Lewis Nielson

Biography

Lewis Nielson (b. 1950) studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, Clark University in Massachusetts and the University of Iowa. His works have been performed throughout the North and South America, and in Europe. He served as Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Georgia, and, in 2000, joined the composition faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he was Professor of Composition and chair of the Composition Department.

  • duo inst or voices
  • ACE Publications

    23 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Lewis Nielson AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' sop sax, perc
    Lewis Nielson Black magic flute and piano
    Lewis Nielson BOGEN UND KEHRE Cello and Percussion
    Lewis Nielson Break Out! Duo for clarinet (Bass, Bb, and Eb), and piano
    Lewis Nielson Duo Concertant (Danger Man) contrabass and one percussionist
    Lewis Nielson Four Movements for Violin and Harpsichord violin and harpsichord
    Lewis Nielson MOTIONSENSING - MULTIMUSIC tpt/flghn, pf
    Lewis Nielson MUSIC FOR VIOLA & PIANO vla,pf
    Lewis Nielson NIGHTS BEHIND THE DAYS trombone, piano
    Lewis Nielson OUTSIDE OF TIME vln,pf
    Lewis Nielson Pinball Lizard violin and piano
    Lewis Nielson SMOOTH TRANSGRESSION piano and one percussionist
    Lewis Nielson SURREALISTIC PORTRAITURE sopsax, pf
    Lewis Nielson TASKS tbn, perc
    Lewis Nielson There is a Gate alto saxophone and piano
    Lewis Nielson Three Dedications violin duo
    Lewis Nielson VALENTINE MECHANIQUE (Eating Carmen) Cello and Percussion
    Lewis Nielson WEDNESDAY'S CHILD fl,vib
    Lewis Nielson Where Ashes Make the Flowers Grow viola and percussion (1)
    Lewis Nielson WHITE VISION (THE HORIZON DIVIDES) vln,pf

    Additional Works

    alito, gemito
    Anabasis
    Axis (sandman)
    Cilice
    E non está conmigo
    Go (...go...go)
    Herzplatten 
    Il Romanticismo di Lucrezia e Cesare
    In Terra Aliena
    Iskra
    Le Journal du Corps
    Mirror with(out) reflection
    Nos qui captivos duxerunt
    Of Flesh and Stone
    Opera Amoris
    Super flumina Babylonis
    Those Who Do Not Move
    Tocsin
    USW
    Verge (remember)
    You Choose