Richard Donovan (composer)

Richard Frank Donovan (1891–1970) was an American composer and organist. He was the Battell Professor of Music Theory at Yale University from 1947 to 1960. Biography Donovan was born on 29 November 1891 in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied at the Yale School of Music and the Institute of Musical Art, the latter of which he graduated from in 1922. He also studied under Charles-Marie Widor in Paris. In 1923, Donovan’s was employed as a teacher at Smith College. He also taught at the Institute of Musical Art for a period. He joined the faculty of Yale in 1928 and was Battell Professor of Music Theory from 1947 to 1960. He was also acting dean of the school of music between 1940 and 1941. Donovan died on 22 August 1970 in Middletown, Connecticut. Works Orchestral * Wood-notes (for flute, strings, harp; 1924–5) * Smoke and Steel (symphonic poem after Carl Sandburg; 1932) * Symphony (for chamber orchestra; 1936) * Ricercare (for oboe and strings; 1938) * Suite (for oboe and strings; 1944–5) * Design for Radio (1945) * New England Chronicle (1947) * Passacaglia on Vermont Folk Tunes (1949 ) * Symphony (1956) * Epos (1963) Chamber * Chamber sextet (for wind, piano; 1932) * Piano suite (19