Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz Explained

Background:	person
Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz
Birth Date:	25 January 1928
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (January 25, 1928 – May 24, 2024) was an American singer, composer and teacher. She graduated from Brooklyn College with bachelor's and master's degrees, and worked as a teacher, choir director and composer. As Gladys Young she performed in the United States and Europe as a folk singer.^[1] ^[2] In 2003 her chamber opera The Fountain of Youth, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," won a special commendation at the Nancy Van de Vate International Opera Competition for Women. Her music is performed internationally.^[3] Moskowitz died on May 24, 2024, at the age of 96.^[4]

Works

Moskowitz is known for songs and chamber opera. Selected works include:

Grass, on a poem by Carl Sandburg
Chicken Little, The Sky Is Falling! A Satirical Chamber Opera, performed by Bluegrass Chamber Orchestra and Opera, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009.
More than a Voice
The Fountain of Youth, chamber opera
Three Love Songs on Poems of Sara Teasdale: "Joy"; "Advice to a Girl"; "Gifts." Premiere in New York City, 2008.^[5]
Psalm 23, for piano, oboe, cello and voice
The Masque of the Red Death, music drama in two acts after Poe
The Buried Life, for mezzo-soprano and piano
Three Songs of Passion, for piano, flute, cello, and voice; on poems by Cheryl Yuzik

Notes and References

Book: IAWM journal: Volumes 9-10; Volumes 9-10. International Alliance for Women in Music. 2003.
Book: International directory of contemporary music: Instrumentation. Contemporary Music International Information Service. 2000.
Web site: Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz. 11 January 2011. 27 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727122648/http://www.newyorkwomencomposers.org/profiles.php4?zdm_id=MOS01. dead.
Web site: Gladys Moskowitz . Colonial Family of Funeral Homes . 30 July 2024.
Composer's page at http://www.amc.net/GladysSmucklerMoskowitz.