Thea Musgrave
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Thea Musgrave (b. 27 May 1928, Barnton, Edinburgh) is a Scottish-born, American-based composer of opera and classical music.
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[edit] Biography
She studied at Edinburgh University and then in Paris, returning to Britain and working on a number of operas in the late 1950s and 1960s. She moved to the United States in the 1970s.
[edit] Career milestones
- 1958: attended Tanglewood Festival and studied with Aaron Copland.
- 1971: married American violist and opera conductor Peter Mark and moved to the United States.
- 1987 - 2002: Distinguished Professor, City University of New York, Queens College.
- 1995: Premiere of the opera Simón Bolívar at the Virginia Opera.
- 2003: Premiere of Turbulent Landscapes by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
[edit] Works
[edit] Major works
- Chamber Concerto No 2 (1966; chamber ensemble)
- Night Music (1968; for chamber orchestra - J.W. Chester/Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd.)[1]
- Concerto for Horn (1971)
- Rorate Coeli (1973; choir)
- Clarinet Concerto (1979)[2]
- Song of the Enchanter (commissioned to honour the 125th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius) [3]
- Songs for a Winter’s Evening (1995; soprano, orchestra)
- Phoenix Rising (1997, orchestra)
[edit] Operas
- The Abbot of Drimock (1955)
- Marko the Miser (1962)
- The Decision (1965)
- The Voice of Ariadne (1973)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1977)
- A Christmas Carol (1979)
- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1981)
- Harriet, the Woman called 'Moses (1984)
- Simón Bolívar (1992)
- Pontalba (2003)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Kennan, Kent, Grantham, Donald The Technique of Orchestration, 3rd. ed. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983 pg.340
- ^ Clarinet Concerto -- Thea Musgrave, Composer. Thea Musgrave web site. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Song of the Enchanter - Thea Musgrave, composer
[edit] External links
- http://www.theamusgrave.com/ - personal website
- chesternovello.com: Thea Musgrave
