David Del Tredici

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Generally recognized as the father of the Neo-Romantic movement in music, David Del Tredici has received numerous awards (including the Pulitzer Prize) and has been commissioned and performed by nearly every major American and European orchestral ensemble. “Del Tredici,” said Aaron Copland, “is that rare find among composers – a creator with a truly original gift. I venture to say that his music is certain to make a lasting impression on the American musical scene. I know of no other composer of his generation … who composes music of greater freshness and daring, or with more personality.” Much of his early work consisted of elaborate vocal settings of James Joyce (I Hear an Army; Night Conjure-Verse; Syzygy) and Lewis Carroll (Pop-Pourri, An Alice Symphony, Vintage Alice and Adventures Underground, to name just a few). More recently, Del Tredici has set to music a cavalcade of contemporary American poets, often celebrating a gay sensibility (three examples: Gay Life, Brother and Wondrous the Merge). OUT Magazine, in fact, has twice named the composer one of its people of the year. Over the past several years he has ventured into the more intimate realm of chamber music with String Quartet No. 1, Grand Trio (brought to life by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and recently printed by Boosey & Hawkes), and – harkening to his musical beginnings as a piano prodigy – a large number of solo-piano works: Gotham Glory, Three Gymnopedies, Ballad in Yellow, Opposit

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albums

In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores

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Bright Circle

Bells for Stokowski

Del Tredici: Final Alice

Del Tredici: Syzygy/Vintage Alice/ Songs

Del Tredici: Gotham Glory - Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

Del Tredici: Vintage Alice - Dracula

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Songs of Smaller Creatures and Other American Choral Works

David Del Tredici: Secret Music-A Songbook

Mandango: The Complete Piano Works of David Del Tredici, Vol. 2

David Del Tredici: Final Alice

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David Del Tredici: Child Alice

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