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Musical artist
Stephen L. (Lucky)
[1]
[2] Mosko ((1947-12-07 ) December 7, 1947 - (2005-12-05 ) December 5, 2005) was an American
composer . His music blended high
modernism (including
serialism ) with
world music ,
[3] and he was an expert in
Icelandic folk music .
[4] His, "seemingly contradictory," influences include uptown,
downtown , and the
West Coast school ; including
John Cage ,
Milton Babbitt ,
Elliott Carter ,
Morton Feldman , and
Mel Powell .
[5]
Mosko studied with
Antonia Brico ,
Donald Martino ,
Gustav Meier ,
Mel Powell ,
Leonard Stein , and
Morton Subotnick .
[6]
[7]
[8]
He was the
music director of the
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players from 1988 to 1997
[9] and of the
Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival 's Contemporary Music Festival in 1984.
[10] He was the director of the
Ojai Music Festival in 1986[
citation needed ] and 1990.
[11] He was married to Dorothy Stone, founding flutist of
California EAR Unit .
[8]
[12]
Notable students include composers
Ann Millikan and
Nicholas Frances Chase .
Discography
Composer
Indigenous Music (1998), The California EAR Unit
Composer Portrait Series: Stephen L. Mosko (2000),
Southwest Chamber Music
Music director
For Samuel Beckett by
Morton Feldman (1993), San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Only: Works for Voice and Instruments by Morton Feldman (1996),
Joan La Barbara and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Sources
^ Duckworth, William (1999). "Milton Babbitt", Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers , p.84.
ISBN
9780306808937 .
^ (Dec. 12, 2005). "
Composer/conductor Stephen Mosko dead ", UPI .
^ Tyranny, "Blue" Gene.
"Indigenous Music" at
AllMusic . Retrieved 09:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC).
^ (1996). "Liner notes", Only: Works for Voice and Instruments . New Albion.
^ von der Schmidt (2000). "Liner notes", Composer Portrait Series: Stephen L. Mosko . Southwest Chamber Music.
^ "
Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko, 58; Composer Was a Mentor to New Music Performers ", "latimes.com".
^ "
Dorothy Stone Mosko and Stephen Lucky Mosko Collection ", CalArts.edu .
^
a
b Woodard, Josef (1998). "Liner notes", Indigenous Music . oodiscs.
^ Ulrich, Allan (October 18, 1988), "Contemporary Debut: A new director, a new season of new music", San Francisco Examiner .
^ Mattison, Ben (13 Dec 2005). "
New-Music Specialist Stephen Mosko Dies at 58 ", PlayBillArts .
^ Wager, Gregg (May 28, 1990). "
Ojai Festival Keeps Cutting-Edge Tradition—With a Twist : Music: New director Stephen Mosko will replace the old and European standards with new and American fare. ", LATimes .
^ Dec. 12, 2005. "
Composer/conductor Stephen Mosko dead ", UPI.com .
Further reading
Chute, James. 2001. "Mosko, Stephen". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , second edition, edited by
Stanley Sadie and
John Tyrrell . London: Macmillan Publishers.
Steingrímsson, Hreinn. Stone, Dorothy and Mosko, Stephen L. (eds.) (2000). Kvædaskapur: Icelandic Epic Song .
External links
"
The life and work of Stephen L. Mosko ”, luxstar.org’’.
"
Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko Memorial ", MachineProject.com .
"
The Music of Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko ", RedCat.org .
"
Obituary: Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko ", NewMusicBox.org .
"
Articles about Stephen L. Mosko ", LATimes.com .
"
Biographical Material about Stephen L. Mosko ", LeisurePlanetMusic.com .
Stephen "Lucky" Mosko scores, recordings, and other material, 1957-2008 at
Isham Memorial Library, Harvard University
.
International National Artists