Rolv Yttrehus
Rolv Berger Yttrehus was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
He held degrees from the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan and a Diploma from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He studied harmony with Nadia Boulanger and composition with Ross Lee Finney, Roger Sessions, Aaron Copland, and Goffredo Petrassi. He taught at the University of Missouri, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, and Rutgers University.
He regarded Arnold Schoenberg and Sessions as his principal influences.
He died in 2018.- Six Pieces for Piano Solo
- Six Haiku pub. American Composers Alliance
- Music for Winds, Percussion, and Viola pub. American Composers Alliance
- Espressioni per Orchestra pub. American Composers Alliance
- Sextet pub. C.F. Peters Corporation
- Music for Winds, Percussion, 'Cello and Voices pub. APNM
- Angstwagen pub. American Composers Alliance
- Quintet pub. Boelke-Bomart/Mobart Music
- Gradus ad Parnassum pub. American Composers Alliance
- Sonata for Percussion and Piano pub. C.F. Peters Corporation
- Explorations for Piano Solo pub. APNM
- Sonata for 'Cello and Piano pub. C.F. Peters Corporation
- Raritan Variations pub. APNM
- Symphony No. 1 pub. APNM
- Plectrum Spectrum pub. APNM
- Sextet II pub. APNM
- Laudate Milton Babbitt pub. APNM
