Karl Kroeger

Biography

Karl Kroeger (b. 1932) is an American composer, musicologist, and music editor,  and has been a professor of music at several universities.

Kroeger was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He studied at the University of Louisville under Claude Almand and George Perle. After receiving a Masters of Music at Louiville, Kroeger went to study at the University of Illinois where his main teacher was Gordon Binkerd.

Kroeger was head of the American Music Collection at the New York Public Library from 1962-1964. From 1964-67 he was Ford Foundation composer in residence to the public schools of Eugene, OR.  In 1967 Kroeger joined the faculty of Ohio University. He then began doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after which he transferred to Brown University where he completed his Ph.D.

Since then Kroeger has directed the Moravian Music Foundation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1972-82) as well as been a professor at the University of Colorado (1982-98).  He is currently retired and living in Gainesville, Florida.

ACE Publications

86 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Karl Kroeger Dialogue and Dance for Flute and Harp flute, harp
Karl Kroeger DIES NATALE
SATB
Karl Kroeger Dramatic Overture for Orchestra orchestra
Karl Kroeger Duo Concertante for Violin and Cello
vln, vc
Karl Kroeger Elizabethan Lyrics Tenor or High Baritone, flute, clarinet, cello
Karl Kroeger Fantasy for Brass Quartet 2tpt, hn, tbn
Karl Kroeger Festive Overture for Wind Ensemble
Karl Kroeger Five Discussions for String Quartet
Karl Kroeger FIVE MADRIGALS
mixed chorus a cappella
Karl Kroeger Harvest Dance cello, guitar
Karl Kroeger Hodie Christus Natus Est (SATB a cappella)
Karl Kroeger Horn of Roland (Suite for French Horn and Chamber Orchestra) hn, hp, chamber orchestra
Karl Kroeger Horn of Roland (Suite for Horn and Piano)
Horn in F, pf
Karl Kroeger Hosanna (SATB & Organ)
SATB, org
Karl Kroeger I Quattro Venti (Quartet for Woodwinds) fl, ob, clrnt, bsn
Karl Kroeger King David's Prayer (Voice, Horn & Piano)
voice, French horn, piano
Karl Kroeger Laudate Dominum for male voices, a cappella
T, T Bar., B chorus, a cappella
Karl Kroeger Meditation for Cello Trio 3 cellos
Karl Kroeger Metaphors - Three Songs for Voice and Piano Voice and Piano
Karl Kroeger Nativity: A Triptych for Christmas (SATB & Harp)
SATB, harp
Karl Kroeger NOEL
Karl Kroeger O Magnum Mysterium (SATB a cappella)
mixed chorus, a cappella
Karl Kroeger Panels
pf
Karl Kroeger Parataxis for Flute and Percussion flute, 2 perc
Karl Kroeger Partita for Brass Quintet 2 tpts in C, Hn, Tbn, Tba

Additional Works

Boosey & Hawkes
Divertimento for Concert Band
Three Pieces on Chorales by John Antes (organ)
Fantasia on 'Hayn' (organ)
Partita on 'Thy Majesty' (organ)
Four Preludes (organ)
A Choral Fanfare (SATB and organ)
Make We Merry (SATB a cappella)
Hear My Prayer, O Lord (SATB a cappella)

Merion Music (T Presser)
Decleration for Trumpet and Band

Tritone Press  (possibly available at T. Presser Music)
Canzona II for Brass Sextet
Sonata Breve for Trumpet, Horn and Trombone 


Carl Fischer
Make a Joyful Noise (SATB and piano)

Lawson-Gould

Dies Sanctificatus (SATB a cappella)