Stephen L. (Lucky) Mosko[1][2] (December 7, 1947 - December 6, 2005) was an American composer. His music blended high modernism (including serialism) with world music,[3] and he was an expert in Icelandic folk music.[4] His, "seemingly contradictory," influences include uptown, downtown, and the West Coast school; including John Cage, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Morton Feldman, and Mel Powell.[5]
Stephen "Lucky" Mosko | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 7, 1947 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 2005 Green Valley, Los Angeles County, California |
| Genres | Contemporary classical, world |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, music director, teacher |
Mosko studied with Antonia Brico, Donald Martino, Gustav Meier, Mel Powell, Leonard Stein, and Morton Subotnick.[6][7][8]
He was the music director of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players from 1988 to 1997[9] and of the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival's Contemporary Music Festival in 1984.[10] He was the director of the Ojai Music Festival in 1986[citation needed] and 1990.[11] He was married to Dorothy Stone, founding flutist of California EAR Unit.[8][12]
Notable students include composers Ann Millikan and Nicholas Frances Chase.
Discography
edit- Composer
- Indigenous Music (1998), The California EAR Unit
- Composer Portrait Series: Stephen L. Mosko (2000), Southwest Chamber Music
- Music director
- For Samuel Beckett by Morton Feldman (1993), San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
- Only: Works for Voice and Instruments by Morton Feldman (1996), Joan La Barbara and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Sources
edit- ^ Duckworth, William (1999). "Milton Babbitt", Talking Music: Conversations with John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers, p.84. ISBN 9780306808937.
- ^ (Dec. 12, 2005). "Composer/conductor Stephen Mosko dead", UPI.
- ^ Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. "Indigenous Music" at AllMusic. Retrieved 09:04, 11 August 2013 (UTC).
- ^ (1996). "Liner notes", Only: Works for Voice and Instruments. New Albion.
- ^ von der Schmidt (2000). "Liner notes", Composer Portrait Series: Stephen L. Mosko. Southwest Chamber Music.
- ^ "Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko, 58; Composer Was a Mentor to New Music Performers", "latimes.com".
- ^ "Dorothy Stone Mosko and Stephen Lucky Mosko Collection", CalArts.edu.
- ^ a b Woodard, Josef (1998). "Liner notes", Indigenous Music. oodiscs.
- ^ Ulrich, Allan (October 18, 1988), "Contemporary Debut: A new director, a new season of new music", San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ Mattison, Ben (13 Dec 2005). "New-Music Specialist Stephen Mosko Dies at 58", PlayBillArts.
- ^ Wager, Gregg (May 28, 1990). "Ojai Festival Keeps Cutting-Edge Tradition—With a Twist : Music: New director Stephen Mosko will replace the old and European standards with new and American fare.", LATimes.
- ^ Dec. 12, 2005. "Composer/conductor Stephen Mosko dead", UPI.com.
Further reading
edit- Chute, James. 2001. "Mosko, Stephen". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Steingrímsson, Hreinn. Stone, Dorothy and Mosko, Stephen L. (eds.) (2000). Kvædaskapur: Icelandic Epic Song.
External links
edit- "The life and work of Stephen L. Mosko”, luxstar.org’’.
- "Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko Memorial", MachineProject.com.
- "The Music of Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko", RedCat.org.
- "Obituary: Stephen 'Lucky' Mosko", NewMusicBox.org.
- "Articles about Stephen L. Mosko", LATimes.com.
- "Biographical Material about Stephen L. Mosko", LeisurePlanetMusic.com.
- Stephen "Lucky" Mosko scores, recordings, and other material, 1957-2008 at Isham Memorial Library, Harvard University
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