Rolv Yttrehus

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Name Rolv Yttrehus Role Composer		Education University of Michigan

Rolv yttrehus music for winds percussion cello and voices 1969

Rolv Berger Yttrehus (b. Duluth, Minnesota, March 12, 1926) is an American composer of contemporary classical music.

He holds degrees from the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan and a Diploma from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied harmony with Nadia Boulanger and composition with Ross Lee Finney, Roger Sessions, Aaron Copland, and Goffredo Petrassi. He taught at the University of Missouri, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Rutgers University.

He regards Arnold Schoenberg and Sessions as his principal influences.

Six Pieces for Piano Solo (1942–45)

Six Haiku (1960)

Music for Winds, Percussion, and Viola (1961)

Espressioni per Orchestra (1962)

Sextet (1964–70, revised 1974) pub. C.F. Peters Corporation

Music for Winds, Percussion, 'Cello and Voices (1969) pub. APNM

Angstwagen (1971)

Quintet (1973)

Gradus ad Parnassum (1974–79)

Sonata for Percussion and Piano (1982) pub. C.F. Peters Corporation

Explorations for Piano Solo (1985) pub. APNM

Sonata for 'Cello and Piano (1988, revised 1989) pub. C.F. Peters Corporation

Raritan Variations (1989) pub. APNM

Symphony No. 1 (1998) pub. APNM

Plectrum Spectrum (2000) pub. APNM

Sextet II (2006) pub. APNM

Laudate Milton Babbitt (2006) pub. APNM

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