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  • David Loeb

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    David Loeb

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    David Loeb is a graduate of Mannes where he studied composition with Peter Stearns and theory and analysis with Carl Schachter and William Mitchell.  He has taught at Mannes continuously since 1964, and also taught at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1973 until 2000.     

    He has published articles on highly diverse subjects, including analysis of East Asian music, studies in Bach and early 20th century music.    

    About 200 of his compositions have been recorded. including many works for East Asian instruments (mostly Japanese) and for early Western instruments (mostlysviols).     

    His published works include about a dozen for solo piccolo, a quartet for four bass flutes, and works for viols, from solo to ensembles of twelve players, and a suite for violin and small orchestra.   He has given lectures and lecture-recitals in the US and in Japan. 

    He spends most of his vacations in Japan, where in addition to musical activities he and his wife work on preserving their traditional Kyoto 'machiya' residence, built in the 1830s.

    Current Courses

    Analysis 1A
    CATM 3255, Fall 2025

    GR Theory 4A: Tonal Comp
    CATM 5065, Fall 2025

    Theory 4A: Tonal Comp
    CATM 4100, Fall 2025

    Writing Projects
    CATM 5700, Fall 2025

    Future Courses

    Analysis 1B
    CATM 3256, Spring 2026

    GR Theory 4B: Tonal Comp
    CATM 5066, Spring 2026

    Theory 4B: Tonal Comp
    CATM 4106, Spring 2026

    Past Courses

    Analysis 1B
    CATM 3256, Spring 2025

    GR Theory 4B: Tonal Comp
    CATM 5066, Spring 2025

    Independent Study: CoPA
    COPA 4999, Spring 2025

    Theory 4B: Tonal Comp
    CATM 4106, Spring 2025

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