Peter Mennin (born Mennini) (May 17 1923, Erie, Pennsylvania - June 17 1983, New York City) was an American composer and teacher. He directed the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, then for many years ran the Juilliard School, succeeding William Schuman in this role. He began composing at an early age, and wrote nine symphonies, several concertos, and numerous works for wind band, chorus, and other ensembles. Wikipedia
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Peter Mennin (1923-1983) is known as one of the great symphonic composers of the United States. He focused primarily on large, abstract works for orchestra and chorus, completing little more than 30 works in his lifetime. Mennin's works bear an influenc artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/compbio.pl?compname=menninpeter
At one time, Peter Mennin enjoyed an enviable reputation as one of America's finest symphonists. In the second volume of Penguin's The Symphony (1967), Peter Jona Korn calls him flat-out the finest younger American symphonist and goes on to list the also www.classical.net/~music/recs/reviews/d/del03164a.html
An American composer and educator, Peter Mennin was best known for his symphonic work accomplished in the neoclassical format for both orchestra and chorus. At the age of seven, he began composing music, and later Mennin would write nine symphonies, seve www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=show...