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S.R. Henry

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S.R. Henry (1874-1966), was an American composer of popular music, including marches and ragtime songs during the first half of the 20th century. His best known works included “The Colored Major”, “S.R. Henry’s Barn Dance”, “By Heck” and “Indianola”. He was later known as a theatre producer and musical contributor in New York City. Early life and education Henry (birth name, Henry Robert Stern) was born on June 23, 1874 in New York City, He received a Bachelor of Philosophy from Columbia in 1896. Career Following in the footsteps of his older brother, Joseph, as a publisher of music and salesman with lyricist Edward B. Marks, Henry began to publish his own compositions in the late 1890s. He adopted the title ‘S.R. Henry’ for his published works. One of his first known publications was “I’ll Be Your Friend Just the Same” with The Lyceum Publishing Co. in 1899. His first well known piece was the march and two-step, “The Colored Major”, published in 1900. This march was widely recorded in the early stages of the Victor Talking Machine Co. and competitor, Columbia Records. It was notably recorded by banjoist Sylvester “Vess” Ossman in 1901. It would be recorded by many other banjo play

Søren Nils Eichberg

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Søren Nils Eichberg (born 23 July 1973) is a German/Danish classical composer and conductor. Biography Eichberg was born in Stuttgart. He studied piano, composition and orchestra conducting in Copenhagen, Cologne and Berlin. He had his first break-through in 2001 when winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition for Composers in Brussels in 2001. Other awards and honours include the Tanglewood fellowship, the German Konrad-Adenauer Composition Grant and the Composition Stipend of the Danish Arts Foundation. In 2010 he was announced as the first composer-in-residence of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in the orchestra’s history, which led to a close collaboration with the orchestra over a period of five years and to premieres and recordings of several large-scale works. His symphonic work was in 2017 shortlisted for the German Music Authors’ Prize. Hilary Hahn recorded his composition Levitation for her Deutsche Grammophon album In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores, which was awarded a Grammy Award in 2014. His works include three symphonies, several concertos, five operas and solo- and chamber music and are published by Universal Edition and Edition Wilhelm Hansen (Wise Music Gr

Srđan Ćuković

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Srđan Ćuković (born 31 March 1952) is a Serbian poet and composer. Early days Ćuković was born to a Serbian father, university professor Dr. Milan Ćuković, and to Branislava Ćuković. His grandfather’s surname was Ćuk, but in 1922 the grandfather changed it to Ćuković. He was introduced to accordion after injuring his arm in a car accident at age eight. His unwillingness to learn notes led his music teacher to suggest guitar to his parents. He got his first guitar in 1962, when his father bought him his first Beatles single. He was beginning to write poetry and learn English, mostly to sing songs by favorites such as the Beatles, the Hollies, Bob Dylan, Donovan, the Kinks, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys. He often jokes saying that he learned English by listening to the Beatles and Radio Luxembourg. As a secondary school student he was introduced to journalist, chess grandmaster and radio DJ Nikola Karaklajić, who sought out young musicians and had good knowledge of English and access to many recordings. Ćuković started as a songwriter and performer for the play The Punks, performed by the Dadov Youth Theatre from Belgrade, directed by Radomir Putnik and managed by Mihailo To

Srećko Albini

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Srećko (Felix) Albini (10 December 1869 – 18 April 1933) was a Croatian composer, conductor, and music publisher. He was primarily known for his operettas, some of which were adapted into English and performed in London and New York. Life and career Albini was born in Županja. He trained in music in Vienna and in Graz, but at the wishes of his family also graduated from a business college. His first engagement as a conductor was for the municipal theatres in Graz, where he worked from 1893 to 1895. He then became a conductor at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where he remained for the next eight years and composed his first stage work, the three-act opera Maričon. Set to a libretto by Milan Smrekar, it had a nationalistic theme and incorporated traditional Croatian folk music and dances. Maričon premiered at the Croatian National Theatre in 1901 and received a very favourable review from Die Musik. The National Theatre’s resident opera company suspended its activities between 1903 and 1909, and Albini moved to Vienna, where he continued composing and conducting. He returned to the National Theatre in 1909, serving there as both a conductor and a stage director until 1919.

Srul Irving Glick

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Srul Irving Glick (September 8, 1934 – April 17, 2002) was a Canadian composer, radio producer, conductor, and teacher. Life and career Born in Toronto, Ontario, Glick was the son of David Glick, a Russian born cantor in Toronto. Clarinetist Norman Glick is his brother. He was named an honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian College of Organists in 1993. The Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee Medal was conferred in 2002. As one of Canada’s composers, Glick’s music continues to be performed regularly at home and abroad. His unique integration of contemporary music, Hebraic lyricism and classical composition techniques, formed into character-filled music that is both dramatic and lyrical, has won him considerable acclaim. His works have been published in Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom. In 1989, a four-CD set of Glick’s music was included in the Anthology of Canadian Music series. The Glick portrait in the Canadian Composers Portraits series was released in 2006. Glick married Dorothy Sandler in 1957. They had three children together: Julie, Stefan, and Paula. They were married 32 years. He married Sara Wunch-Glick in 1996; they were married until his death in 2002. He died in