Lewis Spratlan Biographical essay, information on works, and composer notes from Schirmer.Category Arts Music Composition Composers S Spratlan, LewisHome Composers Lewis spratlan lewis Spratlan. Lewis Spratlan, winner of the PulitzerPrize in Music, 2000, is a widely performed and much honored composer. http://www.schirmer.com/composers/spratlan/
Extractions: Courtesy: Amherst College Lewis Spratlan , winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, 2000, is a widely performed and much honored composer. A native of Miami, he studied with Mel Powell and Gunther Schuller at Yale and has taught and conducted at Tanglewood, The Yale Summer School of Music and Art, and Amherst College, where he has been on the faculty since 1970. His music has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Pittsburgh, Miami, London, Moscow, Montreal, Toronto, and, perhaps, most significantly, Boston, where he has received commissions and premieres from the Boston Musica Viva, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, soprano Karol Bennett, and pianist John McDonald. Other New England-based ensembles, including the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Lydian String Quartet, the Windsor Quartet, and Ancora have performed his works as well. He is the recipient of Guggenheim, NEA, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and MacDowell Fellowships. His opera Life is a Dream (G. Schirmer) won a top prize in the Rockefeller Foundation-New England Conservatory Opera Competition and
Miscellaneous Songs By Spratlan Lewis Spratlan (1940). Songs. Birches. Back to the Lied and Song Texts Page. http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/s/spratlan.html
1999-2000 Guest Aaron Kernis Lewis Spratlan. Sojourner (1999). 25'. March 2, 2001 Friday,8pm, Auer Hall (nearly a repeat of 2/15). Guest Lewis spratlan lewis Spratlan. http://www.indiana.edu/~nme/rep0001.htm
Extractions: "20 th Century Spectrum" Guest: Christopher Rouse Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) Intégrales Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Septet 0011-1000-pn-1110 (lib.) Morton Feldman (1926-1987) I met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg 1010-0000-pc,pn-1010 (UE) Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000) A Bestiary 1010-1000-hp-0101-sop,ten (lib.) Christopher Rouse (b. 1949) Compline TOTAL TIME: 64' November 30, 2000 Thursday, 8pm, Auer Hall Luciano Berio Chemins II viola and ensemble Donald Erb (b. 1927) Sunlit Peaks and Dark Valleys cl,pno,vn (library) Frederick Fox Five pieces trumpet and piano David Dzubay (b. 1964) Vision 1111-111-pc,hp-2111 (PNM) TOTAL TIME: 58' February 15, 2001 Thursday, 8pm, Auer Hall Guest: Aaron Kernis Lewis Spratlan Sojourner chamber ensemble Aaron Kernis Goblin Market Narr(sop);1(pic,afl)1(ca)2(Ebcl:bcl)1/1100/perc/pf(syn)/ vn.va.vc.db
Lewis Spratlan Lewis Spratlan. World Outside My Window. The Time Flies The Best of Huey Lewis the News. Plan B. Meant to Be. Great Balls of Fire. Vol. 6History of Rock. http://www.artistactoractress.com/composers/spratlan_lewis.html
Extractions: World Outside My Window Plan B Meant to Be Great Balls of Fire Vol. 6-History of Rock Eye Popping Sounds of Herschell Gordon Lewis The White Album [EXPLICIT LYRICS] Sound of Christmas Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001) [LIVE] Anastasia: Music From The Motion Picture (1997 Version) [SOUNDTRACK] Swanee: The Music of Stephen Foster EARTH TRIBE RHYTHMS Don't Believe I'da Told That Evolution Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Evolution II 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits The Ultimate Divas Album Sports [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] Jazz Funeral in New Orleans Fore! Killer Country Greatest Hits [curb] Live at the Star Club Hamburg [LIVE] Music Composers ArtistActorActress.com
Extractions: Lewis Spratlan, a native of Miami, is a widely performed and much honored composer. A student of Mel Powell and Gunther Schuller at Yale, he has taught and conducted at Tanglewood, The Yale Summer School of Music and Art, and Amherst College, where he has been on the faculty since 1970. His music has been performed in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Pittsburgh, Miami, London, Moscow, Montreal, Toronto, and perhaps most significantly, Boston, where he has received commissions and premieres from the Boston Musica Viva, The Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, soprano Karol Bennett, and pianist John McDonald, among others. Other New England-based ensembles, including the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the Lydian String Quartet, the Windsor Quartet, and Ancora have performed his works as well. He is the recipient of Guggenheim, NEA, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and MacDowell Fellowships. His opera Life is a Dream won a top prize in the Rockefeller Foundation-New England Conservatory Opera Competition and Apollo and Daphne Variations won the New England Composers Orchestra Competition for readings of new works.
Lewis Spratlan Picture, biography, works, news, and contact.Category Arts Music Composition Composers S spratlan, lewis http://lewisspratlan.com/
Spratlan, Lewis spratlan, lewis spratlan, lewis. Period Late 20th Century. Born Thursday,September 5, 1940 in Miami, Florida (USA). As of December http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/spratlanliving.html
Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary Of Composers September 5, 1908 (Saturday) NinCulmell, Joaquín María (1908 - Living), Cuba;September 5, 1940 (Thursday) spratlan, lewis (1940 - Living), United States; http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/composers09.html
Extractions: September 1, 1854 (Friday) Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854 - 1921), Germany September 1, 1653 (Monday) Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1706), Germany September 4, 1843 (Monday) September 4, 1824 (Saturday) Bruckner, Anton (1824 - 1896), Austria September 4, 1892 (Sunday) Milhaud, Darius (1892 - 1974), France September 4, 1906 (Tuesday) Moyzes, Alexander (1906 - 1984), Hungary September 5, 1735 (Monday) Bach, Johann Christian (1735 - 1782), Germany/England September 5, 1867 (Thursday) Beach, Amy (1867 - 1944), United States September 5, 1912 (Thursday) Cage, John (1912 - 1992), United States September 5, 1781 (Wednesday) Diabelli, Anton (1781 - 1858), Austria September 5, 1791 (Monday) Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791 - 1864), Germany/France September 5, 1908 (Saturday) September 5, 1940 (Thursday) Spratlan, Lewis (1940 - Living), United States September 6, 1958 (Saturday) Westlake, Nigel (1958 - Living), Australia September 8, 1934 (Saturday) Davies, Peter Maxwell (1934 - Living), United Kingdom September 8, 1841 (Wednesday) September 9, 1583 (Friday)
Extractions: Search through: Entire site Spratlan, Lewis DIRECTORY Entertainment Music Composition ... Composer Lewis Spratlan - Picture, biography, works, news, and contact. Lewis Spratlan - Biographical essay, information on works, and composer notes from Schirmer. Pulitzer Prizes: Lewis Spratlan - Biography with links to award citation for "Life Is a Dream," and jurors. Spratlan, Lewis (1940 - Living), United States
When Crows Gather Home Composers lewis spratlan When Crows Gather lewis spratlan When Crows Gather. updated 15 May 2001 lewis spratlan. http://www.schirmer.com/composers/spratlan/crows.html
Extractions: cl(Ebcl), cl(Ebcl, bcl), cl (bcl), vn, vc, pf Composer's note: When Crows Gather Farmer's Almanac to predict a severe winter. There followed various musical ruminations on winter, troubled always by the maddening din of the crows which, as it happens, are clearly evoked only at the end of the piece. When Crows Gather is scored for three clarinets (the first and second doubling piccolo clarinet and E-flat clarinet, the second and third doubling bass clarinet), violin, cello, and piano. It is in nine principal segments, played without pause; the pitch material of each generated in some fashion by a single three-note group. Critical acclaim: When Crows Gather was inspired by an incident one December morning when a throng of crows gathered in trees outside Spratlan's studio. In the onrushing opening section, the instruments evoke wintry winds through swooshing, darting thematic lines, before the music settles into a loopy dance. An Ivesian episode follows in which chorale-like evocations of summertime parlor songs and a near-inaudible piano rag are jabbed by spiky counterpoint for strings...The arresting piece is [filled with] complex and gritty language.
Lewis Spratlan spratlan, lewis Guide picks. Pulitzer winning composer, lewis spratlan. Biographyof lewis spratlan A biography and other information from Schirmer. http://classicalmusic.about.com/cs/spratlanl/
Extractions: BMI Composer Lewis Spratlan Wins Pulitzer Prize Congratulations to BMI classical composer Lewis Spratlan, winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Mr. Spratlan's winning work was the concert version of Act II of his three act opera, Life is a Dream , which is published by Associated Music Publishers. BMI is proud to represent the catalogs of 27 winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Music. The world premiere of Spratlan's award-winning work was given on January 28, 2000 by the Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, conducted by J. David Jackson, at Amherst College. The soloists included John Cheek and Allan Glassman of the Metropolitan Opera and Christina Bouras of Glimmerglass and New York City Opera. Originally written in 1975-78 on a commission from the New Haven Opera Theatre, the work was never performed by that company because it folded while Spratlan was "in the middle of writing the last act." Check out a full list of BMI's Pulitzer Prize Winners...
An Interview With Pulitzer Prize Winner Lewis Spratlan An Interview with lewis spratlan. On April 10, 2000, lewis spratlancaught the attention of the world when his opera Life is a Dream http://classicalmusic.about.com/library/weekly/aa051700a.htm
Extractions: On April 10, 2000, Lewis Spratlan caught the attention of the world when his opera Life is a Dream won the Pulitzer Prize for music. The Pulitzer is awarded for "distinguished musical composition of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance in the United States during the year". The work was a collaboration with librettist James Maraniss, and is based on La vida es sueño by Pedro Calderón. It was commissioned by the New Haven Opera Theatre, and had its (partial) premiere on January 28, 2000. In addition to winning the Pulitzer, Spratlan (who is a professor of music at Amherst College) has received numerous fellowships: from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, the MacDowell Colony, and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. Life is a Dream also won an award from the Rockefeller Foundation's New England Conservatory Opera Competition.
An Interview With Pulitzer Prize Winner Lewis Spratlan An interview with composer lewis spratlan winner of the Pulitzer Prize "AN INTERVIEW WITH lewis spratlan" Page 1, 2, 3 http://classicalmusic.about.com/library/weekly/aa051700c.htm
Extractions: "AN INTERVIEW WITH LEWIS SPRATLAN" >Page Q: What do you think of opera in comparison to other forms? How does composing an opera differ? A: I love opera, but the difficulties of getting a staged performance are paralyzingly intimidating. It's potentially the most engrossing form of music, of course. Q: In your opinion, what was/ is the greatest accomplishment of "Life is a Dream"? A: Greatest accomplishment of LID? Hmm... giving flesh to its timelessly insistent issues: father and son, fate and free will, dreams and reality. Finding a way to invest these themes with individual personalities and to have them interact illuminatingly. Discovering a great range of ways in which the orchestra extends the work's text and feelings. Carrying one along in a kind of inexorable momentum, as happens with the greatest of the Greek tragedies (no immodesty intended; I'm talking about a KIND of trajectory, not my success). Q: Did you work with James Maraniss or did you work separately?
Lewis Spratlan Interview, Page 1 AN INTERVIEW WITH lewis spratlan by Cheryl Campbell On April 10, 2000, lewis spratlan caught the attention of the world when his opera Life is a Dream won the Pulitzer Prize for music. http://www.lewisspratlan.com/interview_one.htm
Extractions: by Cheryl Campbell On April 10, 2000, Lewis Spratlan caught the attention of the world when his opera Life is a Dream won the Pulitzer Prize for music. The Pulitzer is awarded for "distinguished musical composition of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance in the United States during the year". The work was a collaboration with librettist James Maraniss, and is based on La vida es sueño by Pedro Calderón. It was commissioned by the New Haven Opera Theatre, and had its (partial) premiere on January 28, 2000. In addition to winning the Pulitzer, Spratlan (who is a professor of music at Amherst College) has received numerous fellowships: from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, the MacDowell Colony, and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. Life is a Dream also won an award from the Rockefeller Foundation's New England Conservatory Opera Competition. So who is this composer? Recently, I interviewed him to find out.
Lewis Spratlan Interview, Page 1 AN INTERVIEW WITH lewis spratlan. by Cheryl Campbell. On April 10,2000, lewis spratlan caught the attention of the world when his http://lewisspratlan.com/interview_one.htm
Extractions: by Cheryl Campbell On April 10, 2000, Lewis Spratlan caught the attention of the world when his opera Life is a Dream won the Pulitzer Prize for music. The Pulitzer is awarded for "distinguished musical composition of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance in the United States during the year". The work was a collaboration with librettist James Maraniss, and is based on La vida es sueño by Pedro Calderón. It was commissioned by the New Haven Opera Theatre, and had its (partial) premiere on January 28, 2000. In addition to winning the Pulitzer, Spratlan (who is a professor of music at Amherst College) has received numerous fellowships: from the NEA, the Guggenheim Foundation, Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, the MacDowell Colony, and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. Life is a Dream also won an award from the Rockefeller Foundation's New England Conservatory Opera Competition. So who is this composer? Recently, I interviewed him to find out.
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Content News May 2000. lewis spratlan Photo by Frank Ward, courtesy of Amherst College.Pulitzer Surprise lewis spratlan Wins for Second Act of 1978 Opera. http://www.newmusicbox.org/news/may00/lspratlan.html
Extractions: Photo by Frank Ward, courtesy of Amherst College Pulitzer Surprise: Lewis Spratlan Wins for Second Act of 1978 Opera Lewis Spratlan has received the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in music for " Life is a Dream , Opera in Three Acts: Act II, Concert Version." The piece was premiered on January 28, 2000 by Dinosaur Annex in Amherst MA. Originally written in 1975-78 on a commission from the New Haven Opera Theatre, the work was never performed by that company because it folded while Spratlan was "in the middle of writing the last act." The opera is based on the 17th-century Spanish play " " by . Using an English libretto by James Maraniss , Mr. Spratlan creates a theatrical world in which the characters are given distinct musical thumbprints that are meant to embody their personalities. Dissonances and angularities of contemporary styles are linked with traditional dance, march and madrigal forms. Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe wrote of the piece, "... musical languages are used for the purpose of characterization...The vocal writing defines the characters in basic and subtle ways; it also keeps the text clear; the orchestration is vivid, colorful, imaginative, and characteristic in the sense that it too defines the characters...The music is full of effects that sound genuinely theatrical a military band approaches, for example, and there is some lively stage music (peasant dancing, a choral madrigal, etc.)". A native of Miami, Spratlan is a widely performed and much honored composer. A student of
