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Rubin Goldmark (August 15, 1872, New York City
New York City

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 - March 6, 1936, New York City
New York City

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) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
, and educator. He studied composition with Robert Fuchs
Robert Fuchs

Robert Fuchs was an Austrian composer and music teacher.As Professor of music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime....
 at the Vienna Conservatory, and later with Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Dvorák

Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
 at the National Conservatory
National Conservatory of Music of America

The National Conservatory of Music of America was an institution for higher education in music founded in 1885 in New York City by Jeannette Thurber....
 in New York.

Goldmark taught composition at the National Conservatory of New York and at the College Conservatory in Colorado, and spent the last twelve years of his life as head of the composition department at Juilliard.






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Rubin Goldmark (August 15, 1872, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 - March 6, 1936, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
, and educator. He studied composition with Robert Fuchs
Robert Fuchs

Robert Fuchs was an Austrian composer and music teacher.As Professor of music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime....
 at the Vienna Conservatory, and later with Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Dvorák

Anton?n Leopold Dvor?k was a Czechs composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia....
 at the National Conservatory
National Conservatory of Music of America

The National Conservatory of Music of America was an institution for higher education in music founded in 1885 in New York City by Jeannette Thurber....
 in New York.

Goldmark taught composition at the National Conservatory of New York and at the College Conservatory in Colorado, and spent the last twelve years of his life as head of the composition department at Juilliard. His students included Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland was an American classical music composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, he was widely known as "the dean of American composers." Copland's music achieved a balance between modernism music and American folk styles....
, George Gershwin
George Gershwin

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin....
, Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman was a major United States composer of music for films.He received 45 Academy Awards nominations, making him the second most nominated composer-arranger in the history of the Academy Awards, behind John Williams ....
, Paul Nordoff
Paul Nordoff

Paul Nordoff was an United States 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....
, and Frederick Jacobi
Frederick Jacobi

Frederick Jacobi was a prolific United States composer and teacher.His works include symphonies, concerti, chamber music, works for solo piano and for solo organ, lieder, and one opera....
, and thus Rubin Goldmark helped link the 19th-century European Romantic music to 20th-century American music.

He also undertook many tours in the USA and Canada, during which he gave recitals and lectured on music. Rubin Goldmark's compositions include a string quartet
String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments — usually two violins, a viola and cello — or a piece written to be performed by such a group....
, a piano trio
Piano trio

A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in European classical music chamber music....
, a violin sonata
Violin sonata

A violin sonata is a musical composition for solo violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque music....
, several orchestral pieces, piano music, and songs. His Piano Quartet
Piano quartet

A piano quartet is a musical ensemble consisting of a piano and three other instruments, or a piece written for such a group. In european classical music, those other instruments are usually a string trio, that is a violin, viola and cello....
 in A, Op.9, won the 1909 Paderewski Prize for chamber music. However, none of his music remains in the standard repertory.

Rubin Goldmark was the nephew of composer Karl Goldmark
Karl Goldmark

Karl Goldmark, also known originally as K?roly Goldmark and later sometimes as Carl Goldmark; 18 May 1830 – 2 January 1915) was a Hungary composer....
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