Stephen Albert
Stephen Albert (6 February 1941 – 27 December 1992)[1] was an American composer.
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Biography [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] and enrolled two years later at the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Bernard Rogers. 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. From 1985 to 1988 he worked as the Seattle Symphony's composer-in-residence.[1][3]
His notable students include Daniel Asia.
Albert was killed in an automobile accident on Cape Cod in December 1992.
Awards and honors [edit]
Stephen Albert won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his symphony RiverRun. He won a Grammy Award in 1995 in the Best Classical Contemporary Composition category for "Cello Concerto" as performed by Yo-Yo Ma.
The slow movement and emotional core of Christopher Rouse's Second Symphony, 1993, is dedicated to the memory of Stephen Albert, who was a colleague and close friend of Rouse. The work is recorded on TELARC CD-80452, issued in 1997.
Works [edit]
Orchestral [edit]
- Anthems and Processionals (1988) - 16 minutes
- Into Eclipse (chamber with voice version) (1981) - 30 minutes
- Symphony No. 1 RiverRun (1983) - 33 minutes
- Symphony No. 2 (1992) - 30 minutes (orchestration completed by Sebastian Currier)
- Tapioca Pudding (1991) - 2 minutes
Concertante [edit]
- Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (1990) - 30 minutes
- 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 (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
Choral [edit]
- Bacchae: A Ceremony in Music (1967) - 8 minutes
Vocal [edit]
- 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]
- ^ a b Randel, Don Michael, ed. (1996). "Albert, Stephen (Joel)". The Harvard biographical dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
- ^ "Albert, Stephen Joel". Who Was Who in America, 1993-1996, vol. 11. New Providence, N.J.: Marquis Who's Who. 1996. p. 3. ISBN 0-8379-0225-8.
- ^ "Stephen Albert". G. Schirmer Inc. October 1996. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
External links [edit]
- G. Schirmer: Stephen Albert Composer profile and work list
- Art of the States: Stephen Albert To Wake the Dead (1978) complete work in streaming audio with accompanying program notes
Interviews [edit]
- Stephen Albert interview by Bruce Duffie, December 9, 1990
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- 20th-century classical composers
- Pulitzer Prize for Music winners
- Grammy Award-winning artists
- 1941 births
- 1992 deaths
- University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni
- Musicians from New York City
- Eastman School of Music alumni
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Road accident deaths in Massachusetts
- Rome Prize winners
