Leon Kirchner

Home > ... > Literature and the Arts > Performing Arts > Music: History, Composers, and Performers: Biographies > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

Kirchner, Leon

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Kirchner, Leon (b Brooklyn, NY, 1919). Amer. composer, pianist, and conductor. Taught at Univ. of S. Calif., Los Angeles 1951–4, Mills Coll., Oakland, 1954–61, and Harvard Univ. from 1961 (prof. of mus. from 1966). Comp., in idiom of Berg and Schoenberg but not 12-note, incl.: opera Lily (1973–6); Sinfonia; 2 pf. concs.; 3 str. qts.; conc. for vn. vc., 10 winds, perc.; pf. sonata; choral mus.; etc.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O76-KirchnerLeon" title="Facts and information about Leon Kirchner">Leon Kirchner</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Kirchner, Leon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Kirchner, Leon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (November 12, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-KirchnerLeon.html

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Kirchner, Leon." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved November 12, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-KirchnerLeon.html

Learn more about citation styles

Leon Kirchner

Leon Kirchner 1919-, American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Kirchner studied at the Univ. of California at Berkeley with Ernest Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Roger Sessions. He was professor of music at Harvard (1961-91). Although he uses many of the most modern techniques of composition, including electronics, he is a self-proclaimed romantic. Among his works are two piano concertos (1953 and 1963); three string quartets (1949, 1958, and 1967), the third for strings and tape; and the opera Lily, 1974.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-KirchnerL" title="Facts and information about Leon Kirchner">Leon Kirchner</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Leon Kirchner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Leon Kirchner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (November 12, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KirchnerL.html

"Leon Kirchner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved November 12, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KirchnerL.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Bulls beat Crusaders 36-23 in Super 14 semifinal News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/23/2009
	2008 Super 14 squads News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/14/2008
	Ode to the Missing: 'Everyday Poetry' gives voice to victims of Argentina's dictatorship: News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/28/2007

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	Leon Kirchner; Harvard teacher wrote bold, daring music, won Pulitzer; at 90 Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/18/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...distinguished American composer Leon Kirchner - who was also an admired...professor who now teaches Kirchner's storied course, also emphasized how much Kirchner gave to his students. "Leon's monument is just as much...
	Leon Kirchner, exactly as he wants it The composer creates a passionate choral work out of American poetry Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/26/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...Chorus in 1995, the choice fell on Leon Kirchner, one of America's greatest composers. Paradoxically, Kirchner, now 78, had not written a work...on the concert that introduced Kirchner to New York in 1949. "I'd never...
	COMPOSER LEON KIRCHNER -- RETIRED, BUT HARDLY RETIRING Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/22/1989; ; 700+ words ; ...own niceness," said composer Leon Kirchner, leafing through an album of letters...been many private celebrations for Kirchner, and on Monday night there will...Kahane will be the soloist in one of Kirchner's finest works, the First Piano...
	At 75, Leon Kirchner knows how to celebrate in style Kirchner knows how to celebrate in style Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/23/1994; ; 700+ words ; Tomorrow is Leon Kirchner's 75th birthday, but he won't...distinguished careers in American music. Kirchner, a virtuoso pianist, was himself...back in 1956. Over a recent lunch, Kirchner recalled the circumstances and drew...
	Leon Kirchner celebrates 75th birthday in classic style Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/25/1994; ; 700+ words ; THE HARVARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND FRIENDS Leon Kirchner, conductor At: Sanders Theatre, last night CAMBRIDGE -- The benevolent presence of Leon Kirchner has loomed so large and so long over Boston's musical...
	AN EXHILARATING NIGHT WITH LEON KIRCHNER Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/25/1990; ; 630 words ; HARVARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & FRIENDS Leon Kirchner, conductor At: Sanders Theater, Monday evening. The second of Leon Kirchner's summer concerts with the Harvard Chamber Orchestra...
	THE BOSTON COMPOSERS STRING QUARTET LEON KIRCHNER: THE THREE STRING QUARTETS Albany CD Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/20/1995; ; 559 words ; Leon Kirchner produced a string quartet in each of the first three decades of his distinguished career -- the First, in 1949, when he was...
	A CHANCE TO HEAR KIRCHNER AGAIN AND AGAIN Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/11/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...the first performance of Leon Kirchner's latest work, "Orchestra...heard it all. And while Kirchner has been exceptionally...interested in his music -- Leon Fleisher, Yo-Yo Ma...PHOTO/JOHN TLUMACKI / Leon Kirchner's music gives you something...
	HARVARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FETES KIRCHNER Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/24/1989; ; 700+ words ; HARVARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA and Friends -- Leon Kirchner, music director, in a concert at Sanders Theater last night. CAMBRIDGE - Today Leon Kirchner turns 70, and last night the Harvard Chamber Orchestra...
	Kirchner turns Bruckner's 7th into rare treat Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/23/1991; ; 654 words ; HARVARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & FRIENDS Leon Kirchner, conductor At: Sanders Theater last night...packed is that audiences have learned to trust Kirchner, and a program of music by Kirchner and Bruckner is as popular as the one a couple...