Arthur Kreutz
Arthur R. Kreutz (July 25, 1906 – March 12, 1991) was an American composer.
Life and career[edit]
Kreutz was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His paternal grandparents Frank R. Kreutz (originally František Kříž) and Paulina Zahradníková were born in the Czech village Pístina.[1][2] Arthur's second cousin was the composer Robert E. Kreutz.
Kreutz composed the Paul Bunyan Suite, the Dixie Concerto, the score to Martha Graham's 1942 ballet Land Be Bright,[3] and Symphonic Blues (for orchestra) (1947); some of his orchestral pieces were played by the New York Philharmonic, with whom he appeared at times as a guest conductor.[4] Among his other works is a 1954 opera about the University Greys of the University of Mississippi.[5] Kreutz taught from 1954 until 1961 at the University of Mississippi; he died of cancer in Oxford, Mississippi.[4] The University holds his papers in its libraries.[6]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 20.07.14". digi.ceskearchivy.cz. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 20.07.14". digi.ceskearchivy.cz. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Kreutz,Arthur". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Arthur R. Kreutz, 84, Composer and Teacher". The New York Times. 1991-03-13. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
- ^ Margaret Ross Griffel; Adrienne Fried Block (1999). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-25310-2.
- ^ "Finding Aid for the Arthur Kreutz Collection MUM00085". Olemiss.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
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