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Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio; October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985) was an Italian American composer of classical music.


Biography


Born in New York City to Sicilian immigrants, Creston was self-taught as a composer. His work tends to be fairly conservative in style, with a strong rhythmic element. His pieces include six symphonies; a number of concertos, including two for violin,[1] one for marimba and orchestra[2] (premiered by Ruth Stuber), one for one piano, one for two pianos, one for accordion and one for alto saxophone (the latter dedicated to Cecil Leeson);[3] a fantasia for trombone and orchestra (composed for and premiered by Robert Marsteller). Also for alto saxophone he wrote a Rapsodie for Jean-Marie Londeix; a suite (1935) and a sonata (Op. 19, 1939), both dedicated to Cecil Leeson[3][4] (the sonata was arranged by Marco Ciccone for saxophone and orchestra in 2008); and also a suite for organ, Op. 70.[5]

Several of his works were inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman.

He died in Poway, California, a suburb of San Diego.[6]

Creston was one of the most performed American composers of the 1940s and 1950s.[according to whom?] Several of his works have become staples of the wind band repertoire. Zanoni, Prelude and Dance and the Celebration Overture have been and still are on several state lists for contests across the USA.[citation needed]

Creston was also a notable teacher, whose students included the composers Irwin Swack, John Corigliano, Alvin Singleton, Elliott Schwartz, Frank Felice, Charles Roland Berry; accordionist/composer William Schimmel; and the jazz musicians Rusty Dedrick and Charlie Queener. List of music students by teacher: C to F §Paul Creston He wrote the theoretical books Principles of Rhythm (1964) and Rational Metric Notation (1979). He taught at Central Washington State College from 1968 to 1975.[6]


Selected works



Stage



Orchestral


  1. Evening in Texas
  2. Sunrise in Puerto Rico
  3. High Noon – Montreal
  4. Midnight – Mexico

Concert band



Concertante



Chamber music



Keyboard



Vocal



Choral



TV and film scores



Incomplete works



Literary works



Bibliography



References


  1. OCLC 222065632.
  2. OCLC 222900065
  3. Liley, Thomas, "The Repertoire Heritage", in Ingham, Richard (1998). The Cambridge companion to the saxophone at Google Books, pages 55, 57. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-59666-1.
  4. Slomski, p. 62.
  5. OCLC 11073913
  6. Crutchfield, Will (August 26, 1985). "Paul Creston, 78, Composer and Romantic Stylist, Dead". The New York Times.



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[de] Paul Creston

Paul Creston (* 10. Oktober 1906 in New York City; † 24. August 1985 in San Diego) zählte zumindest in den Jahren nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zu den beliebtesten Komponisten der USA.
- [en] Paul Creston

[es] Paul Creston

Paul Creston (Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 10 de octubre de 1906 – San Diego, Estados Unidos, 24 de agosto de 1985) fue un compositor estadounidense de música clásica.



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