Sextet For String Quartet Double Bass And Harpsichord - Third Movement

Bachian "Air" and variations of the theme by deceased composers, with a finale "by" Beethoven" and guest appearance by Mozart.

A new musical language that brings a wider audience back into the world of classical music.

Wagner Variation

Variations - Beethoven Finale

Ravel Variation 1

Opening Theme

Hindemith Variation

Copland Variation 1

Brahms Variation

Bartok Vartiation

Bachian "Air" and variations of the theme by deceased composers, with a finale "by" Beethoven and guest appearance by Mozart.

A new musical language that brings a wider audience back into the world of classical music.

Lebetkin Variation

Steve Lebetkin was the youngest graduate in the history of Queens College, CUNY in the 1970's, with a Masters in Music Composition. He taught at the college at the age of 19, including courses in compositions, solfege, appreciation, and a new way of teaching piano to adults (non-musicians).

The 1970's were the "hay day" for Queens College in all departments as a result of the migration of artists, economists, writers and other thinkers from Western Europe that fled to settle in New York. The music department was developed by the late Karol Rathaus (student of of Ernst Krenek). Rathaus, a contemporary of Bartok, was the Polish "Chopin" of the twentieth century, and a  remarkable composer that spawned composers Gabriel Fontrier, Leo Kraft, and Sol Berkowitz, all of whom were teachers of Steve Lebetkin. These composers passed on the compositional techniques of such great western musical traditions to Lebetkin, whose works embrace and continue this long and important lineage.

Other notable composers and musicians with whom Lebetkin studied include Hugo Weisgall, George Perle, Henry Weinberg, and Charles Burkhart.


Steven Lebetkin

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