Ross Lee Finney

With over 100 compositions in his catalog Ross Lee Finney is a highly regarded composer whose career spans more than 50 years. This work offers contemporary music scholars students and enthusiasts an in-depth survey of the life works and writings of this important composer theorist and teacher. Finney is one of the first significant composers to come out of the American Midwest. He is known for blazing new trails by writing tonal music in the serialist style developing a unique method of composition by applying physics'' theory of complementarity to music and using symmetrical hexachords to achieve an overall tonal effect. An important addition to any music library.Of special interest are excerpts from the author''s interview with Finney in 1992 which provide the reader with a unique insight into the life and work of this individual and innovative composer. The book is divided into four major sections: a biography a list of works including detailed information regarding premieres and other significant performances a complete discography of all commercial recordings and a comprehensive bibliography of writings by and about Finney. Two appendices provide alphabetical and chronological lists of compositions and a comprehensive index includes all important names institutions places and events mentioned throughout the text.