Barbara Kolb
Born: 10th February 1939, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Nationality: American
Barbara Kolb was an American composer and educator, the first woman to win the Rome Prize in musical composition. Her music features sound masses of colorful textures, impressionistic sounds and atonal vocabulary, with influences from literary and visual arts. She taught at the Third Street Music School Settlement, Rhode Island College and Eastman School of Music.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Kolb
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America 250 - The Radical Avant-Garde & High Modernists
17th Jul 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of four radical avant-garde and high modernist composers: Elliott Carter, Jacob Druckman, Barbara Kolb, and Tod Machover.
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Woodwind
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Strings
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Piano & Keyboard
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Vocal & Choral
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Guitar
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Chamber Music
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Ensembles & Scores
All Works: Kolb, B
- All in Good Time (1)
- Appello (1)
- Cavatina (2)
- Chanson Bas (1)
- Cloudspin (Cumulus) (1)
- Extremes (1)
- Grisaille (1)
- Homage to Keith Jarrett and Gary Burton (1)
- Introduction and Allegro (2)
- Looking for Claudio (2)
- Millefoglie (1)
- Related Characters (2)
- Solitaire (3)
- Songs before an Adieu (1)
- Soundings (1)
- Spring River Flowers Moon Night (3)
- Three Lullabies (1)
- Three Place Settings (2)
- Umbrian Colors (1)
- Virgo Mater Creatrix (Virgin Mother Creatrix) (1)
- Voyants (1)
