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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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Canzona on United States Air Force Band: Evolution by United States Air Force Band & Lowell Graham
Canzona on Best of the United States Air Force Band by United States Air Force Band, Lowell Graham & Dennis M. Layendecker
Canzona on Holst: Suites 1 & 2 / Vaughan Williams: Folksong Suite, etc. by Eastman Wind Ensemble & Frederick Fennell
Canzona on Grainger & Friends - The Music Of Great Composers For Band by Various Artists
Canzona on Indiana University Of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble: Ride by IUP Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp & Gary Bird
Concertato "Moby Dick" on Mennin: Moby Dick - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 7 by Peter Mennin, Gerard Schwarz & Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Canzona on American Wind Band Classics by Eastman Wind Ensemble
Canzona on Transformations by William Berz
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro robusto on Mennin: Moby Dick - Symphonies Nos. 3 and 7 by Peter Mennin, Gerard Schwarz & Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Canzona on United States Army Field Band: The Legacy of Edwin Franko Goldman by United States Army Field Band

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Howard Hanson Conducts American MasterworksHoward 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 Orchestra2004Compil.
Sessions • Sessions • Mennin • Blackwood • ZukofskyPaul Zukofsky / Roger Sessions, Peter Mennin, Easley Blackwood2002Album
Orchestral Works (American Archives Series)Robert Kurka, Peter Mennin, Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Janos Starker1998Album
Music Of Peter MenninPeter Mennin1997Album
Moby Dick / Symphonies 3 & 7Peter Mennin - Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz1996Album
Sonata No. 1 For Violin & Piano And American Violin SonatasJohn Corigliano / David Diamond / Peter Mennin / Benjamin Lees1990Album
Symphony Nos. 8 & 9, Folk OverturePeter Mennin / Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Christian Badea1989Album
Mennin/Symphony #4 "The Cycle" ● Ginastera/Milena For Soprano And Orch.Peter Mennin, Alberto Ginastera1989Compil.
Symphony No. 9 / Poema Elegiaco / VeriJose Serebrier Conducts Peter Mennin, Dr. William F. Lee, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique De La RTBF1988Album
Symphony No. 7 / Violin ConcertoPeter Mennin / Samuel Barber - Leonid Kogan, National Symphony Orchestra Of Ukraine1981Album
Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 7David Diamond, Peter Mennin1976Album
Symphony No. 4, "The Cycle" For Chorus And Orchestra / Concerto For Piano-Four Hands & Orchestra In C Major, Op. 153Peter Mennin / Carl Czerny - Jean Wentworth & Kenneth Wentworth, Camerata Singers & Camerata Symphony Orchestra, Abraham Kaplan1973Album
Piano Concerto / Passacaglia, Recitatives And FuguePeter Mennin / Richard Yardumian - John Ogdon, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Igor Buketoff1971Album
First Recordings, Martinon Symphony No. 4 "Altitudes", Mennin Symphony No. 7 "Variation-Symphony"Jean Martinon, Peter Mennin, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra1968Album
New England Triptych; Symphony No. 5; Poem For Flute And OrchestraWilliam Schuman, Peter Mennin & Charles Griffes1964Album
Symphony No. 6 / Variations For Piano And Orchestra / NotturnoPeter Mennin / Wallingford Riegger / Ernst Toch - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1955Album
Wallingford Riegger Symphony No 3 Peter Mennin Symphony No 3Wallingford Riegger, Peter Mennin, Howard Hanson, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York1954Album
Sunday Sing Symphony / Concertato For Orchestra / EpigraphRay Green / Peter Mennin / Norman Dello JoioAlbum
Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 2 (1946), Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 3 (1946)Roger Sessions, Peter MenninAlbum
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