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.

ACE Publications

107 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Lewis Nielson ZWISCHEN LANDWEHR KANAL UND FRIEDRICHSFELDE clarinet, violin, viola, and cello
Lewis Nielson WORLD INSIDE bbar, pf, perc
Lewis Nielson WHITE VISION (THE HORIZON DIVIDES) vln,pf
Lewis Nielson WHITE ROSE fl,vib,hpschd
Lewis Nielson Where Ashes Make the Flowers Grow viola and percussion (1)
Lewis Nielson WHAT ABOUT YOU? bassoon, violin, cello, spoken text
Lewis Nielson WEDNESDAY'S CHILD fl,vib
Lewis Nielson VIOLIN CONCERTO orch:2-2-2-2,2-2-2-1,3perc,str
Lewis Nielson VALENTINE MECHANIQUE (Eating Carmen) Cello and Percussion
Lewis Nielson TRIO (VORTEX) cello, piano, one percussionist
Lewis Nielson THREE MINIATURES cl
Lewis Nielson Three Dedications violin duo
Lewis Nielson There is a Gate alto saxophone and piano
Lewis Nielson TASKS tbn, perc
Lewis Nielson SUSPENSION AND SILENCE fl,vib,vcl,pf
Lewis Nielson SURREALISTIC PORTRAITURE sopsax, pf
Lewis Nielson SULEIKA CAME TO TEA fl,perc,hpschd,vln
Lewis Nielson STRING TRIO - the magician vln, vla, vcl
Lewis Nielson St. Francis Preaches to the Birds 1111 perc(2), hp, 2vln, 2vla, 2vcl, db, solo violin

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