Dominick Argento (1927–2019)
Autor von Catalogue Raisonne As Memoir: A Composer's Life
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Dominick Argento was born in York, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1927. As a child, he took piano lessons and taught himself music theory from library books. After serving two years as a cryptographer in the United States Army in East Africa, he received bachelor's and master's degrees in music from mehr anzeigen Peabody Conservatory and a doctorate in composition from the Eastman School of Music. He won acclaim for orchestra works, chamber pieces, and incidental music for plays, but he was best known for his 12 operas including The Masque of Angels, Postcard from Morocco, and The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe. He received the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1975 for his song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, written for the British mezzo-soprano Janet Baker. In 2004, he won a Grammy Award for best contemporary classical composition for Casa Guidi, recorded by the mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and the Minnesota Orchestra. His book, Catalogue Raisonné as Memoir: A Composer's Life, was published in 2004. He taught at the University of Minnesota for 40 years. He died on February 20, 2019 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Dominick Argento
From the Diary of Virginia Woolf 6 Exemplare
A Few Words about Chekhov 1 Exemplar
The masque of angels 1 Exemplar
The Andree Expedition 1 Exemplar
To be sung upon the water song cycles 1 Exemplar
The Dream of Valentino 1 Exemplar
casanova's homecoming 1 Exemplar
Sanctus (From "The Masque of Angels") 1 Exemplar
SONGS ABOUT SPRING, A Cycle of Five Songs for Soprano & Piano by Dominick Argent on Texts by e.e. cummings (1980) 1 Exemplar
The Aspern papers: An opera in two acts 1 Exemplar
The boor; opera buffa in one act. 1 Exemplar
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- Geburtstag
- 1927-10-27
- Todestag
- 2019-02-20
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- York, Pennsylvania, USA
- Sterbeort
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Ausbildung
- Peabody Conservatory of Music
- Berufe
- composer
- Beziehungen
- Argento, Mike (nephew)
- Organisationen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Music, 1980)
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Music ∙ 1976)
Pulitzer Prize for Music (1975)
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