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Sujet: Alfred Reed (1921-2005) 2019-09-09, 16:15
Alfred Reed (né le 25 janvier 1921 à New York - mort le 17 septembre 2005 à Miami) était un compositeur américain néoclassique, avec plus de deux cents œuvres publiées pour orchestre de concert, orchestre, chœur et ensemble de chambre. Il a également beaucoup voyagé en tant que chef invité, se produisant en Amérique du Nord, en Amérique latine, en Europe et en Asie.
Reed est né à New York et a commencé sa formation musicale à l'âge de dix ans. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il a servi dans la 529ème armée de l'air. Après son service militaire, il fréquente la Juilliard School of Music, où il étudie auprès de Vittorio Giannini. Il devient ensuite compositeur et arrangeur pour NBC, puis pour ABC. En 1953, il devient chef d'orchestre du Baylor Symphony Orchestra à la Baylor University, où il reçoit son BM et ses MB en 1956. Son mémoire de maîtrise, Rhapsody pour alto et orchestre, reçoit le prix Luria en 1959. Il est membre du chapitre Beta Tau dePhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, la fraternité nationale des hommes en musique.
De 1955 à 1966, il a été rédacteur en chef de Hansen Publications, un éditeur de musique. Il a été professeur de musique à l'Université de Miami, où il a travaillé avec le compositeur Clifton Williams de 1966 jusqu'à la mort de ce dernier en 1976. Le bureau de Williams se trouvait juste en face du bureau de Reed à la UM School of Music. Reed était président du département des médias musicaux et de l'industrie et du directeur du programme de l'industrie musicale jusqu'à sa retraite. Il a créé le tout premier programme d’études commerciales dans le domaine de la musique à l’Université de Miami en 1966, ce qui a amené d’autres collèges et universités à faire de même. Au moment de sa mort, il avait des commandes de composition qui l'auraient amené à l'âge de 115 ans. De nombreuses compositions pour orchestre à vent de Reed ont été publiées sous forme d'enregistrements sur CD par le Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra.
Œuvres
Orchestre
1962 Greensleeves - "What Child is This?" A Festival Prelude American Sketches - No. 1 "Strings 'n Things" American Sketches - No. 2 "Fashion Show" American Sketches - No. 3 "Country Night" American Sketches - No. 4 "By the Lagoon" American Sketches - No. 5 "The Mechanical Doll" Serenade Suite Concertante for strings and harp
Musique de chambre
1954 Organ Meditations for solo organ 1983 Two Bagatelles for trombone quartet Concertino for oboe solo and piano Double Wind Quintet French Suite for four horns Havana Moon for Clarinet Choir (3 bb, Alto, Bass, CBass), Percussion, Strings Bass Pastorale for Clarinet and Piano Scherzo Fantastique for Bass, Contrabass Clarinet, Contrabass, Piano, Woodwinds Siciliana Notturno for Solo Alto-Saxophone, Piano, Saxophone, Voice, Woodwinds Suite concertante for 4 cello and double bass Trilogue, Scherzo for Double Bass, Vibraphone, Marimba
Chœur et orchestre
All Hall to the Days, Christian Madrigal for harp, piano or guitar in score, strings, mixed choir The Pledge of Allegiance for mixed choir and orchestra
Orchestre à vents
1944 Russian Christmas Music Carol of the Little Russian Children Antiphonal Chant Village Song Cathedral Chorus 1953 Choral Prelude In E Minor 1955 Lumberjack Overture 1956 Ballade for Solo Eb Alto Saxophone & Band 1956 Ode for Trumpet for Trumpet and Band 1957 Serenade for Clarinet and Band 1958 Might and Majesty, a Biblical Suite 1959 Music Man The Wells Fargo Wagon Till There Was You Seventy-Six Trombones 1962 A Festival Prelude 1962 A Sacred Suite 1962 rev. 1986 Greensleeves Fantasy for Concert Band 1963 A Festive Overture 1963 A Symphonic Prelude on "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair'" 1966 Rahoon, rhapsody for Solo Clarinet and Band 1966 Choric Song: A Romantic Idyl, for choir and band 1967 The Music-Makers 1967 Passacaglia 1968 Intrada Drammatica 1968 Wapawekka - White Sands 1968 Symphony for Brass and Percussion Maestoso - Allegro non troppo Largo Con Moto 1970 A Jubilant Overture 1970 The Pledge of Allegiance for Concert Band 1971 A Ceremonial Fanfare 1972 A Northern Legend 1972 Armenian Dances Part 1, inspired by a collection of Folk Songs collected by Komitas Vardapet (1869–1935) Tzirani Tzar - The Apricot Tree Gakavi Yerk - The Partridge's Song Hoy, Nazan Eem - Hoy, My Nazan Alagyaz Gna, Gna - Go, Go! 1972 Imperatrix 1972 In Memoriam, an Elegy for the Fallen 1973 Punchinello, Overture 1973 Alleluia! Laudamus Te 1976 First Suite for Band March Melody Rag Gallop 1977 Armenian Dances Part 2 Hov Arek Khoomar Lorva Horovel 1977 Othello A Symphonic Portrait for Symphonic Band in Five Scenes (after William Shakespeare) Prelude (Venice) - The tyrant custom hath made the flinty and steel couch of war my thrice-driven bed. Aubade (Cyprus) - Good Morning, General Othello and Desdemona - She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them. Entrance of the Court - Behold, the Lion of Venice! The Death of Desdemona; Epilogue - I kissed thee ere I killed thee: no way but this…. 1978 Prelude and Capriccio 1978 Second Suite for Band (Latino Mexicana) Son Montuno Tango ("Sargasso Serenade") Guaracha Paso Double ("A la Corrida!") 1979 Second Symphony for Band Lento (ma ritmico) Allegro con fuoco Molto moderato e sostenuto 1980 A Christmas Intrada - Commissioned by the Middle Tennessee State University Band; Premiered October 1981 by "The President's Own" United States Marine Band at the 20th Annual Contest of Champions at Middle Tennessee State University. 1981 Acalarado for Marching Band 1981 The Hounds of Spring, A Concert Overture 1981 Rushmore 1982 Queenston Overture 1982 The Garden of Proserpine Symphonic Pastorale 1982 Viva Musica 1983 Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra To Awaken in the Light of the Universe To Contemplate the Depths of the Soul To Rejoice in the Beauty of Peace 1984 Pro Texana Concert-March 1985 El Camino Real 1985 Ramparts of Courage 1986 Second Century 1987 A Christmas Celebration Angels We Have Heard On High It Came Upon The Midnight Clear A O Comell Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Silent Night 1988 Praise Jerusalem! 1988 Third Symphony for Band Pesante e molto sostenuto Allegro agitado Variations on the "Porazzi" Theme of Wagner Allegro deciso 1990 Mr. Music 1991 A Springtime Celebration 1991 Concertino for Marimbaphon and Winds Nocturne Scherzetto Toccata 1992 Fourth Symphony for Band Elegy Intermezzo Tarantella 1992 Hymn Variants 1992 With Trumpets and Drums for drums, trumpet, voice, and band 1992–1993 Fourth Suite for Band - City of Music Intrada Arie Marsch 1993 Concertino for Marimba and Winds 1993 Greensleeves (arr.) 1994 Fifth Symphony for Band Moderately and sustained Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) Allegro molto, con fuoco 1995 Fifth Suite for Band (International Dances) Hoe Down (America) Sarabande (France) Yamabushi Kagura (Japan) Hora (Israel and Rumania) 1995 The King of Love My Shepherd Is 1997 Divertimento for flute and band 1997 Sixth Suite for Band March Miniature Summer Stroll Halloween Hobgoblin Awa Odori (Japanese Dance) 1998 Prism 1998 rev.2001 Joyeux Noël 1999 Millennium III Concert Overture 2000 Children's Suite for Solo Alto-Saxophone and Band or Wind Ensemble Kiyoko's Lullaby Kiyoko's Playtime 2000 Giligia (A Song of Remembrance) 2002 Exhortation and Praise 2003 Seventh Suite for Band A Century of Flight - composed as cerebration for opening of Noto Airport in Wajima, Ishikawa, Japan and for centennial anniversary of Wright brothers' world's first flying by airplane prologue: Look to the Skies! Intermezzo: The Winds and Waves of Wajima March: To Fly With the Wings of Eagles 2003 Rosalind in the Forest of Arden 2004 Ebo Signation
A little Concert-Suite Intrada Siciliana Scherzo Gigue Acclamation! A Global Greeting for Winds' Canto E Camdombe Concerto for Trumpet and Winds Curtain Up! (A Theater Overture for Winds) Danza Caribe Evolutions East And West - The Kohoku New Town March Golden Jubilee Highlights from Exodus (arr.) Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr.) Jidai - Year Of Years! Millennium Music in the Air! O Little Town based on "O Little Town of Bethlehem" - for Choral Ensemble and Concert Band O Most Wonderful for Choral Ensemble and Concert Band Poetry and Power Seascape for Euphonium solo and Band Serenade Siciliana Notturno for Alto-Saxophone and Concert Band Silver Shadow (Concert March) Slavonic Folk Suite for SATB Chorus (optional) and Band Children's Carol Cathedral Chorus Sleepers, Awake! (arr.) Symphonic Prelude The Big East March The Crowning Glory The Enchanted Island The Golden Years Third Suite for Band (Scenes De Ballet) Fanfare and Intrada Pas de deux Polka excentrique Danse generale Twelfth Night A Musical Masque after William Shakespeare Prelude: Illyria Viola and Orsino The Merry Conspirators Malvolio's Lament in “Prison” V A Double Wedding, and All's Well! Two Bagatelles Victory! (Concert March for Winds)
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