Douglas Moore
Douglas S (tuart) Moore (born August 10, 1893 in Cutchogue , New York , † July 25, 1969 in Greenport , New York) was an American composer.
Life
Moore studied after attending the Hotchkiss private school at Yale University , was from 1919 to 1921 a student of Vincent d'Indy and Nadia Boulanger and then of Ernest Bloch in Cleveland. He taught at Columbia University in New York City from 1925 to 1962 .
Moore composed several operas and operettas, two symphonies and a string suite, a prayer for the United Nations for alto, choir and orchestra, chamber music works, piano pieces, choral works, film music and songs. The Ballad of Baby Doe , commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation to mark the bicentenary of Yale University, has become one of the most popular American operas today. Since 1941 he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters . In 1951 he received the Pulitzer Prize in the field of music .
Operas
- White Wings , Chamber Opera, 1935
- The Headless Horseman , opera, libretto by Stephen Vincent Benét after Washington Irving , 1936
- The Devil and Daniel Webster , libretto by Stephen Vincent Benét, 1939
- The Emperor's New Clothes , opera, libretto by Raymond Abrashkin , 1949
- Giants in the Earth , opera, libretto by Arnold Sundgaard after Ole Edvart Rølvaag , 1951
- The Ballad of Baby Doe , Folk Opera, libretto by John Latouche , 1956
- Gallantry, a soap opera , libretto by Arnold Sundgaard, 1958
- Wings of the Dove , opera, libretto by Ethan Ayer after Henry James , 1961
- The Greenfield Christmas Tree , Christmas Entertainment, libretto by Arnold Sundgaard, 1962
- Carrie Nation , opera, libretto by William North , 1966
Web links
- Douglas Moore at MusicBrainz (English)
- Classical Composers Database - Biography
- Douglas Moore at Operissimo
- List of stage works by Douglas Moore based on the MGG at Operone
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 79, volume 4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: Douglas Moore. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Columbia Spectator: Pulitzer Music Award Given to Douglas Moore of Columbia (May 8, 1951)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moore, Douglas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moore, Douglas Stuart |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cutchogue , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1969 |
| Place of death | Greenport , New York |