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Meyer Kupferman (July 3, 1926 – November 26, 2003) was an American composer and clarinetist . Life. Meyer Kupferman was born in New York City to Jewish parents. [1] . A self-taught composer, Kupferman first gained attention in the late 1940s when his early opera "In A Garden" was premiered at the Tanglewood and Edinburgh Festivals.
May 19, 2010 · Meyer Kupferman American Composer (1926-2003) Home; Biography; Works; Recordings; Reviews
Dec 3, 2003 · Meyer Kupferman, a prolific composer whose music embraced both jazz and 12-tone techniques, died on Wednesday near Rhinebeck, N.Y. He was 77 and lived in Rhinebeck. The...
Kupferman is a composer who demands unusual concentration from his listeners and writes with impressive technical polish.” Throughout the 50’s, the composer developed his interest in serial techniques in ways characteristically non-academic.
1926 – 2003. Often enthusiastically celebrated for his catholicity of musical materials, his creative defiance of academic as well as stylistic strictures, and, especially, his combinations as well as juxtapositions of jazz with contemporary concert (read “classical”) music, Meyer Kupferman addressed most of the traditional forms and ...
May 19, 2010 · Meyer Kupferman American Composer (1926-2003) Home; Biography; Works; Recordings; Reviews
Meyer Kupferman. Composer: Trilogy. Composer, songwriter and educator, educated at the High School of Music and Art and Queens College (winning the first La Guardia Award). He was on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College since 1951, and he joined ASCAP in 1953.
