H. Owen Reed

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H. Owen Reed

Herbert Owen Reed (born June 17, 1910 in Odessa , Missouri , † January 6, 2014 in Athens , Georgia ) was an American composer .

life and career

Reed studied music from 1929 at the University of Missouri , from 1933 at Louisiana State University and from 1937 to 1939 at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester Music. His teachers included Helen Gunderson at Louisiana State University Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers (composition), Paul White (conducting), Harold Gleason (musicology) and Allen Irvine McHose (music theory) at the Eastman School. In 1947 he took private lessons with Roy Harris in Colorado Springs and studied composition with Bohuslav Martinů and contemporary music with Aaron Copland , Leonard Bernstein and Stanley Chappel at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood .

Reed was a member and functionary of various American musician organizations, such as the Music Teachers National Association (as head of the composition / theory section), ASCAP , the American Music Center , the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association and the National Council of the National Association of Composers . From 1937 until his retirement in 1976 he taught at Michigan State University . His students included u. a. Loris Chobanian , Dinos Constantinides , Clare Fischer , David Gillingham , Adolphus Hailstork , Jere Hutcheson , David Maslanka and Greg Steinke .

In addition to several stage works, chamber and choral music and a symphony, Reed composed mainly works for wind orchestra. He also wrote several textbooks.

Works

  • Piano Sonata , 1934
  • Masque of the Red Death , ballet pantomome, 1936
  • String Quartet , 1937
  • Evangeline , 1938
  • Symphony No. 1 , 1939
  • Make a joyful noise (Song of Praise) for soprano, two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon and horn, 1939
  • Overture , 1940
  • Symphonic Dance , 1942
  • Spiritual for wind instruments and percussion , 1947
  • Scherzo for clarinet and piano, 1947
  • Three Nationalities for piano, 1947
  • Dusk for medium voice, 1947
  • Mountain Meditation for Medium Voice, 1948
  • Passing of John Blackfeather for medium voice, 1949
  • Concerto for Cello an Orchestra , 1949
  • La Fiesta Mexicana for symphony orchestra, 1949
  • Two Tongue Twisters for mixed voices, 1950
  • Missouri Shindig for wind instruments and percussion, 1951
  • Nocturne for piano, 1953
  • Symphonic Dance for piano and wind quintet, 1954
  • Theme and Variations based on the string quartet in A major by Ludwig van Beethoven , 1954
  • Michigan Morn , 1955
  • Ox-driving song for mixed or male voices, 1955
  • Michigan Dream , opera (libretto by John Jennings) 1955, 1959
  • Renascence for wind instruments and percussion, 1958
  • Che-Ba-Kun-Ah ("Road of Souls") for wind ensemble and string quartet, 1958
  • Ripley Ferry for female voices and wind septet, 1958
  • Earth Trapped , chamber dance opera for contralto, 15 instruments and two dancers, 1960
  • Overture for Strings , 1961
  • El Muchacho for piano or jazz sextet or handbells and percussion, 1962
  • Tabernacle for the Sun , oratorio for mixed choir, male speaking choir, contralto and orchestra, 1963
  • Turning Mind , 1968
  • Touch of the Earth for marching band, choir and soloist, 1971
  • For the Unfortunate for marching band and tape, 1972
  • Living solid Face (Indian legend based on Hartley Burr Alexander , libretto by Forrest W. Coggan ) for chamber orchestra, narrator, two small male choirs, two solo dancers and dance ensemble, 1974
  • Son de la Negra for piano, 1975
  • Rejoice! Rejoice for choir, soloists, vibraphone and double bass, 1977
  • Ut Re Mi for orchestra and male choir, 1979; for wind instruments, 1980
  • Butterfly Girl and Mirage Boy (Indian legend based on Hartley Alexander, libretto by Forrest W. Koggen) for soprano, contraltoalto, electric piano, three percussionists, three dancers and alto flute, 1980
  • Awakening of the Ents for wind instruments and percussion, 1985
  • Fanfare for Remembrance for six trumpets, flugelhorn, percussion and narrator, 1986
  • Of Loth Lorien for wind instruments and percussion, 1987
  • Christmas Eve for big band and singers (with Johnny Kidd ), 2001
  • Song of Acapulco for big band and singer (with Johnny Kidd), 2001
  • Wonderous Love for tenor and wind quintet, 2004

Fonts

  • Workbook in the Fundamentals of Music. 1947.
  • Basic Music, a college theory text. 1954.
  • Basic Music Workbook, a companion to Basic Music. 1954.
  • with Paul Harder : Basic Contrapuntal Technique. 1964.
  • Basic Contrapuntal Technique Workbook. 1964.
  • Scoring for Percussion and the Instruments. 1969.
  • with Robert G. Sidnell : Materials of Music Composition.
    • Book I: Fundamentals. 1978.
    • Book II: Exploring the Parameters. 1980.
  • Basic Contrapuntal Techniques. 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Reed Obituary. In: Athens Banner-Herald, January 8, 2014 (accessed January 8, 2014).
personal data
SURNAME Reed, H. Owen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reed, Herbert Owen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa (Missouri)
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2014
Place of death Athens (Georgia)