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Alan Raph (July 3, 1933--December 8, 2023)[1] was a bass trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor who founded and conducted the Danbury Brass Band. He recorded with many well-known musicians including Quincy Jones, Philip Glass, Peter Nero, John Pizzarelli and Bob Brookmeyer for television, movies, and ballet.[2] He was for many years on first call with most New York City recording studios.

Life

Raph was born in New York City to Marion McGuire and Ted Raph.[3] His father was a jazz trombonist in the 1920s and 1930s. Raph married Theresa Capp on October 5, 1957.[4] They had two children, Robert and Dianne. In 1978 he married musician Mary Ann O'Connor, with whom he had a son Jason.[5][6][7]

Education

Raph graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education. He then studied at Teachers College Columbia University where he received a Masters of Arts degree. He has studied privately with Nadia Boulanger, John Mehegan, Simon Karasick, and Gabriel Masson.[2]

Professional career

He was a professor at the Teachers College of Columbia University in New York City, as well as instructor and associate professor at Queens College of the City University of New York.[2]

He was a charter member of the American Symphony Orchestra for which he played the bass trombone. He was for many years the bass trombone and tuba player on first call with most New York City recording studios.[8][1] He was the editor of the Arban Method for Trombone, originally written by Charles Randall and Simone Mantia, and re-published in 2013.[9][10] He performed under the direction of Leopold Stokowski with the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band and the Chamber Brass Players. As a freelance trombonist, he recorded albums with artists including Quincy Jones, Don Sebesky, Philip Glass, the NBC Opera Company, Eugene Ormandy, Paul Whiteman and his Palais Royale Orchestra, the Ballet Bolshoi Theatre, Diana Ross, Lena Horne and Mel Torme. He also recorded music for many movies and television shows including Sesame Street, The Cosby Show, Name That Tune, The Godfather, The Producers, Midnight Cowboy, Hamburger Hill, Bananas, Kundun, Fog of War, Secret Window, and Taking Lives.[2][8]

He founded the Danbury Brass Band in 1983. The ensemble is composed of trumpets, cornets, French horns, trombones, euphoniums, and tubas. He composed and arranged many pieces for the band and continued as its music director and conductor until his death. [11][12][13] The band has performed abroad in Australia, Bermuda, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.[14] He has composed for the Joffrey Ballet Company. He also arranged several songs for the Broadway musical Rockabye Hamlet (1976). Raph was a member of ASCAP.[2][12]

Raph was known for his low range playing.[15] He was awarded the Most Valuable Player award by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[8]

Compositions

Works for wind band

  • Variations on a Theme by Handel, for trombone and band
  • Fantasy on a Theme by Purcell, for flute and band

Ballets

  • Trinity, premiered in 1970 by the Joffrey Ballet Company
  • Sacred Grove on Mt. Tamalpais, premiered in 1971 by the Joffrey Ballet Company

Chamber music

  • Burlesque, for trombone ensemble (ca. 1956, per the composer)

Pedagogical works

  • Bel Canto Vocalises for Bass Trombone
  • Beyond Boundaries
  • Diversified Trombone Etudes
  • Arban Trombone
  • Melodious Etudes
  • Recital Pieces for Unaccompanied Trombone
  • The Double Valve Bass Trombone
  • Trombonisms

Media

Publications

Discography

With J. J. Johnson

With Lee Konitz

With Gerry Mulligan

With Jerome Richardson

Bibliography

  • Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppli: The Blue Note label : a discography, Revised and expanded edition, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001, 913 p.
  • de:Wolfgang Suppan, de:Armin Suppan: Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens, 4. Auflage, Freiburg-Tiengen, Blasmusikverlag Schulz GmbH, 1994, Шаблон:ISBN
  • Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky: The Mercury labels : a discography, Vol. V: record and artist indexes, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 882 p.
  • E. Ruth Anderson: Contemporary American composers - A biographical dictionary, Second edition, Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p., Шаблон:ISBN
  • Jaques Cattell Press: ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers, Fourth edition, New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p., Шаблон:ISBN

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ New York, New York, Births, 1910-1965 Ancestry.com
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite webШаблон:Dead link
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Citation
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 Шаблон:Cite web
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  10. ↑ Randall, Charles L., (Jean Baptist) Arban's Famous Method for Slide Trombone, Carl Fischer, New York, 1936 (reprinted as "Arban's Famous Method for Slide Trombone, Valve Trombone and Baritone" into the 21st century)
  11. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  12. ↑ 12,0 12,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  13. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  14. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  15. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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