Arthur Kreutz

Arthur R. Kreutz (July 25, 1906 – March 12, 1991) was an American composer.

Life and career

Kreutz was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His paternal grandparents Frank R. Kreutz (originally František Kříž) and Paulina Zahradníková were born in the Czech village Pístina.[1][2] Arthur's second cousin was the composer Robert E. Kreutz.

Kreutz composed the Paul Bunyan Suite, the Dixie Concerto, the score to Martha Graham's 1942 ballet Land Be Bright,[3] and Symphonic Blues (for orchestra) (1947); some of his orchestral pieces were played by the New York Philharmonic, with whom he appeared at times as a guest conductor.[4] Among his other works is a 1954 opera about the University Greys of the University of Mississippi.[5] Kreutz taught from 1954 until 1961 at the University of Mississippi; he died of cancer in Oxford, Mississippi.[4] The University holds his papers in its libraries.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 20.07.14". digi.ceskearchivy.cz. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  2. ^ "DigiArchiv of SRA Trebon - ver. 20.07.14". digi.ceskearchivy.cz. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. ^ "Kreutz,Arthur". Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Arthur R. Kreutz, 84, Composer and Teacher". The New York Times. 1991-03-13. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  5. ^ Margaret Ross Griffel; Adrienne Fried Block (1999). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-25310-2.
  6. ^ "Finding Aid for the Arthur Kreutz Collection MUM00085". Olemiss.edu. Retrieved 2016-07-13.


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