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Samuel Alken
Sign in to saveAlso known as Samuel I Alken, Samuel Alkin, Sr. Samuel Alken, Samuel, I Alken, Samuel, Sr. Alken, Samuel, Senior Alken, Samuel Alken (I), Samuel Alkan
artist (1756-1815)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1756
- Died
- 1815
- Works
- 0
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-03-09
- Active to
- 1981-01-23
20th centuryamericanamerican composerclassicalcomposercontemporary classical
Discography
- Knoxville: “Summer of 1915” for Soprano and Orchestra, op. 24 / Four Excursions, op. 201951
- The First Symphony / Dover Beach / Songs From Chamber Music1952
- A Lincoln Portrait /New England Triptych1959
- Barber: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 38 / Schuman: A Song of Orpheus: Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra1964
- Two Twentieth Century Masterpieces: Violin Concertos1965
- Four Melodic Masterpieces of Samuel Barber1966
- Barber: Adagio for Strings / Ives: Symphony no. 3 / Copland: Quiet City1976
- String Quartet, Op. 11 (Including "Adagio for Strings") / String Quartet No. 2 / Scherzo for String Quartet1976
- Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry1982
- Barber: Cello Concerto / Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 11983
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Samuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- engraver
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- landscape painting
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- Commons category
- Samuel Alken
- date of birth
- 1756-10-22
- date of death
- 1815-11-09
- Commons Creator page
- Samuel Alken
- name in native language
- Samuel Alken
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