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Barbara Kolb Wikipedia

Barbara Kolb (born February 10 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units (Motif (music)|motifs or figures). She was the first woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. She studied with Arnold Franchetti and Gunther Schuller.

Her works include:

• Millefoglie, for chamber orchestra and computer generated tape

• Extremes, duo for flute and cello

• Chromatic Fantasy, for narrator and six instruments, poem by Howard Stern

• Solitaire, for piano and two-channel tape and vibraphone

Discography:

• Barbara Kolb--Millefoglie and Other Works (1992). Music Today and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. New World Records: 80422-2.

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Last Modified:   2005-12-19