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American composer (1941–1992)
Stephen Albert
Stephen Joel Albert (6 February 1941 – 27 December 1992)[1] composer . He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning Symphony No. 1 RiverRun (1983) and his Cello Concerto (1990), written for Yo-Yo Ma . He died suddenly in a 1992 automobile accident, having just sketched out his Second Symphony . The work was subsequently completed by Sebastian Currier , and his death sparked musical tributes from composer colleagues such as Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Rouse .
Life and career [ edit ]
Born in New York City , Albert began his musical training on the piano, French horn, and trumpet as a youngster. He first studied composition at the age of 15 with Elie Siegmeister,[2] Eastman School of Music , where he studied with Darius Milhaud and Bernard Rogers (1958–1960) Following composition lessons in Stockholm with Karl-Birger Blomdahl , Albert studied with Joseph Castaldo at the Philadelphia Musical Academy (BM 1962); in 1963 he worked with George Rochberg at the University of Pennsylvania . In 1965 he won a Rome Fellowship to study in Rome at the American Academy .[3]
From 1985 to 1988 he worked as the Seattle Symphony 's composer-in-residence .[1] [4]
His notable students included Daniel Asia and Dan Coleman .
Albert was killed in an automobile accident in Truro, Massachusetts on Cape Cod on 27 December 1992.[5] [6] [7]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Stephen Albert was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships [8] Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Symphony No. 1, RiverRun .[5] [6] Grammy Award in 1995 in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition category for his Cello Concerto as performed by Yo-Yo Ma [9] [10]
Aaron Jay Kernis dedicated his 1993 composition for piano quartet Still Movement with Hymn [11] Christopher Rouse 's 1994 Symphony No. 2 is also dedicated to the memory of Albert, who was a colleague and close friend of Rouse.[12]
A number of Albert's works were based on James Joyce texts. Finnegans Wake To Wake the Dead , TreeStone , and Symphony RiverRun . [13] Flower of the Mountain and Sun's Heat were based on Ulysses [14]
His famous Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra started out as a request by the Baltimore Symphony in 1987 for a 15-minute orchestral piece. In 1988 the commission was changed to a concerto for Yo-Yo Ma. The composer credited Ma with his help completing the work. Albert started with material drawn two earlier works from 1988, "Anthem and Processionals" and "The Stone Harp." He started the composition in 1989 and finished in 1990. The premiere was on 31 March 1990 and featured Yo-Yo Ma along with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman. A revised version was featured on a 1993 album, "The New York Album."[14]
According to Yo-Yo Ma, the composition was a "kind of catharsis." It incorporated struggles in his life, including his writer's blocks and the death of his father. The work is dedicated to the memory of his father.[14]
Orchestral [ edit ]
Concertante [ edit ]
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra
Distant Hills (orchestra version) (1989) – 31 minutes
Flower of the Mountain from "Distant Hills" (orchestra version) (1985) – 16 minutes
In Concordiam (1986) – 17 minutes
Into Eclipse (orchestra with voice version) (1981) – 30 minutes
Sun's Heat from "Distant Hills" (orchestra version) (1989) – 15 minutes
Wind Canticle for Clarinet and Orchestra (1991) – 14 minutes
Wolf Time (1968) – 20 minutes
Ensemble (7 or more players) [ edit ]
Distant Hills (chamber version) (1989) – 31 minutes
Flower of the Mountain from "Distant Hills" (chamber version) (1985) – 16 minutes
Sun's Heat from "Distant Hills" (chamber version) (1989) – 15 minutes
TreeStone (1983) – 45 minutes
Chamber [ edit ]
Tribute (1988) – 9 minutes
Bacchae: A Ceremony in Music (1967) – 8 minutes
Ecce Puer (1992) – 6 minutes
Rilke Song – On Nights Like This (1991) – 5 minutes
The Stone Harp (1988) – 14 minutes
To Wake the Dead (1977) – 25 minutes
Wedding Songs (1964) – 10 minutes
References [ edit ]
^ "Albert, Stephen Joel". Who Was Who in America, 1993–1996, vol. 11 3 ISBN 0-8379-0225-8
^ "History of the Rome Prize in Music Composition" (PDF) . Retrieved 13 February 2015 .
^ "Stephen Albert" . G. Schirmer Inc. October 1996. Retrieved 28 December 2011 .
^ a b Kozinn, Allan (29 December 1992). "Stephen J. Albert, 51, Composer; Won a Pulitzer for His 'Riverrun' . The New York Times . Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ a b "Stephen Albert" . Variety . Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ Wigler, Stephen (29 December 1992). "Stephen Albert, his melodious music helped define the 'New Romanticism' . The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved 9 May 2015 .
^ "Stephen ALbert - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation" . www.gf.org . Retrieved 17 June 2024 .
^ "The 1995 Grammy Winners" . The New York Times . Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ Grayson, David. Liner notes to "The New York Album." 1994.
^ Kernis, Aaron Jay (1988). "Still Movement with Hymn" . G. Schirmer Inc. Retrieved 1 June 2016 .
^ Rouse, Christopher . Symphony No. 2: Program Note by the Composer . 1994. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ Ruch, Allen (6 June 2022). "Joyce Music: Stephen Albert" . The Modern Word .
^ a b c Grayson, David.
^ Price, Walter (23 April 1989). "STEPHEN ALBERT: Symphony "RiverRun"; National Symphony..." Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 9 May 2015 .
^ Dickinson, Peter (June 1990). "Albert In Concordiam; Treestone" . Gramophone . Retrieved 9 May 2015 .
^ Schwartz, Steve (August 2007). "ALBERT: Symphony No. 1 'RiverRun'. Symphony No. 2. – Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Polivnick" . Classical CD Review . Retrieved 9 May 2015 .
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