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Leo Ornstein
Born: 11th December 1892, Kremenchuk, Ukraine
Died: 24th February 2002, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Nationality: American
Leo Ornstein was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. The bulk of his experimental works were written for piano.
Ornstein was the first important composer to make extensive use of the tone cluster. As a pianist, he was considered a world-class talent.
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- Piano Quintet, Op. 92 (1)
- À la Chinoise, Op. 39 (5)
- A Moment of Retrospect, S156 (1)
- A Morning in the Woods (6)
- Arabesques Op. 42 (3)
- Bagatelle, S100 (1)
- Ballade (2)
- Composition 1 for cello and piano (2)
- Cossack Impressions, s55 (1)
- Danse sauvage Op. 13 No. 2 (1)
- Hebraic Fantasy for violin and piano (1)
- Impressions de la Tamise Op. 13 No. 1 (2)
- Impromptus (4), s300a (1)
- In the Country, s63 (1)
- Nine Vignettes, S380 (1)
- Nocturne No. 1, S153 (1)
- Nocturne No. 2 (1)
- Piano Quartet (1)
- Piano Sonata No. 4, S360 (2)
- Piano Sonata No. 8 (1)
- Piano Sonatas No. 4 (1924), No. 7 (1988) (1)
- Poems of 1917 Op. 41 (1)
- Seeing Russia with Teacher, SO 552 (1)
- Six Preludes for cello and piano (1929–30) (1)
- Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano, Op. 52 (1915) (2)
- Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano (1)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 99 (1)
- String Quartet No. 3 (1)
- Suicide in an Airplane (4)
- Suicide in an Airplane, SO 6 (2)
- Suite Russe, S58 (1)
- The Cathedral, S73 (1)
- Three Moods, S5 (1)
- Three pieces for flute and piano (1)
- Two Pieces for cello and piano, Op. 33, Nos. 1 and 2 (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 26 (1)
- Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31 (2)
- Violin Sonata, Op. Posth. (1)
- Waltzes (17), S400–16 (1)
