John Vincent (composer)
John Nathaniel Vincent Jr. (May 17, 1902 – January 21, 1977) was an American
Vincent was born in
As a composer, Vincent's music is known for its rhythmic vitality and lyricism. Although his music is essentially classical in form it is distinctly individual. The free tonality of his work makes use of what he calls 'paratonality': the predominance of a diatonic element in a polytonal or atonal passage. Vincent wrote numerous orchestral works, chamber music pieces, art songs, and choral works. He also wrote one ballet, 3 Jacks (1942), a film score, Red Cross (1948), and an opera, Primeval Void (1969).
In 1951 his book The Diatonic Modes in Modern Music was published. He also conducted orchestras throughout the US, and all South American countries sponsored by U.S.-State Dept, and he was a director of the Rustic Canyon art-colony Huntington Hartford Foundation from 1952 to 1965. He died in Santa Monica, California in 1977.
Vincent was founding-director of Walt Disney's California Institute of the Arts.
Personal life
Vincent married Amelia Bartlett, violinist, in 1927. In 1928 he formed the Aeolian Trio with Amelia and Abbie Durkee. Together they performed recitals in the El Paso area (Parker 1981). Amelia and John lived in Paris from 1935 to 1936 with their 7-year-old son, Nathaniel. In Paris, Vincent made arrangements to study privately with Boulanger at the Ecole Normale de Musique. Ruth Kimball, a classmate from Harvard, also attended classes in Paris. During this year, Vincent's marriage with Amelia suffered. Amelia and their son returned to the United States to live with Vincent's parents. Amelia and John divorced in 1937. From June through October, 1936, Vincent traveled by bicycle and motor scooter throughout Europe. After returning to the United States, Ruth Kimball then became the second Mrs. John Vincent in December 1937. They had two children together, Helen and John (Parker 1981).
References
- Marrocco, W. Thomas. 1998.[ISBN 1-56159-228-5
- Marrocco, W. Thomas. 2001. "Vincent, John". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Parker, Craig Burwell. 1981 "John Vincent: An Alabama Composer's Odyssey".[full citation needed].
External links
- "John Vincent Composition: Symphony in D (1955)" – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- John Vincent discography at Discogs
- John Vincent at Find a Grave
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