Norma Wendelburg
Born
Norma Ruth Wendelburg

(1918-03-26)March 26, 1918
Stafford, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2016(2016-07-26) (aged 98)
Education
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Norma Ruth Wendelburg (March 26, 1918 – July 26, 2016) was an American composer, Fulbright scholar, pianist and teacher.[1]

Life

Wendelburg was born in Stafford, Kansas, and won a scholarship to Bethany College (Kansas) where she received a B.M. degree. Wendelburg received a M.M. degree from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Ross Lee Finney and Homer Keller,[2] and piano with John Kollen. In 1948, she received a fellowship from the Wellesley Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center, where she studied with Otto Luening and Ingolf Dahl.[3] She attended the Tanglewood Music Center in 1953 on scholarship and studied with Carlos Chavez. As a Fulbright scholar from 1953 to 1955, Wendelburg studied with Cesar Bresgen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and with Karl Schiske at the Academy of Music in Vienna.[3][4] She received her Ph.D. from Eastman School of Music in 1969,[5] where she held a research fellowship and studied with Wayne Barlow and Bernard Rogers.[6]

Wendelburg belonged to the music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota[7] and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). She received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Huntington Hartford Foundation.[8]

Over the years, Wendelburg taught at Wayne State College (Nebraska); her alma mater Bethany College; Hardin-Simmons University (Texas); Southwest Texas State University; Dallas Baptist College;[9] and Iowa State Teacher's College (today known as the University of North Iowa). While teaching at Iowa State Teacher's College, she was named one of America's outstanding young composers by a committee that included composers Walter Piston and William Schuman.[10]

Compositions

Chamber

Orchestra

Organ

Piano

Vocal

References

  1. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  2. ^ Pfitzinger, Scott (March 1, 2017). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5.
  3. ^ a b c Herman, Michael. "American Symphonies / A Discography Of CDs And LP / Norma Wendelburg / (b.1918)" (PDF). musicweb-international.com. p. 74. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Norma Ruth Wendelburg / 1918 – 2016 / Obituary". elliottmortuary.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Burns, Chris. "Composers Bureau – Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity". www.sai-national.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). "Wendelburg, Norma Ruth". International encyclopedia of women composers (2nd ed.). New York: Books & Music (USA).
  7. ^ Michiganensian. University of Michigan. 1947.
  8. ^ Wagner, Karin (2005). Fremd bin ich ausgezogen : Eric Zeisl : Biografie. Wien: Czernin. ISBN 3-7076-0070-X. OCLC 62900746.
  9. ^ Institute, American Biographical (1984). Two Thousand Notable Americans. American Biographical Institute. ISBN 978-0-934544-35-1.
  10. ^ Kansas Music Review. 1957.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h "Wendelburg, Norma – Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  12. ^ Richards, Melanie Ann (1993). A selected bibliography of music for clarinet and one other instrument by women composers (DMA document). The Ohio State University. ISBN 979-8-208-88863-6. ProQuest 304059199.
  13. ^ "Lukas Foss, Norma Wendelburg, Randall Snyder, Ned Rorem, Bradley Bombadier*, Robert Mueller (3) – American Music". Discogs. 1990. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  14. ^ OCLC 1114264856
  15. ^ a b "CRS LP Recordings – Contemporary Record Society". www.crsnews.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  16. ^ Women of Note Quarterly. Vivace Press. 1995.
  17. ^ a b "Performance History Search". archives.bso.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  18. ^ OCLC 48095226
  19. ^ N.Y.), American Music Center (New York (1990). AMC Newsletter. American Music Center, Incorporated.
  20. ^ OCLC 52007012
  21. ^ OCLC 789650791
  22. ^ "Kenneth Godel Music Preparation". Kenneth Godel Music Preparation. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  23. ^ OCLC 19936056
  24. ^ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  25. ^ Composers, American Women (1979). AWC News. American Women Composers, Incorporated.
  26. ^ "mixed ensemble | Lin Foulk Baird". www.linfoulk.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  27. ^ "Thou fair-haired angel of the evening (Blake) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)". www.lieder.net. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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