Introduction
Allan Blank (December 27, 1925, New York City – November 12, 2013, Bon Air, Virginia) was an American composer who has more than 60 published works. He attended the Juilliard School of Music (1945–47) and obtained a bachelor's degree from Washington Square College (1948). He received a master's degree from the University of Minnesota (1970) and also studied at the University of Iowa. He was a violinist in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1950–52). He taught composition at Western Illinois University (1966–68), Paterson State Teachers College (1968–70), Lehman College (1970–77), and at Virginia Commonwealth University (1978–96). In 1990 he was awarded a grant from the Virginia Commission for the Arts.
Blank died at age of 87 on November 12, 2013 due to complications from the effects of a brain tumor.
Works
- Stage
- Aria da Capo, chamber opera (1960)
- The Magic Bonbons, opera (1983)
- The Noise, opera (1986)
- Othello, incidental music (1983)
- Measure for Measure, incidental music (1984)
- Orchestra
- Music for Orchestra (1967)
- Concertino for Bassoon and Strings (1984)
- Concertino for Strings (1987)
- Overture for a Happy Occasion (1987)
- Chamber
- String Quartet No. 1 (1958)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1981)
- Wind Quintet (1970)