Seymour Shifrin (28 February 1926 – 26 September 1979) was an American composer. He was described by Time Magazine as "one of the most significant composers of his generation."[1]

Shifrin's Satires of Circumstance (1964, text by Thomas Hardy) received the Koussevitzky International Recording Award for 1970. He received the Naumburg Award, Columbia University's Bearns Prize (1949), the Copley Award, the Horblit Prize (1963), and two Guggenheim Fellowships, in 1956 and 1959.[2] A graduate of Columbia University (M.A., 1947), he was a member of the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley (1952–66) and at Brandeis University from 1966 until his death in 1979.

Shifrin studied with William Schuman, Otto Luening, and Darius Milhaud. A number of notable composers studied with Shifrin, including David Del Tredici, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, and La Monte Young.

Orchestral Music:[3]

Vocal and Choral Music[3]

Chamber Music:[3][4]

Solo Music:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Music of Seymour Shifrin", DRAMOnline.org.
  2. ^ "Seymour J. Shifrin". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  3. ^ a b c d Who Was Who in America
  4. ^ a b Butterworth, Neil (2013). Dictionary of American Classical Composers, p.1976. Routledge. ISBN 9781136790232.

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