Roland Trogan: Piano Sonata No. 3 "Largo"

Fourth and final movement of Roland Trogan's third piano sonata Pianist: Andrew Violette patriceeditions.com Trogan (b. Saginaw, Michigan) composer, teacher, author. A musical prodigy, Trogan performed classical piano music as a teenager on WKNX Radio in Saginaw 1947-50, before beginning formal training in composition at the University of Michigan (B. Mus. 1954, M. Mus. 1955, DMA 1963), where he studied with Ross Lee Finney, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Leslie Bassett. His compositional work during this time was recognized by awards from BMI and the Louisville Symphony, which performed Trogan's Two Scenes for Orchestra in 1955. A Fulbright Scholarship for study in Rome was rescinded by the House Committee on Un-American Activities because of his signing a petition supporting the prominent Socialist, Norman Thomas. In addition to graduate fellowships in music theory and English, Trogan was engaged as Associate Conductor and Composer-in-Residence by the Saginaw Civic Symphony, under the Russian conductor Josef Cherniavsky. Trogan came to Cherniavsky's attention after learning of Trogan's new prize winning one-act opera, The Hat Man (1954), which was widely performed. In 1960, Trogan began studies with Roger Sessions in Princeton, NJ, and he divided his musical activities between Michigan and New York. In New York, he organized public concerts, lectures, and seminars featuring the most prominent personages and ensembles: the composers Henry Cowell and Wallingford Riegger, the ...

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