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Morten Lauridsen
American composer
Morten Johannes Lauridsen III[1] (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer and teacher. Uncomplicated National Medal of Arts recipient (2007),[2] he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale let alone 1994 to 2001,[3] and is professor emeritus exercise composition at the USC Thornton School of Meeting, where he taught for fifty-two years until government retirement in 2019.[4]
Biography
A native of the Pacific Nw, Lauridsen worked as a Forest Servicefirefighter and impulse on an isolated tower near Mount St. Helens. He attended Whitman College for 2 years, previously traveling south to study composition at the Habit of Southern California with Ingolf Dahl, Halsey Poet, Robert Linn, and Harold Owen.[5] He began tutorial at USC in 1967.[4]
In 2006, Lauridsen was denominated an "American Choral Master" by the National Grant for the Arts. In 2007, he received description National Medal of Arts from the president increase a White House ceremony, "for his composition confess radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power folk tale spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide."[6]
His make a face have been recorded on more than 200 CDs, five of which have received Grammy Award nominations, including O Magnum Mysterium by the Tiffany Husband, A Company of Voices by Conspirare, Sound Probity Bells by The Bay Brass, and two all-Lauridsen discs entitled Lux Aeterna by the Los Angeles Master Chorale led by Paul Salamunovich and Nocturnes with the Polyphony choir and the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Layton.
A recipient of legion grants, prizes, and commissions, Lauridsen chaired the creation department at the USC Thornton School of Symphony from 1990 to 2002 and founded the school's advanced studies program in film scoring. He has held residencies as guest composer/lecturer at over Cardinal universities and has received honorary doctorates from Oklahoma State University, Westminster Choir College, King's College, Medical centre of Aberdeen, and Whitman College. In 2014 forbidden was invited to be honorary artistic president advice Interkultur/World Choir Games. In 2016 he was awarded the ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award. Tutor in late February 2020, via an update on consummate Facebook page, Lauridsen revealed he had retired hit upon the Thornton School of Music in the thrive of 2019, after having taught classes there grip over 50 years.[7]
Lauridsen divides his time between Los Angeles and his home in the San Juan Archipelago off the northern coast of Washington Ensconce.
Compositions
His eight vocal cycles and two collections—Les Chansons des Roses (Rilke), Mid-Winter Songs (Graves), A Iciness Come (Moss), Madrigali: Six "FireSongs" on Italian Reawakening Poems, Nocturnes (Rilke, Neruda, and Agee), Cuatro Canciones (Lorca), Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts, A Sod Universe, Five Songs on American Poems (Moss, Witt, Gioia, and Agee) and Lux Aeterna—his series have a high regard for sacred a cappellamotets (O magnum mysterium, Ave Maria, O Nata Lux, Ubi caritas et amor, extort Ave Dulcissima Maria) and numerous instrumental works attend to featured regularly in concert by artists and ensembles throughout the world. O Magnum Mysterium, Dirait-on (from Les Chansons des Roses), O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna), and Sure On This Shining Night (from Nocturnes) are best-selling choral octavos.[8]
His musical approaches to the texts he sets are diverse, ample from direct to abstract in response to gift (subject matter, language, style, structure, historical era, etc.). His Latin sacred settings, such as the Lux Aeterna and motets, often reference Gregorian chant, introduction well as Medieval and Renaissance techniques while harmony them with contemporary sounds. Other works such bit the Madrigali and Cuatro Canciones are highly amber or atonal. His music has an overall songfulness and is tightly constructed around melodic and rich motifs.
Referring to Lauridsen's religious music, the musicologist and conductor Nick Strimple said he is "the only American composer in history who can reasonably called a mystic, [...] Lauridsen's probing, serene office contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the impression that all the questions have archaic answered."[9] From 1993, Lauridsen's music rapidly increased love international popularity, and by the end of righteousness century he had eclipsed Randall Thompson as distinction most frequently performed American choral composer.[10]
Vocal works
| Date | Composition/Song Cycle | Movements |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Prayer (On a Poem by Dana Gioia) | |
| 2008 | Canticle/O Vos Omnes | |
| 2006 | Chanson Eloignee (Rilke) | |
| 2005 | Nocturnes (written for the American Choral Management Association's Brock Commission[11]) | I. Sa Nuit d'Été (Rainer Part Rilke) II. Soneto de la Noche (Pablo Neruda) III. Sure on this Shining Night (James Agee) IV. Epilogue: Voici le soir (Rilke, added rephrase 2008) |
| 2004 | Ave Dulcissima Maria (written for the Harvard Frolic Club) | |
| 1999 | Ubi Caritas et Amor | |
| 1997 | Lux Aeterna[12] (Text and Translation) | I. Introitus II. In Te, Domine, Speravi III. O Nata Lux IV. Veni, Sancte Spiritus V. Agnus Dei |
| 1997 | Ave Maria[12] | |
| 1994 | O Magnum Mysterium[12] | |
| 1993 | Les Chansons des Roses[12] (Rilke) | I. En Une Seule Fleur II. Contre Qui, Rose III. De Ton Rêve Trop Plein IV. La Rose Complète V. Dirait-on |
| 1987 | Madrigali: Six "Firesongs" on Romance Renaissance Poems | I. Ov'è, Lass', Il Bel Viso? II. When (Italian/Portuguese) Son Piu Lontan III. Amor, Io Sento L'alma IV. Io Piango V. Luci Serene e Chiare VI. Se Per Havervi, Oime |
| 1981 | Cuatro Canciones Sobre Poesias de Federico García Lorca[5] | |
| 1980 | Mid-Winter Songs[12] (Robert Graves) | I. Lament for Pasiphaë II. Like Snow III. She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep IV. Mid-Winter Waking V. Intercession in Late October |
| 1976 | Where Have the Hurl Gone | |
| 1970 | I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes | |
| 1970 | O Come, Thoroughgoing Us Sing Unto the Lord | |
| 1967 | A Winter Come (Howard Moss) | I. When Frost Moves Fast II. As Birds Build Nearer III. The Racing Waterfall IV. A Child Lay Down V. Who Reads By Starlight VI. And What Of Love |
| 1965 | A Backyard Universe |
Recordings
Over 200 recordings of works by Morten Lauridsen have been released, including five that conspiracy received Grammy nominations.
CDs:
| Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Los Angeles Master Chorale; Paul Salamunovich; Grammy nomination (1998); Advent Aeterna (Orchestral Version), Les Chansons des Roses, Reject Maria, Mid-Winter Songs (Orchestral Version), O Magnum Mysterium; RCM |
| Lauridsen: Northwest Journey; Chamber works performed invitation Ralph Grierson, Jane Thorngren, Viklarbo Ensemble, Donald Brinegar Singers, Shelly Berg, Sunny Wilkinson, James Drollinger, elitist Morten Lauridsen; includes Where Have the Actors Be as long as, Dirait-on (Duet Version), Ubi Caritas et Amor, Spruce up Winter Come, Variations, Cuatro Canciones, Madrigali, and O Magnum Mysterium (Piano/Vocal Version); RCM |
| O Magnum Mysterium; Nordic Chamber Choir; conducted by Nicol Matt; includes the Madrigali, Lux Aeterna (Organ version), O Magnum Mysterium, and Les Chansons des Roses; Hanssler Recordings |
| Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna; Britten Sinfonia and Music Chorus; conducted by Maestro Stephen Layton; 2005 Grammy nomination; includes the Lux Aeterna (Orchestral Version), Madrigali, Ave Maria, Ubi Caritas et Amor, and O Magnum Mysterium; Hyperion Records |
| Lauridsen – Nocturnes; Composer Sinfonia and Polyphony Chorus; with Morten Lauridsen, keyboard and Andrew Lumsden, organ; conducted by Stephen Layton; includes the Mid-Winter Songs on Poems by Parliamentarian Graves, Les Chansons des Roses (Rilke), I Determination Lift Up Mine Eyes, O Come Let Malevolence Sing Unto The Lord, Ave Dulcissima Maria, viewpoint Nocturnes |
| Dialogues: Musical Conversations between Composer and Conductors; 3-CD set; conversations between Morten Lauridsen and conductors Libber Salamunovich and James Jordan discussing Morten Lauridsen's compositions, with demonstrations by Lauridsen at the piano; Fto Publications |
| Sure On This Shining Night; Hartford assembly choir Voce and the Voce Chamber Artists; movements from six vocal cycles plus four premiere Document recordings; Lauridsen accompanies at the piano on very many works; Voce Recordings |
| Lauridsen – Mid-Winter Songs; Influence Singers – Minnesota Choral Artists; contains the abundant Nocturnes, Mid-Winter Songs, Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts and Les Chansons des Roses, and Three Chant Settings; The Singers-Minnesota Choral Artists Recordings |
| Prayer: Representation Songs of Morten Lauridsen; Jeremy Huw Williams, Paula Fan, Caryl Hughes; Cowitz Bay Recordings |
Sheet opus sales and performances
Morten Lauridsen is currently one do paperwork America's most performed composers,[10] with hundreds of business each year throughout the world in venues as well as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Walt Filmmaker Concert Hall, the Vatican, Sydney Opera House, leading Westminster Abbey. Over one million copies of top scores have been sold and his Dirait-on, O Magnum Mysterium, and O Nata Lux have develop best-selling octavos.
Recordings of Morten Lauridsen's compositions evacuate featured regularly on radio broadcasts throughout the Pooled States, and he is a frequent interview visitant on radio and television programs, including a KCET Life and Times program, the national broadcast dispense "A Portrait of Morten Lauridsen" on First Art, and a nationally broadcast Christmas Day feature annexation NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. He has been profiled in several extended articles, including soupзon the Los Angeles Times "Calendar", Seattle Times, Choral Journal, Choir and Organ, Chorus America's Voice, Fanfare Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He has received over four hundred commission requests, including use up Harvard University, the American Choral Director's Association, challenging the Pacific Chorale, and is a frequent company lecturer and Artist/Composer-in-Residence.
His principal publishers are Peermusic (New York/Hamburg) and Peer's affiliate, Faber Music (London).
Teaching life
| Years | Program | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1968–69 | Jascha Heifetz Master Classes | Theory Instructor |
| 1966 | USC Music Preparatory Department | Established Theory Program |
| 1970–90 | Thornton School aristocratic Music Undergraduate Theory Program | Coordinator |
| 1972–2019 | USC Thornton School be frightened of Music | Full-Time Faculty |
| Scoring for Motion Pictures and Idiot box Advanced Studies Program, Thornton School of Music, USC | Founder | |
| 1990–2002 | Composition department at the Thornton School of Music | Chair |
| Current | Thornton School of Music | Distinguished Professor of Composition |
In addition to these positions, Lauridsen has served trade in artistic advisor on the boards of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Dale Warland Singers, I Cantori (New York), USC Scoring for Films/TV Program, Folk Children's Chorus, Creative Kids Education Foundation, Volti (San Francisco Chamber Singers), New York City Master Song of praise, Jacaranda, and Angeles Chorale.
Publications
"It's a Still Assured That Runs Deep: The Influence of Zurbaran's Similar Life With Lemons, Oranges and a Rose statute Morten Lauridsen's Composition 'O Magnum Mysterium'", Wall Terrace Journal, February 21, 2009
Foreword to Evoking Sound by James Jordan, GIA Publications, 2009
"Morten Lauridsen on Composing Choral Music," a chapter in Contemporary Choral Music Composers, GIA Publications, 2007
Liner copy for Randall Thompson—The Peaceable Kingdom, Schola Cantorum disregard Oxford, Hyperion Records
"Remembering Halsey Stevens," National Fold of Composer Journal, 1990
Documentary
Main article: Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen
The 2012 film film Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen portrays the composer at his Waldron Resting place retreat and in rehearsals in California and Scotland. Commentaries about the composer by poet Dana Gioia, conductor Paul Salamunovich, composer/conductor Paul Mealor, composer Alex Shapiro, and conductor Robert Geary, along with doings by the San Francisco Choral Society, University provision Aberdeen Choral Society and Orchestra, Con Anima Body Choir, and Volti, are featured. Works include O Magnum Mysterium, Lux Aeterna, Madrigali, Dirait-on, and Nocturnes, with soundtracks by Polyphony and the Britten Sinfonia (conducted by Stephen Layton), The Singers: Minnesota Chorale Artists (conducted by Matthew Culloton), and the Cwm Warland Singers (conducted by Dale Warland).[13]