Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1922, Aug. 15 | Born, Berlin, Germany |
| 1929 | Began piano and theory lessons with Julius Goldstein Herford |
| 1933 | Moved with family to Paris to escape Nazi persecution Studied piano with Lazare Lévy, composition with Nöel Gallon, orchestration with Felix Wolfes, and flute with Louís Moyse at Lyceé Pasteur, Paris |
| 1937 | Moved to New York City Studied piano with Isabelle Vengerova, composition with Rosario Scalero, orchestration with Randall Thompson, and conducting with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute Composed Four Two-Part Inventions and Grotesque Dance |
| 1940-1943 | Studied composition with Paul Hindemith and conducting with Serge Koussevitzky at the Berkshire Music Center |
| 1942 | Became an American citizen Composed The Prairie |
| 1944-1950 | Named official pianist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1945 | Became youngest recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship Composed Song of Songs |
| 1946 | Began teaching summer classes in composition at the Berkshire Music Center |
| 1950 | Received first Fulbright Scholarship |
| 1951 | Premiere of Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in Venice, with Foss as soloist Married Cornelia Brendel |
| 1953-1962 | Professor of composition and conducting, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1955-1957 | Directed the Ojai Festival in Japan |
| 1957 | Formed Improvisation Chamber Ensemble with Charles DeLancy and Richard Dufallo |
| 1959-1960 | Composed Time Cycle |
| 1960 | Directed the Ojai Festival in Japan Received second Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1961-1963 | Composed Echoi |
| 1962 | Moved to Buffalo, New York |
| 1962-1968 | Conductor and music director for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 1963 | Founded and co-directed with Allen Sapp the Center of Creative and Performing Arts at the State University of New York at Buffalo |
| 1969 | Composed Paradigm |
| 1969-1971 | Visiting professor, Harvard University |
| 1970 | Composed M.A.P. (Musicians at Play) |
| 1971-1990 | Conductor and music advisor of the Brooklyn Philharmonia |
| 1972 | Visiting professor, Manhattan School of Music |
| 1972-1976 | Conductor and music advisor of the Kol Israel Orchestra of Jerusalem |
| 1975 | Began residency at the University of Cincinatti Conservatory of Music |
| 1981-1986 | Music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra |
| 1986 | Composed Three American Pieces |
| 1989 | Composed Elegy for Anne Frank |
| 1991 | Professor, music theory and composition, Boston University |
| 1993 | Composed Left Hand Piano Concerto |
| 1998 | Composed String Quartet No. 4 |
| 2002 | Composed Symphonic Fantasy for Orchestra |
| 2009, Feb. 1 | Died, New York City |