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Carl Mansker

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Carl Mansker, born in Los Angeles, California in 1935, started to learn piano at the age of nine. From the beginning he preferred to improvise rather than practice. His teacher at that time, Samuel Ball, encouraged him to write down these improvisations. Years later, following a short stint in the U.S. Navy and a year in New York City he went to the University of California and made his bachelors degree in music. After a further year of study in New York City he went to Munich where he received a scholarship from the Bavarian State to study piano with Professor Rosl Schmid at the Musikhochschule München. After graduating (1967) he spent several years concertizing throughout Europe. In 1965, during a concert tour of Spain, he fell in love with the mountain village of Deià on Mallorca. He has actively participated in the Deià International Music Festival, since its founding in 1978, as a composer and performer. In 1987 he was commissioned to write an opera for the festival's tenth anniversary. He composed El bon senyor Karnak to a libretto in Catalan by Josep Maria Llompart, based on the radio play Hunger by Jakov Lind. It was premiered in June 1988, opening the music festival in the Teatro Principal in Palma de Mallorca. Since 1969 Carl and his wife, the Swiss painter Antoinette Mansker, divide their time between Münich an Deià. Though he still teaches and concertizes, he devotes himself mainly to composition. His works have been performed in many countries from Australia to Turkey and many have been recorded by the Bavarian State Radio. In addition to the opera, he has written many songs (including 23 settings of Japanese Haiku), chamber music, a piano concerto, a concerto grosso and the Sinfonie Algabal. Visit his website at http://www.jamesarts.com/carlmansker/.

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Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Rondo	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:08:00
Elegy	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	2005	00:08:00
Danza y Fuga X	Orchestra	2004	00:20:00
Regalitos - Per a na Suzanne	Keyboard	2003	00:09:00
For Ilja	Keyboard	2003	00:05:00
For Trish	Keyboard	2003	00:08:00
Concerto Jalisco	Orchestra	2002	00:18:00
Overture for the King of Naples	Orchestra	2000	00:14:00
Ballade (Das Schloss am Meere)	Keyboard	1998	00:10:00
Ballade No. 2	Keyboard	1998	00:12:00
Blaue Boten	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1997	00:12:00
Danza y Fuga IX	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1996	00:00:00
Variacions i Improvisacions sobre un Tema de Mompou	Keyboard	1995	00:18:00
2 Cancons	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:06:00
Sinfonie Algabal	Orchestra	1993	00:25:00
Danza y Fuga VIII	Keyboard	1991	00:15:00
Danza y Fuga VI	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:06:00
Danza y Fuga VII	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1990	00:10:00
Concerto Grosso	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1989	00:22:00
Sonata	Keyboard	1989	00:17:00
Goldfisch	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:17:00
Danza y Fuga V	Keyboard	1988	00:09:00
Danza y Fuga IV	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1987	00:18:00
Danza y Fuga IV	Orchestra	1987	00:19:00
The King of China's Daughter	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:04:00
Ek bon senyor Karnak	Opera/Theater	1986	01:30:00
Canto	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1983	00:09:00
Motet	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1983	00:06:00
Partita	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1981	00:09:00
Drei Stucke	Keyboard	1979	00:25:00
Omon no kage de	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1975	00:07:00
Piano Concerto	Orchestra	1974	00:45:00
La Nuit	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1970	00:16:00
Eco	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1970	00:06:00
Danza y Fuga II	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1969	00:08:00
Sonata	Keyboard	1968	00:22:00
Der Facher im Herbst (5 Chinesische Gedichte)	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1967	00:19:00
Prelude and Fugue	Keyboard	1967	00:05:00
Daisy's Song	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1967	00:03:00
Improvisation	Keyboard	1967	00:05:00
Les Couplets de l'oiseleur	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1966	00:07:00
Pretude I	Keyboard	1966	00:01:00
Danza y Fuga I	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1966	00:08:00
3 Stucke	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1965	00:13:00
Mein Haus	Orchestra	1964	00:10:00
Studies in Black	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1964	00:09:00
6 Haiku	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1963	00:03:00
11 Japanische Lieder	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1963	00:05:00
9 Japanische Lieder	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1963	00:07:00
5 Praeludiun	Keyboard	1963	00:08:00
Mauselieder	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1962	00:05:00
Sonatina	Keyboard	1959	00:06:00

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