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Nacimiento 23 de octubre de 1923 Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Richmond (Estados Unidos) Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Fallecimiento 18 de noviembre de 2022 Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Manhattan (Estados Unidos) Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Residencia Chicago, Marruecos y París Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Nacionalidad Estadounidense
Lengua materna Inglés Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Educación
Educado en
Información profesional
Ocupación Compositor, diarista, escritor, profesor universitario y actor Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Área Música Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
Género Ópera y sinfonía Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
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Sitio web www.nedrorem.net Ver y modificar los datos en Wikidata
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Ned Rorem (Richmond, Indiana; 23 de octubre de 1923 - Nueva York, 18 de noviembre de 2022)[1]​ fue un laureado compositor y escritor estadounidense.

Biografía

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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.[2]

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. Como ensayista ha escrito varios libros "Setting the Tone", "Music From the Inside Out", y "Music and People".

Operas

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Premios y distinciones

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  • 1951 - Fulbright Fellowship
  • 1957 - Guggenheim Fellowship
  • 1968 - National Institute of Arts and Letters
  • 1976 - Premio Pulitzer por Air Music[5]
  • 1989 - Grammy
  • 1998 -Musical America
  • 2003 - ASCAP
  • 2004 - Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters

Bibliografía

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  • 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

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  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) [1] 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. 

Enlaces externos

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