Music History

Wednesday, February 24, 8923

Fred Steiner (b. 1923) - Star Trek (1966)

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Fred Steiner (b. 1923) Perry Mason (1957) Star Trek (1966): Apollo's Theme Fred Steiner (b. February 24, 1923, New York, NY) received...
Thursday, October 29, 8922

Neal Hefti (b. 1922) - Batman

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Neal Hefti (b. 1922) Batman (1966) The Odd Couple (1968) Neal Hefti (born October 29, 1922 in Hastings, Nebraska) is an American jazz trum...
Thursday, April 2, 8922

Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) - The Great Escape

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Although Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922, New York, NY - 18 August 2004) was not in any way related to composer and conductor, Leonard Bernst...
Tuesday, March 11, 8921

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

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Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Tango Tragedy (1985) Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer a...
Friday, December 6, 8920

Dave Brubeck (b. 1920) - Unsquare Dance

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Dave Brubeck (b. 1920) Take Five (1960): Blue Rondo a la Turk Unsquare Dance (1961) David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Conc...
Thursday, August 29, 8920

Charlie Parker (1920-1955) - Bebop Sax

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Charlie Parker (1920-1955) Koko (c. 1945) Lady, Be Good (1946, after George Gershwin) Embraceable You (1947, after George Gershwin) Klacto...
Wednesday, May 22, 8920

High Life (c. 1920) in Ghana and Nigeria

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Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana. Nyakrom Brass Band - High Life Music The style spread to Sierra Leone and Nigeria in t...
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Mark Alburger (b. 1957, Upper Darby, PA) is an award-winning, eclectic ASCAP composer of postminimal, postpopular, and postcomedic sensibilities. He is Music Director of San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco Cabaret Opera, Editor-Publisher of 21st-Century Music and New Music, and Professor Emeritus in Music Theory and Literature at Diablo Valley College. His principal teachers were Gerald Levinson, Joan Panetti, and James Freeman at Swarthmore College (B.A.); Jules Langert at Dominican University (M.A.); Christopher Yavelow at Claremont University (Ph.D.); and Terry Riley. Dr. Alburger has composed 406 major works over the past 48 years, including chamber music, concertos, oratorios, operas, song cycles, and symphonies. His complete catalogue is being issued on discs from New Music. Alburger's multiple blogs include: markalburger.blogspot.com, markalburger2022.blogspot.com, markalburgerworks.blogspot.com, markalburgerevents.blogspot.com, markalburgermusichistory.blogspot. com, 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com
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