Andrew Imbrie
1921 - 2007
American
Summary
Ornstein, Nadia Boulanger, and Roger Sessions, with whom he studied from
1937 to 1948. He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley
since 1949, and at the San Francisco Conservatory since 1970. Imbrie
has composed works for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensemble, and stage,
and his music has been praised for its profound integrity, ardent
expression, and an intense drive and conviction. Imbrie's list of
prestigious commissions and honors begins from his earliest days as a
composition student. The first of his five string quartets, written
while at Princeton, won the New York Music Critics' Circle Award in
1944. Other commissions include works for the New York Philharmonic, San
Francisco Symphony, Halle Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, the Naumburg
Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the Pro Arte Quartet. His awards
include the Prix de Rome, two Guggenheim Fellowships, The Walter M.
Naumburg Recording Award, and membership in the American Academy and
Institute of Arts and Letters. Andrew Imbrie passed away on Dec. 5, 2007
at his home in Berkeley, CA. Click here to read an article on NewMusicBox in remembrance of him and his legacy.
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