Music of William Latham
From the collection of Karl Miller.Recordings are from radio broadcasts or personnal recordings-- to my knowledge, none of these have been released commercially in digital form.Passacaglia and Fugue for Band (1958)University of Illinois Band/Mark Hinsley
Suite for Trumpet and Band(1958)John Haynie, trumpet
University of Illinois Band/Mark Hinsley
Five Sketches for String Quartet(1938)Cincinnati String Quartet
String Trio #2 (1938)James Werner, violin; Walter Werner, viola; Aurther Knecht, cello [22 February 1939]
String Quartet #3(1940)James R. Lerch, Alice Oglesby, violin; George Papich, viola, Charles Baker, cello [24 April 1969]
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949)Norman Paulu, volin; Claire Von Ausdall, piano
[31 May 1950]
Intro
Concerto Grosso for 2 Saxophones and Chamber Orchestra(1962)
Sigurd and Karen Rascher, saxophone
Dutch Radio Orchestra/Hank Spruit
[30 October 1962]
Concertino for E-Flat Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (1968)John Giordano, saxophone
San Diego State Band/Karl Holvig
Sisyphus for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1971)Francois Daneels, Saxophone
C. Cappel, piano
American Youth Performs(1969)Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth/John Giordano
Concert March #5 for Band(1969)Richardson HS Band/Robert M Blanton
Three Choral Predules for Band(1956--Two Movements only)
University of Michigan Symphony Band/William Revelli
[20 March 1957]
Swingin' Reel for Band (1956)Chicago Symphonic Band/Herman Chebanoff
Court Festival for Band(1957)NTSU Band/Maurice McAdow
Bio from the University of North Texas Website:
William P. Latham
(1917-2004)
Appointment: 1965-1984
Archive of Works (UNT library)
William Peters Latham was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on 4 January 1917. He was educated in Kentucky, Ohio and New York, completing degrees in composition and theory at the Cincinnati College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio. Later, he was awarded a PhD in composition at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York (1951). His principal composition teachers were Eugene Goossens and Howard Hanson.
Latham taught theory and composition at the University of Northern Iowa from 1946 to 1965, attaining the rank of Professor of Music in 1959. In 1965 he joined the faculty of the College of Music at the University of North Texas (North Texas State University) as Professor of Music and Coordinator of Composition. He was appointed Director of Graduate Studies in Music in 1969. In 1978 he was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Professor of Music, the University's highest rank. Only seven other faculty members of the University had been so honored at that time. He retired from active service at UNT in June, 1984, and he was formally designated Professor Emeritus by the Board of Regents in November 1984.
Dr. Latham has composed 118 works; 62 have been published, 56 remain in manuscript, but all have been performed — many throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. He has received numerous awards and commissions (29). His orchestral works have been performed by the Cincinnati Symphony, the Eastman-Rochester Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, and Radio Orchestras in Brussels, Belgium and Hilversum, Holland, under such well known conductors as Eugene Goossens, Howard Hanson, Thor Johnson, Anshel Brusilow, John Giordano, and Walter Susskind.
Dr. Latham died in Denton, Texas on 24 February 2004. Memorial donations may be made to:
William P. Latham Composition Fund
UNT College of Music
Attn: Elida Tamez
P.O. Box 311367
Denton TX 76203-1367
(940) 565-2243
