Gender: Male
Webster A. Young is a composer of symphonies, ballets and operas. He is the composer whose symphony performance is followed in "6000 Miles to Ukraine" seen on many PBS stations in 2022-23. His most recent recorded CD is "The Best Violin Melodies of W. A. Young" at Spotify and other music streaming sites. He was the most prolific composer for ballet in the US in the 1980s, before Martins-Torke, working with Eric Hyrst, formerly of the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, New York City Ballet, and the Royal Ballet of England. Young appears with Eric Hyrst in the film "Two for Ballet", available from Cinema Guild, NY. More recently he has appeared in "Return to Aspen" and "6000 Miles to Ukraine" on Rocky Mountain PBS, (2022) In 1992, "Two for Ballet" was seen on 63 PBS stations nationwide. The Jerome Robbins Dance Collection at Lincoln Center, NY, has an extensive file on Eric Hyrst's career that also includes videos of the first three Hyrst-Young ballets. Young became the artistic director of the Long Island Opera Company 1998–2003. Young was the first composer in many decades to set Shakespeare's "As You Like It" to music as an opera in four acts. Soprano, tenor, and baritone operas from it are published at MusicNotes.com, and several performances are in videos at YouTube and Vimeo. Now on his Opus 212. Among his most recent works are several pieces for unaccompanied cello, published in paperback at Amazon books, as well as numerous pieces for classical guitar, six of which appear in "Ballades and Airs", also at Amazon books. Other recent works include 20 tangos and 10 salsa pieces for orchestra, some also arranged for piano. Opera arias and piano music published at MusicNotes.com Young studied composition with Richard Swift, Andrew Frank, Giampaolo Bracali, and notably with Charles Jones - who was a close friend of Darius Milhaud. Young is related through his grandmother, Seena Harbach Purdy, to Otto Harbach, the Broadway lyricist and playwright, who was his great uncle. Otto Harbach's oldest brother, Adolphe, Webster Young's great grandfather, was a band conductor. Young's paternal grandfather, Owen Young, was a semi professional watercolor landscape painter, of whose works a few hundred paintings are extant. Webster Young is the author of five books, all at Amazon.com, including Berkeley-Paris Express (2017), The Palaces of music (2012), The Little Flowers of the Desert Brothers (2017), and Music in the Church (2021).
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On the name Webster A. Young, Webster means Weaver. Young means Brave.
The name Webster A. Young is often used as a Male name and is mostly used as a Last Name.
Webster is commonly found in South Africa, United States of America, Brazil, and 44 more countries.
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At NamesLook, the name Webster is recorded 1,026 times globally, ranking it as the 33,701th most common name worldwide.
Webster is most prevalent in South Africa, with 535 occurrences, making it the 3,164th most popular name in the country.
In South Africa, the name Webster is found among 1 in every 4383 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.
| Country | Rank | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| South Africa | #3,164 | 1 : 4,383 |
| United States of America | #11,729 | 1 : 10,964 |
| Brazil | #10,598 | 1 : 19,797 |
| United Kingdom | #13,897 | 1 : 17,131 |
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Webster A. Young is a composer of symphonies, ballets and operas. He is the composer whose symphony performance is followed in "6000 Miles to Ukraine" seen on many PBS stations in 2022-23. His most recent recorded CD is "The Best Violin Melodies of W. A. Young" at Spotify and other music streaming sites. He was the most prolific composer for ballet in the US in the 1980s, before Martins-Torke, working with Eric Hyrst, formerly of the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, New York City Ballet, and the Royal Ballet of England. Young appears with Eric Hyrst in the film "Two for Ballet", available from Cinema Guild, NY. More recently he has appeared in "Return to Aspen" and "6000 Miles to Ukraine" on Rocky Mountain PBS, (2022) In 1992, "Two for Ballet" was seen on 63 PBS stations nationwide. The Jerome Robbins Dance Collection at Lincoln Center, NY, has an extensive file on Eric Hyrst's career that also includes videos of the first three Hyrst-Young ballets. Young became the artistic director of the Long Island Opera Company 1998–2003. Young was the first composer in many decades to set Shakespeare's "As You Like It" to music as an opera in four acts. Soprano, tenor, and baritone operas from it are published at MusicNotes.com, and several performances are in videos at YouTube and Vimeo. Now on his Opus 212. Among his most recent works are several pieces for unaccompanied cello, published in paperback at Amazon books, as well as numerous pieces for classical guitar, six of which appear in "Ballades and Airs", also at Amazon books. Other recent works include 20 tangos and 10 salsa pieces for orchestra, some also arranged for piano. Opera arias and piano music published at MusicNotes.com Young studied composition with Richard Swift, Andrew Frank, Giampaolo Bracali, and notably with Charles Jones - who was a close friend of Darius Milhaud. Young is related through his grandmother, Seena Harbach Purdy, to Otto Harbach, the Broadway lyricist and playwright, who was his great uncle. Otto Harbach's oldest brother, Adolphe, Webster Young's great grandfather, was a band conductor. Young's paternal grandfather, Owen Young, was a semi professional watercolor landscape painter, of whose works a few hundred paintings are extant. Webster Young is the author of five books, all at Amazon.com, including Berkeley-Paris Express (2017), The Palaces of music (2012), The Little Flowers of the Desert Brothers (2017), and Music in the Church (2021).
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