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David J. Sosnowski is an American composer and pianist, born in Connecticut in 1952.

Primarily an orchestral composer, Sosnowski's South Mountain Sketchbook -- a series of symphonic color pieces and tone poems -- is the best known of his works. The pieces are characterized by strongly delineated stylistic treatments and novel use of orchestration and organizational forms.

Recent works for symphony orchestra include Ascension, Ruminations On Providence, The Departure Of Rosa Parks (dedicated in memory of civil rights activist Rosa Parks), and Lucifer And Gandhi (for piano and symphony orchestra).

He is also well known for contributions to modern piano literature, most notably Piano Sonata #7 (subtitled And Light Upon Them), an extended philosophical work comprised of five movements.

Sosnowski studied with Terrence Greenawalt, David Barnett, Alan Hovhaness, Gundaris Poné, Harry Dart, Earl Sauerwein, Irene Schneidemann and Howard Rovics, amongst other notables.

Sosnowski's include Catherine In Winter, Ruminations On Providence, And Light Upon Them (Piano Sonata #7), South Mountain, Ascension, Discomposure While At Prayer, The Departure Of Rosa Parks, Lucifer And Gandhi and others. The composer is the brother of nationally recognized journalist, commentator, and poet Jim Roberts.

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