Patsy Cline - Walkin After Midnight

MUR (Moore) Douglas Stewart (10 VIII 1893, Katchog, near New York - 25 VII 1969, Greenport, NY) - American composer. He studied at Yale University under the supervision of H. Parker and D. S. Smith (1911-17), in Paris - at the Schola Cantorum under V. d'Andy (1921), took composition lessons from N. Boulanger; cultivated by E. Bloch at the Cleveland Institute of Music (1924), where he also led the music department at the Museum of Art. As a composer he made his debut in 1922 (“4 Museum Pieces” - “4 Museum pieces” for organ). In 1925-62 he taught at Columbia University (in 1940-60 he headed the music faculty). In 1946-53, the president of Nat. Institute of Art and Literature. In 1957-60 hands. Amer. Society of composers, authors and publishers. In his best works, stylistically clear, he used "Americanisms" - elements of Amer. popular music, jazz (the opera The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1939,New York, and The Baby Dow Ballad, A-dur Symphony and Autumn Symphony, orc. Suite “Procession of P. T. Barnum” - “The pageant of PT Barnum”, 1924; symph the poem "Moby Dick"). He worked a lot in wok. genres (op. to the texts of poets V. Lindsey, S. V. Benet), contributed to the development of children's opera (wrote music for school productions). Since 1960 Amer. Academy of Art and Literature.