David Schiff
David Schiff (born August 30, 1945 in New York City) is an American composer, writer and conductor whose music draws on elements of jazz, rock, and klezmer styles, showing the influence of composers as diverse as Stravinsky, Mahler, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and Terry Riley. His music has been performed by major orchestras and festivals around the United States and by soloists David Shifrin, Regina Carter, David Taylor, Marty Ehrlich, David Krakauer, Nadine Asin and Peter Kogan. He is the author of books on the music of Elliott Carter, George Gershwin and Duke Ellington. His work has been honored by the League-ISCM National Composers Competition award and the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award for his book on Elliott Carter.
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Kindling the Sabbath Lights - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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3 Candle Blessings: Blessing I - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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3 Candle Blessings: Blessing II - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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3 Candle Blessings: Blessing III - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Shiru ladonai (Psalm 96) - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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3 Canticles: No. 3. Sing Unto the Lord a New Song - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Sing Unto God: Sing unto God - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Adonai malakh - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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L'kha dodi - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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L'kha dodi - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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L'kha dodi - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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L'kha dodi - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Tov l'hodot - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Tov l'hodot - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Bar'khu - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Ahavat Olam - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Ahavat olam - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Three Responses: Sh'ma Yisra'el - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Sh'ma yisra'el - V'ahavta - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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And Thou Shalt Love - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Three Responses: V'ahavta and Mi Khamokha - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Mi khamokha - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Hashkivenu - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Hashkivenu - Milken Archive Digital, Vol. 4 Album 7: Cycle of Life in Synagogue & Home – Sabbath Eve, Pt. 2, Individual Settings, Pt. 1 -
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Infernal (after Stravinsky's Firebird Suite) - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Black Swan (after Brahms' 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2. Intermezzo in A Major) - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Plenty of Horn (after Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary) - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Rubies (After Thelonius Monk's Ruby, My Dear) - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Benediction (after Lutkin's Benediction and Sevenfold Amen) - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Musica Celestis (version for the strings) - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra (after Handel's Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327): I. Allegro - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra (after Handel's Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327): II. Larghetto - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Concerto for Brass Quintet and Orchestra (after Handel's Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 6, No. 9, HWV 327): III. Allegro - Echoes: Classic Works Transformed -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Overture: We are here to tell you the tale of Gimpel (Badkhen) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Four months after the wedding…, (Badkhen, Gimpel, Elka, Rabbi) - Lullaby - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Let us begin, at the ending (Badkhen, Elka, Gimpel), "Elka's Death-Bed Scene" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: But what was the connection between Elka and Eve? (Badkhen) - Pantomime - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: So Elka deceived me, and I just believed her (Gimpel, Badkhen, Townspeople), "Gimpel's Monologue" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Out of love to my wife… (Gimpel), "Bread Song" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Once we saw how easy it was to fool Gimpel… (Badkhen, Townspeople, Gimpel) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Night Music - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Gimpel was so confused… (Badkhen, Rabbi), "The Rabbi's Advice" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: O I forgot to tell you about my goat (Gimpel, Goat) - Where is the lad? (Gimpel, Elka) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: But even the Rabbi's ugly daughter… (Badkhen, Rabbi's Daughter, Rabbi, Gimpel) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: May all the dreams I've dreamed tonight… (Elka, Townspeople, Gimpel), "Elka's Gevalt" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Matchmaking for Gimpel! (Badkhen) - Little March - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Gimpel had no choice… (Badkhen, Gimpel, Townspeople, Elka, Rabbi), "The Divorce" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: So that's the one! (Elka, Gimpel, Badkhen, Rabbi) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: I should have gotten angry (Gimpel, Badkhen), "Gimpel's Second Monologue" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: The wedding ceremony took place… (Badkhen) - Little March (reprise) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Little March (reprise) - Gimpel, you're not fair to Elka (Townspeople, Gimpel, Rabbi) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Mi adir al hakol… (Rabbi) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: And if Maimonides says it's kosher! (Gimpel, Badkhen) - Pantomime - Now listen Gimpel… (Elka, Gimpel), "Elka's Death-Bed Scene" (continued) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: O echod mi yodeya? (Badkhen, Townspeople, Rabbi), "Badkhen's Song" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: One night as he lay asleep in the bakery… (Badkhen, Evil One, Gimpel) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Akhas asor, yom la khoidesh adar… (Rabbi, Badkhen), "The Wedding Contract" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Gimpel, what have you done now? (Elka's Ghost, Gimpel) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: All day long I watch the clouds (Yetta, Wolf-Leib), "The Wedding Song" - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Finale: Heeding Elka's words, Gimpel dug a hole in the ground… (Badkhen, Gimpel, Townspeople, Boy) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Sameyakh tesamakh reyim hahuvim (Rabbi) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II: Finale (continued): You always tell the same stories (Boy, Gimpel, Elka, Badkhen) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: It was a black moment for Gimpel (Badkhen, Gimpel) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Mazel Tov (all) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act I: Elka, don't leave your new husband… (Gimpel, Elka, Badkhen) - Schiff, D.: Gimpel the Fool -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 10: Lullaby (Badkhn, Gimpel, Elka, Rabbi) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11: Pantomime (Badkhn, Gimpel) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11a: Bread Song (Gimpel, Apprentice) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11b: Night Music (Gimpel, Townspeople, Elka) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11c: Gimpel and the Goat (Gimpel, Goat, Elka) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11d: Elka's "Gvald" (Elka, Townspeople, Gimpel) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11e: The Divorce (Badkhn, Gimpel, Rabbi, Townspeople, Elka) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Gimpel the Fool: Act II Scene 11f: Gimpel's Monologue (Gimpel, Badkhn) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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The Lady of the Lake: Scene 5: Welcome, Mr. Freeman (Isabella, Blumberg) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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The Lady of the Lake: Interlude - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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The Lady of the Lake: Scene 6: She lied to me (Blumberg) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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The Lady of the Lake: Scene 7: So you come here again (Ernesto, Blumberg, Isabella) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Esther: Act I Scene 8 (excerpt): Did any queen have more? (Esther) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Esther: Act III Scene 2: Wild Dance - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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Esther: Act III Scene 10: Susa sleeps a sleep (Esther, Xerxes) - Jewish Operas, Vol. 2 -
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