Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem
Información personal
Nacimiento	23 de octubre de 1923 ; Richmond (Estados Unidos)
Fallecimiento	18 de noviembre de 2022 ; Manhattan (Estados Unidos)
Residencia	Chicago, Marruecos y París
Nacionalidad	Estadounidense
Lengua materna	Inglés
Educación
Educado en	Instituto de Música Curtis; Universidad del Noroeste; American Conservatory of Music; Colegio Laboratorio de la Universidad de Chicago; Bienen School of Music; Escuela Juilliard (Maestría; hasta 1948) ;
Información profesional
Ocupación	Compositor, diarista, escritor, profesor universitario, actor y pianista
Área	Música
Género	Ópera y sinfonía
Miembro de	Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras; Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias ;
Sitio web	www.nedrorem.net
Distinciones	Beca Guggenheim; Caballero de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras; Premio de Roma; Premio de las Artes y las Letras de Música (1968); Premio Pulitzer de Música (1976) ;
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Ned Rorem (Richmond, Indiana; 23 de octubre de 1923 - Nueva York, 18 de noviembre de 2022) fue un compositor y escritor estadounidense.

Biografía

Recibió su educación en la University of Chicago, en el American Conservatory y el Instituto Curtis de Filadelfia perfeccionándose en la Juilliard School de New York.

Vivió en Marruecos y en París (1949-57). Declarado homosexual, en 1969 publicó sus diarios (Paris Diary) donde describió sus relaciones con Leonard Bernstein, Noel Coward, Samuel Barber y Virgil Thomson. Escribió varios ensayos, como Setting the Tone, Music From the Inside Out y Music and People.

Operas

A Childhood Miracle (1951)
The Robbers (1956)
'Miss Julie (1965)
Hearing (1966-76)
Bertha (1968)
The Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (1968)
Fables (1971)
Our Town (2005)

Música orquestal

Piano Concerto n.º 1 (1948)
From an Unknown Past (1950)
Symphony n.º 1 (1950)
Piano Concerto n.º 2 (1951)
Design (1953)
Poemes pour la paix (1953/56)
Symphony n.º 2 (1956)
Sinfonia (1957)
Eagles (1958)
Pilgrims (1958)
Symphony n.º 3 (1958)
Ideas (1961)
Lions (A Dream) (1963)
Sun (1966)
Water Music (1966)
Piano Concerto n.º 3 (1969)
Air Music (1974)
Assembly and Fall (1975)
A Quaker Reader (1976/88)
Sunday Morning (1977)
Remembering Tommy (1979)
After Long Silence (1982)
Violin Concerto (1984)
Organ Concerto (1985)
String Symphony (1985)
Frolic (1986)
The Schuyler Songs (1987),
Fantasy and Polka (1989)
Swords and Plowshares (1990)
Piano Concerto n.º 4 (1991)
Concerto for English Horn (1991-92)
Triptych (1992),
More Than A Day (1995)
Waiting (1996)
Double Concerto (1998),
Cello Concerto (2002),
Flute Concerto (2002)
Mallet Concerto (2003)
Eleven Songs for Susan (2007)
Songs Old and New (2008)

Música de cámara

Concertino de Camera (1946)
Mountain Song (1948)
Dance Suite (1949), for two pianos
Sicilienne (1950), for two pianos
Violin Sonata (1954), for violin & piano
Eleven Studies for Eleven Players (1959-60),
Trio (1960), for flute, cello & piano
Lovers (1964),
Day Music (1971),
Night Music (1972),
Solemn Prelude (1973),
Book of Hours (1975),
Romeo and Juliet (1977),
Three Slow Pieces (1978),
Whales, Weep Not! (1978),
Winter Pages (1981),
Picnic on the Marne (1983),
Dances (1984), for cello & piano
Septet Scenes from Childhood (1984-85),
The End of Summer (1985)
Bright Music (1987)
Fanfare and Flourish (1988)
Diversions (1990), for brass quintet
Spring Music (1990), for piano trio
String Quartet n.º 3 (1991)
Songs of Sadness (1994),
String Quartet n.º 4 (1994)
Six Variations (1995), for two pianos - four hands
Autumn Music (1996-97), for violin & piano
An Oboe Book (1999), for oboe & piano
Cries and Whispers (2000), for trumpet & piano
Nine Episodes for Four Players (2001), for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
United States - Seven Viewpoints (2001), for string quartet
Pas de Trois (2002), for oboe, violin & piano
The Unquestioned Answer (2002), for flute, two violins, cello & piano
Four Colours (2003), for clarinet & piano
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (2004), for piano quartet
Four Prayers (2006), for flute & piano
Nocturne (2007), for double bass & piano
A Little Fantasy (2008), for cello & piano

Vocal

Two Poems of Edith Sitwell (1948),
Requiem (1948), for voice & piano
From an Unknown Past (1950), for voice & piano/orchestra
Cycle of Holy Songs (1951), for voice & piano
Flight for Heaven (1952),
Four Dialogues (1953-54),
Three Poems for Demetrios Capetanakis (1954), for voice & piano
Poems pour la paix (1953/56), for medium voice & strings
Five Poems of Walt Whitman (1957), for voice & piano
Two Poems of Theodore Roethke (1959) for voice & piano
King Midas (1961), cantata for voice(s) & piano
Four Poems of Tennyson (1963), for voice & piano
Poems of Love and the Rain (1963),
Sun (1966), for high voice & orchestra
Some Trees (1968), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone & piano
War Scenes (1969), for medium-low voice & piano
Gloria (1970), for two solo voices & piano
Ariel (1971),
Last Poems of Wallace Stevens (1971-72),
Serenade on Five English Poems (1975),
Women's Voices (1975-76), for soprano & piano
Santa Fe Songs (1980), for baritone, string trio & piano
After Long Silence (1982),
Three Calamus Poems (1982), for baritone & piano
The Schuyler Songs (1987), for soprano & orchestra
The Auden Poems (1989), for tenor & piano trio
Swords and Plowshares (1990), for solo voices & orchestra
My Sad Captains (1995), for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & piano
Evidence of Things Not Seen (1997), thirty-six songs for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone & piano
Another Sleep (2000),
Aftermath (2001-02),
Sound the Flute (2004), for high voice, recorder & piano
Eleven Songs for Susan (2007), for mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra
Three Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (2007), for voice & piano
Songs Old and New (2008), for soprano & orchestra
Four Sonnets of Shakespeare (2008), for tenor & piano

Canciones

Alleluia (1946)
Spring and Fall (1946)
Spring (1947)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1947)
The Lordly Hudson (1947)
Echo's Song (1948)
Little Elegy (1949)
Rain in Spring (1949)
Silver Swan (1949)
The Sleeping Palace (1949)
What If Some Little Pain (1949)
Julia's Clothes (1950)
Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain (1950)
To the Willow Tree (1950)
Love in a Life (1951)
O Do Not Love Too Long (1951)
The Call (1951)
The Nightingale (1951)
To a Young Girl (1951)
A Christmas Carol (1952)
Clouds (1953)
Cradle Song (1953)
For Susan (1953)
In a Gondola (1953)
Love (1953)
Ode (1953)
Pippa's Song (1953)
Sally's Smile (1953)
Song for a Girl (1953)
The Tulip Tree (1953)
The Midnight Sun (1953)
Early in the Morning (1954)
Youth, Day, Old Age and Night (1954)
I Am Rose (1955)
I Will Always Love You (1955)
See How They Love Me (1956)
What Sparks and Wiry Cries (1956)
Conversation (1957)
Gliding O'er All (1957)
Gods (1957)
Look Down, Fair Moon (1957)
O You to Whom I Often and Silently Come (1957)
Reconciliation (1957)
Sometimes With One I Love (1957)
Such Beauty as Hurts to Behold (1957)
To You (1957)
Visits to St. Elizabeth's (1957)
I Strolled Across an Open Field (1959)
Memory (1959)
My Papa's Waltz (1959)
Night Crow (1959)
Orchids (1959)
Root Cellar (1959)
Snake (1959)
The Waking (1959)
Do I love you more than a day? (1962)
Ask Me No More (1963)
Far-Far-Away (1963)
For Poulenc (1963)
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1963)
The Sleeping Palace (1963)
That Shadow, My Likeness (1963)
To You (1970)
Trickle Drops (1970)
The Serpent (1972)
We Never Said Farewell (1975-76)
A Journey (1976)
Ferry me across the water (1978)
From When Cometh Song? (1978)
The Dance (1978)
Nantucket (1978-79)
Go, Lovely Rose (1979)
The Dancer (1979)
Up-Hill (1979)
Back to Life (1980)
Sonnet (1980)
The Sowers (1980)
The Wintry Mind (1980)
Let's Take a Walk (1981)
Anna la Bonne (1989)
Are You the New Person? (1989)
Full of Life Now (1989)
I Will Always Love You (1990)
A Dream of Nightingales (1992)
Their Lonely Betters (1992)
Somewhere... (1994)
Three Women (1994)
Remembrance of Things Past (1998)
Chromatic Fantasy (2001)
He Will Not Hear (2001)
I Never Knew (2001)
The End (2003)
While Sodom Was Occupied (2004)
The Stars Have Not Dealt (2007)
A Poison Tree (2007)
Death and the Young Man (2007)
Wild Nights (2007)

Coral

The Seventieth Psalm (1943), for S.A.T.B. choir & wind ensemble
A Sermon on Miracles (1947), for soprano solo, unison choir & strings
Four Madrigals (1947), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Three Incantations from a Marionette Tale (1948), for unison choir & piano
From an Unknown Past (1950), for S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
I Feel Death... (1953), for three-part a cappella male choir
The Poets' Requiem (1954-55), soprano solo, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
All Glorious God (1955), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love (1955), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Miracles of Christmas (1959), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Prayers and Responses (1960), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Virelai (1961), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Two Psalms and a Proverb (1962), for S.A.T.B. choir & string quartet
Lift up your Heads (The Ascension) (1963), for S.A.T.B. choir, eight wind, nine brass & timpani
Laudemus Tempus Actum (1964), for S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
Letters from Paris (1966), for S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (1966), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Proper for the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit (1966), for unison choir & organ
Truth in the Night Season (1966), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
He Shall Rule from Sea to Sea (1967), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Praises for the Nativity (1970), for soprano, alto, tenor & bass soli, S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Canticle of the Lamb (1971), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Canticles: Sets 1 & 2 (1971-72), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Four Hymns (1973), for S.A.T.B. choir & keyboard
In Time of Pestilence (1973), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Little Prayers (1973), for soprano & baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
Missa Brevis (1973), for soprano, alto, tenor & bass soli, & S.A.T.B. choir
Prayer to Jesus (1973), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Three Motets (1973), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Three Prayers (1973), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Surge Illuminare (1977), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Three Choruses for Christmas (1978), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Give All to Love (1981), for two-part choir & piano
Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? (1982), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Praise the Lord, O My Soul (1982), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
An American Oratorio (1983), for tenor solo, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
Mercy and Truth Are Met (1983), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Whitman Cantata (1983), for S.A.T.B. choir, brass ensemble & timpani
Pilgrim Strangers (1984), for six a cappella male voices
Before the Morning Star (1986), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Homer (1986), for S.A.T.B. choir & ensemble
Seven Motets for the Church Year (1986), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Three Poems of Baudelaire (1986), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Te Deum (1986-87), for S.A.T.B. choir, two trumpets, two trombones & organ
Five Armenian Love Songs (1987), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
The Death of Moses (1987), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
What is Pink? (1987), for treble choir & piano
Goodbye My Fancy (1988), for alto & baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
Lead Kindly Light (1988), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Breathe On Me (1989), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Love Alone (1989), for male-voice choir & piano duet
Christ is made the sure foundation (1992), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Festival Alleluia (1992), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
O God, My Heart is Ready (1992), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Spirit Divine (1992), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Present Laughter (1993), for S.A.T.B. choir, brass quintet & piano
How Lovely is your Dwelling Place (1994), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano/organ
Exaltabo Te, Domine (1995), for S.A.T.B. choir & keyboard
Four Introits (1999), for S.A.T.B. choir & keyboard
We Are the Music Makers (2003), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano
A Song of Hosea (2005), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
Four Sonnets (2005), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano
Ode to Man (2005), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
Afternoon on a Hill (2006), for two-part children's choir & piano
Two Shakespearean Poems (2008), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano

Instrumentales

Fantasy and Toccata (1946), for organ
Sonata No. 1 (1948), for piano
A Quiet Afternoon (1948), for piano
Barcarolles (1949), for piano
Pastorale (1949), for organ
Sonata No. 2 (1949), for piano
Spiders (1968), for harpsichord
Eight Etudes (1975), for piano
A Quaker Reader (1976), for organ
Sky Music (1976), for harp
After Reading Shakespeare (1980), for cello
Suite (1980), for guitar
Views from the Oldest House (1981), for organ
Song and Dance (1986), for piano
For Shirley (1989), for piano duet
Organbook I. (1989), for organ
Organbook II. (1989), for organ
Organbook III. (1989), for organ
Six Pieces (1997), for organ
99 Notes for the Millenium (1999), for piano
For Ben (1999), for piano
Recalling (2003), for piano
For Barbara (2006), for piano
For Don (2006), for piano
For Marian (2006), for piano
For Mary (2006), for piano
For Rosemary (2006), for piano
75 Notes for Jerry (2007), for piano

Grabaciones principales

Songs of Ned Rorem Susan Graham Malcolm Martineau
Songs of Ned Rorem with Charles Bressler, Phyllis Curtin, Donald Gramm, Ned Rorem, piano.
Three Symphonies José Serebrier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 8.559149
Songs, Carole Farley, Ned Rorem, piano

Premios y distinciones

1951 - Fulbright Fellowship
1957 - Guggenheim Fellowship
1968 - National Institute of Arts and Letters
1976 - Premio Pulitzer por Air Music
1989 - Grammy
1998 -Musical America
2003 - ASCAP
2004 - Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters

Bibliografía

Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-22974-X.

Referencias

↑ Olsher, Dean (18 de noviembre de 2022). «Ned Rorem, major American composer and diarist, has died at age 99». NPR music (en inglés). Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2022.
↑ Rhein, John von. «Ned Rorem: A Quaker Reader; Views from...». chicagotribune.com (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 20 de abril de 2020.
↑ The Guardian (Andrew Clements) Other classical releases 31 March 2000
↑ Classics Today (David Hurwitz) Archivado el 31 de enero de 2010 en Wayback Machine. 16 August 2003
↑ «Ned Rorem Biography». Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Consultado el 15 de agosto de 2008.

Enlaces externos

Datos: Q733299
Multimedia: Ned Rorem / Q733299

[1] Olsher, Dean (18 de noviembre de 2022). «Ned Rorem, major American composer and diarist, has died at age 99». NPR music (en inglés). Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2022.

[2] Rhein, John von. «Ned Rorem: A Quaker Reader; Views from...». chicagotribune.com (en inglés estadounidense). Consultado el 20 de abril de 2020.

[3] The Guardian (Andrew Clements) Other classical releases 31 March 2000

[4] Classics Today (David Hurwitz) Archivado el 31 de enero de 2010 en Wayback Machine. 16 August 2003

[5] «Ned Rorem Biography». Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Consultado el 15 de agosto de 2008.

Ned Rorem

Información personal
Nacimiento	23 de octubre de 1923 Richmond (Estados Unidos)
Fallecimiento	18 de noviembre de 2022 Manhattan (Estados Unidos)
Residencia	Chicago, Marruecos y París
Nacionalidad	Estadounidense
Lengua materna	Inglés
Educación
Educado en	Instituto de Música Curtis Universidad del Noroeste American Conservatory of Music Colegio Laboratorio de la Universidad de Chicago Bienen School of Music Escuela Juilliard (Maestría; hasta 1948)
Información profesional
Ocupación	Compositor, diarista, escritor, profesor universitario, actor y pianista
Área	Música
Género	Ópera y sinfonía
Miembro de	Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Letras Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias
Sitio web	www.nedrorem.net
Distinciones	Beca Guggenheim Caballero de la Orden de las Artes y las Letras Premio de Roma Premio de las Artes y las Letras de Música (1968) Premio Pulitzer de Música (1976)
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