Peter Mennin
Biography by "Blue" Gene Tyranny
Peter Mennin spent most of his life working within the academic environment and his music, in the American symphonic tradition, speaks from a broad neo-Romantic imagination. Mennin began his studies at…
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Composition Highlights
| Title | Year | Avg. Duration | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moby Dick, concertato for orchestra | 1952 | Orchestral | |
| Canzona, for wind band | 1951 | Band Music | |
| Symphony No. 5 | 1950 | Symphony | |
| Symphony No. 3 | 1946 | Symphony | |
| Symphony No. 7 "Variation-Symphony" | 1964 | Symphony | |
| Sonata concertante for violin & piano | 1956 | Chamber Music | |
| Concerto for cello & orchestra | 1956 | Concerto | |
| Symphony No. 6 | 1953 | Symphony | |
| Symphony No. 9 | 1981 | Symphony | |
| Piano Sonata | 1963 | Keyboard | |
| Symphony No. 4 "The Cycle" | 1949 | Symphony | |
| Symphony No. 8 | 1973 | Symphony | |
| Folk Overture for orchestra | 1945 | Orchestral | |
| String Quartet No. 2 | 1951 | Chamber Music | |
| Concerto for piano & orchestra | 1958 | Concerto | |
| Pieces (5), for piano | 1949 | Keyboard | |
| Fantasia for string orchestra | 1946 | Orchestral |
