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Biography

“With his winning of the Pulitzer Prize for the little match girl passion (one of the most original and moving scores of recent years), Lang, once a postminimalist enfant terrible, has solidified his standing as an American master.”

— The New Yorker

Passionate, prolific, and complicated, composer David Lang embodies the restless spirit of invention. Lang is at the same time deeply versed in the classical tradition and committed to music that resists categorization, constantly creating new forms…

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Contacts

Sheet Music Rental/Sales Inquiries

G. Ricordi & Co., New York
Universal Music Classics and Screen
p: (+1) 346.402.6887


Commissioning, Residencies, and Appearances

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Publicity (press inquiries, interviews, etc.)

Amanda Ameer, publicist
First Chair Promotion


Obtaining Scores or other performance materials

To PURCHASE music (5 players or fewer), please go to the following links:

  • if you live in NORTH AMERICA (Canada/USA/Mexico)
    CLICK HERE
    (you will be redirected to Subito Music)
  • if you live OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA
    CLICK HERE
    (you will be redirected to MusicShopEurope)

To RENT/HIRE music (6 players or more) anywhere in the world, please go to www.zinfonia.com


Licensing

Rights for film, TV or streaming video

To license any of David Lang’s pre-existing music for synchronization:

 

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For bespoke music for film/television, please write:
Andrew Zack (Gorfaine Schwartz Agency)

Rights for dance and other staged works

Please click here and choose “Offices and Agents” tab…

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Donald Martin Jenni (1937-2006): A Remembrance

July 28, 2006

Two weeks ago I received a sad email, telling me that the composer Donald Martin Jenni had died, from a long and painful cancer. My first thought was that I was sorry I had not kept in closer contact, my second was that I was surprised to read in his obituary that he had ended up in New Orleans, with a new life and an adopted family. His life had changed so much since I had known him. I had been a masters student of Martin's from 1978 to 1980 at the University of Iowa, and although we had stayed in touch after I left Iowa—we would send each other music and he would come visit whenever he was in New York—the second that he retired he vanished…

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