## QUINCY PORTER

Quincy Porter is a composer who has been particularly successful with chamber music and with music for strings. He is remarkable, too, for the broad appeal of his compositions. They are rarely obscure and establish contact with the average listener as well as with the sophisticated musician. His pioneer New England ancestry, moreover, gives him American sources by heritage, and they color his music naturally and without self-consciousness.

Mr. Porter has composed six string quartets, several of which are widely performed, particularly the third, published in 1936 by the Society for the Publication of American Music, and recorded by the Gordon String Quartet. He also has written two sonatas for violin and piano, a quartet for clarinet and strings, a sonata for piano, and a suite for viola alone.

For orchestra there are several major works. The earliest, for strings, was the *Ukrainian Suite*, composed in 1925, followed by a Suite in C minor, 1926, and a *Poem and Dance*, 1932. A First Symphony, composed in 1934, was awarded honorable mention by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society's prize competition of 1937, and was performed by this orchestra with the composer conducting in 1938. There is also a *Dance in Three-Time*, commissioned by the St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, 1937, and an orchestral work commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System, *Two Dances for Radio*, 1938.

Quincy Porter was born in New Haven, Conn. on Feb. 7, 1897, a descendant on both sides of his family of early American settlers. His first serious study of composition was at the Yale School of Music under Horatio Parker and David Stanley Smith. He pursued further studies with Herbert Dittler. Mr. Porter graduated from Yale College in 1919 and from the School of Music, where he won the Steinert and Osborne composition prizes, in 1921. In 1920 he studied composition with d'Indy and violin with Capet in Paris, returning to this country the following year to study with Ernest Bloch in New York City. Porter continued his studies under Bloch in Cleveland, becoming a member of the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music in 1923. He left Cleveland in 1928, after having headed the theory department of the Institute since 1925, and returned to Paris for a three year visit during two of which he held a Guggenheim fellowship in composition. He returned to Cleveland for one year, being called to Vassar in 1932 where he was six years a professor of music. He came to the New England Conservatory of Music in 1938, where he was Dean of the Faculty. In 1946 Mr. Porter joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he is now teaching composition.

### MUSIC BY QUINCY PORTER
PUBLISHED BY MUSIC PRESS

* Four Pieces for Violin and Piano

* Music for Strings (orchestra or quintet)

* Music When Soft Voices Die — medium voice and piano

MUSIC PRESS Editions

Orchestra Series GENERAL EDITOR EDWIN J. STRINGHAM

GRETRY, A. M. (1741-1813) Dances from La Rosiere Republicaine

HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Grand Concerto in B Flat

HAYDN, J. (1732-1809) Notturno VI in G Major

LULLY, J. B. (1632-1687) Suite for Orchestra

RAMEAU, J. P. (1683-1764) Suite for Orchestra from Dardanus

Band Series

GOLDMAN, R. (Editor), Two Marches from Revolutionary America

HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Royal Fireworks Music

String Orchestra Series GENERAL EDITOR LOUIS PERSINGER

CLERAMBAULT, N. (1676-1749) Symphonia Quarta

HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Grand Concerto Opus 6, No. 9

PURCELL, H. (1659-1695) Overture to The Rival Sisters

PURCELL, H. (1659-1695) Suite from The Double Dealer

VIVALDI, A. (1675-1743) Concerto in D Minor

Contemporary Series

MOORE, Douglas, Village Music

PORTER, Quincy, Music for Strings

SOWERBY, Leo, Concert Overture for Orchestra

THOMSON, Virgil, Suite from The Plow That Broke The Plains

Chamber Music

GLUCK, C. W. (1714-1787) Trio Sonata No. 2

HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in G Major

HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Trio Sonata in E Flat Major

LECLAIR, J. M. (1697-1764) Six Duets for Two Violins

MUSIC FOR TWO Eight Duets for Two High Instruments

Organ Music EDITOR E. POWER BIGGS

CORELLI, A. (1653-1713) Trio Sonata Opus 3, No. 2

Trio Sonata Opus 1, No. 1

FRESCOBALDI, G. and HOMILIUS, G. A. Ricercare and Prelude

MOZART, W. A. (1756-1791)

Six Organ Sonatas (1-6) with strings (ed. Rosenthal)

Four Organ Sonatas (7, 8, 10, 11) with strings

Two Organ Sonatas (12, 14) with winds, strings

Three Organ Sonatas (9, 13, 15) with strings

PURCELL, H. (1659-1695) Ceremonial Music (trumpet optional)

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

ORCHESTRA SERIES, General Editor EDWIN J. STRINGHAM

MOZART, W. A. (1756-1791) Two Entr'acte pieces from Thamos, King of Egypt

BEETHOVEN, L. (1770-1827) Twelve Contredanses Vol. I (1-6), Vol. II. (7-12)

STRING ORCHESTRA SERIES, General Editor LOUIS PERSINGER

SAMMARTINI, G. (1693-1750) Concerto Grosso No. 4

PERGOLESI, G. (1710-1736) Concerto in G Minor

CHAMBER MUSIC

SCARLATTI, A. (1659-1725) Sonata a Quattro in D Minor

GABRIELI, A. (1510-1586) Three, Four-Part Ricercari

BOCCHERINI, L. (1743-1805) Two Terzetti for Two Violins and Cello

## QUINCY PORTER

For orchestra there are several major works. The earliest, for strings, was the *Ukrainian Suite*, composed in 1925, followed by a Suite in C minor, 1926, and a Poem and Dance, 1932. A First Symphony, composed in 1934, was awarded honorable mention by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society's prize competition of 1937, and was performed by this orchestra with the composer conducting in 1938. There is also a *Dance in Three-Time*, commissioned by the St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, 1937, and an orchestral work commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System, *Two Dances for Radio*, 1938.

MUSIC PRESS Editions

GRETRY, A. M. (1741-1813) Dances from *La Rosiere Republicame*
HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Grand Concerto in B Flat
HAYDN, J. (1732-1809) Notturno VI in G Major
LULLY, J. B. (1632-1687) Suite for Orchestra
RAMEAU, J. P. (1683-1764) Suite for Orchestra from *Dardanus*

Band Series

CLERAMBAULT, N. (1676-1749) Symphonia Quarta
HANDEL, G. F. (1685-1759) Grand Concerto Opus 6, No. 9
PURCELL, H. (1659-1695) Overture to *The Rival Sisters*
PURCELL, H. (1659-1695) Suite from *The Double Dealer*
VIVALDI, A. (1675-1743) Concerto in D Minor

Contemporary Series

MOORE, Douglas, Village Music
PORTER, Quincy, Music for Strings
SOWERBY, Leo, Concert Overture for Orchestra
THOMSON, Virgil, Suite from *The Plow That Broke The Plains*

Chamber Music

PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

MOZART, W. A. (1756-1791) Two Entr'acte pieces from *Thamos, King of Egypt*

CHAMBER MUSIC