Edward Gold
NEWS   I have finished the wind quintet piece based on the Bosch image "The Wayfarer". It has been put on this site in its electronic file form.
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play lo-fi play hi-fi  Wayfarer Variations
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Rêverie-To Life (Thomas Hardy)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  The Lake
play lo-fi play hi-fi  The Obelisk (Cleopatra's Needle)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  3.The Ramble
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Angel of the Waters (Central Park Suite)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Nocturne in Classical Style
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Andante pastorale (New Gold Base 2 version.)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Scherzo (New Gold Base 2 version.)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Variations
I am a classical-style composer and MIDI sequencer.
Why this name?
That is my real name.
Do you play live?
not any more. I used to perform on the piano but now I play dead! ;-)
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
drastically: downloads, copyrights etc. Look at iTunes!
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
who wouldn't?
Band History:
Edward Gold was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 25, 1936. He has a B.A. in music from New York City College and a Master of Music from Yale University. Among his piano teachers were Elise Braun-Barnett at the Henry Street Settlement Music School, Ellsworth Grumman at Yale, and Nadia Reisenberg at the Mannes College of Music. His composition studies at Yale were with Mel Powell and H.Leroy Baumgartner.

In 1963 he played a piano recital tour of Mexico under the U.S. Information Service and in 1994, played a recital of music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk on the Queen Elizabeth 2.

Among Mr. Gold's L.P. recordings for Musical Heritage Society are: "Gottschalk Piano Music" released in 1973 (MHS 1629); Piano Music of J.L. Dussek (1974-MHS1966); "Romantic Cello Encores" with Albert Catell" (1971-MHS 1219); and "Music by Israeli Composers" (1973-MHS 1653/1654) with various artists and to which he also contributed an arrangement of the song "Y'rushalayim".

In recent years, Mr. Gold has composed entirely on the computer and has sequenced his own music as well as the music of others, including Elgar, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms.
Your influences?
Classical and Romantic composers especially French and English. (Faure, Ravel, Elgar and Vaughan Williams.)
Favorite spot?
New York City Central Park.
Equipment used:
my Power Mac G4, Roland M-GS64 sound module, Studio Vision Pro (ancient but irreplaceable), Myriad's Harmony Assistant and Virtual Singer.
Anything else...?
All song photos or graphics, so far, are my own except for that of David Solomons who, at my request, sent it to me for this page and the ones for the Buddha Variation and the Glee which are by Joseph Dillon Ford and used with his permission.
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