Donald Grantham
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Donald Grantham (born November 9, 1947) is an American composer and music educator.
Grantham was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. After receiving a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma, he went on to receive his MM and DMA from the University of Southern California. For two summers he studied under famed French composer and pedagogue, Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in France. His music has won many prestigious awards, including the Prix Lili Boulanger, the ASCAP Rudolf Nissim Prize, and First Prize in the National Opera Association's Biennial Composition Competition. Grantham is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and three separate grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. The symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Cleveland, and Dallas are among the ensembles that have performed Grantham's works. He also collaborated with fellow composer Kent Kennan to author the textbook The Technique of Orchestration.
Grantham currently teaches music composition at the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music, where he is the Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Centennial Professor of Music.
Well-known pieces include Southern Harmony and Kentucky Harmony for band.
His most famous piece is the Baron Cimetiere's Mambo.
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- Two-Piano Suite - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Fantasy Variations on Gershwin’s Piano Prelude II for Two Pianos - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Concert Scherzo - Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? for Two Pianos - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Epicycles for Piano Four-Hands: I. Allegro energico - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Epicycles for Piano Four-Hands: II. Interlude: Adagio religioso - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Epicycles for Piano Four-Hands: III. Andante con moto - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Epicycles for Piano Four-Hands: IV. Interlude: Adagio - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Epicycles for Piano Four-Hands: V. Presto - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- 3-Day Mix for Piano Four-Hands - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- Milonga Del Ángel (Arranged for Two Pianos by Pablo Ziegler) - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
- La Muerte del Ángel (Arranged for Two Pianos by Pablo Ziegler) - Five By Four - Music for Piano Duo by Alberga, Grantham, Kerr, Sung and Piazzolla - Donald Grantham
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