Collection: Westergaard, Peter
Peter Westergaard was the William Shubael Conant Professor of Music, Emeritus, at Princeton University. A composer and music theorist, he was a student of Milton Babbitt. He has composed numerous operas from Charivari (1953) to Alice and Wonderland (2006). He is also the author of "An Introduction to Tonal Theory (W.W. Norton, 1975).
Amongst former pupils of Babbitt, Westergaard stands out for his contributions to serial theory, as well as for his compositions, which are characterized by a delight in symmetry and mirror relationships, together with a concern for the systematic and integrated use of all the parameters of music, producing multileveled, clear, beautiful, and audible patterns (Paul Griffiths, Modern Music, 1981).
Westergaard was born in 1931 in Champaign, Illinois. He pursued undergraduate studies at Harvard University, graduating in 1953, and in 1956 obtained an M.F.A. degree from Princeton University. He studied with Roger Sessions, Walter Piston, Darius Milhaud, Edward Cone, Milton Babbitt and Wolfgang Fortner in Freiburg. Â He passed away June, 2019 in New Jersey.
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Peter Westergaard
ALICE IN WONDERLAND, AN ENSEMBLE OPERA FOR SEVEN SINGERS
Alice (Sorpano) plus 6 singers in multiple roles, hand percussion
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Peter Westergaard
CANTATA V - Byzantium for Baritone and Percussion Quartet
baritone, perc quartet
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Peter Westergaard
MAKE ME A WILLOW CABIN
Mezzo soprano or Soprano, alto flute, Eng hn, mandolin, guitar, violin, cello
Archival
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Peter Westergaard
MOBY DICK, SCENES FROM AN IMAGINARY OPERA - full score in 2 vols
1121 2100 hp, 1 perc, str chamber chorus, small orchestra
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Peter Westergaard
MOBY DICK, SCENES FROM AN IMAGINARY OPERA - piano-vocal score
voices, piano
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Peter Westergaard
Moto Perpetuo
flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, horn, and bassoon
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Peter Westergaard
PALINDROME FOR A SUMMER EVENING
fl, vn, va, vc
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Peter Westergaard
SPRING AND FALL: TO A YOUNG CHILD
Voice and Piano
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Peter Westergaard
TEMPEST: Act 1 Sc. 1 Chamber version
clarinet, cello, and piano wtih Soprano and Baritone
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Peter Westergaard
TEMPEST: Act 2, Sc. 3 - chamber version
Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, clarinet, cello, piano
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Peter Westergaard
THREE RHYMES FOR SOPRANO AND VIOLIN
Sop, violin
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Peter Westergaard
TWELFTH NIGHT Act 1
12 solo singers, inst: Flute dbl Picc & AltoFl, Ob (doubling Eng Hn), Cl, and Bsn; Horn and Tpt; Harp; 2 Vln, 2 Vla, 2 Vcl
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Peter Westergaard
TWELFTH NIGHT Act 2
12 solo singers, inst: Flute dbl Picc & AltoFl, Ob (doubling Eng Hn), Cl, and Bsn; Horn and Tpt; Harp; 2 Vln, 2 Vla, 2 Vcl
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Peter Westergaard
TWELFTH NIGHT Acts 1 and 2 PV
12 solo singers, piano
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