Daniel Felsenfeld

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Daniel Felsenfeld (born January 5, 1970) is a composer of contemporary classical music and a writer.

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Biography

Felsenfeld was born in Washington, D.C., raised primarily in Southern California and currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, writer Elizabeth Isadora Gold, and child August. [1] He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he got his undergraduate degree in composition. [2] He did his Masters and Doctoral work at the New England Conservatory where he studied with Arthur Berger and Lee Hyla. [2] He is a composer [3] and is also an author, having written three books published by Amadeus Press as well as hundreds of articles. In 2007 a "Talk of the Town" piece in The New Yorker magazine noted several writers whom Felsenfeld met at the MacDowell Colony who used his last name in their novels. [4]

Music

Orchestral music

Opera

Chamber music

Solo music

Vocal music

Choral music

Books

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References

  1. "Felsenfeld, Daniel | The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  2. 1 2 "Daniel Felsenfeld | Five College New Music Festival 2024". www.5cnmf.org. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  3. Compton, Shanna (2004-11-01). Gamers: writers, artists & programmers on the pleasures of pixels. Soft Skull Press. pp. 57–. ISBN   978-1-932360-57-8 . Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  4. New Yorker article about the Felsenfeld meme