Halsey Stevens
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Halsey Stevens (1908-1989). US composer and music educator. Educated at Syracuse University and the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied composition with Ernest Bloch. Faculty member of Syracuse University, Dakota Wesleyan University (1937-41), the University of Redlands (1946), and the University of Southern California from 1946 until his retirement in 1976.
His recorded music includes Triskelion, Sinfonia Breve, Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances, Sonata for Solo Cello, Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1956), Sonata for Tuba and Piano, Concerto for Clarinet, Sonatina for Tuba and Piano, Sonata for Horn and Piano, Partita for Harpsichord, Quintet for Flute, Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, and several choral works.
A Bartók scholar and musicologist, Stevens wrote the definitive work, The Life and Music of Béla Bartók (Oxford University Press, 1953; revised edition, 1964). He contributed scholarly articles to Musical Quarterly, The Journal of Music Theory, Music and Letters (London), Tempo (London), Énekszós (Budapest), Musikoloski Zborník (Ljubljana), among other journals.
