Polyphonic pieces (1962-85) ca. 28′ (SK 1485, 1963;Muz 1295,KM 1667, Lu 1971) For Piano (1973) ca. 12 (IMI 7387) Basso Recitativo (1977) ca. 9′ f or two pnos (IMI 7387 Variable Structures (1985-87) ca. 18′ Twelve short preludes (IMI 7397) Alliterations (1993) ca.12′ (IMI 7215) For Gregory (2000) ca.9′ Three miniatures (IMI 7512) Bucolics (2002) ca. 6′ five little pieces for children (IMI 7513)
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Instrumental
Lamentation (1973) ca. 10′ for fl (IMI 7389) For Percussion (1975) ca. 10′ (IMI 7386) For Harpsichord (1976) ca. 9′ For Harp (1976) ca. 8′ (IMI 7385) For Organ (1978) ca. 7′ Dedication (1986) ca. 14′ for vln or vla (IMI 7383) Tenero (1993) ca. 8′] for vcl (IMI 7206) Misterioso-Sussurando (1998) ca. 6′ for vcl (IMI 7511) Passolargo (1999) ca. 9′ for gui (IMI 7511) Ornaments III (2001) ca. 8′ for fl (IMI 7514)
Chamber
Two Little Suites (1962, 1965) ca. 16′ for ww grt Pieces (1966) ca. 5′ for ob & pno String Quartet #1 (1962) ca. 9′ Two miniatures on folk tunes (SK 2954) String Quartet #2 (1966) ca. 18′ (KM 1979) String Quartet #3 (1969) ca. 24′ (IMI 327) About an old Tune (1977) ca. 13′ for vln, vla, vcl & pno...
Vocal
Songs of Captivity and Struggle (1957) ca. 8′ for Bar & pno Text by Nikolas Gilien (Russian) (SK 154) Children’s Songs (1959-64) ca. 18′ for v or children’s/women”s choir (Russian) (SK 3172, 3656, 3998; Lu 1966) Songs of Anguished Love (1964) ca. 15′ for v & pno Text by Silvia Kaputikjan (Russian) (Muz 2329) Soare cu Dinitz (1972) ca. 12′ for v &...
Symphonic
Symphony (1956) ca. 38′ in four movements for SO pic,2,2,2,2 – 4,3,3,1, perc, pno, hpd & str Sinfonietta (1964) ca. 26′ for ChO 2,2,2,2 – 2,2,1,0, perc, pno, hp & str Concertino (1964) ca. 18′ for vln & ChO 2/pic,2,2,2 – 2,2,2,0, perc, pno, hp & str Six Moldavian Tunes (1965) ca. 8′ for SO pic,2,3,2,2 – 4,3,3,1, perc, pno, hp, cel & str...
Operas
Casa Mare (1966) ca. 114′ Opera in two acts for soloists, choir & orchestra Libretto by Victor Teleuke on a drama by Ion Drutze Pic,2,2,ehh,2,b-cl,2,dbn – 4,3,3,1,timp,perc(3), hp & str (MF 1970) Chamber Scenes from the Life of Susskind von Trimberg (1982) ca.60″ Chamber opera for soloists, choir, dancers & orchestra Libretto by Recha Freier 3,3,0,0 – 0,3,3,0, perc, 3 rcds. vla d’amore...
Biography
Mark Kopytman was born in 1929 in the former Soviet Union, where he received his early training in piano and music theory and later went on to study medicine. After graduating from medical school and while practicing medicine, Kopytman studied composition with Prof. R. Simovich at the Lvov Academy of Music and with Prof. S. Bogatirev at Tchaikovsky State Conservatoire...
Music
Mark Kopytman is one of Israel’s foremost contemporary composers. His personal style is characterized by predilection for powerful dramatic gestures, pure melodic lines split into heterophony blending, variety of textures achieved through the super-imposition of multi-voice layers and by skillful handling of large orchestral masses. Jehoash Hirshberg, Israel Today In Kopytman’s hands, the heterophony flowers as a subtle and complex...