Jacob Druckman

Jacob Druckman
Born	(1928-06-26)June 26, 1928 Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
Died	May 24, 1996(1996-05-24)(aged 67) New Haven, Connecticut
Alma mater	Juilliard School
Occupation	Composer
Awards	Pulitzer Prize for Music(1972)

Jacob Raphael Druckman(June 26,1928 – May 24, 1996) was an Americancomposerborn inPhiladelphia.

Life

A graduate of theJuilliard Schoolin 1956,Druckman studied withVincent Persichetti,Peter Mennin,andBernard Wagenaar.In 1949 and 1950 he studied withAaron CoplandatTanglewoodand later continued his studies at theÉcole Normale de Musiquein Paris (1954–55). He worked extensively withelectronic music,in addition to a number of works for orchestra or for small ensembles. In 1972 he won thePulitzer Prizefor his first large orchestral work,Windows.He was composer-in-residence of theNew York Philharmonicfrom 1982 until 1985. Druckman taught at Juilliard, TheAspen Music Festival,Tanglewood,Brooklyn College,Bard College,andYale University,among other appointments. He was Connecticut's State Composer Laureate.

Druckman died oflung cancerat age 67 inNew Haven, Connecticut.His music is published by Boosey & Hawkes. He is the father of percussionist Daniel Druckman.

TheAspen Music Festivalgives out the Jacob Druckman award in his honor each festival season.The reward is given to an up-and-coming composer, who is then commissioned to write a piece to be performed in the next festival season, offering a chance for this new composer to show his or her talents.

Notable musicians who recorded his works includeDavid Zinman,Wolfgang Sawallisch,Zubin Mehta,Leonard Slatkin,Dawn Upshaw,Jan DeGaetani,Dorian Wind Quintet,theOrpheus Chamber Orchestra,and theAmerican Brass Quintet.

Notable students

For Druckman's notable students, seeList of music students by teacher: C to F § Jacob Druckman.

Major works

• String Quartet No. 1 (1948)
• The Seven Deadly Sins(1955), for piano
• Dark Upon the Harp(1961–1962), for mezzo-soprano, brass, and percussion. Setting of texts from the Biblical Psalms.
• String Quartet No. 2 (1966)
• Animus I(1966–1967), for trombone and electronic tape
• Animus II(1967–1968), for mezzo-soprano, percussion and electronic tape
• Animus III(1968), for clarinet and electronic tape
• Incenters(1968), for 13 Instruments
• Valentine(1969), for solo contrabass
• Synapse(1971), for tape
• Windows(1972), for orchestra
• Delizie Contente Che l'Alme Beate After Cavalli(1973), for wind quintet and tape
• Lamia(1975), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra. "The texts," according to the composer, "range from the most terrifying damnings of ancient witches to the most innocent folkloric dream-conjuration of provincial maidens."
• Other Voices(1976), for brass quintet
• Aureole(1979), for orchestra
• Prism(1980), for orchestra
• String Quartet No. 3 (1981)
• Vox Humana(1983), for chorus and orchestra
• Reflections on the Nature of Water(1986), for solo marimba
• Brangle(1988–1989), for orchestra
• Antiphonies,for two choruses; setting of poems byGerard Manley Hopkins.
• Nor Spell Nor Charm(1990), for chamber orchestra
• Summer Lightning(1991), for orchestra
• Seraphic Games(1992), for orchestra
• Counterpoise(1994), for soprano and orchestra

Further reading

• Clarkson, Austin, and Steven Johnson. 2001. "Druckman, Jacob Raphael".The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians,second edition, edited byStanley SadieandJohn Tyrrell.London: Macmillan Publishers.
• Griffiths, Paul.2002. "Druckman, Jacob".The Oxford Companion to Music,edited by Alison Latham. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-866212-9

External links

• The Jacob Druckman Papers,the composer's personal papers and manuscripts, are housed in theMusic DivisionofThe New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
• Biography at Boosey and Hawkes Publisher
• Jacob Druckman at the Avant Garde Projecthas FLAC files made from high-quality LP transcriptions of out-of-print vocal, instrumental, and electroacoustic works by Druckman available for free download.
• Interview with Jacob Druckman,March 22, 1989