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{{For|the German American jurist|Ernst Levy (jurist)}}
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'''Ernst Levy''' (18 November 1895 – 19 April 1981) was a Swiss [[musicology|musicologist]], [[composer]], [[piano|pianist]] and [[conducting|conductor]].

==Life==
Born in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]], Levy studied with [[Hans Huber (composer)|Hans Huber]], [[Egon Petri]] and [[Raoul Pugno]].<ref name="dubal">{{cite book
|title=The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature, and Recordings
|first=David
|last=Dubal
|edition=3rd rev. and expanded
|isbn=1-57467-088-3
|location=Pompton Plains, NJ
|publisher=Amadeus Press
|year=2004
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/artofpianoitsper0000duba/page/215 215]
|url=https://archive.org/details/artofpianoitsper0000duba
|url-access=registration
}}. Entry: "Ernst Levy".
</ref>

[[David Dubal]] describes him as an "unusual and powerful pianist" who made "grandly conceived" recordings of the late [[Beethoven]] sonatas and captured "the very essence of the Faustian [[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]".<ref name="dubal"/> His work as a musicologist and teacher brought him to the [[United States]], where he taught at colleges including the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[New England Conservatory]]; he also became a United States citizen.<ref>Levy (1985), end matter</ref> His students included composer [[Hazel Ghazarian Skaggs]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VsYAAAAIAAJ&q=strantz+louise |title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music (USA) |isbn=978-0-9617485-2-4 |language=en}}</ref> In 1966, he retired from academia and returned to his native Switzerland where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in [[Morges]].

Levy's book ''A Theory of Harmony'' was published in 1985 and, among other modern compositional concepts, describes the composer's concept of harmonic "undertones".

Levy's son was composer and cellist Frank Ezra Levy (1930–2017).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-frank-ezra-levy/149817377/ |title=Frank Ezra Levy |newspaper=[[The Herald-News]] |publication-place=Joliet, Illinois |page=L5 |date=2017-04-25 |access-date=2024-06-22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Selected compositions==
;Orchestral
* Symphony No. 2 in D major (1922)
* Symphony No. 3 (1922)
* Symphony No. 7 (1937)
* Symphony No. 8 (1937)
* Symphony No. 10 ''"France"'' (1944)
* Symphony No. 11 (1949)
* Symphony No. 12 (1951)
* Symphony No. 13 (1955)
* ''Third Suite'' for orchestra (1957)
* ''Fourth Suite'' for orchestra (1959)
* Symphony No. 14 (1962)
* Symphony No. 15 (1968)
;Concertante
* Concerto for cello and orchestra (1947)
;Chamber music
* String Quartet No. 1 (1919)
* Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1932)
* ''Divertimento'' for clarinet (or oboe) and piano (1952)
* ''Theme and Transformations'' for clarinet and piano (1952)
* String Trio No. 1 (1953)
* Sonata for cello and piano (1953)
* Sonata for horn and Piano (1953)
* ''Fifteen Little Pieces'' for cello solo (1955)
* Piano Quartet (1956)
* Suite for viola or cello solo (1956)
* Suite for violin solo (1960)
* String Trio No. 2 (1960)
* Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1961)
* Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1963)
* Sonatina No. 1 for violin and piano (1962)
* Sonatina No. 2 for violin and piano (1962)
* Suite for 2 violas (1963)
* Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1963)
* Sonata for three violin parts (1965)
* String Trio No. 3 (1966)
* Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1968)
* Trio No. 2 for clarinet, violin and piano (1970)
* Suite No. 2 for viola solo (1971)
* ''Soliloquy'' for clarinet solo (1971)
* ''Concerto sur "[[Auprès de ma blonde]]"'' for trumpet and piano (1975)
* ''Threnodie'' for viola, cello and organ (1975)
* Sonata for 2 violins and piano (1977)
* ''Intermezzo idilliaco'' for clarinet and piano (1978)
* String Trio No. 4 (1978)
* String Quartet No. 4 (1978)
* String Quartet No. 5 (1978)
* Sonata for viola and piano (1979)
* Trio for violin, cello and piano (1979)
* ''Sonata Accompagnata'' for bassoon and piano or orchestra (1980)
;Keyboard
* ''Fantaisie symphonique'' for harpsichord (1939)
* ''Ricercar'' for harpsichord (1960)
* ''Meditation on a Hebrew Raga'' for organ (1961)
* ''Study on the Whole-Tone Scales'' for piano (1971)
* Piano Sonata No. 1 (1973)
* Piano Sonata No. 2 (1974)
* Piano Sonata No. 3 (1975)
* Piano Sonata No. 4 (1976)
* Piano Sonata No. 5 (1977)
* Piano Sonata No. 6 (1979)
* Piano Sonata No. 7 (1981)
* ''Hommage romantique'' for piano (1977)
* ''Fantaisie dialoguée'' for organ and piano (1980)
;Vocal
* ''Gaudeamus'', Cantata for mixed chorus, wind orchestra and timpani (1964)
* ''Li T'ai Po's Answer'' for tenor, string orchestra and flute (1979)
* ''Eins und Alles'' for baritone and string orchestra (1980); words by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]
* {{cite book
|title=Four folk songs from Switzerland: for 4 mixed voices, SATB
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=New York
|publisher=Music Press
|year=1946
|oclc=78196587
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Divertimento for clarinet (or oboe) and piano
|year=1952
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=New York
|publisher=Seesaw Music Corp.
|oclc=869234
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Sonata, for violoncello & piano
|year=1953
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=New York
|publisher=Seesaw Music Corp.
|oclc=222539336
}}
* {{cite book
|title=7 piano pieces
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=New York
|publisher=Boosey & Hawkes
|year=1954
|oclc=83544484
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Hear, ye children: Proverbs 4:1,7,8 (part-songs)
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|author2=Paul Boepple
|location=Bennington, VT
|publisher=Bennington College
|year=1957
|oclc=77291468
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Trio, for clarinet, viola, and piano
|year=1968
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=New York
|publisher=Seesaw Music Corp.
|oclc=221789930
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Sonata for horn and piano
|year=1969
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=New York
|publisher=Seesaw Music Corp.
|oclc=869439
}}

==Academic works==
* {{cite book
|title=On the proportions of the south tower of Chartres Cathedral
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|location=Cambridge, MA
|publisher=Dept. of Humanities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|year=1956
|oclc=11508947
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Tone, a Study in Musical Acoustics
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|author2=Siegmund Levarie
|publisher=Kent State University Press
|year=1968
|location=Kent, OH
|oclc=60510
}}
* {{cite book
|title=Musical Morphology: A Discourse and a Dictionary
|url=https://archive.org/details/musicalmorpholog00leva
|url-access=registration
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|author2=Siegmund Levarie
|publisher=Kent State University Press
|edition=illustrated
|isbn=0-87338-286-2
|location=Kent, OH
|year=1983
}}
* {{cite book
|title=A Theory of Harmony
|first=Ernst
|last=Levy
|author2=Siegmund Levarie
|location=Albany, NY
|publisher=State University of New York Press
|year=1985
|isbn=0-87395-993-0
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTAWsmYzwDwC
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://ernstlevy.musicaneo.com/ Ernst Levy's official website] (created under support of his son, Frank Ezra Levy)
* [https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.LEVYE Guide to the Ernst Levy Papers 1919-2004] at the [https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/scrc/ University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center ]
*Sound recordings of works of the composer from the archives of Swiss Radio [[Swiss Broadcasting Corporation|SRG SSR]] on [https://neo.mx3.ch/ernstlevy Neo.Mx3]

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