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Richard Einhorn (born 1952) is a modern classical composer
Modernism (music)

Modernism in music is characterized by a desire for or belief in progress and science, surrealism, anti-romanticism, political advocacy, general intellectualism, and/or a breaking with the past or common practice period ? Ezra Pound's modernist slogan, "Make it new," as applied to music....
.

Graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1975, studied composition
Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
 and electronic music
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
 with Jack Beeson
Jack Beeson

Jack Beeson is an United States composer. He is known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden , Hello Out There! and The Sweet Bye and Bye....
, Vladimir Ussachevsky
Vladimir Ussachevsky

Vladimir Kirilovitch Ussachevsky was a composer, particularly known for his work in electronic music....
, and Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky is an Argentina-United States composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today. He is best known for his series of compositions called Synchronisms, which in live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electroacoustic sounds played from a tape....
.

His most notable work, Voices of Light
Voices of Light

Voices of Light is a 1994 musical composition by Richard Einhorn. It was inspired by the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc , which is also accompanied with a live performance....
, premiered in 1994, is an oratorio
Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
, scored for soloists, chorus, orchestra and a bell. It was inspired by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Denmark born film director of Sweden descent. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema....
's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc is a silent film produced in France in 1928 in film. It is based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Ren?e Jeanne Falconetti and Antonin Artaud....
 (1928
1928 in film

EventsAlthough some movies released in 1928 had Sound film, most were still silent film.* July 31 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mascot Leo the Lion roars for the very first time, creating one of the most popular American film logos....
). In the 1980s, he composed many horror and thriller film scores, including The Prowler
The Prowler (1981 film)

The Prowler is an American slasher film released made in 1981, Film director by Joseph Zito. It features special effects and makeup by Tom Savini....
 and Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister (1987 film)

Sister, Sister is a 1987 Southern Gothic Thriller directed and co-written by Bill Condon. The film stars Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Judith Ivey....
. He also contributed to the soundtrack of Liberty! The American Revolution.

On the internet, Einhorn is known as the liberal
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
 blogger Tristero.






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Richard Einhorn (born 1952) is a modern classical composer
Modernism (music)

Modernism in music is characterized by a desire for or belief in progress and science, surrealism, anti-romanticism, political advocacy, general intellectualism, and/or a breaking with the past or common practice period ? Ezra Pound's modernist slogan, "Make it new," as applied to music....
.

Graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1975, studied composition
Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
 and electronic music
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
 with Jack Beeson
Jack Beeson

Jack Beeson is an United States composer. He is known particularly for his operas, the best known of which are Lizzie Borden , Hello Out There! and The Sweet Bye and Bye....
, Vladimir Ussachevsky
Vladimir Ussachevsky

Vladimir Kirilovitch Ussachevsky was a composer, particularly known for his work in electronic music....
, and Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky is an Argentina-United States composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today. He is best known for his series of compositions called Synchronisms, which in live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electroacoustic sounds played from a tape....
.

His most notable work, Voices of Light
Voices of Light

Voices of Light is a 1994 musical composition by Richard Einhorn. It was inspired by the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc , which is also accompanied with a live performance....
, premiered in 1994, is an oratorio
Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
, scored for soloists, chorus, orchestra and a bell. It was inspired by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jr. was a Denmark born film director of Sweden descent. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema....
's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc is a silent film produced in France in 1928 in film. It is based on the trial records of Joan of Arc. The film was directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and stars Ren?e Jeanne Falconetti and Antonin Artaud....
 (1928
1928 in film

EventsAlthough some movies released in 1928 had Sound film, most were still silent film.* July 31 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's mascot Leo the Lion roars for the very first time, creating one of the most popular American film logos....
). In the 1980s, he composed many horror and thriller film scores, including The Prowler
The Prowler (1981 film)

The Prowler is an American slasher film released made in 1981, Film director by Joseph Zito. It features special effects and makeup by Tom Savini....
 and Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister (1987 film)

Sister, Sister is a 1987 Southern Gothic Thriller directed and co-written by Bill Condon. The film stars Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Judith Ivey....
. He also contributed to the soundtrack of Liberty! The American Revolution.

On the internet, Einhorn is known as the liberal
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
 blogger Tristero.

Musical works

  • The Origin
    The Origin (Music)

    The Origin is an opera/oratorio composed by Richard Einhorn to a libretto by Richard Einhorn and Catherine Barnett based on the writings of Charles Darwin....
     an opera
    Opera

    Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
    /oratorio
    Oratorio

    An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
     inspired by Charles Darwin
    Charles Darwin

    Charles Robert Darwin Royal Society was an English people natural history who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolution over time from common descent, through the process he called natural selection....
    's life and work
  • Voices of Light
    Voices of Light

    Voices of Light is a 1994 musical composition by Richard Einhorn. It was inspired by the silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc , which is also accompanied with a live performance....
     soundtrack
    Soundtrack

    The term soundtrack refers to three related concepts: recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; and the physical area of a film that contains the synchronized recorded so...
  • Red Angels ballet
    Ballet

    Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
  • A Carnival of Miracles for four voices
  • Fire Eater soundtrack
  • The Prowler soundtrack
  • The Fourth Manner of Loving for chorus
    Choir

    A choir, chorale, or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral Music, in turn, is the music written specifically for a choir to perform....
     and orchestra
    Orchestra

    An orchestra is an Musical ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the name for the area in front of an theatre of ancient Greece reserved for the Greek chorus....
  • Freud and Dora: A Case of Hysteria opera
    Opera

    Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
     in two acts
  • My Many Colored Days By Dr. Seuss for symphony orchestra and narrator


External links

  • , includes biography and discography
  • , where Einhorn blogs under the name Tristero.