David Gaines (composer)
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David Gaines (born October 20, 1961) is an American composer.


Biography

He wrote the first orchestral symphony to incorporate texts written in Esperanto, and an Esperanto choral song, ''Povas Plori Mi Ne Plu'' ("I Can Cry No Longer"), which concerns the former military situation in
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. This song won First Prize at the 1995 World Esperanto Association's ''Belartaj Konkursoj'' (competitions in the field of ''Belles lettres'') in
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. Gaines holds degrees in music composition from
Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...
, American University, and
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...
's
Peabody Conservatory of Music The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University is a private conservatory and preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1857 and opened in 1866 by merchant/financier and philanthropist George Peabody (1795–1869) ...
. His Esperanto symphony, available as a CD with Vit Micka conducting and Kimball Wheeler singing mezzo-soprano, was premiered by the Moravian Philharmonic in
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,
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in October 2000. The four movements feature texts originally written by renowned
Esperantist An Esperantist ( eo, esperantisto) is a person who speaks, reads or writes Esperanto. According to the Declaration of Boulogne, a document agreed upon at the first World Esperanto Congress in 1905, an Esperantist is someone who speaks Esperant ...
s including L. L. Zamenhof and
Marjorie Boulton Marjorie Boulton (7 May 1924 – 30 August 2017) was a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto. Biography Marjorie Boulton studied English at Somerville College, Oxford where she was taught by C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tol ...
, as well as Bulgarian poet Penka Papazova and Gaines himself.
Nia unua simfonia "La Esperanta"
', 20 November 2000,
Our new symphony 'La Esperanta'.
Accessed 4 October 2019.
Within the
Esperanto movement The Esperanto movement, less commonly referred to as Esperantism ( eo, Esperantismo), is a movement to disseminate the use of the planned international language Esperanto.See the definition in theDeklaracio pri la Esenco de la Esperantismo (" ...
, Gaines serves as an advisory board member of the
Esperantic Studies Foundation The Esperantic Studies Foundation, abbreviated ESF is a non-profit organisation initiated in 1968 by Jonathan Pool, E. James Lieberman and Humphrey Tonkin, with the aim to further the understanding and practice of linguistic justice in a multicul ...
and holds the title of Honorary President of the Music Esperanto League (''Muzika Esperanto-Ligo'').


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