paul griffiths
The Penguin Companion to Classical Music / The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Penguin, London, 2004 ISBN: 9780141009247
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
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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; City Noir, 2009
Chamber: ... String Quartet, 2008
Piano: ... American Berserk, 2001
ApIvor, Denis
d. Robertsbridge, East Sussex, 27 May 2004
Arnold, Malcolm
d. Norwich, 23 Sep 2006
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Babbitt, Milton
Orchestral: ... Concerti, 2004
Ballif, Claude
d. Poissons, Haute-Marne, 24 Jul 2004
Becker, Günther
d. Bad Lippspringe, 24 Jan 2007
Benjamin, George
Theatre: Into the Little Hill (Martin Crimp), s, mez, ens, 2005-6
Orchestral: ... Dance Figures, 2004; Duet, pf, orch, 2008
Instrumental: ... Shadowlines, pf, 2001; Piano Figures, 2004; Two or Four, pf, 2010
Bergman, Erik
d. Helsinki, 24 Apr 2006
Berman, Lazar
d. Florence, 6 Feb 2005
Birtwistle, Harrison
Operas: ... The Minotaur (Harsent), 2005-7
Music theatre: ... The Corridor (Harsent), s, t, 6 insts, 2008; Semper Dowland, semper dolens (Dowland, Campion), t, 8 insts, 2009
Orchestral: ... Three Brendel Settings, bar, orch, 2000-04 [includes There is something between us]; Night’s Black Bird, 2004; Violin Concerto, 2009-10
Ensemble: ... Cantus iambeus [title changed from Passing Measures], 13 insts, 2004; Virelai (Sus une fontayne), 12 insts, 2008
Choral: ... The Gleam (Plaice), ch, 2003; Neruda madrigales, ch, 7 insts, elec, 2004-5; Lullaby, 2006; Angel Fighter (Plaice), ct, t, ch, ens, 2010
Chamber: ... Today Too (Tanko), t, fl, gui, 2004; Crowd, hp, 2005; The Mouse Felt... (Brendel), bar, pf, 2005; Five Little Antiphonies for Amelia, 2 tpt, 2006; Lied, vc, pf, 2006; Song of Myself, bar, db, perc, 2006; Variations, vc, pf, 2007; The Tree of Strings, str qt, 2007; Double Hocket, pf trio, 2007; The Message, cl, tpt, drum, 2008; Bogenstrich (Rilke), bar, vc, pf, 2006-9; Bourdon, vn, va, 2009; Roddy's Reel, b cl, 2009; From Vanitas (Harsent), t, pf, 2009; Oboe Quartet, 2009-10; Duet 3, cor anglais, bn, 2010; Pastoral, 7 insts, 2010
Bolcom, William
Brant, Henry
d. Santa Barbara, Cal., 26 Apr 2008
Buller, John
d. Sherborne, 12 Sep 2004
Caldwell, Sarah
d. Portland, Maine, 23 Mar 2006
Carter, Elliott
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; Flute Concerto, 2007-8; Wind Rose, wind, 2008; Concertino, b cl, chbr orch, 2009
Vocal with orchestra/ensemble: ... Of Rewaking (William Carlos Williams), s, orch, 2002; In the Distances of Sleep (Wallace Stevens), mez, ens, 2005-6; On Conversing with Paradise (Pound), bar, ens, 2008; What are Years (Marianne Moore), s, ens, 2009; A Sunbeam’s Architecture (Cummings), t, ens, 2010
Other works for 4-8 instruments: ... 2001; Mosaic, 8 insts, 2004; Clarinet Quintet, 2007; Tintinnabulation, 6 perc, 2008; Nine by Five, wind qnt, 2009
Duos and Trios: ... Call, 2 tpt, hn, 2003; Tre Duetti, vn, vc, 2008-9
Solos: ... Figment III, db, 2007; Figment IV, va, 2007; HBHH, ob 2007; Figment V, mar, 2009; Retracing II, hn, 2009; Retracing III, tpt, 2009
Piano: ... Retrouvailles, 2000; Intermittences, 2005; Caténaires, 2006; Matribute, 2007; Fratribute, 2008; Sistribute, 2008
Choral: ... Mad Regales (Ashbery), 6 v, 2007
Songs: La Musique (Baudelaire), mez, 2007; Poems of Louis Zukofsky, cl, s, 2008
Casken, John
Orchestral: ... Symphony ‘Broken Consort’, 2003-4
Cooke, Arnold
d. Five Oak Green, Kent, 13 Aug 2005
Eben, Petr
d. Prague, 24 Oct 2007
Feldman, Morton
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Ferneyhough, Brian
Other larger works: ... Plötzlichkeit, orch, 2006; Chronos-Aion, large ens, 2007-8
String quartets: ... No.5, 2006; Dum transisset I-IV, 2007; Exordium, 2008
Other chamber works: ... No Time (At All), 2 gtr, 2004; O Lux, 10 insts, 2005; Renvoi/Shards, gtr, vib, 2008
Freedman, Harry
d. Toronto, 16 Sep 2005
Glass, Philip
Operas: ... Appomattox (Christopher Hampton), 2007
Orchestral: ... Symphony ... No.6 ‘Plutonian Ode’ (Allen Ginsberg), s, orch, 2002; No.7 ‘A Toltec Symphony’, choir, orch, 2005; No.8, 2005
Other chamber: Sonata, vn, pf, 2008
Goehr, Alexander
Operas: ... Promised End (Shakespeare), Op. 83, 2008-9
Choral: Broken Psalm, Op. 84, ch, org, 2009
Orchestral: ... ...second musical offering (G.F.H. 2001)..., Op. 71, 2000-01; Adagio, Op.75, 2003; Broken Lute, Op.78b, a fl, ob, str, 2008; TurmMusik, Op. 85, bar, orch, 2009-10
Ensemble: ... Idées fixes, Op.63, 1997; Marching to Carcassonne, Op.74, pf, ens, 2002; Overture, Op.82, 2008
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; Clarinet Quintet, 2007; Since Brass, nor Stone, Op.80, str qt, perc, 2008; manere, Op.80, cl, vn, 2008; Hymn to Night, Op. 87, va, pf, 2010
Songs: ... Three Sonnets and Two Fantasias, Op.68, ct, viol qt, 1999-2000; Dark Days, Op.76 (Hesiod, Homer), mez/bar, pf, 2004; from Shadow of Night, Op. 86, ct, viol qt, 2009-10
Piano: ... Symmetry Disorders Reach, Op.73, 2002
Goossens
Sidonie (1899-2004)
Górecki, Henryk
Chamber: ... String Quartet ... No.3, Op.67, 1993
Haefliger, Ernst
d. Davos, 17 Mar 2007
Harbison, John
Orchestral: Symphony ... No.4, 2004
Harvey, Jonathan
Chamber: String Quartet ... No.4, str qt, elec, 2003
Harwood, Basil
d. 3 Apr 1949
Helffer, Claude
d. Paris, 27 Oct 2004
Henze, Hans Werner
Operas: ... Phaedra, 2007
Choral orchestral: ... Elogium musicum amatissimi amici nunc remoti, 2008
Other orchestral works: ... Sebastian im Traum, 2004
Hoddinott, Alun
d. Swansea, 12 Mar 2008
Ifukube, Akira
d. Tokyo, 8 Feb 2006
Kagel, Mauricio
d. Cologne, 18 Sep 2008
Khrennikov, Tikhon
d. Moscow, 14 Aug 2007
Kirchner, Leon
Ensemble and chamber: String Quartet ... No.4, 2006
Piano: For the Left Hand, 1995; Sonata No.2, 2003; etc
Kurtág, György
Choral: Colinda-balada, Op.41, ch, ens,
String quartets: ... Six Moments musicaux, Op.44, 2005
Other chamber works: ... Hipartita, Op.43, vn, 2005
Kyburz, Hanspeter
Works: ... String Quartet, 2003-4
Lachenmann, Helmut
Ensemble: ... Concertini, 2005
Vocal: ...got lost..., s, pf, 2007-8
Lieberson, Lorraine Hunt
d. Santa Fe, 3 Jul 2006
Ligeti, György
d. Vienna, 12 June 2006
Liszt, Franz
FINAL PARAGRAPH: He died in Bayreuth shortly after attending performances of Parsifal and Tristan, and...
Los Angeles, Victoria de
d.Barcelona, 15 Jan 2005
Lympany, Moura
d. Menton, 28 Mar 2005
Mahler, Gustav
b. ... 7 Jul 1860
Martino, Donald
d. Antigua, 8 Dec 2005
McFerrin, Robert
d. St. Louis, 24 Nov 2006
Menotti, Gian Carlo
d. Monaco, 1 Feb 2007
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. left hand
Nigg, Serge
d. Paris, 12 Nov 2008
Nilsson, Birgit
d. Västra Karup, 25 Dec 2005
Nørgård, Per
Other works: 10 string quartets
Paik, Nam June
d. Miami, Florida, 29 Jan 2006
Pavarotti, Luciano
d. Modena, 6 Sep 2007
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Orchestral: Symphony ... No.7 ‘Seven Gates of Jerusalem’, soli, ch, orch, 1996; No.8 ‘Lieder der Vergänglichkeit’, soli, ch, orch, 2004-5; ... Concerto grosso No.1, 3 vc, orch, 2000-01; No.2, 5 cl, orch, 2004; Largo, vc, orch, 2003; Horn Concerto, 2008
Other works: 3 str qts (1960, 1968, 2008)
Pousseur, Henri
d. Brussels, 6 Mar 2009
Reich, Steve
Orchestral: ... Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings, 2005
Large ensemble: ... Double Sextet, 2007; 2 x 5, 10 insts, 2009
Small ensemble: Mallet Quartet, 2 mar, 2 vib, 2009
Vocal: ... You Are (Variations), ch, orch, 2004; Daniel Variations, 6 v, 16 insts, 2006
Rihm, Wolfgang
Operas: ... Das Gehege (Botho Strauss), s, orch, f.p. Munich, 2006
Ensemble: ... Jagden und Formen, 1995-2001
Rochberg, George
d. Bryn Mawr, Penn., 29 May 2005
Rostropovich, Mstislav
d. Moscow, 27 Apr 2007
Ruders, Poul
Opera: ... Kafka’s Trial (Bentley, after Kafka), f.p. Copenhagen, 2005
Saariaho, Kaija
Operas: ... Adriana Mater (Maalouf), f.p. Paris, 2006
Oratorio: La Passion de Simone (Maalouf), 2005-6
Orchestral: ... Orion, 2002
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
d. Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria, 3 Aug 2006
Shostakovich, Dmitri
d. Moscow, 9 Aug 1975
Sills, Beverly
d. New York, 2 Jul 2007
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
d. Kürten, 5 Dec 2007
Ensemble: ... Klang, 24 compositions for various forces, 2004-7
Sutherland, Joan
d. Montreux, 10 Oct 2010
Tebaldi, Renata
d. San Marino, 19 Dec 2004
Tenney, James
d. Valencia, Cal., 24 Aug 2006
Ustvolskaya, Galina
d. St Petersburg, 22 Dec 2006
Weinzweig, John
d. Toronto, 24 Aug 2006
Wood, Hugh
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