Bestor, Charles Lemon 21.dec.1924- USA NY, New York
studied with Paul Hindemith at Yale University in New Haven, 1948 BA from Swarthmore College Pennsylvania, 1951 BS with Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin from the Juilliard School New York City, 1952 MM with Burrill Phillips from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, 1973 DMA from the University of Colorado in Denver, 1951-1959 held faculty and administrative positions at the Juilliard School, 1959-1964 at the University of Colorado, 1964-1971 dean chairman, professor at Willamette University in Salem Oregon, 1971-1974 chairman, professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 1973 chairman and professor at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, 1976 residing at 26 H Northwood Lake, Northport Tuscaloosa Alabama, taught at the University of Colorado in Boulder, 1987-2010 professor (emeritus) of composition and director of the Electronic and Computer Music Studios of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst

Title Parts


[] Undine. Ballet. New York 1951
[] Incidental music for J. B., Macleish 1961
[] Suite. Trumpet and winds. 1962
[] Piano sonata. New York 1963
[] Measure for measure, Shakespeare. Incidental music for theatre. 1963
[] A wind in the willows. Flute. New York 1964
[] Concerto grosso. Percussion and orchestra. Jacksonville Oregon 1968
[] Little suite for beginning strings. 1968
[] Improvisation I. Tape. 1971
[] Improvisation II. Instruments and tape. 1971
[] Music for the mountain. Orchestra. Salem Oregon 1972
[] Poem. Soprano, choir and synthesizer. 1972
[] In memoriam to texts from The autobiography of Malcolm X. Choir, brass, percussion and reader. 1972
[] Concertino. Trumpet and band. 1973
[] Variations. Violin, piano and synthesizer. 1973
[] Piano sonata. 1977
[] Overture to a romantic comedy. 1981
Slovak Radio SO Bratislava / Bystrik Rezucha. Centaur 2216

[] Sonata. Cello and piano. 1984
[] 3 Portraits. Wind octet. 1984
University of Massachusetts Wind Ensemble / Malcolm W. Rowell. Centaur 2216
[] 1 - Fanfare for George
[] 2 - Serenade for Sylvia
[] 3 - Celebration for David
[] Chaconne. Chamber wind orchestra. 1991
University of Massachusetts Wind Ensemble / Malcolm W. Rowell. Centaur 2216

[] In memoriam Bill Evans. 1992
Slovak Radio SO Bratislava / Bystrik Rezucha. Centaur 2216

[] Variations for orchestra. 1993
Slovak Radio SO Bratislava / Bystrik Rezucha. Centaur 2216

[] Concerto piccolo. Trumpet and electronics. 2004 [] 1 - Praeludium
[] 2 - Fantasia
[] 3 - Ostinato
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