Roger Reynolds

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Roger Reynolds (2005)

Roger Reynolds (born July 18, 1934 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American composer .

Life

Reynolds studied physics and composition at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He completed his training at the electronic studio at the Cologne University of Music (1962–63), in Paris and Italy. In 1969 he became a lecturer at the University of California at San Diego . For the 1988 work Whispers Out of Time he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize .

In addition to orchestral works, piano pieces, a cantata and choral works, Reynolds composed works for chamber music, often using electronic instruments, computers and tapes. In addition, he also emerged as an author of music theory writings.

Works

  • The Emperor of Ice Cream , 1961-62
  • A Portrait of Vanzetti , 1962–63
  • Graffiti , 1965
  • Masks , 1965
  • Blind Men , 1966
  • Threshold , 1968
  • Ping , 1968
  • Again , 1970
  • I / O: A Ritual for 23 Performers , 1970
  • Compass , 1972-73
  • Still (Voicespace I) , 1975
  • A Merciful Coincidence (Voicespace II) , 1976
  • Fiery Wind , 1977
  • ... the serpent-snapping eye ... , 1978
  • The Palace (Voicespace IV) , 1978-80
  • Eclipse (Voicespace III) , 1979
  • Transfigured Wind II , 1984
  • Vertigo , 1985
  • The Dream of the Infinite Rooms , 1986
  • The Vanity of Words (Voicespace V) , 1986
  • Versions / Stages I – V , 1986–91
  • Symphony (Vertigo) , 1987
  • Whispers Out of Time , 1988
  • Not Only Night , 1988
  • Symphony (Myths) , 1990
  • The Ivanov Suite , 1991
  • Symphony (The Stages of Life) , 1991-92
  • Dreaming , 1992
  • last things, I think, to think about , 1994
  • Watershed IV , 1995
  • Elegy - for Toru Takemitsu , 1996
  • Two Voices - an allegory , 1996
  • The Red Act Arias , 1997
  • The Red Act Arias Suite 2001 , 1997-2001
  • Justice (based on texts by Aeschylus and Euripides ), 1999–2001
  • Consider ... , 2004
  • The Image Machine , 2005
  • Illusion (based on texts by Aeschylus and Euripides), 2006
  • Submerged Memories , 2006

Fonts

  • Mind models: new forms of musical experience , 1975, ISBN 0275536203 .
  • Searcher's Path: A Composer's Ways (Isam Monographs) , 1988, ISBN 0914678280 .
  • Form and Method: Composing Music The Rothschild Essays , Contemporary Music Studies Vol. 22, 2002, ISBN 9057551365 .

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personal data
SURNAME Reynolds, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan