Dennis Eberhard

Dennis Eberhard ( born 1943 in Cleveland, † May 25, 2005 ibid ) was an American composer and music educator.

Eberhard studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. His composition teachers were Marie Martin, Frederick Coulter, Salvatore Martirano and Włodzimierz Kotonski, electroacoustic and computer music, he studied with Gordon Mumma and Herbert Brno. He taught at the University of Illinois, Western Illinois University, the University of Nebraska, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Cleveland State University, and gave guest lectures at other universities.

From 1969 to 1972 he worked at the Experimental Music Studio at the University of Illinois. In 1973 he traveled to Poland, where his multimedia work Dialogues II was performed at the Warsaw Autumn Festival. A Prix de Rome enabled him in 1977 to stay at the American Academy in Rome. In 1980 he returned to the United States. He has received commissions here, inter alia, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony of the Cleveland Octet and the Cleveland Orchestra and composed in 1990 Cadenza & Interludes for the International Music Festival of Performers and Artists for Nuclear Disarmament ( PAND ) in Helsinki.

As 1998, the Festival Orchestra of the PAND under Steve Smith the premiere of Prometheus Wept ( August 6, August 9, 1945 ) to commemorate the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 2002 Eberhard traveled to Saint Petersburg for the premiere of his Piano Concerto Shadow of the Swan with pianist Halida Dinova.

Works

  • Anamorphoses for wind instruments, piano and percussion, 1967
  • Paraphrases for Woodwind Quintet, 1968
  • Mariner for wind instruments, percussion, clavichord, tape and light-sensitive sound system, 1969-70
  • Two Poems for Clarinet and Piano, 1970-71
  • Chamber Music for two percussionists, 1971
  • Varied verses for string quartet, 1971
  • Parody for soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1972
  • Morpho for wind ensemble, 1973
  • I Dialogues for clarinet, trombone, piano and light effects, 1973-74
  • Labyrinth for piano or piano and trombone, 1974
  • VeilleŽs for mezzo-soprano, choirs, six trumpets, four percussionists and six amplified harpsichords, 1974
  • Dialogues II for percussionist, tape, light and projections, 1975
  • Ikona, 1975
  • Marginals for trombone quartet and string orchestra three groups, 1976
  • Janus Music for three orchestras, 1978
  • Visions of the Moon for soprano and instrumental ensemble, 1978
  • Ephrata for four Soloperkussionisten and Orchestra, 1981
  • Epodie for violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano, 1982
  • " Especially ... " for solo harp, 1983
  • Voix Célestes prepared for Organ and Strings, 1983
  • Night Tides for orchestra, 1983
  • De Profundis for mixed choir, 16 flutes, four horns, organ and percussion, 1983
  • Elegies for Orchestra, 1985
  • Lucifer Rising for Cello and Orchestra, 1985
  • Let the Heavens be Glad, cantata for mixed choir, organ and tape, 1986
  • Returning for Solo Guitar, 1987
  • Endgame for blaster and Strings, 1987
  • The Bells of Elsinore, 1988
  • To the End of the Dream Time for Harp and Orchestra, 1988-91
  • Berceuse for clarinet, harp and string orchestra, 1989
  • O Sing a New Song to God for mixed choir, children's choir and Insgtrumente, 1989
  • Encontros ( Cadenza & Interludes ) for harp, violin and cello, 1990
  • Suite for Solo Cello, 1992
  • The Bird of Four Hundred Voices for Violin and Orchestra, 1992
  • For the Musicians of the Queen: Fanfare and Fugues, 1994
  • To Catch the Light, Songs of Grieving Children for mezzo- soprano, boy soprano, children's choir and orchestra, 1995
  • Crooked River Oracle for orchestra, 1996
  • On Celestial Wings for Violin, Double Bass and Piano, 1997
  • Phantom Dancer for solo viola, 1998

Swell

  • Vox Novus - Dennis Eberhard
  • Composers Guild - Dennis Eberhard
  • Man
  • Born in 1943
  • Died in 2005
  • American composer
  • Music teacher
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