul Schwarz, Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn and Jan Krzywicki | 1997 | Album |
| Music From Six Continents: 1991 Series | Edward Reichel, Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn, Dinos Constantinides, Tsippi Fleischer, Jerré Tanner | 1991 | Compil. |
| Sound Spectrum | Ivar Lunde / William Alexander / Peter Lieuwen / Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn / William DeFotis | 1988 | Album |
| Saxophone, Piano, Piano | Dale Underwood, Ronald Chiles, Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn | 1982 | Album |
| Untitled | Christopher Berg, Stephen Chatman, Michael Mauldin, Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn, Andrew Violette | Album | |
| Music From Texas Tech University | Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn / Stuart Glazer | Album | |
| [Compositions] | Dorothy Rudd Moore / Stephen Weber / Lowell Liebermann / Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn / Gail Barber / Roger Johnson | Album | |
| The Sonorous Landscape | George Boziwick / Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn / Reed Holmes | Album |
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