Claire Polin

Claire Polin (born January 1, 1926 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died December 6, 1995 in Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American composer of contemporary classical music, musicologist, and flutist.

She obtained degrees in music (including a doctorate) from the Philadelphia Conservatory; she also received her Master's Degree at the Juilliard School and her doctorate at 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.

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.

Polin's last residence was Montgomery, Pennsylvania. She is survived by two sons, Josef and Gabriel Schaff, and two grandchildren: Zachary by Josef and Susannah by Gabriel.

List of Works

Compositions

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.

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 ^[1]

Scholarly publications

Music of the ancient Near East, 1974 Greenwood Press (Westport, CT)

“Why Minimalism Now?.” Music and the Politics of Culture ed. Christopher Norris, 226-239, London: Lawrence & Wishart 1989

“Interviews with Soviet Composers.” Tempo 1984 151, 10-16 Cambridge U 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 manuscipt. 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)

(1965). A Treasury of Jewish Folksong. Ethnomusicology 9(2). 191-193

Gifts of Jubal; musical instruments from the ancient East. Philadelphia, PA: University Museum Press

References

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External links

• Claire Polin biography

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