
Rosner: Music for Symphonic Wind Band
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1/7Composition History
Arnold Rosner began composing for wind band in the late 1980s with his Symphony No. 8, and subsequently wrote seven more works for the medium between 1990 and 2005.
Composer Biography
Arnold Rosner (1945-2013) was an American composer who combined diverse influences into a distinctly personal musical voice.
Performer Biography
Density512 is a chamber orchestra and new-music collective founded in 2017, aiming to tell stories through curated experiences and amplify groundbreaking artists.
Composer Biography
Arnold Rosner adamantly opposed serialism, the dominant style in university music departments during his studies, and refused to adopt it, leading to his dissertation being rejected.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rosner's musical language is rooted in the harmonic and rhythmic devices of Renaissance and early Baroque polyphonic music, which he expanded with free triadicism and exotic modalities.
Recording & Production
This album features the first recordings of seven compositions by Arnold Rosner for symphonic wind band.
Composer Biography
Despite his family's encouragement to pursue practical endeavors, Arnold Rosner studied mathematics at NYU and the Belfer Graduate School of Science while secretly composing.














