Composer
Jack Beeson
opera composer
1921–2010
56 works in the index
- Born
- 1921
- Died
- 2010
- Birthplace
- Muncie
- Place of death
- New York City
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Jack Beeson — opera composer. Jack Beeson was born in 1921 in Muncie. The recorded year of death is 2010; place of death: New York City. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Career institutions / employers
- Columbia University
- Recorded memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Genres
- opera
- Notable works
- Lizzie Borden; Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
- Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 42262893
- ISNI
- 0000000081214238
- GND ID
- 10378845X
- Library of Congress ID
- n80019660
- MusicBrainz ID
- 99d30782-9ff7-4543-b288-a4f0655e202a
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Mezzo Soprano Voice, Horn, Bassoon
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 56
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works page 1 of 2
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (Two Millay Sonnets) | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 10 |
| Killing Time (from Lizzie Borden) | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 10 |
| Indiana Homecoming | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 8 |
| Margret's Garden Aria | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 7 |
| Crazy Jane Reproved | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 6 |
| Reprise: to the Seducer | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 6 |
| In the Public Gardens | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 6 |
| The Widow's Waltz | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 6 |
| Prescription for Living | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 6 |
| Lullaby (Four Crazy Jane Songs) | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 4 |
| Her Anxiety (Crazy Jane Songs) | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 4 |
| Mary Magdalene's Song | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 4 |
| Love Song (Sweet Bye and Bye) | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 4 |
| Aria (Sweet Bye and Bye) | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 4 |
| Aria in Praise of Sopranos | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 4 |
| Against Idleness and Mischief and in Praise of Labor | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 4 |
| Abbie's Bird Song | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 4 |
| I Laid Me Down Upon A Bank | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 3 |
| I Asked A Thief | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 3 |
| Death by Owl-Eyes | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 3 |
| Dance of the Haemophiliacs | — | — | — | Cello | — | 2 |
| Pull My Daisy | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 2 |
| Senex | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 3 |
| To A Sinister Potato | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 3 |
| The Listeners | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 2 |
| Arietta (Sweet Bye and Bye) | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 2 |
| You Should of Done It Blues | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 2 |
| The Day's No Rounder Than Its Angles Are | — | — | — | Cello | — | 1 |
| Crazy Jane On God | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 1 |
| The Spinster's Anguish | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | 1 |
| I. Conjuration [Text by Reginald Scot] | — | — | — | Piano, Oboe, Voice, Bassoon, Choir, English Horn | — | 1 |
| Big Crash Out West | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 2 |
| The Gambler's Song | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 2 |
| Wedding Song (from Captain Jinks) | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 2 |
| O What Is That Sound? | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Heaven-Haven | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Two Cavatinas | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Hide and Seek | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | 1 |
| Why Can't I Live Forever? | — | — | — | Cello | — | — |
| Mother Rainey's Aria: the Wages of Sin | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | — |
| I Shall Forget You Presently (Two Millay Sonnets) | — | — | — | Piano, Mezzo Soprano Voice | — | — |
| II. Charms and Spells [Text adapted by Jack Beeson] | — | — | — | Piano, Oboe, Voice, Bassoon, Choir, English Horn | — | — |
| III. Malediction [Text by Ernulf, Bishop Of Rochester, Translated by Sterne] | — | — | — | Piano, Oboe, Voice, Bassoon, Choir, English Horn | — | — |
| IV. Hag Ride [Text by Robert Herrick] | — | — | — | Piano, Oboe, Voice, Bassoon, Choir, English Horn | — | — |
| V. Canons, in Conclusion [Text by Anonymous] | — | — | — | Piano, Oboe, Voice, Bassoon, Choir, English Horn | — | — |
| Cowboy Song | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 1 |
| Calvanistic Evensong | — | — | — | Piano, Voice, Horn | — | 1 |
| Mutability | — | — | — | Piano, Voice | — | — |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 42262893.