Norman Lloyd(1909-1980)
- Composer
Composer, conductor and educator Norman Lloyd was educated at New York University, earning Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees, and he was awarded an honorary Mus. D. from the Philadelphia Conservatory. At age 12, he was a piano soloist and accompanist, and later became the musical director for the Humphrey-Weidman Dancers, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Anna Sokolov and Jose Limon. He studied music with Aaron Copland, Vincent Jones, Abbey Whiteside and Robert Braun, and taught at Sarah Lawrence College 1936-1946, NYU from 1936-1945, Juilliard from 1946-1963, and the Oberlin Conservatory from 1963 to 1965 when he became Director for Arts for the Rockefeller Foundation. He co-authored "Fireside Book of Folksongs", "Fireside Book of American Songs", and "Fundamentals of Sight-Singing and Ear-Training". His musical compositions include "Restless Land" (Music Educators National Convention commission), "Piano Sonata" (Joseph Bloch commission), "A Walt Whitman Overture" (Goldman Band commission), "Nocturne for Voices", "3 Scenes from Memory", "Episodes for Piano", and "Piano Sonata".