Hugh Hartwell

Hugh Kenneth Hartwell (born January 18, 1945 in Hamilton / Ontario ) is a Canadian composer and music teacher.

Hartwell studied at McGill University with István Anhalt and at the University of Pennsylvania with George Rochberg and George Crumb . From 1971 to 1976 he taught at Kirkland College in Clinton, New York, and has since been Professor of Music Theory, Composition and Jazz at McMaster University . From 1986 to 1989 he was head of the music faculty here.

In 1986 his Waltz Inventions were listed as one of six representative works during the International Year of Canadian Music at the John F. Kennedy Center . Since 1989 he has been an editor of the Canadian University Music Review , the magazine of the Canadian University Music Society .

Works

• Matinée d'ivresse for clarinet, violin, cello and percussion, 1966
• ALBA from 'Langue d'Oc' for choir, 1967
• Soul-Piece for 6 or 7 Players for chamber ensemble, 1967, 1969
• Acitoré for three woodwinds, tuba, piano and percussion, 1968
• Piece for Piano , 1968
• How to Play Winning Bridge for alto, flute, viola and percussion, 1969
• Septet for three clarinets, horn and string trio, 1969
• Kame'a for chamber ensemble, 1971
• 3 times III: an epigram , 1973
• Resta de dormi noia ... for soprano, flute and piano, 1974
• Sonata for Orchestra , 1975
• Waltz Invention for violin and piano, 1977
• Refractions for Orchestra , 1979
• This Temple We Have Built for mezzo-soprano, baritone, choir, trumpet, horn, trombone and organ, 1982
• March for orchestra, 1986
• Entrechoquez vos grenouillères , 2000
• Suns of silver, waves of pearl , 2002