Daniel Felsenfeld (born January 5, 1970) is a composer of contemporary classical music and a writer.

Biography

Felsenfeld was born in Washington, D.C., raised primarily in Southern California and currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, writer Elizabeth Isadora Gold, and child August. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he got his undergraduate degree in composition. He did his Masters and Doctoral work at the New England Conservatory where he studied with Arthur Berger and Lee Hyla. He is a composer and is also an author, having written three books published by Amadeus Press as well as hundreds of articles. In 2007 a "Talk of the Town" piece in The New Yorker magazine noted several writers whom Felsenfeld met at the MacDowell Colony who used his last name in their novels.

Music

Orchestral music

Opera

Chamber music

Solo music

Vocal music

Choral music

Books