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 Aber jetzt die Nacht 2 pianos
    Lewis Nielson AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' sop sax, perc
    Lewis Nielson Already too far SATB, cello
    Lewis Nielson AN DIE FERNE vla
    Lewis Nielson Anagram solo violin and string orchestra
    Lewis Nielson ANTISTROPHE cello solo
    Lewis Nielson AROUND...AMONG...WITHIN solo bassoon
    Lewis Nielson BALLAD OF READING GAOL Mezzo Sop or Alto, lg cham ens:1-0-1-2,tbn,3perc,pf,vla, 2vcl
    Lewis Nielson BETWEEN fl, perc(2)
    Lewis Nielson Black magic flute and piano
    Lewis Nielson BOGEN UND KEHRE Cello and Percussion
    Lewis Nielson BREAD OF EVERYONE, THE alto saxophone, vibraphone, and guitar ( jazz electric or amplified classical guitar)
    players sing text
    Lewis Nielson Break Out! Duo for clarinet (Bass, Bb, and Eb), and piano
    Lewis Nielson CHAMPION piano
    Lewis Nielson Colossus brass quintet
    Lewis Nielson CONCERTO FOR SOLO PERC & ORCH orch:2-1-2-2, 2-2-2-1,4perc,str
    Lewis Nielson CONCERTO FOR VIOLA & ORCH orch:2-1-ehn-2-1, 4-2-4btbn-0,hp,5perc,str
    Lewis Nielson CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE WHEN MAKING WAR BUT THE NEED IS TO MAKE LOVE, AND VICE VERSA flute, clarinet, perc(1), piano (dbl accordion and guitar), violin, and cello
    Lewis Nielson Crosscurrents on the Vertical River Large Orchestra
    3333 4321 perc(4) timp, hp, strings
    Lewis Nielson DE PROFUNDIS sop,str qrt
    Lewis Nielson Double brass quintet
    2 tpt, hn, tbn, tba

    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