Dennis Eberhard

Dennis Eberhard (* 1943 in Cleveland ; † May 25, 2005 ibid) was an American composer and music teacher.

Eberhard studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . His composition teachers were Marie Martin , Frederick Coulter , Salvatore Martirano and Włodzimierz Kotoński , he studied electroacoustic and computer music with Gordon Mumma and Herbert Brün . He has taught at the University of Illinois , Western Illinois University , the University of Nebraska , Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Cleveland State University, and has given guest lectures at other universities.

From 1969 to 1972 he worked at the University of Illinois' Experimental Music Studio . In 1973 he traveled to Poland, where his multimedia work Dialogues II was performed at the Warsaw Autumn . A Rome award enabled him to stay at the American Academy in Rome from 1977 . In 1980 he returned to the USA. Here he received composition commissions a. a. the Cleveland Chamber Symphony of the Cleveland Octet and the Cleveland Orchestra and composed Cadenzas & Interludes for the International Music Festival of Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament (PAND) in Helsinki in 1990.

In 1998 the PAND Festival Orchestra under Steve Smith played the world premiere of Prometheus Wept (August 6, August 9, 1945) in memory of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In 2002 Eberhard traveled to Saint Petersburg for the world premiere of his piano concerto Shadow of the Swan with pianist Halida Dinova .

Works

Anamorphoses for wind instruments, piano and percussion, 1967
Paraphrases for woodwind quintet, 1968
Mariner for wind instruments, percussion, clavichord, tape and light-sensitive sound system, 1969–70
Two Poems for clarinet and piano, 1970–71
Chamber Music for two percussionists, 1971
Verse varied for string quartet, 1971
Parody for soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1972
Morphos for wind ensemble, 1973
Dialogues I for clarinet, trombone, piano and light effects, 1973–74
Labyrinth for piano or piano and trombone, 1974
VeilleŽs for mezzo-soprano, choirs six trumpets, four percussionists and six amplified harpsichords, 1974
Dialogues II for percussionist, tape, light and projections, 1975
Ikona , 1975
Marginals for trombone quartet and three string orchestra groups, 1976
Janus Music for three orchestras, 1978
Visions of the Moon for soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1978
Ephrata for four solo percussionists and orchestra, 1981
Epody for violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano, 1982
"Especially ..." for harp solo, 1983
Voix Célestes for prepared organ and strings, 1983
Night Tides for orchestra, 1983
De Profundis for mixed choir, 16 flutes, four horns, organ and percussion, 1983
Elegies for orchestra, 1985
Lucifer Rising for cello and orchestra, 1985
Let the Heavens be Glad , cantata for mixed choir, organ and tape, 1986
Returning for solo guitar, 1987
Endgame for winds and strings, 1987
The Bells of Elsinore , 1988
To the End of the Dreamtime for harp and orchestra, 1988–91
Berceuse for clarinet, harp and string orchestra, 1989
O Sing a New Song to God for mixed choir, boys' choir and instruments, 1989
Encontros (Cadenzas & Interludes) for harp, violin and cello, 1990
Suite for solo cello, 1992
The Bird of Four Hundred Voices for violin and orchestra, 1992
For the Musicians of the Queen: Fanfare and Fugues , 1994
To Catch the Light, Songs of Grieving Children for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, boys' choir and orchestra, 1995
Crooked River Oracle for orchestra, 1996
On Celestial Wings for violin, double bass and piano, 1997
Phantom Dancer for viola solo, 1998

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personal data
SURNAME	Eberhard, Dennis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cleveland
DATE OF DEATH	May 25, 2005
Place of death	Cleveland