paul griffiths
The Penguin Companion to Classical Music / The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Penguin, London, 2004 ISBN: 9780141009247 www.earbox.com d. Robertsbridge, East Sussex, 27 May 2004 d. Norwich, 23 Sep 2006 Orchestral: ... Concerti, 2004 d. Poissons, Haute-Marne, 24 Jul 2004 d. Bad Lippspringe, 24 Jan 2007 Theatre: Into the Little Hill (Martin Crimp), s, mez, ens, 2005-6 d. Helsinki, 24 Apr 2006 d. Florence, 6 Feb 2005 Operas: ... The Minotaur (Harsent), 2005-7 www.bolcomandmorris.com d. Sherborne, 12 Sep 2004 d. Portland, Maine, 23 Mar 2006 Orchestral: ... 3 Illusions (More’s Utopia, 2003; Fons juventatis, 2003; Micomicón, 2002); Dialogues, pf, orch, 2003; Réflexions, chbr orch, 2004; Soundings, 2005; Horn Concerto, 2006; Interventions, pf, orch, 2007; Sound Fields, str, 2007 Orchestral: ... Symphony ‘Broken Consort’, 2003-4 d. Five Oak Green, Kent, 13 Aug 2005 d. Prague, 24 Oct 2007 www.cnvill.demon.co.uk/mfhome.htm Other larger works: ... Plötzlichkeit, orch, 2006 d. Toronto, 16 Sep 2005 Orchestral: ... Symphony ... No.6 ‘Plutonian Ode’ (Allen Ginsberg), s, orch, 2002; No.7 ‘A Toltec Symphony’, choir, orch, 2005; No.8, 2005 Goehr, Alexander Orchestral: ... Overture with Handelian Air, 2000-01; Adagio, Op.75, 2002; Broken Lute, Op.78b, a fl, ob, str, 2008 Sidonie (1899-2004) Chamber: ... String Quartet ... No.3, Op.67, 1993 d. Davos, 17 Mar 2007 Orchestral: Symphony ... No.4, 2004 Chamber: String Quartet ... No.4, str qt, elec, 2003 d. Paris, 27 Oct 2004 Other orchestral works: ... Sebastian im Traum, 2004 d. Swansea, 12 Mar 2008 d. Tokyo, 8 Feb 2006 d. Moscow, 14 Aug 2007 Ensemble and chamber: String Quartet ... No.4, 2006 String quartets: ... Six Moments musicaux, Op.44, 2005 Works: ... String Quartet, 2003-4 Ensemble: ... Concertini, 2005 d. Santa Fe, 3 Jul 2006 d. Vienna, 12 June 2006 FINAL PARAGRAPH: He died in Bayreuth shortly after attending performances of Parsifal and Tristan, and... d.Barcelona, 15 Jan 2005 d. Menton, 28 Mar 2005 b. ... 7 Jul 1860 d. St. Louis, 24 Nov 2006 d. Monaco, 1 Feb 2007 left hand d. Västra Karup, 25 Dec 2005 Other works: 10 string quartets d. Miami, Florida, 29 Jan 2006 d. Modena, 6 Sep 2007 Orchestral: Symphony ... No.7 ‘Seven Gates of Jerusalem’, soli, ch, orch, 1996; No.8 ‘Lieder der Vergäänglichkeit’, soli, ch, orch, 2004-5; ... Concerto grosso No.1, 3 vc, orch, 2000-01; No.2, 5 cl, orch, 2004; Largo, vc, orch, 2003 Orchestral: ... Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings, 2005 Operas: ... Das Gehege (Botho Strauss), s, orch, f.p. Munich, 2006 d. Bryn Mawr, Penn., 29 May 2005 d. Moscow, 27 Apr 2007 Opera: ... Kafka’s Trial (Bentley, after Kafka), f.p. Copenhagen, 2005 Operas: ... Adriana Mater (Maalouf), f.p. Paris, 2006 d. Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria, 3 Aug 2006 d. Moscow, 9 Aug 1975 d. New York, 2 Jul 2007 d. Kürten, 5 Dec 2007 Ensemble: ... Klang, 24 compositions for various forces, 2004-7 d. San Marino, 19 Dec 2004 d. Valencia, Cal., 24 Aug 2006 d. St Petersburg, 22 Dec 2006 d. Toronto, 24 Aug 2006 five quartets
Penguin, New York, 2005 ISBN: 9780140515596
Penguin, London, 2006 ISBN: 9780141009254
‘ ... by some distance the best single-volume reference I have ever encountered ... there is enough of Paul’s own wit in the book to make it a bedside-reading delight.’ (Alan Rich, L.A. Weekly)
‘This is a remarkable feat. Griffiths writes perceptively and accessibly about the language of music, composers and conductors, as well as giving thumbnail sketches of important ballets and operas . . . He also includes entries on performers, musically involved writers, musical cities, countries and periods for good measure, all succinctly and stylishly explained. Concision poses no strain for him, even if, as any musicologist knows, it is far harder to capture the essence of Mozart in four rather than forty pages, and Griffiths does so without resort to familiar clichés, with an approach that remains fresh throughout.’ (Robert Orledge, Times Literary Supplement)
‘ . . . belongs in every musician’s library.’ (Joseph Kerman, New York Review of Books)
addenda
Adams, John
Stage: ... Doctor Atomic (opera: Peter Sellars), f.p. San Francisco, 2005; A Flowering Tree (Adams and Sellars, after Indian sources), f.p. Vienna, 2006
Orchestral: ... My Father Knew Charles Ives, 2003; The Dharma at Big Sur, amplified vn, orch, 2003; Son of Chamber Symphony, 2007
Chamber: ... Fellow Traveler, str qt, 2007
Piano: ... American Berserk, 2001
ApIvor, Denis
Arnold, Malcolm
www.malcolmarnold.co.uk
Babbitt, Milton
Ballif, Claude
Becker, Günther
Benjamin, George
Orchestral: ... Dance Figures, 2004
Instrumental: ... Shadowlines, pf, 2001; Piano Figures, 2004
Bergman, Erik
Berman, Lazar
Birtwistle, Harrison
Orchestral: ... Three Brendel Settings, bar, orch, 2000-04 [includes There is something between us]; Night’s Black Bird, 2004
Ensemble: ... Cantus iambeus [title changed from Passing Measures], 13 insts, 2004
Choral: ... The Gleam (Plaice), ch, 2003; Neruda madrigales, ch, 7 insts, elec, 2004-5
Chamber: ... Today Too (Tanko), t, fl, gui, 2004; Crowd, hp, 2005; The Mouse Felt... (Brendel), bar, pf, 2005; Lied, vc, pf, 2006; Song of Myself, bar, db, perc, 2006; Variations, vc, pf, 2007; Tree of Strings, str qt, 2007
Bolcom, William
Buller, John
Caldwell, Sarah
Carter, Elliott
Vocal with orchestra/ensemble: ... Of Rewaking (William Carlos Williams), s, orch, 2002; In the Distances of Sleep (Wallace Stevens), mez, ens, 2005-6
Other works for 4-8 instruments: ... 2001; Mosaic, 8 insts, 2004
Duos and Trios: ... Call, 2 tpt, hn, 2003
Solos: ... Figment III, db, 2007; Figment IV, va, 2007; HBHH, ob 2007
Piano: ... Retrouvailles, 2000; Intermittences, 2005; Caténaires, 2006; Matribute, 2007
Choral: ... Mad Regales (Ashbery), 6 v, 2007
Songs: La Musique (Baudelaire), mez, 2007
Casken, John
Cooke, Arnold
Eben, Petr
Feldman, Morton
Ferneyhough, Brian
String quartets: ... No.5, 2006; Dum transisset I-IV, 2006
Other chamber works: ... No Time (At All), 2 gtr, 2004; O Lux, 10 insts, 2005
Freedman, Harry
Glass, Philip
Ensemble: ... Idées fixes, Op.63, 1997; Marching to Carcassonne, Op.74, pf, ens, 2002
Chamber and instrumental: Five Objects Darkly, Op.62, vn, va, b cl, hn, pf, 1996; Piano Quintet, Op.69, 2000; ...around Stravinsky, Op.72, vn, 4 ww, 2001; Composition of A’s and G’s, s sax, 2004; Fantasie, Op.77, vc, pf, 2005; Broken Lute, Op.78, vn, 2006
Songs: ... Three Sonnets and Two Fantasias, Op.68, ct, viol qt, 1999-2000; Dark Days, Op.76 (Hesiod, Homer), mez/bar, pf, 2004
Piano: ... Symmetry Disorders Reach, Op.73, 2002
Goossens
Górecki, Henryk
Haefliger, Ernst
Harbison, John
Harvey, Jonathan
Helffer, Claude
Henze, Hans Werner
Hoddinott, Alun
Ifukube, Akira
Khrennikov, Tikhon
Kirchner, Leon
Piano: For the Left Hand, 1995; Sonata No.2, 2003; etc
Kurtág, György
Other chamber works: ... Hipartita, Op.43, vn, 2005
Kyburz, Hanspeter
Lachenmann, Helmut
Lieberson, Lorraine Hunt
Ligeti, György
Liszt, Franz
Los Angeles, Victoria de
Lympany, Moura
Mahler, Gustav
Martino, Donald
d. Antigua, 8 Dec 2005
McFerrin, Robert
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Mensurstrich (Ger., pl. Mensurstriche). Vertical line placed between bars, not intersecting them (as barlines do). This notational device was introduced by editors of medieval and Renaissance music to show the coordination of parts while reminding readers that the original notation had no barlines and the music may not be metrical.
m.s.
Nilsson, Birgit
Nørgård, Per
Paik, Nam June
Pavarotti, Luciano
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Reich, Steve
Vocal: ... You Are (Variations), ch, orch, 2004; Daniel Variations, 6 v, 16 insts, 2006
Rihm, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ... Jagden und Formen, 1995-2001
Rochberg, George
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Ruders, Poul
Saariaho, Kaija
Oratorio: La Passion de Simone (Maalouf), 2005-6
Orchestral: ... Orion, 2002
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Sills, Beverly
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Tebaldi, Renata
Tenney, James
Ustvolskaya, Galina
Weinzweig, John
Wood, Hugh