AMERICAN SYMPHONIES A Discography Of CDs And LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Composers G-O DAVID GAINES (b. 1961) Born in Stamford, Connecticut. He studied at Northwestern University in Chicago, American University in Washington D.C. and at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he earned a doctorate in composition. He has composed orchestral, band, chamber and choral works. His catalogue includes Symphony No. 2 for Narrator and Symphonic Band "The Lion of Panjshir" (2002-4). Symphony No. 1 for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra "Esperanto" (1994-8) VÌt Micka/Kimball Wheeler (mezzo)/Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Euphonium Concerto) MMC RECORDINGS 2113 (2002) NANCY GALBRAITH (b. 1951) Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She began playing piano at the age of four and studied music at Ohio University, West Virginia University and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh where she now teaches composition and music theory. She has composed orchestral, band, chamber, piano, organ, vocal and electroacoustic works. Her catalogue includes a Chamber Symphony No. 1 (2004). Wind Symphony No. 1 (1996) Denis Colwell/Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble ( + Atacama Sonata for Flute and Piano, Inquiet Spirits for String Quartet, Piano Sonata No. 1 and 2 Danzas Latinas for Small Orchestra) ALBANY TROY 556 (2002) JACK GALLAGHER (b. 1947) Born in New York City. He studied analysis and orchestration at Hofstra University with Elie Siegmeister with whom he then studied composition and counterpoint privately. Afterwards, he studied analysis and composition with Robert Palmer and Burrill Phillips at Cornell University where he earned his MFA and DMA. He also attended seminars with Karel Husa, Thea Musgrave and Ned Rorem as well as masterclasses with Aaron Copland and George Crumb. He has taught composition, orchestration and other subjects at the College of Wooster in Ohio. He has composed orchestral, band, chamber, piano, choral and vocal works. MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 American Symphonies G-O Symphony (No. 1) in One Movement "Threnody" (1991) JoAnn Falletta/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Sinfonietta, Diversions Overture and Berceuse) NAXOS 8.559652 (2010) Szymon Kawalla/Koszalin State Philharmonic ( + Pelinka: Sinfonietta con Corale, Ocker: Eclogue, Wolking: A Luta Continua and Eyser: Anacron) VIENNA MODERN MASTERS VMM 3028 (1998) Symphony No. 2 "Ascendant" (2010-13) JoAnn Falletta/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Quiet Reflections) NAXOS 8.559678 (2015) Sinfonietta (1990, rev. 2007) JoAnn Falletta/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony, Diversions Overture and Berceuse) NAXOS 8.559652 (2010) STACY GARROP (b. 1969) She earned degrees in music composition at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (B.M.), University of Chicago (M.A.), and Indiana University-Bloomington (D.M.). She is an Associate Professor of Composition at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Her catalogue includes orchestral, chamber, solo instrumental, vocal and choral works. Mythology Symphony (2007-13) Alondra de la Parra/CCPA Symphony Orchestra, ( + Thunderwalker and Shadow) CEDILLE CDR90000160 (2015) CRAWFORD GATES (b. 1921) Born in San Francisco, California. He studied at San Jose State University, Brigham Young University and then received his musical doctorate PhD from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. He studied composition with Howard Hanson, Ernst Toch and with Leroy Robertson. He also studied conducting with Eleazar de Carvalho at Tanglewood and Hans Swarowsky of the Vienna State Opera. He was a member of the Music Faculty at Brigham Young and then was a Professor of Music and Artist in Residence at Beloit College (Wisconsin). As conductor, he led the Beloit Janesville Symphony Orchestra for 34 years was the Music Director of Quincy Symphony and the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. He has composed over 800 works in various genres many of which reflect his Mormon heritage. MusicWeb International p2 American Symphonies G-O Symphony No. 2 "Scenes from the Book of Mormon" (1957) Crawford Gates/Brigham Young University A Cappella Choir/Utah Symphony Orchestra LIVING LIBRARY RECORDS V12980 (LP) (1960s?) STEVEN R. GERBER (1948-2015) Born in Washington, D.C. He received degrees from Haverford College and from Princeton University where his composition teachers included Robert Parris, J. K. Randall, Earl Kim, and Milton Babbitt. He has composed orchestral, chamber, solo instrumental, vocal and choral works. He wrote a Symphony No. 2 "Elegies and Fanfares" in 2004. Symphony No. 1 (1989) Thomas Sanderling/Russian Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Viola Concerto, Triple Overture for Piano Trio and Orchestra and Dirge and Awakening for Orchestra) CHANDOS CHAN 9831 (2000) VITTORIO GIANNINI (1903-1966) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began as a violinist under the tutelage of his mother and then, at the age of 10, went to study violin and composition at the Milan Conservatory. He did his graduate studies at the Juilliard School of Music with Rubin Goldmark for composition and Hans Letz for violin. After further study in Rome, he returned to Juilliard to teach composition,orchestration and theory. Afterwards, he moved on to moving on to the Manhattan School of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music.His large output of compositions included operas as well as orchestral, chamber and vocal works. His unrecorded Symphonies are Nos. 1"Sinfonia" (1950) and 5 (1965) and an earlier unumbered Symphony "In Memoriam Theodore Roosevelt" (1935). Symphony No. 2 (1955) Donald E. McCathern/American Youth Symphony ( + Bernstein: CandideOverture, Paterson: Overture to a "Mischievous Child" and a cappella pieces) MARK EDUCATIONAL RECORDINGS MES 35875 (LP) (1970) George C. Wilson/National High School Orchestra ( + Hanson: Symphony No. 2) NATIONAL MUSIC CAMP NMC 1957-20 (LP) (1957) Symphony No. 3 for Symphonic Band (1958) Tom Bennett/University of Houston Wind Ensemble ( + Praeludium and Allegro, Fantasia, Dedication Overture and Variations and Fugue) NAXOS 8.570130 (2006) MusicWeb International p3 American Symphonies G-O Frederick Fennell/Dallas Wind Symphony ( + Nelhybel: Trittico, Albeniz: Iberia-Feast Day in Seville, Dello Joio: Variants on a Mediaeval Tune and Grieg: Funeral REFERENCE RECORDINGS RR-52 (1993) Thomas Harris/University of Illinois Symphonic Band ( + Beveridge: Sinfonia Concertante and Hanson: Laude) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SYMPHONIC BAND No. 97 (non-commercial LP) (c. 1971) (commercial LP reissue: MARK MC-20011) (1980) Mark Hindsley/University of Illinois Symphonic Band ( + Bennet: Basswood, Cavallini: Adagio-Trantella, Sousa: King Cotton, Wagner: Tannhauser Overture and Young: Saper Patrol) UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SYMPHONIC BAND No. 33 (non-commercial LP) (c. 1966) W.J. Julian/University of Tennessee Concert Band ( + Glovinsky: Sinfonietta and Van Vactor: Etudes for Winds and Percussion) SILVER CREST CBDNA 69-1 (LP) (1969) Dennis M. Layendecker/United States Air Force Concert Band ( + R. Nixon: Fiesta del Pacifico, R. Nelson: Aspen Jubilee, Ticheli:Shenandoah, R.R. Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances and Schuman: American Hymn) U.S. AIR FORCE BAND BOL-0501 (non-commercial CD) (2005) Thomas O'Neal/University of Missouri Wind Ensemble ( + Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy, Grafulla: Seventh Regiment Quick-Step and J.S. Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!) MARK CUSTOM RECORDING SERVICE 4898 (2003) William Revelli/University of Michigan Symphonic Band ( + Cowell: Shoonthreee and Persichetti: Symphony No. 6) EDUCATIONAL REFERENCE LIBRARY ERRL-112 (LP) (1968) William Revelli/University of Michigan Symphonic Band ( + Dahl: Sinfonietta, Gould: Symphony No. 4, Hovhaness: Symphony No. 4, and Nelhybel: Prelude and Fugue) GOLDEN CREST CRS-4214 (3 LPs) (1981) A. Clyde Roller/Eastman Wind Ensemble ( + Hovhaness: Symphony No. 4 and Gould: Symphony No. 4 ) MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434320-2 (1992) (original LP release: MERCURY SR 90366) (1964) Symphony No. 4 (1960) Daniel Spalding/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto) NAXOS 8.559352 (2009) MusicWeb International p4 American Symphonies G-O MIRIAM GIDEON (1906-1996) Born in Greeley, Colorado. She studied organ with Henry Gideon and piano with Hans Barth in New York and Felix Fox in Boston. She studied musicology at Columbia University and composition at the Jewish Theological Seminary. In addition, she studied harmony, counterpoint and composition with Lazare Saminsky and composition with Roger Sessions. In New York City, she taught at Brooklyn College, City College, the Jewish Theological Seminary and at the Manhattan School of Music. She composed operas, orchestral, chamber, choral and vocal works. Symphonia Brevis (Two Movements for Orchestra) (1953) Robert Black/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + McKinley: Boston Overture, Black: Underground Judges, Koykkar: Composite, Warshauer: Revelation, Hampton: Three Minute Waltz and Renz: Symphonic Poem) MMC RECORDINGS 2008 (1994) Jacques Monod/Zurich Radio Orchestra ( + Pisk:. Passacaglia, P.Schwartz: Concertino and C.Mills: Prologue and Dithyramb) CRI 128 (LP) (1959) DAVID GILLINGHAM (b. 1947) Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He earned Bachelor and Master Degrees in instrumental music Education from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh and a PhD in music theory and composition from Michigan State University. He currently serves as professor of music theory and composition at Central Michigan University. He has composed in several genres but specializes in works for symphonic band. Symphony (No. 1) for Band "Apocolyptic Dreams" (1995) John Bell/Southern