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'''Daniel Sonenberg''' (born 1970)<ref name=pytheas /> is an American composer and performer.
Sonenberg was born in Manhattan, New York in 1970, and moved to Maine in 2004.<ref>Allan Kozinn (April 2017). [https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2017/4/Features/King_of_Diamonds.html King of Diamonds], ''Opera News''.</ref> As a composer, he is best known for his opera ''The Summer King''.<ref name=usm/><ref>Rob Sneddon. [https://downeast.com/north-by-east/ball-canto/ Ball Canto], ''Down East'', retrieved 6 May 2021.</ref> His work ''Baseball Songs'' won the Robert Starer Competition Prize.<ref name=pytheas>[http://www.pytheasmusic.org/sonenberg.html Daniel Sonenberg], Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music, retrieved 5 May 2021.</ref> He composed ''First Light: A Fanfare for Maine'' for performance by the Portland Symphony Orchestra at the Maine bicentennial celebrations.<ref>Rob Caldwell (9 March 2020). [https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/capturing-the-sound-of-200-years-of-maine/97-994bdc35-4839-41f8-9b98-0eda07e65fdb Capturing the sound of 200 years of Maine], News Center Maine.</ref><ref>Bob Keyes (1 March 2020). [https://www.pressherald.com/2020/03/01/composers-celebrate-maine-bicentennial-by-putting-music-to-our-years-2/ Composers celebrate bicentennial by putting music to our years], ''Portland Press Herald''.</ref>
Sonenberg is a member of a rock band, Lovers of Fiction,<ref>Chris Busby (8 August 2013). [https://thebollard.com/2013/08/08/lovers-of-fiction/ Lovers of Fiction], ''The Bollard''.</ref> and has also released a solo album, ''Peaks Island Ferry''.<ref name=usm>[https://usm.maine.edu/music/daniel-sonenberg Daniel Sonenberg], University of Southern Maine, retrieved 6 May 2021.</ref> He is a professor at the University of Southern Maine.<ref name=usm/>
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==Further reading== *Ben Meiklejohn (12 March 2007). [https://www.thephoenix.com/Boston/music/35089-in-the-right-field/?rel=inf "In the right field"]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''The Boston Phoenix''.
==External links== *{{official|http://www.danielsonenberg.org/}} *[https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/dansonenberg/ Profile], New Music USA
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