- Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave (b.
27 May 1928 ,Barnton, Edinburgh ) is a Scottish-born, American-basedcomposer ofopera andclassical music .Biography
She studied at
Edinburgh University and then inParis , returning to Britain and working on a number of operas in the late 1950s and 1960s. She moved to theUnited States in the 1970s.Career milestones
*1958: attended
Tanglewood Festival and studied withAaron Copland .
*1971: married American violist and opera conductor Peter Mark and moved to the United States.
*1987 - 2002: Distinguished Professor,City University of New York , Queens College.
*1995: Premiere of the opera "Simón Bolívar" at theVirginia Opera .
*2003: Premiere of "Turbulent Landscapes" by theBoston Symphony Orchestra .Works
Major works
*"Chamber Concerto No 2" (1966; chamber ensemble)
*"Night Music" (1968; for chamber orchestra - J.W. Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.) [Kennan, Kent, Grantham, Donald "The Technique of Orchestration", 3rd. ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983 pg.340]
* "Concerto for Orchestra" (1967)
* "Clarinet Concerto" (1969) [cite web
title = Clarinet Concerto -- Thea Musgrave, Composer
url = http://www.theamusgrave.com/html/clarinet_concerto.html
publisher = Thea Musgrave web site
accessdate = 2007-01-31]
*"Concerto for Horn" (1971)
*"Rorate Coeli " (1973; choir)
*"Song of the Enchanter" (commissioned to honour the 125th anniversary of the birth ofJean Sibelius ) [ [http://www.theamusgrave.com/html/song_of_the_enchanter.html Song of the Enchanter - Thea Musgrave, composer ] ]
*"Songs for a Winter’s Evening" (1995; soprano, orchestra)
*"Phoenix Rising" (1997, orchestra)Operas
*"The Abbot of Drimock" (1955)
*"Marko the Miser" (1962)
*"The Decision" (1965)
*"The Voice of Ariadne" (1973)
*"Mary, Queen of Scots" (1977)
*"A Christmas Carol" (1979)
*"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1981)
*"Harriet, the Woman called 'Moses" (1984)
*"Simón Bolívar" (1992)
*"Pontalba" (2003)Notes
External links
*http://www.theamusgrave.com/ - personal website
* [http://www.chesternovello.com/Default.aspx?TabId=2431&State_2905=2&composerId_2905=1098 chesternovello.com: Thea Musgrave]
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