Barbara Kolb

Barbara Kolb (born February 10, 1939 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a composer. Her music uses sound masses and often creates vertical structures through simultaneous rhythmic or melodic units (motifs or figures). She was the first woman composer to win the Prix de Rome. She studied with Arnold Franchetti and Gunther Schuller.

Related Topics:
Composer - Sound mass - Rhythm - Melodic - Motifs - Figure - Prix de Rome - Arnold Franchetti - Gunther Schuller

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Her works include:

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• Millefoglie, for chamber orchestra and computer generated tape
• Extremes, duo for flute and cello
• Chromatic Fantasy, for narrator and six instruments, poem by Howard Stern
• Solitaire, for piano and two-channel tape and vibraphone

Discography:

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• Barbara Kolb--Millefoglie and Other Works (1992). Music Today and Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. New World Records: 80422-2.