John La Montaine
Born: 17th March 1920, Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: 29th April 2013, Hollywood, LA, United States
Nationality: American
John Maynard La Montaine, also later LaMontaine, was an American pianist and composer, born in Oak Park, Illinois, who won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Piano Concerto No. 1 "In Time of War" (1958), which was premiered by Jorge Bolet.
His teachers included Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers, and Nadia Boulanger. His works have been performed by Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Adele Addison, Donald Gramm, Robert Silverman, Eleanor Steber and Jorge Bolet.
In honor of the American Bicentennial celebration in 1976, he was commissioned to create a choral work for the Penn State Institute for Arts and Humanistic Studies.
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- Birds of Paradise, Op. 34 (1)
- Dance Preludes (6), Op. 18 (1)
- Even Song (3)
- From Sea to shining Sea (Overture) (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 59 (1)
- Piano Concerto, Op. 9 (1)
- Piano Sonata, Op. 3 (1)
- Sonata for Flute Solo, Op. 24 (1)
- Sonata for Piccolo and Piano, Op. 61 (1)
- Stopping by woods on a snowy evening (2)
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