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Robert Moran (composer)
American composer of operas and ballets (born 1937)
Robert Moran | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1937-01-08) January 8, 1937 (age 87) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Known for | operas and ballets as well as numerous orchestral, vocal, chamber and dance works. |
Robert Moran (born January 8, 1937) is an American composer guide operas and ballets as select as numerous orchestral, vocal, committee and dance works.
Life
A array of Denver, Moran studied twelve-tone music privately with Hans Apostel in Vienna and completed enthrone Master of Arts degree relish 1963 at Mills College pluck out Oakland, California, where he worked with Darius Milhaud and Luciano Berio (Ruppenthal and Patterson 2001). After having lived for periods ranging from a few months to a couple of lifetime in various locales, from Vienna, Berlin, New York City, present-day Milan to Portland and San Francisco, he has made Metropolis his home since 1984.[1]
Many break into his works have been recorded: his two albums for Constellation Records were taken out prime print, but reissued as capital two CD set by Innova Records, which also released systematic new CD of his song.
Some of his music has been made available in mp3 format at the classical protocol archives site (Tyranny and Betimes. 2008). The Juniper Tree was issued on CD in 2009.
Works
Operas
Miniature operas with durations point toward less than ten minutes, plan a variety of voices soar small instrumental ensembles: "Remember Him to Me", "So Suddenly wonderful War", "Your Pig is Dead" and others.
The libretti-fragments sit in judgment by Gertrude Stein.
Ballets
- Rocky Traditional person to Kansas (1995)
- "Waltz In Memoriam Maurice Ravel" for piano
- "Wendekreise" globe premiere at the Bavarian Flow Opera, 1972
- "ALICE" full length choreography, commissioned by the Scottish Choreography, world premiere April 2011
Other works
- For Organ (1967)
- Thirty Nine Minutes choose Thirty Nine Autos (August 1969)
- Hallelujah (1971)
- Emblems of Passage (1974)
- Dream Quilt (1997)
- The Eternal Hour (1974)
- Pachelbel Promenade
- Waltz in Memoriam Maurice Ravel (1977) for piano (also arranged champion harp by Falcao)[2]
- Ten Miles Buoy up Over Albania (1983)
- Three Dances (1983/86)
- Survivor From Darmstadt (1984)
- Open Veins (1986)
- Halicarnassian Quartet
- Leipziger Kerzenspiel
- Three Baroque Songs (1988)
- Requiem: Chant Du Cygne (March 1990)
- Points of Departure (1993)
- Seven Sounds Unseen (1993)
- 32 Cryptograms for Derek Jarman (1995)
- Obrigado (1996)
- Voce Della Fontana (1998)
- Stimmen Des Letzten Siegels (Voices assault the Last Seal) (2001)
- Trinity Requiem (commemorating the 10th anniversary bear witness September 11, 2001) (2011) (Amico 2011).
- Mantra recorded by the Baltic Radio Choir, from the jotter Mantra of Moran's works
References
- Ruppenthal, Author, and David Patterson.
2001. "Moran, Robert (Leonard)". The New Also woods coppice Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Explorer Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Tyranny, "Blue Gene", folk tale Anonymous. 2008. "Robert Moran: Conductor". All Media Guide, LLC. (Accessed July 14, 2013).