Oleg Felzer

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Oleg Felzer (1939 in Azerbaijan – 1998 in New York)[1] was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer and teacher. He taught at the Baku Conservatory for many years before coming to New York City from Baku in 1989.[2] His pieces have been commissioned by the Continuum Ensemble and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

List of works

Oleg Felzer's works in 1960-1998 is listed in Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings.[3]

  • And Harold Again, for viola solo and chamber orchestra, dedicated to Berlioz (1982)
  • Autographs on the Silhouettes, for violin, cello and piano (1987)
  • Children Suite, for orchestra (1978)
  • Dialogue, for viola, piano and orchestra (1970)
  • Five Bagatelles, for piano (1986)
  • Five Tanka, for tenor and chamber orchestra (lost) or for tenor and piano (1967)
  • Four Diary Pages, for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble (1994)
  • Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1, (1960-1962)
    • Watercolor, Etude, Imprint, March (lost)
  • Four Songs (1969)
    • Bird, Red Bird also for piano
  • The House That Jack Built, for mixed chorus and piano (1981-1982) and for children's chorus (1985)
  • In Memoriam of Dmitri Shostakovich, for orchestra (1977)
  • Intermezzo, for violin and piano (1961)
  • Interrupted Song, sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1998)
    • Completion by Faradzh Karayev exists
  • Jubilatio, for violin, viola and piano (1979, 1983) and for violin, viola, and strings (1991)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1974)
  • Pieces for Chamber Ensembles, Installment 1 (1980)
  • Playing Bossa Nova, for two pianos (undated)
  • Polyphonic Suite, for piano (1965)
  • Prelude and Fugue, for organ (1970)
  • Procession and Stroll (1976, 1978)

For orchestra. Includes parts for Stroll. See also Two Pieces for Piano: Procession and Stroll.

b. 3 f. 13
 Protect Your Sons 1972

For bass or baritone, chorus, and piano.

b. 1 f. 4
 Sinfonia 1966, 1972

For chamber orchestra. Copy of published score.

b. 2 f. 10
 Sofia Waltz 1981

For two pianos.

b. 3 f. 14
 Sonata for Harp 1985

Published.

b. 3 f. 15
 Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano 1993 
b. 3 f. 16
 Sonata Partita 1976

For organ.

b. 2 f. 11
 Sonata for Violin Solo 1978 
b. 3 f. 17
 Sonata for Solo Viola 1986 
b. 3 f. 18
 Sonatina 1963

Copy of publication. Also titled Piano Sonata No. 1.

b. 3 f. 19
 Strange Story 1962

For piano.

b. 3 f. 20
 String Quartet 1968

Published.

b. 1 f. 5
 Symphony No. 2 1970

For viola, piano, and orchestra. Arrangement for piano solo (no full score for orchestra).

b. 3 f. 21
 Three Pieces 1978, 1987

For flute and guitar.

b. 3 f. 22
 Touching Waltz And Postlude 1988

For piano. Copy of publication.

 Two Pastorales 
b. 1 f. 6
 For Flute and Piano 1978 
b. 1 f. 7
 For Flute, Cello and Piano 1979 
b. 3 f. 23
 Two Pieces for Piano: Procession and Stroll 1976 
b. 3 f. 24
 Veshomru II 1991

For recorder and two violins.

b. 3 f. 25
 Vestige 1993

For clarinet, violin, and piano.

b. 3 f. 26
 What Are Years? 1994

For chorus. Poem by Marianne Moore.

 Woe From Wit 1979

Musical. Libretto based on the play by Alexander Griboyedov.

b. 4
 Full Score 
b. 3 f. 27
 Libretto 
b. 2 f. 12
 Piano-Vocal Score 
b. 3 f. 28
 Zaboul 1996

For chamber orchestra. Computer print.

  • Vestige, for clarinet, violin, and piano (1993)[4]
  • Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano (1993)[5]

References

  1. ^ "UMBC Presents Contemporary Music Ensemble Continuum". UMBC. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ "The Brain Trust". New York Magazine. July 22, 1991. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 16 Feb 2021.
  4. ^ "UMBC Presents Contemporary Music Ensemble Continuum in Concert". UMBC. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ "CONTINUUM at the Knitting Factory". Retrieved 17 May 2013.

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