Allan Blank

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Allan Blank
Born(1925-12-27)December 27, 1925
Washington Square College
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Iowa
    • Occupation
    • Composer
    SpouseMargot Blank (died before 2013)

    Allan Blank (December 27, 1925 – November 12, 2013) was an American composer who has more than 60 published works.

    Paterson State Teachers College (1968–70), Lehman College (1970–77), and at Virginia Commonwealth University (1978–96).[4] In 1990 he was awarded a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts
    to commission his "Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra." The concerto was premiered by David Niethamer with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, George Manahan, conductor. It was recorded on MMC Recordings (2053) in 1994 by Niethamer, performing with the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerzy Swoboda, conductor.

    Blank became a professor emeritus at

    VCU and was listed in the New Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians.[5]

    In 1985 he received a commission from the New York State Council on the Arts' Presenting Organization to compose "Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet" for the Roxbury Chamber Players.[6] Other awards mentioned in his University of Akron Bierce Library Archives composer profile are: First Prize in the George Eastman Competition (1985) sponsored by the Eastman School of Music for his Duo for Bassoon & Piano, and a grant (1985) from the National Endowment for the Arts to support his one-act opera, The Magic Bonbons. The Virginia Shakespeare Festival at Williamsburg commissioned Blank to write music for their production of Measure For Measure.

    Blank died at the age of 87 on November 12, 2013, due to complications from the effects of a brain tumor.

    Holocaust survivor, whose papers are archived at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond.[8] In 2017 Old Dominion University honored composer Blank with a concert.[9] The composition notebooks of Allan Blank are archived at Old Dominion University.[10]

    In 2017 the Richmond Chamber Players performed a concert of music by

    Cöthen (1717–1723). Instrumentalists included: Joanne Kong playing the harpsichord; Karen Johnson
    , violinist; Brandon George, flute; Catherine Cary, violin; and Neal Cary, cello.

    Selected works

    References

    1. ^ "Allan Blank: The Life of a Composer | The Allan Blank Papers". sites.wp.odu.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    2. ^ Giraudet, Jean-Paul (25 March 2013). "Allan Blank". musicalics.com (in French). Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    3. ^ "Allan Blank". American Composers Alliance. 19 February 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    4. ^ a b Ellen Robertson (November 17, 2013). "Allan Blank, composer and retired VCU professor, dies at 87". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
    5. ^ "International Opus". www.internationalopus.com. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    6. ^ "Allan Blank". www3.uakron.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    7. ^ "Allan and Margot Blank Wedding Day". Virginia Holocaust Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
    8. ^ "Blank Survivor Finding Aids". Virginia Holocaust Museum. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    9. ^ "Old Dominion University Libraries Honoring Allan Blank with Concert Feb. 4". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    10. ^ "A Composer's Love Affair with…Notebooks | The Allan Blank Papers". sites.wp.odu.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
    11. ^ Bustard, Clarke (August 7, 2017). "Richmond Chamber Players explore somber Russian works: Musicians conquer repressed emotion and technical feats". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. B5.
    12. ^ "FANFARE & OFFERING". American Composers Alliance. 2 January 1972. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
    13. ^ "RING OUT". American Composers Alliance. 2 January 1972. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

    External links

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