Seymour Shifrin (1926-1979) was born in New York City and educated at the High School of Music and Art and at Columbia University; his most influential teachers were William Schuman, Otto Luening and Darius Milhaud. He taught for many years at the University of California at Berkeley and was Professor of Music at Brandeis University. His commissions include those from the Koussevitsky Foundation, the League of Composers—ISCM, the Fine Arts Foundation, the Fromm Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Satires of Circumstance: "What's There to Tell?"
Cello Sonata: I. Allegro agitato
Satires of Circumstance: Waiting Both
Satires of Circumstance: The Convergence of the Twain
Cello Sonata: II. Largo
String Quartet No. 4: I. Lirico
String Quartet No. 4: II. Comodo, Delicately, Leisurely
Responses
Cantata to the Text of Sophoclean Choruses: II. Ode
Piano Trio
String Quartet No. 4: III. Misurato, Allegro
The Odes of Shang: Kyrie Eleison
Cello Sonata: III. Scherzo. Allegro
Cantata to the Text of Sophoclean Choruses: I. Lament for Oedipus
Cello Sonata: III. Scherzo: Allegro
In Eius Memoriam
Three Pieces for Orchestra: I. Allegro vivace
Three Pieces for Orchestra: III. Allegro molto
The Odes of Shang: Na
Cantata to the Text of Sophoclean Choruses: III. Paean
Serenade for Five Instruments: I. Allegro molto
Serenade for Five Instruments: II. Largo assai
Cantata to the Text of Sophoclean Choruses: IV. Ode II
Satires of Circumstance (3/3)
Serenade for Five Instruments: III. Presto molto
Three Pieces for Orchestra: II. Largo assai
Satires of Circumstance
Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello (1974)
Satires of Circumstance - Waiting Bath
Satires of Circumstance - The Convergence Of The Twain
Odes of Shang: Kyrie Eleison
Serenade for oboe, clarinet, horn, viola & piano
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 1
Seymour Shifrin - Satires of Circumstance (1964), i Waiting Both
Seymour Shifrin - Satires of Circumstance (1964), ii The Convergence of the Twain
Seymour Shifrin - Satires of Circumstance (1964), iii 'What's There to Tell?'
String Quartet No. 4: III. Mastevole - Allegro
Shifrin: Satires of Circumstance (1964), i Waiting Both
Shifrin: Satires of Circumstance (1964), ii The Convergence of the Twain
Shifrin: Satires of Circumstance (1964), iii 'What's There to Tell?'
Satires of Circumstance - "What's There To Tell?"
Odes of Shang: Na
String Quartet No. 4: Movement 2
Pieces (3), for orchestra
Three Pieces For Orchestra: 1. Allegro vivace
Three Pieces For Orchestra: 2. Largo assai
Three Pieces For Orchestra: 3. Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 4: I - Lirico
String Quartet No. 4: II - Comodo, delicately, leisurely
String Quartet No. 4: III - Misurato; Allegro
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