Prized Composers

Leon Kirchner

Personal Biography:

http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/long-bio/Leon-Kirchner

 

Awards:

Rome Prize (1974)

Pulitzer Prize (1967) Quartet No. 3 for Strings and Electronic Tape for String Quartet, electronic tape

American Academy of Arts and Letters Music Prize (1951)

Guggenheim Fellowship (1948)

 

Compositions for Winds:

Illuminations (1986) for 2 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Bass Trombone

Music for Twelve (1985) for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass

Fanfare II (1977) for 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Tuba

Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, 10 Winds and Percussion (1960)