Donald Erb (b. 1927) is an American composer best known for large orchestral works such as Concerto for Brass and Orchestra and Klangfarbenfunk.

He receved a B.S. from Kent State University, an M.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and a D.M. from Indiana University.

Erb has received the Prix de Rome and was composer-in-residence with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He is Distinguished Professor of Composition, Emeritus, at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio.

External links

• Donald Erb bio from Cleveland Composers Guild site

Listening

• Art of the States: Donald Erb

1927 births | 20th century classical composers | Living classical composers | Living people | American composers