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Leonard Lehrman was born in Kansas, on August 20, 1949, but grew up in Roslyn, NY, becoming the youngest (and longest) private composition student of Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991). His works number 166 to date, and have been heard throughout Europe, North America, Israel, Australia, and at the United Nations. His setting of Abel Meeropol (Lewis Allan)'s poem "Conscience" for chorus and orchestra won the 2002 Sunrise/Sunset Competition of the Brookhaven Arts Council and was premiered at the Brookhaven Choral Festival with an orchestra of 55 and a chorus of 160 on July 13, 2002. Editor 1999-2002 of Opera Today (the publication of The Center for Contemporary Opera), he has worked professionally for over three decades as conductor, coach, accompanist, translator, stage director, producer and critic for Opera Monthly (of which he was Associate Editor 1991-94), WBAI, the Metropolitan Opera (1977-78), Bel Canto Opera, After Dinner Opera, Aviva Players, the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus and the Jewish Music Theater of Berlin (both of which he founded), and various regional companies throughout the United States, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Since 1987, he has given over 380 concert performances together with soprano Helene Williams, including numerous productions of his own stage works, and concert tours of Europe (7 times), Canada, Hawaii, and Australia. Elie Siegmeister called him "my continuator," while Leonard Bernstein dubbed him "Marc Blitzstein's dybbuk." As the leading living expert on the works of Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), many of which he has completed, Lehrman was chosen by the Blitzstein Estate to edit The Marc Blitzstein Songbook, published by Boosey & Hawkes in 3 volumes (1999, 2001, 2003) with a third volume in progress, and by Greenwood Press to complete the Blitzstein bio-bibliography in their series. In February 2001, under contract with the Blitzstein Estate, he completed the vocal score of Blitzstein's magnum opus, the opera Sacco and Vanzetti. He completed the orchestral score in October 2003. It is available from Theodore Presser. On Mondays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. he can be found answering reference questions at the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library. His articles appear frequently in the Forward, Jewish Week, Jewish Currents, and America's only German-Jewish publication, Aufbau. He has a B.A. cum laude in Music from Harvard, a masters and a doctorate in music composition from Cornell, and a second masters in Library & Information Science from Long Island University, where he runs the Long Island Composers Archive. He also studied privately with Olga Heifetz; Nadia Boulanger (on a Fulbright grant); Erik Werba (in Salzburg and Ghent); Kyriena Siloti (at the Longy School); David Del Tredici, Earl Kim, Leon Kirchner and Lukas Foss (at Harvard); Karel Husa, Robert Palmer and Thomas Sokol (at Cornell); Tibor Kozma, Wolfgang Vacano, Donald Erb and John Eaton (at Indiana); and in the first Performance Seminar in Chamber Music with the Guarneri Quartet. On May 1, 2003 he became Minister of Music at Christ Church Babylon, NY, having been Music Director of Community Presbyterian Church in Malverne, NY since Nov., 1992. Founder/Director of The Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus and (beginning Jan. 2003) Director of The Oceanside Chorale, since 1989 he has been Founder/Director of the Opera-Musical Theater Special Interest Group of The Naturist Society and since March 2003 Music Director of Parkside Players in Forest Hills, Queens. In February 2004 he became Director of the Workmen's Circle Chorus in Manhattan. A member of ASCAP, GEMA, the American Music Center, Society for American Music, the Music Critics Association of North America, the Music Library Association, and the American Civil Liberties Union, he is Artistic Administrator of The Professor Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation, Inc., Co-Founder of the Elie Siegmeister Society, and Archivist Emeritus of The Long Island Composers Alliance, Inc. (of which he was president for 7 years, 1991-98, the longest term in that organization's history.) He is in charge of the Long Island Composers Archive at Long Island University.

Title	Ensemble Type	Composed	Duration	Media
Birthday of the bank, The : a comic opera : op. 97	Opera/Theater		00:00:00
Karla : a one-act opera in three scenes	Opera/Theater		00:45:00
We are innocent! : a cantata on the texts of letters ..	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Concerto for flute and orchestra	Orchestra		00:00:00
Juedische Stimmen in Deutschland	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices		00:00:00
Sonata for flute and piano, op. 4	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice		00:15:00
Growing up woman : a musical	Opera/Theater		00:00:00
Family man, The = Mikischara und seine Kinder : an oper	Opera/Theater		00:44:00
Hannah : an opera	Opera/Theater		02:30:00
Karla : a one-act opera in three scenes	Opera/Theater		00:45:00
Birthday of the bank, The : a comic opera	Opera/Theater		00:50:00
If All of the Papers, op. 155 no. 2	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2004	00:01:20	If All of the Papers, op. 155 no. 2
Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2004	00:27:48	Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79 Jüdische Stimmen in Deutschland, op. 79
Remember Me When I Am Gone Away, op. 66	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2004	00:02:17	Remember Me When I Am Gone Away, op. 66
The Wooing, op. 158	Opera/Theater	2003	00:24:07	The Wooing, op. 158 The Wooing, op. 158 The Wooing, op. 158 The Wooing, op. 158 The Wooing, op. 158 The Wooing, op. 158 The Wooing, op. 158
Sonnet to Anne, op. 157	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:02:48	Sonnet to Anne, op. 157
Eve, op. 156	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:01:22	Eve, op. 156
Purple Couch, The, op. 155 no. 1	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2003	00:00:59	Purple Couch, The, op. 155 no. 1
girl with sea in her hair, the, op. 161	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:03:39	girl with sea in her hair, the, op. 161
Yellow Cabs, op. 162	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	2003	00:01:20	Yellow Cabs, op. 162
Conscience, op. 93A	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	2001	00:02:35	Conscience, op. 93A
I Felt a Cleaving, op. 137 no. 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:00:58	I Felt a Cleaving, op. 137 no. 1
I'm Nobody, op. 137 no. 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:01:05	I'm Nobody, op. 137 no. 2
Wild Nights, op. 137 no. 3	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:00:58	Wild Nights, op. 137 no. 3
I am in the middle of the world, op. 139	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1998	00:02:14	I am in the middle of the world, op. 139
Mi Shebeirach, op. 129A	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1997	00:01:48	Mi Shebeirach, op. 129A
Hashkivenu, op. 129 #7	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1997	00:04:40	Hashkivenu, op. 129 #7
Journey of Life, The, op. 115	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1994	00:03:43	Journey of Life, The, op. 115
Definition of Love, The, op. 111	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1993	00:01:52	Definition of Love, The, op. 111
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1993	00:14:07	Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112 Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Love Song Cycle, An, op. 112
Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1992	00:05:38	Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107 Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107 Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107 Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107 Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107 Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107 Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107
Glorious War, The, op. 95 no. 17	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:02:08	Glorious War, The, op. 95 no. 17
I'd Like to Go Away Alone, op. 105	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1991	00:01:29	I'd Like to Go Away Alone, op. 105
I'd Like to Go Away Alone, op. 105A	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1991	00:01:37	I'd Like to Go Away Alone, op. 105A
Crimes, op. 104	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:02:20	Crimes, op. 104
Tell Me, What Is Love?, op. 95A no. 10	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1990	00:02:57	Tell Me, What Is Love?, op. 95A no. 10
Passionate Shepherd to His Love, The, op. 89A	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:03:20
Zelophehad's Daughters, op. 100 no. 3A	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:03:35	Zelophehad's Daughters, op. 100 no. 3A
Adonai Ma Adam (What Is Man?), op. 103	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:02:49	Adonai Ma Adam (What Is Man?), op. 103
Wife of Lot, The, op. 100 no. 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:06:45	Wife of Lot, The, op. 100 no. 1
Miriam, op. 100 no. 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:05:47	Miriam, op. 100 no. 2
Zelophehad's Daughters, op. 100 no. 3	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1989	00:03:49	Zelophehad's Daughters, op. 100 no. 3
Universal declaration of human rights, The	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1988	00:08:00
Conscience	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1987	00:03:00
Letter to Louise (Bryant), A, op. 92	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:02:26	Letter to Louise (Bryant), A, op. 92
Conscience, op. 93	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1987	00:02:10	Conscience, op. 93
SDI Waltz, The, op. 87	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:03:03	SDI Waltz, The, op. 87
Passionate Shepherd to His Love, The, op. 89	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:03:20	Passionate Shepherd to His Love, The, op. 89
Titian, op. 85 no. 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:00:50	Titian, op. 85 no. 1
Freud' of Sex, The, op. 85 no. 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:00:48	Freud' of Sex, The, op. 85 no. 2
Amoeba [aka Love], op. 85 no. 3	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:01:00	Amoeba [aka Love], op. 85 no. 3
Three minute songs : limerick settings : op. 85	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1986	00:03:00
Erotic song : op. 76	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1985	00:00:00
Love Song, op. 77	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1985	00:02:18	Love Song, op. 77
If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution, op. 78 no. 9	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1985	00:02:18	If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution, op. 78 no. 9
Where Do I Belong?, op. 78 no. 5	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1984	00:02:45	Where Do I Belong?, op. 78 no. 5
Licht im Dunkel (A Light in the Darkness), op. 73	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1984	00:21:45
Night is darkening around me, The : op. 70	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1983	00:02:00
Secular Kaddish, A, op. 63	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1982	00:03:19	Secular Kaddish, A, op. 63
Reineke [i.e. Reinecke] Fuchs	Keyboard	1982	00:12:30
Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64	Keyboard	1982	00:09:11	Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64 Reineke Fuchs Suite, op. 64
In der Fremd, op. 62	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1981	00:01:29	In der Fremd, op. 62
Deutschland : op. 57	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1980	00:00:00
Adoration anthem : May the time not be distant : op. 53	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1979	00:04:00
Abou Ben Adhem, op. 49 no. 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1979	00:03:18	Abou Ben Adhem, op. 49 no. 2
Jenny Kissed Me, op. 49 no. 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1978	00:01:09	Jenny Kissed Me, op. 49 no. 1
Advice to Virgins, op. 35 no. 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1978	00:01:10	Advice to Virgins, op. 35 no. 2
Little Alice from Amherst, Ohio, op. 44	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1978	00:04:26	Little Alice from Amherst, Ohio, op. 44
Simple song #2 : op. 35, no. 2 : in the form of a seren	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1978	00:00:00
Sima	Opera/Theater	1976	01:30:00
Simple song no. 1 : op. 35, no. 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1973	00:00:00
Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?, op. 35 no. 1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1973	00:01:17	Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover?, op. 35 no. 1
String trio, op. 15	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1971	00:11:00
Sonata or concerto for violin and piano ...	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1971	00:00:00
Piano trio, op. 27	Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice	1970	00:06:00
How do I love you? : op. 28 #5A	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1970	00:04:00
Three studies for piano, op. 20	Keyboard	1969	00:02:00
Sonata for piano in Eb, op. 16	Keyboard	1968	00:15:00
When smoke stood up from Ludlow	Chorus, with or without Solo Voices	1968	00:05:30
Love's Secret, op. 6 no.1	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1965	00:01:36	Love's Secret, op. 6 no.1
When I Am Dead, My Dearest, op. 6 no. 2	Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble	1964	00:01:39	When I Am Dead, My Dearest, op. 6 no. 2

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