EDWARD LEIN
classical composer in Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Please visit my Comcast homepage for recordings of most works.
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/edwardlein/
WORKS INCLUDE:
Missa pro defunctis (1990-91), for soloists (SATB), mixed chorus, organ, and instrumental ensemble (Latin & English words)
Missa Cantata (Sung Mass, 1994), for soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists, mixed voices and organ (Latin words)
Sunday Morning: hymns, anthems and Communion service music (1997)
Sunday Morning: Overture on Original Hymn Tunes (1997, rev.2008)
Symphony no. 1 "Divertimento" (1998, rev. 2006 & 2008) for orchestra, in 4 movements
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Elegies in D Minor (2006) for mixed voices, obbligato instrument, and piano
The Prayer (2007) for 2 cellos
Sonatina for Violin and Piano (2007)
In the Bleak Midwinter (2007) for orchestra
In the Bleak Midwinter (2007) for voice and piano
Symphony no. 2 "Lux aeterna" (2008) for orchestra, in 4 movements
September (song--the recording in the playlist is an instrumental arrangement)
Duo for Bassoons (ca. 6 minutes)
The Prayer (for voice [cello in recording], violin and piano)
Bartók's Ghost (for unaccompanied violin)
Ed Lein, Eddie Lein
Influences
INFLUENCES
Samuel Barber, Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Leonard Bernstein, Johannes Brahms, Carlos Chavez, Aaron Copland, David Diamond, Maurice Duruflé, Gabriel Fauré Paul Hindemith, James Horner, Giacomo Puccini, Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anglo-American hymnody
Edward Lein (b.1955) lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and holds Master's degrees in Music (major professor: John Boda) and Library Science from Florida State University. As a tenor soloist (now retired) he has appeared in recitals, oratorios and dramatic works throughout his home state, and drawing on his performance experience the majority of his earliest compositions were vocal works. Following the premieres by the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra of his Meditation, for Cello, Oboe and Orchestra (June 2006), and In the Bleak Midwinter (December 2007) his instrumental catalog has grown, largely due to requests from Symphony players for new pieces. He endeavors to imbue his instumental pieces with a singing lyricism similar to that of his vocal works.
By day, Ed is Music Librarian for the City of Jacksonville and was the driving force behind the monthly Intermezzo Sunday Concerts series at Jacksonville's Main Library from March 2006 through June 2008. The Sunday concerts, which featured prominent musicians from the greater Jacksonville area, proved to be the best-attended series of adult programs in the history of Jacksonville Public Library, and Ed is now directing efforts toward developing midweek Music@Main evening concerts.
