Leo Ornstein

Leo Ornstein (born Lev Ornshteyn; Russian: Лев Орнштейн; c. December 11, 1895 – February 24, 2002) was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. The bulk of his experimental works were written for piano. Ornstein was the first important composer to make extensive use of the tone cluster. As a pianist, he was considered a world-class talent. By the mid-1920s, he had walked away from his fame and soon disappeared from popular memory. Though he gave his last public concert before the age of forty, he continued writing music for another half-century and beyond. Largely forgotten for decades, he was rediscovered in the mid-1970s. Ornstein completed his eighth and final piano sonata in September 1990 at the age of ninety-four, making him the oldest published composer in history at the time (a mark since passed by Elliott Carter).

Ornstein: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Ornstein: Complete Violin Sonatas - 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Futurpiano - 2015-08-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Leo Ornstein: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2 - 2015-08-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Ornstein: Piano Music, Vol. 2 - 2013-07-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Ornstein: Piano Music, Vol. 1 - 2012-10-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Leo Ornstein: Complete Works For Cello And Piano - 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Leo Ornstein: Piano Music - 2002-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ornstein: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 and 7 - 2002-07-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Leo Ornstein: Piano Quintet, String Quartet #3 - 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ornstein: A Biography In Sonata Form - 1977-09-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Ornstein: Sonata For Cello & Piano - Prelude tragique - 1976-09-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Danse Sauvage: Early Piano Music Of Leo Ornstein - 1975-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Dvorak: Humoresques, Op. 101: VII. Poco lento e grazioso (Remastered) - 2025-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Leo Ornstein: Romance triste Op. 10, No. 1 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music of Leo Ornstein - 2010-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

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