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Peter Mennin
1923-1983 US, Erie, Pennsylvania
Composer of Classical
Peter Mennin (born Mennini) (May 17, 1923, Erie, Pennsylvania – June 17, 1983, New York City) was an American composer and teacher of Italian descent. In 1958, he was named Director of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, then in 1962 became President of the Juilliard School, a position he held until his death in 1983. Under his leadership, Juilliard moved from Claremont Avenue to its present location at Lincoln Center. Mennin is responsible for the addition of drama and dance departments at Juilliard. He also started the Master Class Program, and brought many artists to teach including Maria Callas, Pierre Fournier and others.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Hanson Conducts American Masterworks | Howard Hanson Conducts: Samuel Barber • Walter Piston • George Whitefield Chadwick • Charles Ives • Edward MacDowell • Morton Gould • William Schuman • Peter Mennin • Douglas Moore • Charles Griffes ‒ Eastman-Rochester Orchestra | 2004 | Compil. |
| Sessions • Sessions • Mennin • Blackwood • Zukofsky | Paul Zukofsky / Roger Sessions, Peter Mennin, Easley Blackwood | 2002 | Album |
| Orchestral Works (American Archives Series) | Robert Kurka, Peter Mennin, Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Janos Starker | 1998 | Album |
| Music Of Peter Mennin | Peter Mennin | 1997 | Album |
| Moby Dick / Symphonies 3 & 7 | Peter Mennin - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz | 1996 | Album |
| Sonata No. 1 For Violin & Piano And American Violin Sonatas | John Corigliano / David Diamond / Peter Mennin / Benjamin Lees | 1990 | Album |
| Symphony Nos. 8 & 9, Folk Overture | Peter Mennin / Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Christian Badea | 1989 | Album |
| Mennin/Symphony #4 "The Cycle" ● Ginastera/Milena For Soprano And Orch. | Peter Mennin, Alberto Ginastera | 1989 | Compil. |
| Symphony No. 9 / Poema Elegiaco / Veri | Jose Serebrier Conducts Peter Mennin, Dr. William F. Lee, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique De La RTBF | 1988 | Album |
| Symphony No. 7 / Violin Concerto | Peter Mennin / Samuel Barber - Leonid Kogan, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine | 1981 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 7 | David Diamond, Peter Mennin | 1976 | Album |
| Symphony No. 4, "The Cycle" For Chorus And Orchestra / Concerto For Piano-Four Hands & Orchestra In C Major, Op. 153 | Peter Mennin / Carl Czerny - Jean Wentworth & Kenneth Wentworth, Camerata Singers & Camerata Symphony Orchestra, Abraham Kaplan | 1973 | Album |
| Piano Concerto / Passacaglia, Recitatives And Fugue | Peter Mennin / Richard Yardumian - John Ogdon, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Igor Buketoff | 1971 | Album |
| First Recordings, Martinon Symphony No. 4 "Altitudes", Mennin Symphony No. 7 "Variation-Symphony" | Jean Martinon, Peter Mennin, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1968 | Album |
| New England Triptych; Symphony No. 5; Poem For Flute And Orchestra | William Schuman, Peter Mennin & Charles Griffes | 1964 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 / Variations For Piano And Orchestra / Notturno | Peter Mennin / Wallingford Riegger / Ernst Toch - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney | 1955 | Album |
| Wallingford Riegger Symphony No 3 Peter Mennin Symphony No 3 | Wallingford Riegger, Peter Mennin, Howard Hanson, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York | 1954 | Album |
| Sunday Sing Symphony / Concertato For Orchestra / Epigraph | Ray Green / Peter Mennin / Norman Dello Joio | Album | |
| Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 2 (1946), Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 3 (1946) | Roger Sessions, Peter Mennin | Album |
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