Arthur FRACKENPOHL (1924- )

1 Arthur Roland FRACKENPOHL^1,2 (1924- ) [9374]. Born 23 Apr 1924, Irvington, NJ.³ Marr Mary Ellen WALKLEY 15 Aug 1954, LeRoy, NY.¹

From the Kendor Music, Inc., Music Publisher web site.

"Arthur Frackenpohl - Born: April 23, 1924.

Born in Irvington, New Jersey, he holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (BA, MA) and McGill University (DM). He also studied composition at Tanglewood in the summer of 1948 with Darius Milhaud and with Nadia Boulanger at Fountainebleau in the summer of 1950, where he was awarded First Prize in Composition.

In 1949 Art joined the faculty of the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Until his retirement in 1985, he taught composition, orchestration , theory, piano and class piano.

With over 400 instrumental and vocal compositions to his credit, his arrangements have appeared on several Canadian Brass albums, the latest being Bach's "Goldberg Variations" and "Sacred Brass". Art has received ASCAP awards annually since 1964, and has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships for composition over the years, including one from the Ford Foundation in 1959-60 to serve as composer-in-residence for the Hempsted (NY) Public Schools.".

Sources

1	"From The Rosman Lawrence Family by Mrs. A. Lawrence Jinks, 1965".

2	"From the Biography and Genealogy Master Index".

3	"From the Kender Music, Inc., Music Publisher web site".