Salvatore Martirano: O, O, O, O, That Shakespeherian Rag

Salvatore Giovanni Martirano, internationally acclaimed American composer and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois was born on January 12th, 1927, in Yonkers, NY, a son of Alexander and Mary Mazzullo Martirano. He died at the age of 68 on Friday, November 17th, 1995.

Professor Martirano studied composition with Herbert Elwell at Oberlin College(1947-51), with Bernard Rodgers at The Eastman School of Music(1952), and with Luigi Dallapiccola at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, Italy(1952-4). From 1956 to 1959 he was in Rome as a Fellow of the American Academy, and in 1960 he recieved a Guggenheim Fellowship and an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. At this time he had works commissioned by the Koussevitzky and Fromm foundations. He was professor of composition at the University of Illinois from 1963 till his retirement in 1995. During the Illinois years he also accepted residencies at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Sydney in 1979, Australia, IRCAM in Paris in 1982, France, and The California Institute of the Arts in 1993.

His compositions have been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras, Cleveland Orchestra, and by radio orchestras and choral ensembles throughout the United States, Europe and the Orient. His chamber and solo works have been performed world-wide.

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Tracklist:

01 Cocktail Music (1962), for piano
02 Octet (1963), for flute, bass clarinet, conta-alto clarinet, marimba, celesta, violin, cello, contra-bass
03 Chansons Innocentes (1957) ,for soprano and piano: I In Just Spring
04 Chansons Innocentes (1957) ,for soprano and piano: II Hist Whist
05 Chansons Innocentes (1957) ,for soprano and piano: III Tumbling Hair
06 Ballad (1966), for amplified nite-club singer and instrumental ensemble
07 Stuck On Stella (1979), for solo piano
08 O, O, O, O That Shakespearian Rag (1959), for mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble: I Winter
09 O, O, O, O That Shakespearian Rag (1959), for mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble: II Lullaby
10 O, O, O, O That Shakespearian Rag (1959), for mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble: III Warning
11 O, O, O, O That Shakespearian Rag (1959), for mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble: IV Spring

Performers: John Garvey, viola; Dorothy Martirano, violin; Arthur Maddox, celesta; Howard Smith, contra-alto clarinet; Lee Duckles, cello; Rick Kvistad, marimba; Thomas Fredrickson, bass; Thomas Howell, flute; Ronald Dewar, bass clarinet; Donald Smith, voice; Jacqueline C Bobak, soprano; J. Robert Floyd, piano; Vicki Ray, piano; Marilyn Nonken, piano; Morgan Powell, trombone; University of Illinois Chamber Choir and Madrigal Singers

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[genre: contemporary classical, avant-garde, classical]

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