- James Cohn
James Cohn is an American
composer born in 1928 inNewark ,New Jersey . After taking violin and piano lessons in his native town, he studied composition withRoy Harris ,Wayne Barlow andBernard Wagenaar , and majored in Composition at Juilliard, graduating in 1950 cite web|title=Autobiography and Description of Symphonies 2 and 7
url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559376&catNum=559376&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English
date=2008|accessdate=2008-05-15|publisher=Naxos Records|last=Cohn|first=James] .He has written solo, chamber, choral and orchestral works, and his catalog includes 3 string quartets, 5 piano sonatas and 8 symphonies. He was awarded a Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Prize for his Symphony No. 2 (premiered at Brussels) and an A.I.D.E.M. prize for his Symphony No. 4 (premiered in Florence at the Maggio Musicale). Among his earlier works (1946, preceding the 1948 second symphony) is a concertino for piano and orchestra [cite book | author=Hinson, Maurice | title=Music for Piano and Orchestra: an Annotated Guide | location=Bloomington, Indiana | publisher=Indiana University Press | year=1993 | pages=68 | isbn=0-253-20835-1
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=t-ZSisjobpQC&pg=PA68&dq=james+cohn+1928&ei=Y_4sSOfnE5zkyATI353SAw&sig=iN0J2DH2dhm2l0ek4K9sf__nvz8
accessdate=2008-05-15] .In 2008 his 2nd and 7th symphonies were issued on
compact disc by the Naxos label.References
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