Lukas Foss was born on August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany as Lukas Fuchs. He was a writer, known for Chichester Psalms/Symphony #1 'Jeremiah'/Symphony #2 'The Age of Anxiety' (1977), Leonard Bernstein: Reflections (1978) and H-E Double Hockey Sticks (1999). He was married to Cornelia Brendel Foss. He died on February 1, 2009 in Bridgehampton, New ...
Tanglewood Music Center, Yale University, Curtis Institute of Music, University at Buffalo
Nationality
German, American
Spouse
Cornelia Foss
Children
Eliza Foss, Christopher Brendel Foss
Parents
Martin Foss, Hilde Fuchs
Siblings
Oliver Foss
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Movies
H-E Double Hockey Sticks
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
1
His early compositions use the 12-tone technique pioneered by Arnold Schoenberg, but his later works reflect a mix of styles.
2
He taught composition and conducting at UCLA from 1953 to 1962. He also taught at Boston University and Tanglewood.
3
In 1933, he began studying piano with Lazare Levy in Paris. In 1937, he went to the US, where he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at Yale University and conducting with Serge Koussevitzky.
4
He was a prolific and versatile American composer, pianist, and conductor.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wonderful World of Disney
1999
TV Series opera "Griffelkin" - 1 episode
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Joyful Noise
1961
TV Movie music: "Psalm 98"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Finally Did It
2010
Documentary
Himself Conductor
Teachers and Teaching: An Autobiographical Essay by Leonard Bernstein
1988
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Leonard Bernstein: Reflections
1978
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Conductor
Chichester Psalms/Symphony #1 'Jeremiah'/Symphony #2 'The Age of Anxiety'
1977
TV Special documentary
Himself - Piano Soloist
C'è musica & musica
1972
TV Series documentary
Himself
Monitor
1963
TV Series documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Chichester Psalms/Symphony #1 'Jeremiah'/Symphony #2 'The Age of Anxiety' (1977) as Himself - Piano Soloist
Leonard Bernstein: Reflections (1978) as Himself - Conductor
C'è musica & musica (1972) as Himself
Teachers and Teaching: An Autobiographical Essay by Leonard Bernstein (1988) as Himself
$16 Million
