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Composers Bureau Archives
D. Martin Jenni
D. Martin Jenni passed away on June 21, 2006.
Biography
- b. 10/04/37
- B.M. DePaul (1958)
- A.M. Chicago (1962)
- D.M.A. Stanford (1966).
- Professor Emeritus since 1999, University of Iowa School of Music.
- Member American Composers Alliance since 1955 (nominated by Henry Cowell).
- Jenni is also active as a teacher and author of medieval and chant studies.
- In 1977 he founded the UI Cantores (chant choir).
Selected Compositions
- SOLO
- Pharos (piano)
- Canto (piano)
- Ballfall (percussion) - ACA
- CHAMBER
- Cucumber Music (alto flute/piccolo, viola/toy piano, percussion, celesta/piano) - AMP, CRI
- Musique Printaniere (flute, piano) - AMP, CRI
- Sam Mbira (marimba quartet)
- Per Elysios (oboe, horn, viola, harpsichord)
- Gales (flute quartet, for Flute Force)
- Tio's Foursome (saxophone quartet)
- LARGE ENSEMBLE
- R-Music Asphodel (ACA)
- Eulalia's Rounds (orchestra) - ACA
- Canticum Beatae Virginis (mezzo, string orch, trumpet, organ) - ACA
- Figura Circulorum (NEA commission1991)
Recent Performances
Cucumber Music was performed at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow on October 29, 2001.
Recent Publications
Variazione sopra Crux Fidelis,commissioned by guitarist Thomas Amoriello, is to be published by Amoriello Guitar Publications, along with Music for Friends No. 2.
Contact Information
The University of Iowa
School of Music
Iowa City, IA 52242-1795
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