Rolv Yttrehus
Encyclopedia
Rolv Berger Yttrehus is an American
composer of contemporary classical music
.
He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota
and University of Michigan
and a Diploma from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied harmony with Nadia Boulanger
and composition with Ross Lee Finney
, Roger Sessions
, Aaron Copland
, and Goffredo Petrassi
. He taught at the University of Missouri
, Purdue University
, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Rutgers University
.
He regards Arnold Schoenberg
and Sessions as his principal influences.
United States
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composer of contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
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He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
and University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and a Diploma from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied harmony with Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
and composition with Ross Lee Finney
Ross Lee Finney
Ross Lee Finney Junior was an American composer born in Wells, Minnesota who taught for many years at the University of Michigan. He studied with Nadia Boulanger, Edward Burlingame Hill, Alban Berg and Roger Sessions...
, Roger Sessions
Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...
, Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...
, and Goffredo Petrassi
Goffredo Petrassi
Goffredo Petrassi was an Italian composer of modern classical music, conductor, and teacher. He is considered one of the most influential Italian composers of the twentieth century.-Life:...
. He taught at the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
, Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
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He regards Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...
and Sessions as his principal influences.
List of works
- Six Pieces for Piano Solo (1942-45)
- Six Haiku (1960)
- Music for Winds, Percussion, and Viola (1961)
- Espressioni per Orchestra (1962)
- Sextet (1964-70, revised 1974) pub. C.F. Peters Corporation
- Music for Winds, Percussion, 'Cello and Voices (1969) pub. APNM
- Angstwagen (1971)
- Quintet (1973)
- Gradus ad Parnassum (1974-79)
- Sonata for Percussion and Piano (1982) pub. C.F. Peters Corporation
- Explorations for Piano Solo (1985) pub. APNM
- Sonata for 'Cello and Piano (1988, revised 1989) pub. C.F. Peters Corporation
- Raritan Variations (1989) pub. APNM
- Symphony No. 1 (1998) pub. APNM
- Plectrum Spectrum (2000) pub. APNM
- Sextet II (2006) pub. APNM
- Laudate Milton Babbitt (2006) pub. APNM