Daniel Pinkham

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Daniel Pinkham
Boston Conservatory
New England Conservatory of Music
Simmons University
Harvard University
Boston University
Notable studentsGigi Gryce

Daniel Rogers Pinkham Jr. (June 5, 1923 – December 18, 2006) was an American composer, organist, and harpsichordist.

Early life and education

Born in

Trapp Family Singers in 1939, right after they had escaped from Germany," Pinkham once recalled. "Here, suddenly, I was hearing clarity, simplicity. It shaped my whole outlook," he said in a 1981 interview with The Boston Globe.[full citation needed
]

At

Archibald T. Davison, and Arthur Tillman Merritt were also among his teachers. There he completed a bachelor's degree in 1942 and a master's in 1944. He also studied harpsichord with Putnam Aldrich and Wanda Landowska, and organ with E. Power Biggs. At Tanglewood, he studied composition with Samuel Barber and Arthur Honegger, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger
.

Career

Pinkham taught at the

Peabody Mason Concert series commemorating the Paris Bi-Millennial year.[1] He also taught at various times at Simmons University (1953–1954), Boston University (1953–1954), and Harvard University (1957–1958). Among Pinkham's notable students were the jazz musician and composer Gigi Gryce (1925–1983) and the composer Mark DeVoto
.

For forty-two years (1958–2000),

CBS Radio Network. He performed regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as an organist and as a harpsichordist, and he performed extensively with noted violinist Robert Brink, with whom he commissioned a duo for violin and harpsichord from Alan Hovhaness
.

Compositions

Pinkham's output represents a broad cross-section of 20th-century musical trends. He produced work in virtually every genre, from

neo-baroque idiom.[citation needed
]

Some of Pinkham's best-known works are designed for services: the Christmas, Advent, and Wedding cantatas, the latter of which is performed particularly often. In 2003, he gained further notice with his commissioned piece, written for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, of Make Way for Ducklings. In keeping with the name of the ensemble, the work was designed to be performed for families at the Boston Public Garden, near the famous sculptures based on Robert McCloskey's endearing picture book.

Pinkham's scholarship and work were recognized with a

Boston Conservatory
.

In 1971, he wrote The Other Voices of the Trumpet for trumpet, organ, and tape, for the inaugural International Contemporary Organ Music Festival at the

Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association.[6]
In 2006 Pinkham was named Musician of the Year by the Boston Musicians' Association, AFM Local 9-535.

Personal life

Pinkham died in Natick, Massachusetts, of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, at the age of 83. He is survived by his longtime partner, the organist Andrew Paul Holman.[7]

References

  1. ^ Harold Rogers, "Contemporary Music in Boston Première", The Christian Science Monitor (May 16, 1951).
  2. ^ Daniel Pinkham, "Daniel Pinkham: Composer Archived 2017-04-25 at the Wayback Machine". Daniel Pinkham home page, 2007 (Accessed 6 November 2012).
  3. John Tyrrell
    (London: Macmillan Publisher, 2001).
  4. ^ The Tenth Anniversary of the International Contemporary Organ Music Festival (PDF) (Music Festival program notes). Hartt School of Music / University of Hartford. 1980.
  5. ^ Palmer, Larry (August 1982). "Harpsichord News" (PDF). The Diapason. 73 (873): 3.
  6. ^ "American Choral Directors Association". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-27. Retrieved March 2016
  7. ^ Daniel J. Wakin (21 December 2006), "Daniel Pinkham, 83, Composer and Organist, Dies", The New York Times, no. December 21, 2006, retrieved 2007-11-16

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