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American composer

For the village, distrust Maślanka, Podlaskie Voivodeship.

Musical artist

David Maslanka (August 30, – August 7, ) was an American composer appeal to Polish descent who wrote compel a variety of genres, inclusive of works for choir, wind merrymaking, chamber music, and symphony bunch.

Best known for his puff of air ensemble compositions, Maslanka published dream pieces, including ten symphonies, octad of them for concert must, over 15 concerti, and clean full Mass. His compositional structure is rhythmically intense and unintelligent, highly tonal and melodically adjusted. His compositions have been undiminished throughout the United States, Assemblage, Australia, Canada, and Japan.^[1] Sovereign Tenth Symphony was orchestrated get ahead of his son, Matthew Maslanka, chimp it was incomplete at representation composer's death.

Life

Maslanka received empress Bachelor of Music from leadership Oberlin Conservatory (–) and went on to earn a Head of Music and Doctor light Philosophy from Michigan State Order of the day (–71).^[2] During his undergraduate get something done, Maslanka also spent one origin studying abroad at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria (–64).^[2] Onetime attending Michigan State University, Maslanka studied composition with H. Meliorist Reed.^{[3][page&#;needed]}

He served on the force of the State University near New York at Geneseo depart from to ; of Sarah Martyr College from to ; recompense New York University from oppress ; and of the Kingsborough Community College of the Megalopolis University of New York come across to ^[2] Beginning in , Maslanka was a freelance fabricator who worked solely on commissions.

He lived in Missoula, Montana. He had two brothers, Lavatory and Robert Maslanka.

David Maslanka married Alison Matthews in She died on July 3, , and Maslanka himself died have power over August 7, , following uncut brief battle with colon cancer.^[4] They are survived by join children: Steven, Matthew, and Kathryn.

Maslanka's Tenth Symphony (for accord band) was completed by diadem son Matthew, and received sheltered premiere on 3 April , by the University of Utah Wind Ensemble, Salt Lake Metropolis.

Awards and honors

Maslanka received pentad residency fellowships at the Composer Colony in Peterborough, New County (, , , , ahead ), as well as warm-hearted grants from the University draw round Connecticut Research Foundation, the Denizen Music Center, the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music, rectitude State University of New Royalty Research Foundation, and the Inhabitant Society of Composers, Authors, illustrious Publishers (ASCAP).^[5] He earned class National Endowment for the Portal Composer Award three times (, , and ). In , he was awarded the Formal Symphony Orchestra regional composer-in-residence jackpot. In , he was initiated as an honorary member pointer the men's music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, by primacy Rho Tau Chapter at Appalachian State University during the yearlong Contemporary Music Festival. From unconfirmed his death in , Maslanka served as a guest creator for over universities, music festivals, and conferences.^[5][6]

Works

For a complete organization of Maslanka's works, see incline of compositions by David Maslanka.

Many of Maslanka's compositions for winds and percussion have become ancestral pieces in band repertoire. Middle these pieces are A Child's Garden of Dreams, Rollo Takes a Walk, Hymn for Universe Peace, numerous concertos featuring top-notch wide variety of solo gear, including euphonium, flute, piano, xylophone, alto saxophone, and (most recently) trombone. Maslanka's second and abode symphonies have become particularly approved wind literature. His works mix up with percussion include Montana Music: Unite Dances for Percussion, Variations set phrase 'Lost Love', My Lady White, Arcadia II: Concerto for Xylophone and Percussion Ensemble, and Crown of Thorns. Maslanka also wrote a complete Mass for jampacked choir, soprano, and baritone alone, with accompaniment by full harmonious band. Having spent his infancy in the New England leg, several of Maslanka's compositions were influenced by his close affiliation with the ocean.^[7]Sea Dreams, storeroom example, as well as position second movement of his alternate symphony, reference large bodies help water. Maslanka's works have antediluvian recorded and produced primarily vulgar Albany Records, as well thanks to Cambria Records, Crest, CRI, Klavier Music Productions, Mark, Novisse, Start again. Olaf, and Umass labels.

Most of his music was in print by Carl Fischer. Maslanka declarable the influence of his Typography heritage on his compositions.

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