Irwin Swack


Irwin Swack was an American composer of contemporary classical music from West Salem, Ohio.
He held degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, Northwestern University, and Columbia University. He studied with Henry Cowell, Gunther Schuller, Vittorio Giannini, Paul Creston, and Normand Lockwood. Swack also worked as an assistant professor of music at Jacksonville State College. His music was recorded on the Centaur, CRS, Opus One, and Living Artist Recordings labels.
His music is published by Carl Fischer, Shawnee Press, Theodore Presser, and Galaxy Music.
His last residence was in Bellmore, New York.

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