James Helme Sutcliffe
James Helme Sutcliffe (* November 26, 1929 in Suzhou, China, † December 11, 2000 in Berlin) was an American composer and music critic.
Career
Born 1929 in Suzhou, China fled James Helme Sutcliffe in 1941, after the Japanese attack on China with his parents to Australia, where he at Geelong College at George Logie Smith and later at the Melbourne Conservatory at Roy Shepherd received his first musical education (piano, viola and theory ). After moving to the United States, he studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School in New York (Bachelor of Science Degree in May 1953) and at the Eastman School of Music. After a four- year teaching career at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, he continued his studies in Europe from 1961 on, first as a coach in Zurich and later in Bayreuth and Cologne.
Since 1963 he has lived permanently in Berlin and worked alongside his work as a composer and piano, composition and theory teacher primarily as a music critic for the Herald Tribune and for important opera magazines such as Opera Magazine, Opera News, Opera Canada, Musical America and opera world. Performance of his music by musicians such as Steven Isserlis and Wolfgang Boettcher.
Works (selection)
- Introduction and Allegro for String Orchestra
- Sinfonietta, 1958
- Academic Festival March, 1965, UA 1967 on the inauguration of Dean W. Colvard as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, since 1992, is a part of this work the official anthem ( alma mater ) the University has been declared and is heard on all festive occasions
- The dance master for string orchestra, 1993
- Avatar for cello and piano, 1994, UA 1997 in London by Steven Isserlis
- Five Haiku for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra
- Chorale Variations, In Memoriam Wolf Long for Organ, 1996
- Sonatina for piano, 2000
- Two Entertainments for piano, 2000
And numerous arrangements of folk and Christmas songs for various instruments.