The Seventh Trumpet
Donald Erb
Symphony Of Overtures
The Seventh Trumpet
Concerto For Solo Percussionist
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Donald Johanos, Conductor
Marvin Dahlgren, Percussion
Produced by Elite Recordings, Ince.
Engineering: Marc Aubort & Joanna Nickrenz
Turnabout VOX TV-S 34433
Marvin Dahlgren, principal percussionist of the Minnesota Orchestra has been a member of the Orchestra since 1950. He is also a drummer on the staff of the Minnesota Theater Company, performing regularly in the company's seasons of the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
Mr. Dahlgren graduated from the MacPhail College of Music in Minneapolis, earning his B.A. in 1950. He is the author or co-author of twelve books on percussion and owns and operates the Dahlgren Drum Shop in Minneapolis.
From the back cover: Donald Erb was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1927. After spending his early years as a jazz trumpeter and arranger he received a music degree from Kent State University and subsequent degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and Indiana University. His orchestral music has been widely performed in recent years by an impressive array of orchestras including those of Seattle, Atlanta, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Dallas, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Minnesota, Indianapolis and Boston.
Mr. Erb has held grants from the Ford, Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, as well as the National Council on the Arts. In 1968-69 he was Composer-in-Residence with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, after which he returned to the position of Composer-in-Residence at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio.
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