Martin Max Schreiner
@marty3625.bsky.social
Music composer (USA). Former: academic music librarian, clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist, music copyist, music journal managing editor, private studio instructor, and U. S. Army bandsman.
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@martinmaxschreiner6883
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@martinmaxschreiner6883
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Bamboo and Silk Tango (for shakuhachi & koto)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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A recording of the premiere performance of my Bamboo and Silk Tango. It was presented on a concert in 2008 as part of the Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music series in Boston by two exceptional masters of these instruments: youtu.be/sPpccwx44gQ
I have a new work just released. Score and parts are distributed through Universal Edition. The preface of the score contains a hymn sheet of Broadhurst's poems with his commentary. The video score here has audio produced from NotePerformer4 software.
youtu.be/39-aa7VhsH0
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Songs of Youth - A Cycle of Dreams (for tenor voice, cello & piano)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I have a new work just released. Score and parts are distributed through Universal Edition. The preface of the score contains a hymn sheet of Broadhurst's poems with his commentary. The video score here has audio produced from NotePerformer4 software.
youtu.be/39-aa7VhsH0
youtu.be/39-aa7VhsH0
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American Composer Martin Max Schreiner has just published The Songs of Youth - a Cycle of Dreams
A Songcycle on 12 early poem sof mine
- I am published in UE
I made Vienna - Eventually.
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A Songcycle on 12 early poem sof mine
- I am published in UE
I made Vienna - Eventually.
www.universaledition.com/en/Songs-of-...
Songs of Youth - A Cycle of Dreams | P0335714
Setting of 12 early poems of British poet and composer Julian Broadhurst
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October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
American Composer Martin Max Schreiner has just published The Songs of Youth - a Cycle of Dreams
A Songcycle on 12 early poem sof mine
- I am published in UE
I made Vienna - Eventually.
www.universaledition.com/en/Songs-of-...
A Songcycle on 12 early poem sof mine
- I am published in UE
I made Vienna - Eventually.
www.universaledition.com/en/Songs-of-...
I composed this wind septet in 1975 and revised it in 1988. The 1988 version was premiered at the 1990 Society of Composers, Inc. national conference held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where it was performed by members of the Las Vegas Symphony.
youtu.be/YDznRppliwM
youtu.be/YDznRppliwM
Three for Seven (a wind septet)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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July 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I composed this wind septet in 1975 and revised it in 1988. The 1988 version was premiered at the 1990 Society of Composers, Inc. national conference held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where it was performed by members of the Las Vegas Symphony.
youtu.be/YDznRppliwM
youtu.be/YDznRppliwM
A recording of the premiere performance of my Bamboo and Silk Tango. It was presented on a concert in 2008 as part of the Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music series in Boston by two exceptional masters of these instruments: youtu.be/sPpccwx44gQ
Bamboo and Silk Tango (for shakuhachi & koto)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
youtu.be
July 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A recording of the premiere performance of my Bamboo and Silk Tango. It was presented on a concert in 2008 as part of the Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music series in Boston by two exceptional masters of these instruments: youtu.be/sPpccwx44gQ
The Pervasive Vulnerability of Life in America (updated 20 April 2025)
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The Pervasive Vulnerability of Life in America (updated 20 April 2025)
Approaching tipping points in a system that fails the citizenry
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April 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Pervasive Vulnerability of Life in America (updated 20 April 2025)
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A beautiful performance of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto by Austrian-Rumanian pianist Sorina Aust-Ioan: youtu.be/O9Q8_lkfupQ?...
Sorina in Ecuador: L. v. Beethoven, Klavierkonzert Nr. 4 G-Dur op. 58 - Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca
YouTube video by Sorina Aust-Ioan - Piano
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April 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A beautiful performance of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto by Austrian-Rumanian pianist Sorina Aust-Ioan: youtu.be/O9Q8_lkfupQ?...
An engaging composition by Krassimir Taskov: youtu.be/28CJ3ERkuso?...
Krassimir Taskov- Promised Land (1997) for Vc.and Pno, perf. by Alek and Roumen Tsanov
YouTube video by Krassimir Taskov
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April 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
An engaging composition by Krassimir Taskov: youtu.be/28CJ3ERkuso?...
A samba about not losing hope composed for classical guitarist Danton Oestreich and shakuhachi player Marco Lienhard: youtu.be/SpZb2W7DAHc
Never Losing Heart: a Samba of Hope
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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March 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A samba about not losing hope composed for classical guitarist Danton Oestreich and shakuhachi player Marco Lienhard: youtu.be/SpZb2W7DAHc
A musician's perspective on language learning
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A musician's perspective on language learning
Being a musician requires attentiveness and other skills that transpose well to language learning
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March 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A musician's perspective on language learning
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
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February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
An awesome performance of Bach on the koto here. This performance made my day! -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ts...
Chaconne J.S.Bach transcribed by Karl Scheit,supplemented by Maya Kimura koto
YouTube video by 木村麻耶
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February 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
An awesome performance of Bach on the koto here. This performance made my day! -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ts...
A wonderful work by Stanley Grill--beautifully performed and recorded here: soundcloud.com/stanley-gril...
Everything Passes
Coming of age in the '60s, I absorbed in my core a belief that peace was possible. In that small instant of time, it did seem to an optimistic and naïve teenager, that the millions of voices protestin
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February 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A wonderful work by Stanley Grill--beautifully performed and recorded here: soundcloud.com/stanley-gril...
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After 15 years in Europe, I'm sharing some reflections on emigration, shared values, and the trajectory of the American nation-state
leavingamerica.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
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Is there a road home?
Answering the question of whether returning home to the US after 15 years is feasible: Reflections on emigration, shared values, and the trajectory of the American nation-state
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February 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
After 15 years in Europe, I'm sharing some reflections on emigration, shared values, and the trajectory of the American nation-state
leavingamerica.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
leavingamerica.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
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CD1 of the Morales Project includes the rarely-heard original version of Missa Mille regretz. One critic said that listening to the first version of the Osanna was "the closest you'll get to hearing the beating of angels' wings."
Let's party like it's 1535!
https://buff.ly/4go7DeE
Let's party like it's 1535!
https://buff.ly/4go7DeE
Cristobal de Morales, De Profundis, Robert Hollingworth - Missa Mille regretz: Vb. Osanna II (1535-7 Alternative Version)
Listen to Missa Mille regretz: Vb. Osanna II (1535-7 Alternative Version) by Cristobal de Morales, De Profundis, Robert Hollingworth.
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December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
CD1 of the Morales Project includes the rarely-heard original version of Missa Mille regretz. One critic said that listening to the first version of the Osanna was "the closest you'll get to hearing the beating of angels' wings."
Let's party like it's 1535!
https://buff.ly/4go7DeE
Let's party like it's 1535!
https://buff.ly/4go7DeE
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We've just been putting the finishing touches on the next vol in Signum Records' cycle of symphonies by Christopher Gunning (Sym 8 & 9). His music has so much heart. As I get on in life, that seems to matter most of all.
Here's his 10th from @mahlerfest.bsky.social
youtu.be/m6jSWG6dNk4
Here's his 10th from @mahlerfest.bsky.social
youtu.be/m6jSWG6dNk4
Symphony No 10 - Christopher Gunning - World Premiere - Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
YouTube video by Colorado MahlerFest
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December 12, 2024 at 5:08 PM
We've just been putting the finishing touches on the next vol in Signum Records' cycle of symphonies by Christopher Gunning (Sym 8 & 9). His music has so much heart. As I get on in life, that seems to matter most of all.
Here's his 10th from @mahlerfest.bsky.social
youtu.be/m6jSWG6dNk4
Here's his 10th from @mahlerfest.bsky.social
youtu.be/m6jSWG6dNk4
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#OTD 2023 🖤💔 RIP Heike
Wir bedanken uns dennoch bei euch für ein erfolgreiches Jahr 2024 & blicken in Schönheit ins neue. Auf unserer Webseite findet ihr in den News ein paar Rückschauen auf unsere diesjährigen Highlights. Danke für euren Support!
#Komponistinnen
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Wir bedanken uns dennoch bei euch für ein erfolgreiches Jahr 2024 & blicken in Schönheit ins neue. Auf unserer Webseite findet ihr in den News ein paar Rückschauen auf unsere diesjährigen Highlights. Danke für euren Support!
#Komponistinnen
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Heike Matthiesen plays Soledad by Maria Linnemann on a 2014 Michael Batell
YouTube video by SiccasGuitars
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December 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
#OTD 2023 🖤💔 RIP Heike
Wir bedanken uns dennoch bei euch für ein erfolgreiches Jahr 2024 & blicken in Schönheit ins neue. Auf unserer Webseite findet ihr in den News ein paar Rückschauen auf unsere diesjährigen Highlights. Danke für euren Support!
#Komponistinnen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=86xH...
Wir bedanken uns dennoch bei euch für ein erfolgreiches Jahr 2024 & blicken in Schönheit ins neue. Auf unserer Webseite findet ihr in den News ein paar Rückschauen auf unsere diesjährigen Highlights. Danke für euren Support!
#Komponistinnen
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@michaelbegg.studio I'm running Classical Declares Emergency and we have an open call for works - would you be interested in sending anything in for listing? musicdeclares.net/gb/classical... Form at "suggest repertoire" - we're happy to link to your website or email so performers can buy it.
Classical Declares | UK
Music Declares Emergency is a group of artists, music industry professionals and organisations that stand together to declare a climate and ecological emergency and call for an immediate governmental ...
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December 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
@michaelbegg.studio I'm running Classical Declares Emergency and we have an open call for works - would you be interested in sending anything in for listing? musicdeclares.net/gb/classical... Form at "suggest repertoire" - we're happy to link to your website or email so performers can buy it.
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Rachel Podger ~ BACH: Violin Partita No. 3 in E dur, BWV 1006
YouTube video by Musica colta
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December 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
My attempt at making the lever harp sound feel like flying. I composed this for harpist Dr. Helen Lawlor, who is Author of "Irish Harping 1900 to 2010" and co-editor of "Harp Studies I & II: World Harp Traditions" published by Four Courts Press.
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A Day in the Life of a Chough for Celtic lever harp (clàrsach)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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December 20, 2024 at 10:46 PM
My attempt at making the lever harp sound feel like flying. I composed this for harpist Dr. Helen Lawlor, who is Author of "Irish Harping 1900 to 2010" and co-editor of "Harp Studies I & II: World Harp Traditions" published by Four Courts Press.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WAN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WAN...
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***New Newsletter***
It’s not difficult to include women composers in history—there were so many. We just have to CHOOSE not to cut them.
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It’s not difficult to include women composers in history—there were so many. We just have to CHOOSE not to cut them.
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How Women Composers Were CUT from Music History
It's a matter of choice whether to include women composers or cut them.
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December 20, 2024 at 7:27 PM
***New Newsletter***
It’s not difficult to include women composers in history—there were so many. We just have to CHOOSE not to cut them.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahfri...
It’s not difficult to include women composers in history—there were so many. We just have to CHOOSE not to cut them.
open.substack.com/pub/sarahfri...
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A recording of my "Three Japanese Images" in a wonderful performance by pianist Aleksandra Ivanova, piano accompanist with the Sofia Opera and Ballet. soundcloud.com/musicalmax/t...
Three Japanese Images for piano
Aleksandra Ivanova - piano
Recorded from the Musical World of America and Bulgaria Concert:
A program presented January 14, 2020
Chamber Hall Bulgaria, Sofia
This suite for piano is in
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December 19, 2024 at 1:24 AM
A recording of my "Three Japanese Images" in a wonderful performance by pianist Aleksandra Ivanova, piano accompanist with the Sofia Opera and Ballet. soundcloud.com/musicalmax/t...