Joseph Willard Roosevelt

Joseph Willard Roosevelt

Joseph Willard Roosevelt (January 16, 1918, Madrid, Spain – May 18, 2008, Orient, New York) was an American pianist and composer.

Son of Belle Wyatt Willard and Kermit Roosevelt I, he was a grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. He served in the Pacific during World War II as Commander of the USS Greene, APD. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E7DF133AF932A1575AC0A96E9C8B63 New York Times] , retrieved October 10, 2008.]

Roosevelt attended Groton School and Harvard University and studied piano with Nadia Boulanger in France. He taught music at The Hartt School, Mannes College of Music, Fairleigh Dickinson University and the Longy School of Music.

Roosevelt's compositions are published by the American Composers Alliance and Merion Music.

elected works

Opera
* "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down" (1976); 1 Act with libretto by Loften Mitchell

Orchestra / Band
* "Amistad" for Orchestra (1960)
* "Band Piece No.1" (1979)
* "Band Piece No.2" (1979)
* Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1963)
* Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
* Suite for Oboe, Bassoon and String Orchestra (1959)

Chamber / Instrumental
* "Flute and Fiddle", 4 Duos for 5 Flutes (bass, alto, standard, shakuhachi, piccolo) and 2 Fiddles (violin, viola) (1975)
* "The Judgement of Paris" for Flute (also Alto Flute) and Optional Mime (1975)
* "Lament for Willie Thomas Jones" for 4 Cellos (1975)
* "The Leaden and the Golden Echo" for Reciter and Piano (1957); text by Gerard Manley Hopkins
* "Paul Revere's Ride" for Flute Solo and Optional Mime (1975)
* Serenade for Oboe, Viola and Cello (1955)
* "Short Suite" for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon (1982)
* Sonata for Cello and Piano (1953)
* Sonata for Violin and Piano
* "Song and Dance Suite" for Oboe, Clarinet and Viola (1975)
* String Quartet
* Suite for Viola Solo (1978)
* Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1952)
* "Waltz" for Flute (or Clarinet) and Piano (1978)

Piano
* "Dance Suite" (1982)
* Sonata No.1 in D Major
* Sonata No.2 in Bmusic|flat Major
* Suite (1963)

Vocal
* "An American Sampler", 4 Songs for Soprano, Horn and Piano (1976); words by Phyllis Wheatley, Edward Coote Pinkney, Philip Freneau, Charles F. Hoffman
* "Aria" (Oh, Joshua) for Voice and Piano (1970); words by Loften Mitchell
* "Four Songs" for Soprano and Clarinet (1975); words by Lloyd Frankenberg and E. E. Cummings
* "Five Songs" for Soprano and Viola (1975); words by Lloyd Frankenberg and E. E. Cummings
* "Five Songs from Caleb" for Voice and Piano (1990); words by Caleb Roosevelt
* "May Song It Flourish" for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone and Chamber Orchestra (1960); words by James Joyce
* "Three Songs" for Baritone and Piano (1991); words by Gerard Manley Hopkins
* "Three Songs from Poe" for Soprano, Clarinet and Piano (1977); words by Edgar Allen Poe
* "Two Songs" for Voice and Piano (1967); words by E. E. Cummings
* "Two Songs" for Voice and Piano (1973); words by Lloyd Frankenberg
* "War Is Kind" (Our Dead Brother Bid Us Think of Life) for Soprano, Narrator, Dancer and Chamber Orchestra (1976); words by Stephen Crane and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

References

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E7DF133AF932A1575AC0A96E9C8B63 New York Times obituary]
* [http://composers.com/?q=user/285&PHPSESSID=ff0a23ee814e809cfa8d9e037600af4d Williard Roosevelt at the American Composers Alliance]


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