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Yehudi Wyner
American classical composer
Yehudi Wyner (born June 1, , in Calgary, Alberta) is an American composer, pianist, conductor and music educator.
Life and career
Wyner, who grew up in New York City, was raised in a musical family. His father, Lazar Weiner, was an eminent composer of Yiddishart songs.
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Wyner attended Juilliard, Yale and Harvard, and was a student of Paul Hindemith and Walter Piston. He has written music in a variety of genres, including compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo voice and solo instruments, as well as theatrical music and settings of the Jewish liturgy.
Among his best-known works are the Friday Evening Service () and "Torah Service with Instruments" () for cantor and chorus, and On This Most Voluptuous Night () for soprano and chamber ensemble.
Wyner taught for 14 years at Yale, where he was the head of the composition faculty.
He also taught at SUNY Purchase, Cornell, Brandeis and Harvard.
In , Wyner won the Pulitz