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American composer and pianist
Ivana Themmen
Born Ivana Marburger Themmen
(1935-04-07 ) April 7, 1935 (age 89) Occupation(s) Composer, pianist Spouse Harold B. Themmen Children 3, including
Paris Themmen Relatives
Susan Blu (daughter-in-law)
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Ivana Marburger Themmen (born April 7, 1935) is an American composer and pianist,
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[3] whose Concerto for Guitar was a finalist in the 1982
Kennedy Center Friedheim Composition Competition.
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Career
Themmen was born on April 7, 1935, in
New York City , where she began studying piano at age 7. She attended the
New England Conservatory of Music , where she met and married Harold B. Themmen.
[6] They had three children,
Paris , Allegra, and Tania.
[7] Tania is married to voice actress
Susan Blu .
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In addition to the New England Conservatory, Themmen studied in Europe, at the
Eastman School of Music , and at the
Tanglewood Music Center . Her teachers included
Francis Judd Cooke ,
Nicolas Flagello ,
Lukas Foss ,
Carl McKinley , Jean Rosenblum, and Otto Schulhof.
[5] She corresponded with
Eugene Ormandy .
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Themmen taught at the Hampton Conservatory and also worked as an accompanist for the
American Ballet Theatre . She received grants from the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts , Queens Symphony, and the
New York State Council on the Arts .
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Themmen belonged to the National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA).
[10] Her music was published by Lyra Music Company.
[5] and Cor Publishing Company/Wiltshire Music.
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Discography
Chamber music
Circles (flute, French horn and piano)
Concept V (clarinet and viola)
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Concepts (two violas or clarinet and viola)
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Duets (flute and bass clarinet)
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Fanfares (three trumpets)
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For Two Trombones
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Green Willow: A Japanese Fairy Tale (narrator, chamber ensemble, and optional dancers)
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Little Etudes (three trumpets)
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Montages (harp)
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Music for Friends, Perhaps (piano, clarinet, violin, viola and cello)
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Piece (flute and piano)
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Quintet (flute, clarinet, horn, violin and cello)
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Sextet
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Sonata (cello and piano)
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Ten Cantos (two French horns)
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Tetrachiron (piano four hands)
[5]
Wind Game (saxophone quartet)
[5]
Opera
Lucian (libretto by Norman Simon)
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Orchestra
Concerto for Guitar
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Concerto for Trombone
[5]
Cupid & Psyche (violin and orchestra)
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Fasching
[9]
Triptych
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Vocal
References
^ Fury, Sol (September 8, 2013).
"Congratulations Sue Blu and Garry Chalk!" . TFW2005 . Retrieved September 13, 2022 .
^ McLellan, Joseph (September 26, 1982).
"Remember Music You Could Hum?" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved September 13, 2022 .
^ American Woman Composers News, Volume 1, Issues 2-3
^ Tuck, Lon (October 4, 1982).
"Pone's 'Avanti!' Wins Friedman Prize" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved September 13, 2022 .
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International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York.
ISBN
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OCLC
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Discogs
^ Fanfare Magazine, Volume 6, Issues 3-4, 1983, page 276
^ Peeples, Jase (July 18, 2014).
"Susan Blu: Transformation of an Animation Icon" . Advocate . Retrieved September 13, 2022 .
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"Themmen, Ivana Marburger – Works" .
WorldCat . Retrieved 26 July 2021 .
^ Ericson, Raymond (1977-06-23).
"Music: National Composers Association's Debut Attracts and Repels" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2021-07-27 .
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"Themmen, Ivana Marburger_Concept V" . CAMco . Retrieved 2021-07-27 .
^ Lin Foulk Baird.
"Works with horn by female composers" . www.linfoulk.org . Retrieved 2021-07-27 .
^ Borroff, Edith (1992). American Operas : A Checklist . J. Bunker Clark. Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press.
ISBN
0-89990-063-1 .
OCLC
26809841 .
^ Broeker, Tobias (2016).
The 20th century violin concertante – A repertoire catalogue of the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006 . Broeker.
ISBN
978-3-00-050001-5 .
^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980).
Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice . Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall.
ISBN
0-8161-8498-4 .
OCLC
6815939 .