Argosh, Richard Steven 6.jul.1957- USA Illinois, Chicago Highland Park
teacher, resided in Chicago Northbrook, 1976 studied at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, 1988 awarded a Charles Ives Scholarship, 1991 PhD from Princeton University New Jersey, 1992 Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, 1992 active/residing in New York City, 1994 in Waterville Maine, 1995-1996 in Oakland California, 1996-1997 in Augusta Georgia, 1996-2000 in San Francisco California, 2002 in Eugene Oregon

Title Parts


[] Rhapsody variations. Piano. 1983
[] Elegy for John Gardner, begin with singing. Soprano and chamber ensemble.  Princeton Oct 1984 - Jan 1986
on fragments from the poetry of Samuel Beckett, Charles Olson, Salvatore Quasimodo, Kenneth Rexroth and Dylan Thomas

[] Earthsong. Flute and cello. Princeton May 1987
New York Camerata. Jayn Rosenfeld, Charles Forbes. Centaur 2152

[] Vigil
honorable mention at the Friends of Harvey Gaul Competition, Pittsburgh 1988

[] Nine short pieces "Brevity in the music of Beethoven, Webern and Kurtag". Electric guitar and piano. 1991
PhD Princeton University

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