Leon Stein

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Leon Stein (September 18, 1910, Chicago - May 9, 2002, Laguna Hills, California) was an American composer and music analyst.

Stein attended DePaul University, where he achieved his MM in 1935 and his Ph.D. in 1949; he studied under Leo Sowerby, Eric DeLamarter, Frederick Stock, and Hans Lange. He taught at DePaul from 1931 to 1978; he was dean of the School of Music there between 1966 and 1976. Stein also directed the Institute of Music at the College of Jewish Studies, Chicago. He directed a number of Chicago ensembles, including the City Symphony of Chicago.

Stein's compositions were modernist in character; his works for saxophone are his most popular pieces. He also wrote on music, particularly Jewish music. His manuscripts are held in the Richardson Library at DePaul.

[edit] Books

  • The Racial Thinking of Richard Wagner (1950)
  • Structure and Style: The Study and Analysis of Musical Forms (1962, 3rd ed. 1979)
  • Anthology of Musical Forms (1962)

[edit] Music

Stage
  • The Fisherman’s Wife (1954)
  • Deirdre (1955)
  • 2 early ballets
Orchestral
  • Violin Concerto (1939)
  • 3 Hassidic Dances (1940-41)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1940)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1942)
  • Triptych on 3 Poems of Walt Whitman (1943)
  • Symphony No.3 (1950–51)
  • Rhapsody (1954)
  • Then Shall the Dust Return (1971)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1974)
  • Cello Concerto (1977)
  • Concerto for clarinet and percussion (1979)
Chamber/solo
  • Sonata for violin and piano (1932)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1933)
  • Woodwind Quintet (1936)
  • Invocation and Dance (1938)
  • Quintet for saxophone and string quartet (1957)
  • Sextet (1958)
  • Violin Sonata (1960)
  • Trio for Saxophone, violin, and piano, 1961)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1962)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1964)
  • String Quartet No. 4 (1965)
  • Sonata for tenor sax and piano (1967)
  • String Quartet No.5 (1967)
  • Suite for saxophone quartet (1967)
  • Viola Sonata (1969)
  • Suite for wind quintet (1970)
  • Brass Quintet (1975)
  • Duo Concertante (1978)
  • Suite for string trio (1980)
  • Three for Nine (1982)
  • other works for solo instruments and keyboard
Vocal
  • Liederkranz of Jewish Folksongs (1936)
  • The Lord Reigneth (1953)
  • other religious choral works to Hebrew and English texts

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