Robert Capanna scores, 1972-2019.

Format:

• Other

Author/Creator:

• Capanna, Robert, 1952-2018, Composer (cmp).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Composers--United States.
• Music.
• Music--United States.

Genre:

• Manuscripts, American -- 20th century.
• Machine-readable artifacts.
• Scores.
• Sheet music.

Penn Provenance:

• Gift of Cathryn Coate, 2018 August 15.

Physical Description:

4 boxes (2.5 linear feet)

Arrangement:

Organized into 6 series: I. Solo instruments; II. Chorus; III. Instrumental ensembles; IV. Voice and instruments; V. Large ensembles; and VI. Arrangements.

Place of Publication:

1972-2019.

Language Note:

English, some musical directions in Italian.

Biography/History:

Robert Capanna was an American composer and director of music education. Born in 1952 in Camden, New Jersey, he spent his early musical life commuting to Philadelphia for music lessons. Originally a trombonist, he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in composition from the Philadelphia Music Academy, where he studied with Joseph Castaldo and Theodore Antoniou. In 1974, he was the Bruno Maderna Fellow in Composition at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, where he worked with Jacob Druckman and was awarded the Koussevitsky Prize in composition. Capanna's works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, Penn Contemporary Players, Orchestra Society of Philadelphia, Amherst Music Center Orchestra, Dallas Civic Symphony, the Berkshire Music Center Orchestra, Network for New Music, the Trio di Milano, Colorado String Quartet, Mendelssohn Quartet, Concerto Soloists, Orchestra 2001, and the Philadelphia Singers. In 1976, Capanna became director of the Kardon-Northeast Branch of the Settlement Music School, a community school of the arts with branches throughout the greater Philadelphia region, and from 1982 to 2009, he served as the school's executive director. During his tenure the school grew from three branches to six, launched an integrated arts preschool, Kaleidoscope, and founded the Joseph and Marie Field Chamber Music Center. Capanna passed away on January 26, 2018.

Summary:

This collection includes scores by composer Robert Capanna. These are separated into six series: Solo instruments, Chorus, Instrumental ensembles, Voice and instruments, Large ensembles, and Arrangements. Scores written before or around 1995 often exist in pen or pencil on onion-skin and in final, published form; scores written after 1995 are generally printed, both in draft and final, published form. Because Capanna continually revised his works, some pieces appear in multiple versions. There is also a flash drive which contains PDF versions of the scores.

OCLC:

1090564230