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Born, Chicago, 1932, Myron Fink studied at the Eastman and Juilliard Schools of Music and at the University of Illinois, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in 1954 and a Master of Music in 1955. He then studied at Staats-Akademie der Musik in Vienna as the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship. His teachers include Felix Borowski, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Bernard Wagenaar, Burrill Phillips and Robert Palmer.
Currently residing in San Diego, California, Myron Fink is active as a composer, pianist, coach-accompanist, teacher and lecturer. He was on faculty of Hunter College of the City University of New York from 1966 to 1991. He has also taught at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the State University of New York College at Purchase. As a pedagogue his areas of interest are composition, analysis, harmony and counterpoint.
Fink is a prolific composer who has written for voice, piano, organ, orchestra, chamber ensemble and a wide variety of instrumental and choral combinations. His greatest interest is in opera and music for the theater. His incidental music to Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle has been performed in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and South Africa. Jeremiah, his first full-length opera, was premiered by Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, New York in 1962 and was the first opera to receive support from the New York State Council on the Arts. A second production was mounted in 1983 by the same company. A second opera, Judith and the Holofernes was given a concert premiere in 1978. Chinchilla, a comic opera was commissioned and premiered by Tri-Cities Opera in 1986. His fourth opera, The Conquistador, was commissioned and premiered by San Diego Opera in 1997.
Other recent works include four Symphonies, a Piano Concerto, a String Quartet, a Rhapsody for Klezmer Ensemble and Orchestra, and Spoon River Portraits, an oratorio for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra based on Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. His opera for children, Animalopera, was written in 2000 on commission from San Diego Opera. In 2003 Fink completed Edith Wharton: A Self Portrait, an opera based on the life of the famous early 20th century American novelist. Other recent compositions include The Friend of the Family (with libretto by long-time collaborator Donald Moreland), Bloody Ground (with script by Steven L. Denlinger) and Trojan Women.
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Three distinct accruals exist for this collection. The first set of materials, which included three pieces (
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Arranged chronologically within two distinct acquistions and then by format. These acquistions are listed as two separate sub-series by date of acquistion.
Consists of sheet music manuscripts documenting Myron Fink's career as a composer of opera and other pieces for voice, piano, organ, orchestra and chamber ensemble. Abbreviations used in finding aid: FS - Full score; S - Score; VS - Vocal score; PS - Piano score; P - Parts.
Sub-series includes materials recieved by the Sousa Archives from both Myron Fink in 2010 and three items received by the School of Music from Myron Fink in 1999 (Viola Sonata, Viola Rhapsody, and Symphony No. 3) which were incorporated into the materials received in 2010. Items include original manuscripts and sheet music.
Folder 1 of 2. See Box 2 folder 1.
Folder 2 of 2. See Box 1 folder 5.
with Bonnie Fink
Folder 1 of 4
Folder 2 of 4
Folder 3 of 4
Folder 4 of 4
Folder 1 of 3
Folder 2 of 3
Folder 3 of 3
Folder 1 of 3
Folder 2 of 3. See box 8 folder 1.
Folder 3 of 3. See box 7 folders 5 and 6.
CD. Recorded 2001 by the San Diego Opera. Libretto and narrated by Don Moreland. Karen Keltner, conductor; James Scott Sikon, bass; Diane Winterton, soprano; Patricia McAffee, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Truett, tenor; Ronald Banks, baritone; David Billard, baritone; Ilse Apestegui, messo-soprano; Richard Geiler, tenor; Laura Portune, soprano; Yvonne Shay, violin; Andrew Tompkins, clarinet; Jon lacy, French horn; Kaina Polischuk, Cello; Gregory Oh, piano.
Folder 1 of 4. See box 10 folders 1-3.
Folder 2 of 4. See Box 9 folder 5.
Folder 3 of 4
Folder 4 of 4
Libretto from Dostoyevsky by Don Moreland. Folder 1 of 5. See Box 11 Folders 1-4.
Folder 2 of 5. See Box 10 folder 5.
Folder 3 of 5.
Folder 4 of 5
Folder 5 of 5
with Donald W. Moreland
libretto by Donald Moreland.
(p. 55-end). See Box 17 Folder 7 for first half.
libretto by Don Moreland.
libretto by Steven Dunlinger
Folder 1 of 3
Folder 2 of 3
Folder 3 of 3
Folder 1 of 3
Folder 2 of 3
Folder 3 of 3
(pp. 1-54) See box 14 folder 3 for second half.
libretto by Steven Dunlinger.
libretto by Marianne McDonald.
Sub-series includes materials received by Myron Fink in 2014. These items include original manuscripts, sheet music, and set design artwork.
Manuscript. Includes program from Harpur College "Shakespeare and Music: College Orchestra and The Madrigal Singers", May 1-2, 1964.
Winds, Brass, Percussion Parts
Violin and Cello Parts