Tsao Chieh (

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

: 曹节; 1953–1996) was a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

Works

Orchestra

1982–1983 Overture in C 1984–1985 Singapore, Symphonic Suite for large orchestra: Prelude & Fugue, March, Scherzo, Passacaglia, Finale 1987–1988 Stasis 1989–1990 Amidst the sough of winds...., set to two poems (Finger of the Cape und A Boy Drowns) by Edwin Thumboo for Narrator and Orchestra 1991–1992 Prelude, Interlude and Fugato, for Orchestra 1994 Two Little Pieces, for Orchestra: Idyll, Dance

Symphonic Band

1988 Singapore Artillery Centennial March

Vocal music

1984 Four Songs from Romantic Poets, for Soprano and Chamber ensemble 1995 Old House at Ang Siang Hill, for Soprano and Piano

Chamber music

197? Romance, for Clarinet and Viola 1980 Canzone, for Flute and Piano 1980 Roundelay, for Flute and Piano 1981 Idyll, for Flute and Piano 1982 Toccata, for Flute and Piano 1984 Caprice, for two Flute and Piano 1984 Movements, for Flute, Piano and String Quartet 1988 Variations, for Chamber ensemble [for New Music Forum II in January 18, 1989)

Piano Solo

1971 Canzona 1983 Sonata

Electronic music

1994 Sine.Mus 1994–1995 Test piece for KW, for Computer 1994–1995 Rhapsody for synthesized flute on a 17-tone scale 1994–1995 Study in four temperaments

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Tsao Chieh
* 1953 births 1996 deaths Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean composers Singaporean engineers 20th-century composers 20th-century engineers {{Singapore-musician-stub