Paul Nordoff

Paul Nordoff

Paul Nordoff (June 4, 1909January 18, 1977) was an American composer and music therapist. His music is generally tonal and neo-Romantic in style.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he studied the piano with at the Philadelphia Conservatory, receiving a B.M. degree in 1927 and an M.M. degree in 1932. He later studied with Rubin Goldmark at the Juilliard School and in 1960 he received a Bachelor of Music Therapy from the Combs College of Music in Philadelphia. He served as head of composition at the Philadelphia Conservatory (1938–1943), a teacher at Michigan State College (1945–1949), and professor of music at Bard College (1948–1959).

He received two Guggenheim Fellowships (in 1933 and 1935). He composed the score to Martha Graham's 1939 ballet "Every Soul Is a Circus".

Nordoff's music was published by Associated, Carl Fischer, Theodore Presser, and G. Schirmer.

Also active in the field of music therapy, he co-developed the Nordoff-Robbins system of music therapy in the 1950s and 1960s.

Nordoff died in Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany in 1977 at the age of 67.

Books

(All in collaboration with C. Robbins):
*"Music Therapy for Handicapped Children: Investigations and Experience". New York, 1965.
*"Music Therapy in Special Education". New York, 1971.
*"Therapy in Music for Handicapped Children". New York, 1971.
*"Creative Music Therapy: Individualized Treatment for the Handicapped Child". New York, 1977.

Discography

*"Five Songs" by Dia DiCristino [The only recording known for Nordoff's "White Nocturne"]

External links

* [http://www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/about/nrapproach/ Paul Nordoff biography] from Nordoff-Robbins site


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Nordoff-Robbins — The Nordoff Robbins approach to music therapy developed from the pioneering work of Paul Nordoff and Clive Robbins in the 1950s/60s. It is grounded in the belief that everyone can respond to music, no matter how ill or disabled. The unique… …   Wikipedia

  • Music therapy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.84 MeSH …   Wikipedia

  • Martha Graham — This article is about the choreographer. For the supercentenarian, see Martha Graham (supercentenarian). Martha Graham Martha Graham by Yousuf Karsh (1948) Born May 11, 1894( …   Wikipedia

  • Martha Graham — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Graham. Martha Graham Mar …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Combs College of Music — was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1885 as Combs Broad Street Conservatory of Music by Gilbert Raynolds Combs, celebrated pianist,organist and composer. The faculty included famous musicians such as Leopold Godowsky, Hugh Archibald… …   Wikipedia

  • Joseph H. Bearns Prize — The Joseph H. Bearns Prize in Music was established on February 3, 1921 by Lillia M. Bearns, in memory of her father. It was her desire to encourage talented young composers in the United States. The Prize, administered by Columbia University, is …   Wikipedia

  • American art song — The composition of art song in America began slowly in the Colonial and Federal periods, expanded greatly in the 19th century, and has become a distinguished and highly regarded addition to the classical music repertoire in the 20th and 21st… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Naginski — (Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 1909 – Lenox, Massachusetts, August 4, 1940)[1] was an American composer of art songs and other musical works.[2] Contents 1 Biography 2 Music …   Wikipedia

  • Rubin Goldmark — (August 15, 1872, New York City March 6, 1936, New York City) was an American composer, pianist, and educator. He studied composition with Robert Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory, and later with Antonín Dvořák at the National Conservatory in New… …   Wikipedia

  • Alan Walker (musicologist) — Infobox Musical artist Name = Alan Walker Img capt = Background = non performing personnel Birth name = Born = birth date|1930|04|06|mf=y England Died = Instrument = Genre = Romantic Occupation = musicologist, biographer, professor Years active …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”