Primous Fountain
Primous Fountain is an American composer. He was born August 1, 1949 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was raised in Chicago where he still resides and attended Wendell Phillips High School. His orchestral composition Manifestation (1969) was performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1970 when the composer was just 20 years old.[1] In 1968 he received a composition award from BMI[2] And in 1969 he became the youngest person ever to win a Guggenheim Fellowship. He would go inon to receive a second Guggenheim, an ASCAP grant and commissions from various music organizations. His Second Symphony was commissioned by Quincy Jones.
Selected List of Works[edit]
Orchestral[edit]
- Manifestation (1968) First performance by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Richard Duffalo in 1970
- Ritual Dances of the Amaks (1973)[3] First performance by the New England Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller in July, 1973
- Caprice for Orchestra (1978
- Symphony No. 1 (1982) "Epitome of the Oppressed" commissioned by the Milwaukee Symphony and premiered under Lukas Foss in 1982
- String Orchestra (1998) commissioned by William Forsythe and the Frankfurt Ballet
- Symphony No. 2
- Symphony No. 3
- Symphony No. 4 (2011)First performance by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Miran Vaupotic April, 2012
- Symphony No. 5
- Symphony No. 6 (2012) First performance May, 2014 by the Orchestra of the Teleradio Moldova corporation conducted by Gheorghe Mustea
- Symphony No. 7 (2014)
Soloist(s) with Orchestra[edit]
- Cello Concerto (1976)commissioned by Anthony Elliott and the Minnesota Orchestra and premiered with Anthony Elliott, cello and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski conducting.
- Harp Concerto (1981)Dedicated to Ann Hobson and premiered by her with the Boston Symphony
Chamber Music[edit]
- Piece for Violin and Piano
- Cello Suite
- Tango para Cello
- Piano Trio
- Play in Six Parts Act I (1967)
- Play in Six Parts Act II
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2
References[edit]
- ↑ Biographical Dictionary Afro-American and African Musicians by Eileen Southern. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982
- ↑ Brass Music of Black Composers by Aaron Horne. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/21/archives/weissenbergs-adroit-pianism.html
Further Reading[edit]
- Fountain, Primous III at the Grove Dictionary of American Music. "A largely self-taught musician, he performed on the trumpet and double bass and arranged for jazz ensembles as a youth;"
External links[edit]
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