NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Donald Erb

Donald Erb is an American composer best known for large orchestral works such as Concerto for Brass and Klangfarbenfunk. He has received the Prix de Rome and was composer-in-residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He is currently on the faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio. A composer is a person who writes music. ... Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Orchestra at City Hall (Edmonton). ... The Prix de Rome is a scholarship for students of the arts. ... The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, based in Chicago, Illinois, is one of the leading orchestras in the world. ... Music school in Cleveland. ... City nickname: The Forest City Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio County Cuyahoga Mayor Jane Campbell Area â€“Land â€“Water 213. ...

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	Erb's interest in and affinity for jazz is detectable, but this classification, too, is misleading as jazz idioms, like his other stylistic mannerisms, are at the edge of the music rather than at the center.
	Donald Erb uses most of these latter techniques so that the overriding feeling of his music as a whole is one of intense stillness.
	Erb makes the music all the more poignant by his use of the hymn "Jesus Love Me." At first, there are only vague hints of the hymn's tune.

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