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List Of Compositions By Frederic Rzewski
{{unreferenced, date=October 2018 This is a list of compositions by Frederic Rzewski Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social an .... Stage * ''The Persians'' (1985) * ''The Triumph of Death'' (1987–88) Orchestral * ''Nature Morte'', for small orchestra (1964) * ''A Long Time Man'', for piano and orchestra (1979) * ''Satyrica'', for guitar, double bass, piano, synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion, and symphony band (1983) * ''Una Breve Storia d'Estate'', for three flutes and orchestra (1983) * ''Scratch Symphony'' (1997) * ''Movable Types'' (1999) * ''Bring Them Home!'', for two percussion, two pianos and orchestra (2004), arranged for two percussion and two pianos * ''Piano Concerto'', for piano and orchestra (2013) * ''A Dog's Life'', for piano and orchestra (2014) Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Rzewski
Frederic Anthony Rzewski ( ; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time. His major compositions, which often incorporate social and political themes, include the minimalist ''Coming Together'' and the variation set '' The People United Will Never Be Defeated!'', which has been called "a modern classic". Early life and education Rzewski was born on April 13, 1938, in Westfield, Massachusetts, to parents of Polish and Jewish descent, and raised Catholic. He began playing piano at age 5 and attended Phillips Academy, Harvard, and Princeton, where his teachers included Randall Thompson, Roger Sessions, Walter Piston, and Milton Babbitt. In 1960, he went to Italy on a Fulbright grant, a trip which was formative in his future musical development. In addition to studying with Luigi Dallapiccola in Florence on a Fulbright scholarship he began a career as a performer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
''The People United Will Never Be Defeated!'' (1975) is a piano composition by American composer Frederic Rzewski. ''The People United'' is a set of 36 variations on the Chilean song " ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!" by Sergio Ortega and Quilapayún, and received its world premiere on February 7, 1976, played by Ursula Oppens as part of the Bi-Centennial Piano Series at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Rzewski dedicated the composition to Oppens, who had commissioned it, and who recorded it in 1979; her recording was named "Record of the Year" in that year by ''Record World'', and received a Grammy nomination. Analysis The song on which the variations is based is one of many that emerged from the Unidad Popular coalition in Chile between 1969 and 1973, prior to the overthrow of the Salvador Allende government. Rzewski composed the variations in September and October 1975, as a tribute to the struggle of the Chilean people against the newl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanosonatas
''Nanosonatas'' (2006–2010) are piano compositions by American composer Frederic Rzewski. History In the summer of 2006, Rzewski’s friend Hideyuki Arata, a Japanese scientist specialized in nanotechnology, sent him an article of three pages, that he had published in Applied Physics Letters. The scientist happened to be an amateur pianist, so in return Rzewski decided to dedicate “Nanosonata” to him. Like the article, this first Nanosonata was written in three pages (about two minutes long) and, as the composer said, was technically somewhat demanding, but would not require the scientist to practice too much. Around the same time, Rzewski also had a commission from Milton Schlosser in Edmonton, Alberta. The composer liked the first Nanosonata, so he decided to write more - for Schlosser and others - and get them together into books. Eventually, the first “Nanosonata” became “Nanosonata Book I, No 1”. Rzewski has composed 56 Nanosonatas, most dedicated to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Compositions By Composer
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