Bernard Wagenaar
Bernard Wagenaar (July 18, 1894 – May 19, 1971) was a Dutch-American composer, conductor and violinist.
Wagenaar was born in
Tutti Camarata, Charles Jones, Alan Shulman, Katharine Mulky Warne, and James Cohn were among his pupils. He was an active member of the League of Composers and similar organizations and was an officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands. He died in York, Maine
.
He wrote four symphonies (1926, 1930, 1936 and 1946) and other orchestral, vocal, and chamber music in a broadly neoclassical style.[1]
His second symphony was one of the few American works
New York Philharmonic Orchestra; the first performances were on November 10, 11, and 13, 1933, in Carnegie Hall.[2]
References
- ^ Herbert Antcliffe and Barbara A. Renton. "Wagenaar, Bernard." In Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. (Subscription required). Accessed 29/1/2009.
- ^ The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956), pg. 1911
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