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William Schuman

William Schuman

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Birth
Thursday, 4 August 1910
New York
United States
Groups
United States
Modern composers
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Death
Saturday, 15 February 1992
Manhattan
United States
Age: 
81

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Mighty Casey (The) • (1953) • Operas
Question of Taste (A) • (1989) • Operas
Judith: ballet • (1949) • Ballets
Sorciere d'Endor (La): ballet • (1965) • Ballets
Undertow: ballet • (1945) • Ballets
Voyage Nocturne: 15 instruments • (1947) • Ballets
Voyage pour un Theatre: ballet • (1953) • Ballets
Casey AT the BAT: Soprano-choir-orchestra • (1976) • Cantates profanes : soli-chœur-orchestre
On Freedom's Ground • (1985) • Cantates profanes : soli-chœur-orchestre
Earth Is Born (The): mus. de film • (1959) • Film score
Steeltown: mus. de film • (1944) • Film score

Symphonic music

Dedication Fanfare: concert band • (1968) • Marches et Fanfares
Fanfare Anniversaire: brass-percussion • (1969) • Marches et Fanfares
Fanfare Philarmonique • détruit • (1965) • Marches et Fanfares
Undertow - suite • (1945) • Suites de ballets
Cantique à la Louange de Shahn: orchestra • (1969) • Songs
Chant Orchestral • (1963) • Songs
Priere en Temps de Guerre: orchestra • (1943) • Songs
Symphony 1: 18 instruments • détruit • (1935) • Symphony
Symphony 2 • détruit • (1938) • Symphony
Symphony 3 • (1941) • Symphony
Symphony 4 • (1941) • Symphony
Symphony 5: strings • (1943) • Symphony
Symphony 6 • (1948) • Symphony
Symphony 7 • (1960) • Symphony
Symphony 8 • (1962) • Symphony
Symphonie 9 "Les fosses adréatines" • (1968) • Symphony
Symphonie 10 "Muse américaine" • (1976) • Symphony
Ecoutons cela pour Lenny: orchestra • (1988) • Symphonic variations
Orchestration de "Variations sur America" de Ives • (1963) • Symphonic variations
Variations "Amaryllis" - vers. orch. cordes • (1976) • Symphonic variations
Variations sur un Hymne Americain: orchestra • (1981) • Symphonic variations
Variations sur un Theme d'Eugene Goossens: strings • (1944) • Symphonic variations
Potpourri: orchestra • détruit • (1932) • Pièces
Prelude et Fugue: orchestra • détruit • (1937) • Pièces

Instrumental music

XXV Opera Snatches: trumpet • (1978) • Album à titre
Ambiances: piano • (1958) • Pièces à titre
Three-Score Set: piano • (1943) • Pièces à titre
Voyage: piano • (1953) • Pièces à titre
Variations "Chester": piano • (1988) • Variations

Chamber music

Quartet 1: strings • détruit • (1936) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 2: strings • (1937) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 3: strings • (1939) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 4: strings • (1950) • Chamber music strings
Quartet 5: strings • (1987) • Chamber music strings
Fanfare "Cooperstown": 2 tromp.-2 tromb. • (1987) • Chamber music winds
Danses: wind quintet-percussion • (1985) • Chamber music winds
Canon et Fugue: piano-violin-cello • détruit • (1934) • Trios instruments identiques
Variations "Amaryllis": string trio • (1964) • Trios instruments identiques
Pastorale 2: flute-oboe-clarinet • détruit • (1934) • Trios instruments identiques
Eveille-Toi, Terre Hivernale: clarinet-violin • (1986) • Duos instruments différents
Quartettino: 4 bassoons • (1939) • Chamber music various instruments
Poeme Choregraphique: 7 instruments • détruit • (1934) • Chamber music various instruments

Vocal music

Free Song (A) • (1942) • Cantates : choeur-instruments
This Is Our Time • (1940) • Cantates : choeur-instruments
Choirs • Choral pieces isolated
Prologue • (1939) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Young Dead Soldiers (The) • (1976) • Choral pieces isolated with orchestra
Esses • (1982) • Cycle choral
Perceptions • (1982) • Cycle choral
Concerto sur de Vieilles Rondes Anglaises: female choir-viola-orchestra • (1973) • Cycle choral avec orchestre
In Sweet Music: voice-flute-viola-cembalo • (1978) • Cycle de mélodies : voix-instruments
Time to the Old • (1979) • Song cycles
God's World • (1932) • Mélodies isolées
Orpheus and his Lute • (1944) • Mélodies isolées
Pastorale 1: Alto-clarinet • détruit • (1934) • Mélodies isolées
Canons: SATB • (1933) • Choral pieces collection
Carols of Death • (1958) • Choral pieces collection
Mail Order Madrigals: SATB • (1971) • Choral pieces collection
Rondes sur des Mots Celebres: choir • (1956) • Choral pieces collection

Sacred music

Te Deum: SATB • (1944) • Te Deum

Concertante music

Colloques: French horn-orchestra • (1979) • Autres pièces concertantes pour cor
Entretiens: French horn-orchestra • Autres pièces concertantes pour cor
A Toi Vieille Cause: oboe-brass-timpani-piano-strings • (1968) • Other concertante pieces for oboe
Chant d'Orphee (Un): cello-orchestra • (1961) • Autres pièces concertantes pour violoncelle
Concerto sur de Vieilles Rondes Anglaises: viola-female choir-orch. • (1974) • Concertos pour alto
Concerto: piano-orchestra • (1942) • Piano concertos
Concerto: violin-orchestra • (1959) • Violin concertos

Compositions sorted on opus (if available)

détruit

Potpourri: orchestra • (1932) • Pièces
Pastorale 1: Alto-clarinet • (1934) • Mélodies isolées
Canon et Fugue: piano-violin-cello • (1934) • Trios instruments identiques
Pastorale 2: flute-oboe-clarinet • (1934) • Trios instruments identiques
Poeme Choregraphique: 7 instruments • (1934) • Chamber music various instruments
Symphony 1: 18 instruments • (1935) • Symphony
Quartet 1: strings • (1936) • Chamber music strings
Prelude et Fugue: orchestra • (1937) • Pièces
Symphony 2 • (1938) • Symphony
William Billings: overture • (1943)
Fanfare Philarmonique • (1965) • Marches et Fanfares
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Sheet music for William Schuman

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The Mighty Casey; a Question O — William Schuman

— 2 listening CDs —
By William Schuman. By William Schuman (1910-1992). 2 listening CDs. Published by Delos (NX.DE-1030).
Price: $12.00

To Thy Love — William Schuman

alto, soprano 1, soprano 2 — piano reduction/vocal score — Choral
Choral Fantasy On Old English Rounds. Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman Choral Music. Choral. Piano reduction/vocal score. With Standard notation. Composed June 29 1973. 20 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40100. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342401000).
Price: $2.00

Thrift — William Schuman

SATB choir (a cappella) — vocal score — 20th Century and Sacred
No. 2 from "Five Rounds on Famous Words". Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman Choral Music. 20th Century and Sacred. Vocal score. With vocal score notation. 5 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40001. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342400010).
Price: $2.00

Attention, Ladies — William Schuman

TBB chorus and piano accompaniment (for rehearsal only) — vocal score — 20th Century and Choral
No. 1 from Mail Order Madrigals. Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman Choral Music. First performed by the Department of Music, Iowa State University, March 12, 1972 in Ames. 20th Century and Choral. Vocal score. With vocal score notation, lyrics and piano accompaniment. Composed July 28 1971. 8 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40029. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342400290).
Price: $1.00

Haste — William Schuman

SATB choir (a cappella) — vocal score — 20th Century
No. 5 from "Five Rounds on Famous Words". Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman, Choral Music. 20th Century. Vocal score. With vocal score notation. 4 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40022. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342400220).
Price: $1.00

Health — William Schuman

SATB choir (a cappella) — vocal score — 20th Century
No. 1 from "Five Rounds on Famous Words". Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman Choral Music. 20th Century. Vocal score. With vocal score notation. 3 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40000. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342400000).
Price: $1.00

Beauty — William Schuman

SATB choir (a cappella) — vocal score — 20th Century
No. 4 from "Five Rounds on Famous Words". Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman, Choral Music. 20th Century. Vocal score. With vocal score notation. 4 pages. Theodore Presser Company #342-40003. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342400030).
Price: $1.00

Declaration Chorale — William Schuman

Piano (rehearsal), SATB Choir — choral part(s) — Choral
For SATB, a Cappella. Composed by William Schuman (1910-1992). William Schuman, Choral Music. World Premiere: April 30, 1972, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, by the combined Choruses of the Sixteen Participating Countries under the direction of Robert Shaw. Choral. Choral part(s). With Standard notation. Composed June 30 1971. 12 pages. Duration 8 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #342-40028. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.342400280).
Price: $1.00

When Jesus Wept — William Schuman William Billings

Alto Clarinet, Alto Saxophone I, Alto Saxophone II, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Bass Saxophone, Bassoon I, Bassoon II, Clarinet (in Eb), Clarinet I, Clarinet II, Clarinet III, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet , Trumpet I, Trumpet solo — Full Score —
Prelude for Band - Full Score. Composed by William Schuman William Billings. Sws. Full Score. With Standard notation. 16 pages. Theodore Presser Company #145-40001F. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14540001F).
Price: $9.00

Orpheus With His Lute — W Schuman

Choral — Octavo — Concert, Italian, Renaissance
Composed by W Schuman. Arranged by W Schuman. Choral. Concert, Italian, Renaissance. Octavo. 4 pages. G. Schirmer #C11788. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50316670).
Price: $1.00

Find scores for William Schuman at Sheet Music Plus.
Music: 
  • Eight symphonies, numbered 3 (1941) thru 10 (1976)
  • Violin Concerto
  • Ballets Judith, Undertow
  • One-act opera The Mighty Casey
  • Cantata A Free Song
  • Other orchestral include Song of Orpheus; To Thee Old Cause; In Praise of Shahn; Three Colloquies for Horn and Orch.

His music is polytonal, not serial, dense counterpoint, long melodic line, large gestures, powerful. The symphonies are a major achievement in Amererican music.

Biography: 

He was raised in the Bronx, New York City. Wrote pop songs in high school with buddy Frank Loesser of Broadway fame. Schuman decided to study serious music at age 21. Ten years later Koussevitsky premier of Third Symphony made him famous. Became president of Julliard School, then first director of Lincoln Center in 1962. Was major power in American music with Copland and Bernstein until the New York establishment declined in the seventies, and Schuman’s music fell from grace in new music circles.

(contributed by Slade Moody <psmoody@swbell.net>)

Prémières pour William Schuman

Wednesday, 25 May 1938
Premiere of Symphony no. 2, in New York, USA.
Friday, 10 February 1950
Premiere of the violin concerto, in Boston, USA.
Links: 
http://www.williamschuman.org/
Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2005-01-13 05:10.
Last modified: 
2014-06-05 15:50

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