Gerald Cohen, Composer
Cohen composes with a strong sense of tradition--one that embraces Brahms, Bartok and Britten on one hand and his own Jewish heritage on the other. ... a cantor himself, Cohen's songs and his Passover cantata V'higad'ta L'vincha display a linguistic fluidity and a melodic gift that hints at what the Hebrew liturgy might be like today if Britten had changed faiths.
--Ken Smith,
Gramophone Magazine
Gerald Cohen’s music speaks to us through its ability to respond to the personal, translating these emotions through his musical craft into an art that is expressive, important and vitally alive. That is the touchstone of his work, and its connection to a living, ongoing tradition.
--Michael Kannen,
from program notes to CD
Generations: Music of Gerald Cohen
New Publication:
Gerald Cohen’s choral piece
“The ocean of peace lies ahead of me” has been published by G. Schirmer/AMP as part of the Harold Rosenbaum Schirmer Choral Series.
Website Copyright © 2008 by Gerald Cohen
Featured new song:
“Shehecheyanu,” a blessing for reaching special milestones in life, written for the Bar Mitzvah of our son Daniel.
