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Marvin David Levy
Person · male · United States · Passaic · born 1932 · died 2015
American composer (1932-2015)
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1930s
2010s
Biography
English biography142 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1359878621
Biography
Marvin David Levy (August 2, 1932 – February 9, 2015) was an American composer, best known for his opera Mourning Becomes Electra.
Mourning Becomes Electra was given its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1967. Although deemed a failure at the time, the work was revived in 1998 in a revised version by the composer to a triumphant success at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The New York City Opera and the Seattle Opera staged the work in 2003, and the Florida Grand Opera staged the opera in 2013.
A disc featuring Canto de los Marranos (Song of the Marranos) and excerpts from Shir Shel Moshe (Song of Moses) was issued as part of the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music by Naxos in 2004.
The Passaic, New Jersey-born Levy died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 9, 2015, aged 82.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Martin_David_Levy_LCCN2004663205.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/82f218f5-6e22-4da4-8c88-2306bfcdd497discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/82f218f5-6e22-4da4-8c88-2306bfcdd497core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432971genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432971seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_David_Levybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_David_Levy
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Carl Van Vechten · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1432971 · MusicBrainz: 82f218f5-6e22-4da4-8c88-2306bfcdd497
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