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Benjamin Lees

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About Benjamin Lees

Benjamin Lees (born January 8, 1924) is a contemporary U.S. composer of classical music, born in Harbin, China, raised in San Francisco and currently residing in Palm Springs, California. Lees rejects atonalism and Americana in favor of classical structures. He began piano lessons at 5 with K. I. Rodetskyand[1] and started composing as a teenager. In 1954, the NBC Orchestra performed his Profiles for Orchestra on national TV. Notable work includes Symphony No.

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Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: I. Allegro con brio

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Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: III. Allegro energico

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Toccata

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Sonata Breve

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Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: II. Andante candando

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Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: III. Lively

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Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": I Visitations (Slow, Unhurried) 'Someone Blew The Shofar'

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Sonata No.2: Allegro

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String Quartet No. 1 (1952): II. Adagietto

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Sonata No.2: Moderato - Allegro

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String Quartet No. 1: I. Moderato

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IV. Explosive

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Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: I. Boldly

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String Quartet No. 1 (1952): III. Allegro vivo

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String Quartet No. 5: IV. Explosive

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Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": Iii Transcendence (Calm, Unhurried) 'But Who Emptied Your Shoes Of Sand?'

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String Quartet No. 1 (1952): I. Moderato

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String Quartet No. 6: II. Calm, steady

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Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: II. Calmly

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String Quartet No. 5: III. Quick, quiet

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Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": Ii Manifestations (Steady Tempo) 'Footsteps'

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Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": I. Visitations, "Someone Blew the Shofar"

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6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 1

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Violin Concerto: II. Adagio

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Passacaglia

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Sonata No.2: Adagio

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String Quartet No. 1: III. Allegro vivo

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String Quartet No. 1: II. Adagietto

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String Quartet No. 6: I. Measured, dolorous

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Prologue, Capriccio, and Epilogue

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String Quartet No. 1 (Remastered): II. Adagietto

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Violin Concerto: I. Andante con moto

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String Quartet No. 5: I. Measured

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String Quartet No. 5: II. Arioso

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String Quartet No. 6: III. Quiet, eerie

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String Quartet No. 6: IV. Unhurried

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6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 3

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3 Preludes: No. 1

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Symphony No. 2: Andante mesto-Vivo-Tempo primo

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3 Preludes: No. 2

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Fantasia (Live)

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Symphony No. 3: Andante-Allegro molto; affonosamente

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Symphony No. 2: Adagio

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II. Adagietto

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Symphony No. 3: Andante-Molto calmo-Postlude: Andante

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I Visitations (Slow, Unhurried) 'Someone Blew the Shofar'

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6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 4

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Symphony No. 3: Interlude

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Piano Trio No. 2, "Silent Voices"

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No. 3

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