Leon Kirchner: Composer, Performer, and Teacher

by Robert E. Riggs

Biography of the late American composer Leon Kirchner (1919-2009), exploring his work and important personal associations.

In this first biography of American composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher Leon Kirchner (1919-2009), Robert Riggs paints a vivid picture of an extraordinary, multifaceted musician. Refugees from Hitler's Third Reich (Schoenberg, Bloch, and Stravinsky) dominated Kirchner's early development, and he in turn became a transformative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580463436
• ISBN13: 9781580463430
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.2" x 6.2"