Harold Shapero

Harold Shapero (born 29 April 1920) is an American composer.

Awards

Shapero won the Prix de Rome in 1941 for the Nine-Minute Overture. The jurors were Howard Barlow, Howard Hanson, Leo Sowerby, Walter Piston and Albert Stoessel. The prize consisted of US$1000 and a residency in Italy, which Shapero was unable to take because of the war. The 2nd Annual George Gershwin Memorial Concert, sponsored by B'nai B'rith Victory Lodge of Newton Center, Massachusetts, featured Shapero's Serenade in D, as part of a prize which also included publication with royalties and US$1000, and Leonard Bernstein was chairman fo the judges' committee. In 1946 Shapero won the Joseph H. Bearns Prize of US$1200 for the Symphony for String Orchestra. Shapero has also won two Guggenheim Fellowships (in 1947 and in 1948), two Fulbright Fellowship (in 1948 and in 1960), and a Naumburg Fellowship.

Related Topics:
Howard Hanson - Guggenheim Fellowship - Naumburg Fellowship

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Shapero is grouped in the "Boston school" along with Arthur Berger, Lukas Foss, Irving Fine, Alexie Haieff, and Claudio Spies.

Related Topics:
Arthur Berger - Lukas Foss - Irving Fine - Alexie Haieff - Claudio Spies

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