PETER MENNIN, 60, COMPOSER AND HEAD OF JUILLIARD SCHOOL:- Saturday, June 18, 1983
Peter Mennin, president of the Juilliard School for more than 20 years and one of America's most prolific symphonic composers, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 60.
A spokeswoman for Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital said Mr. Mennin died at 7 a.m. A school spokeswoman said he had undergone an operation 11 months ago and had been in poor health since then.
Born in Erie, Pa., Mr. Mennin studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., in 1945, after serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He taught composition at Juilliard from 1947 to 1958, when he was appointed director of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He returned to Juilliard as president in 1962, a post he held until his death.
Over a 40-year period beginning in 1941, Mr. Mennin composed romantic symphonic works influenced by 19th-century composers.
The Dictionary of American Music described Mr. Mennin's compositions as ''strongly romantic in their inspiration."
He wrote nine symphonies, completing the last in 1981, as well as sonatas, cantatas, concertos for piano and cello, and chamber music.
The allegro movement of his Symphony No. 2 in 1943 won the first George Gershwin Memorial Award.
Mr. Mennin received dozens of awards and commendations for his works, which included the cantata, "The Christmas Story," in 1949 and the orchestral work, "Moby Dick," in 1952.
His works were performed by symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe.
Mr. Mennin, who lived in Manhattan, is survived by his wife, Georganne; two children, Felicia and Mark; his mother, Mrs. Emilia Mennini of Erie, and a brother, Louis, also of Erie.
There will be no funeral service. A memorial service will be held at Juilliard in the fall.
Peter Mennin, president of the Juilliard School for more than 20 years and one of America's most prolific symphonic composers, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 60.
A spokeswoman for Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital said Mr. Mennin died at 7 a.m. A school spokeswoman said he had undergone an operation 11 months ago and had been in poor health since then.
Born in Erie, Pa., Mr. Mennin studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., in 1945, after serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He taught composition at Juilliard from 1947 to 1958, when he was appointed director of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He returned to Juilliard as president in 1962, a post he held until his death.
Over a 40-year period beginning in 1941, Mr. Mennin composed romantic symphonic works influenced by 19th-century composers.
The Dictionary of American Music described Mr. Mennin's compositions as ''strongly romantic in their inspiration."
He wrote nine symphonies, completing the last in 1981, as well as sonatas, cantatas, concertos for piano and cello, and chamber music.
The allegro movement of his Symphony No. 2 in 1943 won the first George Gershwin Memorial Award.
Mr. Mennin received dozens of awards and commendations for his works, which included the cantata, "The Christmas Story," in 1949 and the orchestral work, "Moby Dick," in 1952.
His works were performed by symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe.
Mr. Mennin, who lived in Manhattan, is survived by his wife, Georganne; two children, Felicia and Mark; his mother, Mrs. Emilia Mennini of Erie, and a brother, Louis, also of Erie.
There will be no funeral service. A memorial service will be held at Juilliard in the fall.
PETER MENNIN, 60, COMPOSER AND HEAD OF JUILLIARD SCHOOL:- Saturday, June 18, 1983
Peter Mennin, president of the Juilliard School for more than 20 years and one of America's most prolific symphonic composers, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 60.
A spokeswoman for Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital said Mr. Mennin died at 7 a.m. A school spokeswoman said he had undergone an operation 11 months ago and had been in poor health since then.
Born in Erie, Pa., Mr. Mennin studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., in 1945, after serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He taught composition at Juilliard from 1947 to 1958, when he was appointed director of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He returned to Juilliard as president in 1962, a post he held until his death.
Over a 40-year period beginning in 1941, Mr. Mennin composed romantic symphonic works influenced by 19th-century composers.
The Dictionary of American Music described Mr. Mennin's compositions as ''strongly romantic in their inspiration."
He wrote nine symphonies, completing the last in 1981, as well as sonatas, cantatas, concertos for piano and cello, and chamber music.
The allegro movement of his Symphony No. 2 in 1943 won the first George Gershwin Memorial Award.
Mr. Mennin received dozens of awards and commendations for his works, which included the cantata, "The Christmas Story," in 1949 and the orchestral work, "Moby Dick," in 1952.
His works were performed by symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe.
Mr. Mennin, who lived in Manhattan, is survived by his wife, Georganne; two children, Felicia and Mark; his mother, Mrs. Emilia Mennini of Erie, and a brother, Louis, also of Erie.
There will be no funeral service. A memorial service will be held at Juilliard in the fall.
Peter Mennin, president of the Juilliard School for more than 20 years and one of America's most prolific symphonic composers, died yesterday after a long illness. He was 60.
A spokeswoman for Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital said Mr. Mennin died at 7 a.m. A school spokeswoman said he had undergone an operation 11 months ago and had been in poor health since then.
Born in Erie, Pa., Mr. Mennin studied at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and received his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., in 1945, after serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
He taught composition at Juilliard from 1947 to 1958, when he was appointed director of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He returned to Juilliard as president in 1962, a post he held until his death.
Over a 40-year period beginning in 1941, Mr. Mennin composed romantic symphonic works influenced by 19th-century composers.
The Dictionary of American Music described Mr. Mennin's compositions as ''strongly romantic in their inspiration."
He wrote nine symphonies, completing the last in 1981, as well as sonatas, cantatas, concertos for piano and cello, and chamber music.
The allegro movement of his Symphony No. 2 in 1943 won the first George Gershwin Memorial Award.
Mr. Mennin received dozens of awards and commendations for his works, which included the cantata, "The Christmas Story," in 1949 and the orchestral work, "Moby Dick," in 1952.
His works were performed by symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe.
Mr. Mennin, who lived in Manhattan, is survived by his wife, Georganne; two children, Felicia and Mark; his mother, Mrs. Emilia Mennini of Erie, and a brother, Louis, also of Erie.
There will be no funeral service. A memorial service will be held at Juilliard in the fall.
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