Biography

Born in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, Glass was the son of silent film actor and film executive Gaston Glass

Gaston Glass

Gaston Glass , was a French-born American actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1917 and 1943.He was born in Paris and died in Santa Monica, California.-Selected filmography:* Little Miss Smiles...

. He was educated at the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 (BM), and was taught by Ingolf Dahl

Ingolf Dahl

Ingolf Dahl was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.-Biography:Born in Hamburg, Germany to a German father and a Swedish mother, his birth name was Walter Ingolf Marcus. He studied with Philipp Jarnach at the Hochschule für Musik Köln...

, and Goffredo Petrassi

Goffredo Petrassi

Goffredo Petrassi was an Italian composer of modern classical music, conductor, and teacher. He is considered one of the most influential Italian composers of the twentieth century.-Life:...

 in Rome

Rome

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 (on a Fulbright Scholarship). Glass also attended Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 under a fellowship, and attended the Institute of International Education in Warsaw with Witold Lutoslawski

Witold Lutoslawski

Witold Lutosławski was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the preeminent Polish musicians during his last three decades. During his lifetime, Lutosławski earned many international awards and prizes, including the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest...

 on a grant. He joined ASCAP in 1961.

He has been married twice, the first time being to Marina Fistoulari Mahler, on April 3, 1965, and the second time being to Penelope Margaret Mackworth-Praed, on July 12, 1977. Glass and Mackworth-Praed currently live in Carona, Switzerland

Carona, Switzerland

Carona is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-History:Carona is first mentioned in 926 as Calauna....

. Both are currently professors at Franklin College Switzerland

Franklin College Switzerland

Franklin College Switzerland is a private, independent, liberal arts college in Switzerland with an enrollment of approximately 450 students. Located in the Italian speaking city of Lugano, Franklin offers Bachelor of Arts degrees that are accredited by both the Commission on Higher Education of...

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Glass is sometimes credited as Paul E. Glass.

Since his retirement from the film world, he has dedicated himself to serious composition.

Selected works

Paul Glass' works are published by Müller & Schade.

Stage

• Eschatos, Ballet (1957)
• Kakapo, Children's Ballet (2001)

Orchestral

• Sinfonia No. 1 (1959)
• Suita Symfonyczna (Sinfonia No. 2) (1961)
• Eufonia for string orchestra (1982)
• Sinfonia No. 3 (1986)
• Lamento dell'acqua (1990)
• Ektenia (1992)
• Sinfonia No. 4 (1992)
• "quan shi qu" (1994)
• Corale I per Margaret for string orchestra (1995)
• Distanza for string orchestra or string quintet (1995)
• How To Begin (1995)
• Sinfonia No. 5 "ad modum missae" for double children's or female chorus, double mixed chorus and orchestra (1999)
• Sinfonia No. 6 "Quinto Giorno" (2003)
• Corale II per Margaret for string orchestra (2004)
• Grandiflora (2005)
• Corale III per Margaret for string orchestra (2006)

Concertante

• Concerto for cello and orchestra (1961)
• Concerto for improvising piano and large orchestra (1982)
• Soggetti migranti for 3 percussionists and orchestra (2002)
• Lo svasso cornuto for English horn and orchestra (2004)
• El buen aire for cello, piano and orchestra (2006)

Chamber and instrumental music

• Variations for woodwind quintet (1949)
• Passacaglia for string quartet (1949)
• Quartet for 4 trombones (1954)
• Rondo for violin and piano (1954)
• Music for Brass and Percussion (1955)
• Quintet for clarinet and string quartet (1956)
• Trio for flute, cello and piano (1956)
• 3 Pezzi (3 Pieces) for violin and piano (1957)
• Sonata for cello and piano
• Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon (1964)
• Quartet for flute, clarinet, viola and cello (1966)
• Pezzo (Piece) for bass clarinet (1969)
• Une chanson silencieuse for flute and cello (1969)
• Vittoria for viola solo (1970)
• Bläserquintett II (Woodwind Quintet No.2) (1971)
• Studio for 2 cellos (1971)
• Suite pour soeur et frère for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1971)
• Piano Trio (1971)
• Echanges for 16 instrumentalists (1973)
• Septet for 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones and tuba (1976)
• Wie ein Naturlaut for 10 instrumentalists (1977)
• Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello (1978)
• Quartet for 4 saxophones (1980)
• 3 pezzi (3 Pieces) for clarinet (1981)
• Variazioni (Variations) for flute solo (1981)
• Fux-Variationen for cello solo
• Arundo donax for 3 oboes (or 3 English horns) (1982)
• Eufonia for string quintet (1982)
• String Quartet No.1 (1988)
• Bis (Encore) for piano (1995)
• Confronto for cello solo (1995)
• Distanza for string quintet (1995)
• Specchio for violin solo (1995)
• Un piccolo giro for string quartet (1995)
• Incomprehension for oboe, horn and cello (1996)
• Prisma per ballerina for alto saxophone, horn, trombone, piano, percussion and double bass (2002)
• Confronto II for flute solo (2004)
• Doppelwitz (Double Joke) for 2 violas (2004)
• Tre ghiri for 3 violins (2004)
• Solenne for 4 trombones, or 4 bassoons, or 4 cellos (2004)
• Adagio for violin, viola and cello (2006)
• atrevoci for alto flute, English horn and bassoon (2006)
• Confronto for horn solo (2006)
• In tono sommesso for clarinet or bass clarinet (2006)
• Scomposizione originale for cello solo (2006)
• Spiegel (Mirror) for double bass solo (2006)

Piano

• 5 Klavierstücke (5 Piano Pieces) (1983)
• Omaggio (1995)
• Precipitevolissimevolmente (2006)

Vocal

• 5 chansons pour une princesse errante for baritone and piano (1968, orchestrated 1992); words by the composer
• Vocalizzo for soprano, flute, English horn, bassoon, violin, cello and piano (2004)

Choral

• Deh, spiriti miei, quando mi vedete for mixed chorus (1987); words by Guido Cavalcanti
  Guido Cavalcanti
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• Pianto della madonna for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1988); words by Jacopone da Todi
  Jacopone da Todi
  Jacopone da Todi was a Franciscan friar from Umbria, Italy in the 13th century. He wrote several laudi in Italian. He was an early pioneer in Italian theatre, being one of the earliest scholars who dramatised gospel subjects.-Life:Jacopone studied law in Bologna and became a successful lawyer...
  
  
• Sahassavagga for female chorus (1976)
• Salmo LXXXIII (Psalm 83) for mixed chorus (1957)
• Success Counted Is Sweetest for mixed chorus (1954); words by Emily Dickinson
  Emily Dickinson
  Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life...
  
  
• Un sogno (A Dream) for female (or children's) chorus (1981); words by Alberto Nessi

Film scores

• The Abductors
  The Abductors
  The Abductors is a 1957 film directed by Andrew McLaglen. It stars Victor McLaglen and Gavin Muir.-Cast:*Victor McLaglen as Tom Muldoon*Gavin Muir as Herbert Evans*George Macready as Jack Langley*Fay Spain as Sue Ellen*Carl Thayler as Jed...
  
  
• George Grosz' Interregnum
  George Grosz' Interregnum
  George Grosz' Interregnum is a 29-minute long documentary film about the artist George Grosz produced by Altina Carey and Charles Carey, and narrated by Lotte Lenya. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The original music was by Paul Glass, and the cinematography by...
  
  
• Fear No More
• Escape to Freedom
• Ethan
  Ethan
  Ethan is a male given name meaning strong, firm, and safe.-Places:*Eitan, Israel*Ethan, South Dakota*Fort Ethan Allen *Neve Eitan, Israel-Fiction:...
  
  
• Lady in a Cage
  Lady in a Cage
  Lady in a Cage is a 1964 American film directed by Walter Grauman, written and produced by Luther Davis, and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Olivia de Havilland and features James Caan in his first substantial film role.-Plot:...
  
  
• Nightmare in the Sun
  Nightmare in the Sun
  Nightmare in the Sun is a film drama directed by John Derek and Marc Lawrence, and written by George Fass and Fanya Foss, about a murderous affair....
  
  
• Bunny Lake Is Missing
  Bunny Lake Is Missing
  Bunny Lake Is Missing is a 1965 British psychological thriller film directed and produced by Otto Preminger, who filmed it in black and white widescreen format in London. It was based on the novel of the same name by Merriam Modell. The score is by Paul Glass and the opening theme is often heard as...
  
  
• Sole Survivor
  Sole Survivor (1970 film)
  Sole Survivor is a TV movie written by Guerdon Trueblood and directed by Paul Stanley. It starred Richard Basehart, William Shatner, and Vince Edwards...
  
  
• A Test of Violence
  A Test of Violence
  A Test of Violence is a 1969 BAFTA nominated British short film directed by Stuart Cooper.Stuart Cooper's short about the work of Spanish artist Juan Genovés is an inspired introduction to the works of this extraordinary artist, exploring it's minimalist aesthetic and storytelling qualities through...
  
  
• Five Desperate Women
• Night Gallery
  Night Gallery
  Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night Gallery and as a major contributor of scripts, although...
  
  
• Two for the Money
• The Rookies
  The Rookies
  The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It followed the exploits of three rookie police officers in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department .-History:...
  
  
• Sandcastles
• Overlord
  Overlord (film)
  Overlord is a 1975 black-and-white film written and directed by Stuart Cooper. Set around the D-Day invasion , Overlord is a war film about a young soldier's meditations on being part of the war machinery, and his premonitions of death...
  
  
• To the Devil a Daughter
  To the Devil a Daughter
  To the Devil... A Daughter is a 1976 horror film made by Hammer Film Productions, taken from the novel of the same name by Dennis Wheatley, directed by Peter Sykes. It stars Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski and Denholm Elliott...
  
  
• Catch My Soul
  Catch My Soul
  For UK Stage version see Catch My Soul Catch My Soul is a 1974 film produced by Jack Good and Richard M. Rosenbloom, and directed by Patrick McGoohan. It was an adaptation of Good's stage musical of the same title, which itself was loosely adapted from William Shakespeare's Othello...
  
  
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
  Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
  Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios similar to the format now used by Masters of Horror in which several directors under contract to Hammer produced thirteen 69-73 min films for television. It is known in the United States as Fox...
  
  
• Abzocker - Eine eiskalte Affäre, Die

External links

• Paul Glass at Musinfo.ch