Andrew Imbrie

Andrew Welsh Imbrie (April 6, 1921 – December 5, 2007) was an American contemporary classical music composer and pianist.

Career Imbrie was born in New York City and began his musical training as a pianist when he was 4. In 1937, he went to Paris to study composition briefly with Nadia Boulanger and piano with Robert Casadesus.

His notable students include Larry Austin, Tamar Diesendruck, Richard Festinger, Alden Jenks, Frank La Rocca, Neil Rolnick, Valerie Samson, Allen Shearer, Laura Schwendinger, Nils Frykdahl, Kurt Rohde, Hi Kyung Kim, Leslie Wildman and Carolyn Yarnell.

Style

Imbrie's style was influenced early by Béla Bartók, and then by Roger Sessions, his teacher at both Princeton and Berkeley. Imbrie preferred harmony that was non-triadic,

Three Against Christmas (1960 opera) Angle of Repose (1976 opera) Dandelion Wine (1961 for chamber ensemble) To a Traveler (1971 for chamber ensemble) Sextet for Six Friends (2007 for chamber ensemble) Drumtaps for chorus with orchestra (text by Whitman) Prometheus Bound for chorus with orchestra (text by Green after Aeschylus) Adam for chorus with orchestra (text from medieval and Civil War sources) Requiem (1984, chorus with orchestra) Three symphonies Eight concertos Songs for voice Sonatas for various instruments Chamber works for diverse instrumental ensembles Works for choral ensembles Five string quartets

Recordings

First Recordings of Two Naumburg Award Compositions. Columbia Records, MS 6597 Violin Concerto Andrew Imbrie. New York: Composers Recordings Inc., 1973. Rereleased, New World Records, 2007. Symphony No. 3 Serenade for flute, viola and piano Sonata for cello and piano New Music for Virtuosos. New York: New World Records, 1977. Three Sketches Andrew Imbrie and Gunther Schuller. New York: New World Records, 1978. String Quartet No. 4 New Music Series Vol. 3. Neuma Records, 1993 Short Story Collage New Music. Boston: GM Recordings, 1989. Pilgrimage Andrew Imbrie. Boston: GM Recordings, 1993. String Quartets 4 & 5 Impromptu for Violin and Piano Music of Andrew Imbrie. New York: CRI, 1994. Symphony No. 3 Serenade for Flute, Viola and Piano Sonata for cello and piano Dream Sequence – Chamber Music of Andrew Imbrie. New York: New World Records, 1995. Dream Sequence Roethke Songs Three Piece Suite Campion Songs To a Traveler Andrew Imbrie, Requiem. New Rochelle, NY: Bridge Records, 2000. Requiem Piano Concerto No. 3 Andrew Imbrie. Albany, NY: Albany Records, 2002. Spring Fever Chicago Bells Songs of Then and Now