Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz facts for kids

Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (January 25, 1928 – May 24, 2024) was an American singer, composer and teacher. She graduated from Brooklyn College with bachelor's and master's degrees, and worked as a teacher, choir director and composer. As Gladys Young she performed in the United States and Europe as a folk singer. In 2003 her chamber opera The Fountain of Youth, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," won a special commendation at the Nancy Van de Vate International Opera Competition for Women. Her music is performed internationally. Moskowitz died on May 24, 2024, at the age of 96.

Works

Moskowitz is known for songs and chamber opera. Selected works include:

• Grass, on a poem by Carl Sandburg
• Chicken Little, The Sky Is Falling! A Satirical Chamber Opera, performed by Bluegrass Chamber Orchestra and Opera, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009.
• More than a Voice
• The Fountain of Youth, chamber opera
• Three Love Songs on Poems of Sara Teasdale: "Joy"; "Advice to a Girl"; "Gifts." Premiere in New York City, 2008.
• Psalm 23, for piano, oboe, cello and voice
• The Masque of the Red Death, music drama in two acts after Poe
• The Buried Life, for mezzo-soprano and piano
• Three Songs of Passion, for piano, flute, cello, and voice; on poems by Cheryl Yuzik