by the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis and given its premiere there in 1999. Its libretto is adapted from a tale fashioned and first told in 1809 by one of the most significant personalities in Hassidic history, philosophy, and lore- Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1811), the founder of the Bratslaver Hassidic sect. Schoenfield's song cycle Camp Songs was commissioned by Seattle's Music of Remembrance (MOR). It was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2003. The song cycle Ghetto Songs, commissioned by MOR, was recorded in 2009 by Naxos. In 2010 Schoenfield's Sonata for Violin and Piano was premiered at Lincoln Center with Cho-Liang Lin, violin, and Jon Kimura Parker, piano. Schoenfield is a Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan. He is also a dedicated scholar of the Talmud and of mathematics. References External links University of Michigan bio Milken Archive of Jewish Music profile Living people 1947 births University of Michigan faculty American male classical composers American classical composers 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers Musicians from Detroit Carnegie Mellon University alumni University of Arizona alumni 21st-century American composers 20th-century American composers American classical pianists Jewish American classical composers