Joseph E. Skornicka
| Joseph E. Skornicka | ||||
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| Volledige naam | Joseph Edward Skornicka | |||
| Geboortedatum | 13 februari 1902 | |||
| Overlijdensdatum | 22 december 1972 | |||
| Land |  Verenigde Staten | |||
| Werk | ||||
| Genre(s) | HaFaBramuziek | |||
| Beroep(en) | componist, muziekpedagoog en dirigent | |||
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Joseph Edward Skornicka (Buck Creek, Michigan, 13 februari 1902 – Houston, Texas, 22 december 1972) was een Amerikaans componist, muziekpedagoog en dirigent.
Levensloop
Skornicka studeerde aan de Universiteit van Wisconsin in Milwaukee in Milwaukee, aan de Northwestern University in Evanston (Illinois) en aan de Staatsuniversiteit van Oregon in Corvallis (Oregon). Hij promoveerde in 1958 met de dissertatie The Function of Time and Rhythm in Instrumental Reading Competency tot Ph.D. (Philosophiæ Doctor).
In 1922 werd hij directeur van de Milwaukee Vocational School. Daarnaast was hij dirigent van de Milwaukee Engineers Band. Hij stichtte de Milwaukee Civic Band.
Als componist schreef hij werken voor harmonieorkest, maar vooral pedagogische werken voor allerlei instrumenten.
Composities
Werken voor harmonieorkest
- 1938: Overture "Militaire", gebaseerd op een thema uit de "Symphonie Militaire" van Joseph Haydn
- 1939: Overture Hongroise
- 1940: Overture "Eroica", gebaseerd op themas uit de Symfonie Nr. 3 "Eroica" van Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1941: Two admirals - overture
- 1942: Coronation - a musical episode, symfonisch gedicht
- 1946: Spring madrigal, ouverture
- 1946: Pastel moods, ouverture
- 1947: Instrumentalist on parade, mars
- Loyalty March
- Serenade, voor harmonieorkest (samen met: Richard Koebner)
Vocale muziek
- 1942: Americana collection, een zangboek (samen met: Arthur H Brandenburg)
Kamermuziek
- 1941: Alleluia and choral, naar Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina en Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy voor klarinetkwartet
- 1941: Präludium, voor klarinetkwartet
- 1941: Skornicka Quartet Album, voor klarinetkwartet (samen met: Milton Rusch)
Pedagogische Werken
- 1934: Fingering chart for French horn, mellophone and E♭ alto
- 1934: Rubank elementary method : French horn, E♭ alto or mellophone : a fundamental course for individual or like-instrument class instruction
- 1934: Rubank elementary method for French horn, mellophone or E♭ alto; a graded fundamental course
- 1935: Rubank fingering chart for 22 key bassoon
- 1935: Rubank elementary method, bassoon : a fundamental course for individual or like-instrument class instruction
- 1936: Rubank Intermediate Method for Clarinet - a follow up course for individual or like-instrument class instruction (samen met: Robert Miller)
- 1937: Rubank Intermediate method, cornet or trumpet - a follow up course for individual or like-instrument class instruction
- 1937: Melody method for the marimbanette (little marimba) (samen met: Norbert J. Beihoff
- 1938: Rubank Intermediate method, saxophone
- 1938: Rubank intermediate method, trombone or baritone - a follow up course for individual or like-instrument class instruction (samen met: E Grant Boltz)
- 1939: Rubank Intermediate Method - Flute or Piccolo (samen met: A. C. Peterson)
- 1939: Rubank Intermediate Method for Oboe - a follow up course for individual or like-instrument class instruction (samen met: Richard Koebner)
- 1939: Rubank intermediate method for E♭ or BB♭ bass, to follow any elementary method for individual or class instruction (samen met: E. Grant Boltz)
- 1940: Rubank intermediate method [for] French horn, E♭ alto or mellophone (samen met: Robert Erdman)
- 1944: Music educators' elementary orchestra album of preliminary studies and progressive competitions (samen met: Richard Koebner)
- 1946: Boosey and Hawkes Instrumental Course: Trombone Bass Clef Part One (samen met: E. Grant Boltz)
- 1946: The Boosey and Hawkes instrumental course. A planned course of study for private or class instruction. Part one - (samen met: Richard Koebner; Herman Meunier; Joseph Bergeim; James Wilcox; E Grant Baltz; Robert Miller; Edgar Sherman en Robert Erdman)
- 1946: Boosey & Hawkes instrumental course. B♭ cornet or trumpet
- 1946: Instrumental course: E♭ alto saxophone and E♭ baritone saxophone; a planned course of study for individual or group practice (samen met: Robert Miller)
- 1946: Boosey & Hawkes instrumental course. Bassoon (samen met: Edgar Sherman)
- 1946: Boosey and Hawkes instrumental course : French horn in F : part 1 (samen met: Robert Erdman)
- 1946: Drum and bugle elementary ensemble method (samen met: R Ariel Cross)
- 1946: Boosey and Hawkes instrumental course; drums (samen met: Herman Meunier)
- 1947: The Boosey & Hawkes band method - the rhythmic and harmonic approach to band playing (samen met: Joseph Bergeim)
- 1952: Boosey & Hawkes instrumental course for strings (samen met: Roland L. Moehlmann)
- 1952: Boosey & Hawkes instrumental course for string-bass
- 1956: The Boosey & Hawkes band school. For intermediate and advanced bands (samen met: Joseph Bergeim)
- 1958: The function of time and rhythm in instrumental music reading competency
- 1960: Rubank intermediate method: French horn, E alto or mellophone. A follow up course for individual or like-instrument class instruction (samen met: Robert Erdman)
- 1961: Drums : with introduction to bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine and bells (samen met: Herman Meunier)
Publicaties
- Joseph Edward Skornicka: The Function of Time and Rhythm in Instrumental Reading Competency, doctoral dissertation, 1958,
Bibliografie
- Will Earhart: Broadcast Receivers and Phonographs for Classroom Use, in: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Oct., 1939), p. 39
- Paul E. Bierley, William H. Rehrig: The heritage encyclopedia of band music - composers and their music, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7
- E. Ruth Anderson: Contemporary American composers - A biographical dictionary, Second edition, Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p., ISBN 978-0816182237
- Jaques Cattell Press: ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers, Fourth edition, Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers, New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p., ISBN 0835212831
- Jean-Marie Londeix: 125 ans de musique pour saxophone, Paris: Leduc, 1971.
- Kenneth Walter Berger: Band encyclopedia, Kent, Ohio: Band Associates, 1960, 604 p.
- John Townsend Hinton Mize: The international who is who in music, Fifth (Mid-Century) Edition, Chicago: Who is Who in Music, 1951, 576 p.