# Sam Raphling

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'''Sam Raphling''' (March 19, 1910, [Fort Worth, Texas](/source/Fort_Worth%2C_Texas) - January 8, 1988, [New York City](/source/New_York_City)) was an American [composer](/source/composer) and [pianist](/source/pianist). He studied under [Artur Schnabel](/source/Artur_Schnabel) at the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan). He wrote in a variety of musical genres, including orchestral works [Concerto pour trompette et orchestre à cordes](/source/Concerto_pour_trompette_et_orchestre_%C3%A0_cordes), chamber pieces, and vocal art songs; the latter of which remain his most notable legacy. Also of note is his orchestral suite ''Dance of the Chassidic'' and his piano arrangements of Stravinsky's ''[The Rite of Spring](/source/The_Rite_of_Spring)'' and ''[The Firebird](/source/The_Firebird)'', and Prokofiev's ''[Scythian Suite](/source/Scythian_Suite)''. He wrote two children's operas with librettist [James V. Hatch](/source/James_V._Hatch). As a pianist he made a number of recording on the [RCA Victor](/source/RCA_Records) label.

==External links==
*[http://www.bruceduffie.com/raphling.html Interview with Sam Raphling], September 6, 1986
*[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lprbscsm.scsm0145 Anne Rutledge words by Edgar Lee Masters; music for voice and piano by Sam Raphling.] From the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress)

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