Background
Fuleihan, Anis was born on April 2, 1900 in Cyprus. Son of Doctor Mulhim and Yasmine (Nassif) Fuleihan.
Fuleihan, Anis was born on April 2, 1900 in Cyprus. Son of Doctor Mulhim and Yasmine (Nassif) Fuleihan.
A native of Kyrenia, Fuleihan belonged to a Christian Lebanese family. He attended the English School in that town before coming to the United States in 1915.
Came to the United States, 1915. Debut, Aeolian Hall, New York City, October 1919, since concertized as recitalist and soloist, orchestras United States and abroad. Professor music Indiana University, 1947-1952.
Soloist United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Conference, 1948.
Director National Conservatory, Beirut, 1953-1960. Conductor of Beirut Orchestra, 1955-1960, Orchestre Classique de Tunis, 1963-1965.
Visiting lecturer University Illinois, 1967-1968. Music consultant Baalbek Festival, 1956-1960.
Musical consultant International Cultural Center, Tunis and Tunis Festival, 1962-1966.
Works performed world-wide major orchestras United States, Canada, England Guggenheim fellow, 1939. Fulbright research fellow, Egypt, 1952. Orchestral works include: Mediterranean, 1928, Preface Child’s Storybook, 1932, Invocation, 1933, Symphony, 1936, Symphony-concertante, 1940, Cyprus Serenades, 1941, Six Etudes, 1943, Comedy Overture, 1943, Concertino, 1957, Greek Suite 1961.
Concerti with Orchestra: Foreign Piano Nos.
1 and 2, 1936, Two Pianos, 1941, Violin and Piano, 1944, Theremin, 1945, Violin, 1946, Cello, 1961. Epithalamium, Piano and Strings, 1941, Rhapsody, cello and strings 1945, Duo Concertante, violin, viola and orchestra, 1958, Toccata, piano and orchestra, 1960.
Sonatas for flute and piano, 1941, Flute and cello, 1952, violin and piano, 1961, cello and piano, 1962. Five String Quartets, 1940, 49, 57, 60, 65, Quintet horn and strings, clarinet and strings.
14 piano sonatas: Cypriana, 1943, Tributes, 1945, Fugue, 1945, Fifteen Short Pieces, 1946, From the Aegean, 1946.
Opera Vasco, 4 acts, 1958. (for oboe and orchestra) Pieces Concertantes, 1962. Pour les cordes, string orchestra, 1962.
Concerto Flute and String Orchestra, 1962.
Variations for Piano, 1962, Islands (for orchestra), 1962, Symphony Northern 2, 1962, Fantasy for viola and orchestra, 1963, Concerto for viola, 1963, Sonata for viola and piano, 1963, Duo for Viola and Cello, 1963, Concertino for violin and orchestra, 1964, Concertino for bassoon and orchestra, 1965, Concerto Northern 2 FULEIHANfor violin and orchestra, 1965, Concerto Northern 3 for violin and orchestra, 1967. Baalbek Festival Overture, 1967.
Scene from Hamlet for 2 solo celli and orchestra, 1965. Prelude, Caprice and Epilogue for violin, oboe and orchestra, 1965, Le Cor Anglais South’amuse, 1969, Bilitis song cycle, 1970, Helen of Troy, 1970. also composer numerous short pieces for piano and other instruments, woodwind quartet, voice, chorus.
Quintet for piano and string quartet, 1966.
Member Church of England.