Person · Male
Vincent Persichetti
American composer
- From
- Philadelphia, United States
- Active
- 1915–1987
- Releases
- 20
About
Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.
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His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri, Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory.
Discography
Albums
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Sunken Cathedral
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Symphony for Strings / Piano Concerto
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Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy / Hill Song no. 2 / Persichetti: Symphony for Band / Khachaturian: Armenian Dances / Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds / Rogers: Three Japanese Dances
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20th Century Music for Trumpet and Organ
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Celebrations
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Three Concerti
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Songs and Dances
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Pageant
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Dello Joio: Homage to Haydn / Schickele: Pentangle / Persichetti: Symphony no. 8
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American Works for Piano Duo
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The Four String Quartets
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Complete Piano Sonatas
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American Choral Music
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Works for Violin and Piano
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Harpsichord Sonatas
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Seasons: Choral Works of Dominick Argento & Vincent Persichetti
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Organ Works
Links
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Concerts
Teacher
- Laurie Spiegel
- Markand Thakar
- Michael Czajkowski
- Arlene Zallman
- Hugh Aitken
- Ramon Zupko
- Michael Brozen
- Michael White
- Γιώργος Σισιλιάνος
- James DePreist
- Jacob Druckman
- Karl Korte
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Kenneth Fuchs
- Lowell Liebermann
- Joseph Willcox Jenkins
- Conrad Susa
- Leonardo Balada
- Clare Shore
- Marga Richter
- Leo Brouwer
- Elena Ruehr
- Robert William Witt
- Charles L. Bestor
- Paavo Heininen
- Philip Glass
Also known as
Vincent Ludwig Persichetti · Vincent Perisichetti
Tags
- american composer
- american pianist
- composer
- pianist
- teacher
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- edccfb26-b418-4128-aca1-b60fcdac1599
- ISNI
- 0000000110298339
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.