Josef Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1907-05-15)May 15, 1907 Boston, U.S. |
| Died | February 28, 1992(1992-02-28) (aged 84) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Composer |
Josef Alexander (May 15, 1907 – February 28, 1992) was an American composer and teacher. He studied at theNew England Conservatory of Music inBoston (graduated, 1925; postgraduate diploma, 1926), withWalter Piston (composition) and E.B. Hill (orchestration) atHarvard University (B.A., 1938; M.A., 1941), withNadia Boulanger in Paris (1939), and withAaron Copland (composition) andSerge Koussevitzky (conducting) at theBerkshire Music Center inTanglewood (1940). He taught atBrooklyn College of theCity University of New York (1943–77).[1]
His compositions have been performed by orchestras including theNew York Philharmonic and theNBC Symphony. For 35 years, he taught music atBrooklyn College and was president of the New York chapter of the National Association of Composers. In 1955 and 1956, he held a Fulbright fellowship as a composer in residence in Finland.[2]
Compositions include A New England Overture for orchestra, published byG. Schirmer; Three Symphonic Odes for men's chorus and orchestra; Les Litanies de Satan for voice and piano;[3] Gitanjali with words byRabindranath Tagore for soprano, harpsichord, and thirty percussion instruments.[4]
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