Collection: Schwartz, Elliott
Elliott Schwartz was born 1936 in New York City and studied composition with Otto Luening and Jack Beeson at Columbia University. He retired from the faculty at Bowdoin College, where he served for 43 years, twelve of them as department chair. His many extended residencies and/or visiting professorships include Ohio State University, the University of California (San Diego and Santa Barbara), Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge. Schwartz’s compositions have been performed by such groups as the Minnesota Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, and the Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands and featured at numerous international music centers and festivals including Tanglewood, the Library of Congress, Monday Evening Concerts (Los Angeles), DeIjsbreker (Amsterdam), Music of the Americas (London), and the European Youth Orchestra Festival (Copenhagen).
Leading orchestras and chamber ensembles have recorded his music for New World, CRI, Albany, Innova, Capstone and other labels. Honors and awards for his compositions include the Gaudeamus Foundation (Netherlands), the Rockefeller Foundation (two Bellagio residencies), and the National Endowment for the Arts. Over the course of his career he has served as president of The College Music Society, president of the Society of Composers, Inc, vice-president of the American Music Center, and board member of the American Composers Alliance.
Schwartz wrote or edited a number of books on musical subjects. These include Music: Ways of Listening, Electronic Music: A Listener’s Guide, Music since 1945 (co-author with Daniel Godfrey) and the anthology Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music (co-editor with Barney Childs). Schwartz’s 70th and 80th birthdays were celebrated with concerts and guest lectures at Oxford, the Royal Academy of Music (London), Butler University, Concordia College, the University of Minnesota, the ACA Festival (NYC) and the Library of Congress. His music is published by ACA, Associated Music Publishers, and Lauren Keiser Music, and is preserved at archives including the Library of Congress and Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland. He passed away December 7, 2016 in Brunswick.
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Elliott Schwartz
ELEVATOR MUSIC
various pitched or non-pitched instruments as available 12 groups of students on different floors of an elevator building
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Elliott Schwartz
ESSAYS for TRUMPET AND TROMBONE
tpt, tbn
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FACEBOOK CHRONICLES
sop, guit, tpt, trb, 2 perc, pno
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FOUR MOBILES FOR DAVID
solo percussionist, plus 2 audio playback tracks
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GARDEN FOR RKB (In Memoriam, Robert K. Beckwith)
cl/bcl, vln, pf
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Elliott Schwartz
HALL OF MIRRORS
Saxophone quartet S/A,A,T,B, piano, portable radios
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HEARING DAVID
solo instrument with audio playback
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IN MEMORIAM WBW
flute, piano
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Elliott Schwartz
JACK O'LANTERN
chamber orchestra and lights
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Elliott Schwartz
JEFFERSON CADENZA: SOLILOQUY AND REMEMBRANCE
Violin
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Elliott Schwartz
Kaleidoscope
Contrabassoon, violin, piano
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Elliott Schwartz
MEHITABEL'S SERINADE
Eb solo alto sax, Fl1,2; Ob1,2-EH;Cl1,2-BsCl; Bsn1,2-CB; 4HN; 2 TPT; 2 TBN; BSTBN; TBA; TIMP; PERC (3); HP; PIANO; STRINGS: 87665 alto saxophone and orchestra
Archival
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Elliott Schwartz
MEMORABILIA for piano
pianist, singer, narrator, other instrumentalist
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Elliott Schwartz
MEMORIAL IN TWO PARTS
violin, piano
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MIRRORS AND BRANCHES
piano solo, with two pre-recorded piano tracks, created by the performer
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MUSIC FOR AUDIENCE & SOLOIST
soloist, audience, 4 conductors Any instrument small enough to walk around with;
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MUSIC FOR NAPOLEON AND BEETHOVEN
tpt., pf., 2 audio tapes, assistant
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