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Claire Polin (January 1, 1926 – December 6, 1995)^[1] was an American composer of contemporary classical music, musicologist, and flutist.

Education edit

She obtained three degrees in music from the Philadelphia Conservatory: a Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate in Music.^[1] She also studied at the Juilliard School and Tanglewood. Her teachers included Vincent Persichetti, Lukas Foss, Roger Sessions, and Peter Mennin. She also studied flute with William Kincaid, with whom she collaborated on a multi-volume method of flute technique.

Career edit

Her works were commissioned and performed by the Seoul National Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonia, the Israel Bach Society, and the London Pro Musica Antiqua of Westminster, as well as by William Kincaid, Gordon Gottlieb, and the Gregg Smith Singers.

Polin served on the faculty at Rutgers University, where she taught composition, as well as courses in the music of the Bible, music of ancient Wales, and music of Russia. She also published books on musicological subjects.

Personal life edit

She is survived by two sons, Josef and Gabriel Schaff, and one grandchild.^[2]

List of works edit

Note: This is not a complete list. In some cases, the dates listed may have been the original publication date as opposed to the year it was written. Many pieces were published several times in new editions.^[3]

Compositions edit

Sonata No. 1 for Flute 1959
Symphony in two movements 1960
No-Rai: Songs from Korea, 1963? Soprano Voice, Flute, Double Bass
Sonata for Flute and Harp 1964/73
No Man is an Island, SATB chorus, piano, 196_
Serpentine: Lyrical instances for solo viola and imaginary dancer, 1965
Structures for Solo Flute 1965
Consecutivo: Study on a Requiem, 1966
Summer Settings, harp, 1967
Makimono, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, 1969
Second Sonata for flute and harp (From the Painter’s Brush), 197x
Music for the Prince of Wales: Hen ganiadau gwanwyn, medium high voice (male or female) with cello accompaniment
Cader Idris: Landscape for Brass Quintet, 1971
Infinito: A Requiem, alto sax, soprano solo, narrator, SATB chorus, 1972
Out of childhood; variations on Russian-Turkish folksongs for piano, 1972
Margóä for solo flute, 1972
O, Aderyn Pur, Flute, Alto Sax, Tape, or flute solo 1972
The Death of Procris: Studies After a Painting by Piero di Cosimo, 1972-73 Flute and Tuba
Telemannicon: Solo obe flute, canonically played with tape or live, 1974
Second Symphony, 1974
Journey of Owain Madoc: Symphonic Meditations on the Discovery of America, 1974
Scenes from Gilgamesh, flute and string orchestra, 1974
Makimono II: for brass quintet, 1975
Laissez sonner for solo piano, 1976
Pièce d’encore: for solo viola (or violin), 1976
Synaulia II, flute(alto fl), clar(bass clar), piano, 1976
Paraselene: Dark nebulae I: Book of Songs for Soprano, Flute, and Piano, 1976/77
A klockwork diurnal, alto sax, French horn, bassoon, 1977
Amphion: for symphony orchestra, 1977
Wind Songs for soprano and guitar, 1978?
Vigniatures: Variations for Violin and Harp, 1979
Felína, Felína, violin, harp, 1980
Res naturae: The Carmarthan dove in a mialiseet dance, woodwind quintet, 1980
Dark nebulae II: Ma’a lot, viola and percussion, 1981
Georgics: After Virgil for Solo Flute, 1981
Mythos: Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra, 1982
Kuequenaku-Cambiola, percussion and piano, 1983
Phantasmagoria, piano 4 hands, 1985
Freltic Sonata for Violin and Piano, 1985
Shirildang: trans-Ural Suite for piano, 1991
Walum olum, clarinet, viola, piano

Publications edit

Music of the ancient Near East, 1974 Greenwood Press (Westport, CT)
"Why Minimalism Now?" Music and the Politics of Culture, ed. Christopher Norris, pp. 226–239, London: Lawrence & Wishart 1989
"Interviews with Soviet Composers", Tempo 1984 151, 10-16 Cambridge University Press
“The Composer as Seer, but not Prophet” Tempo Combridge 1994 Issue 190, p13-18
New York: Women in Music and Soviet Contemporaries. Tempo 174, 1990 p32,34,36-37
The Ap Huw manuscript. 1982 Henryville, PA: Institute of Mediaeval Musicological Studies. (Vol 34?)
“Observations on the Ap Huw manuscript. Music & Letters 60(3) 1979, 296-304: Oxford University Press.
A Possible Provenance for parts of the Ap Huw manuscript. Welsh Music, 1985.
The Ap Huw Manuscript. Music & Letters 62(1): 120, 1981
Moscow Festival Diary. Tempo 1984 No. 150 p. 35-38
Ancient Semitic Music: A study starting in earliest times and ending circa 500 BC (1950)
A Treasury of Jewish Folksong. Ethnomusicology 9(2). 191-193 (1965)
Gifts of Jubal; musical instruments from the ancient East. Philadelphia, PA: University Museum Press

References edit

^ ^a ^b Margaret E. Thomas (2001). "Polin, Claire". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50986. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
^ Webster, Daniel (December 8, 1995). "Claire Polin, 69, Performer, Composer". articles.philly.com. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
^ "Claire Polin". worldcat.org. 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.