Composer

Lukas Foss

American composer (1922-2009)

1922–2009

45 works and musical collections

Born: 1922
Died: 2009
Birthplace: Berlin
Place of death: Manhattan
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

Lukas Foss — American composer (1922-2009). Lukas Foss was born in 1922 in Berlin. The recorded year of death is 2009; place of death: Manhattan. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.

Life and musical career

Occupations: conductor; classical composer; pianist; university teacher; composer; music arranger; musician
Education: University at Buffalo; Curtis Institute of Music; Harvard University; Yale University
Teachers: Noël Gallon; Lazare Lévy; Felix Wolfes; Serge Koussevitzky; Julius Herford
Career institutions / employers: Boston University; University of California, Los Angeles; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Brooklyn Philharmonic
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters; American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Instruments played: piano
Genres: contemporary classical music; opera
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; Arts and Letters Award in Music; Laurel Leaf Award; Ditson Conductor's Award
Birth name: Lukas Fuchs
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 97820402
ISNI: 0000000115072304
GND ID: 118862812
Library of Congress ID: n80158653
MusicBrainz ID: 50920c8b-7cb2-41bc-8acf-c8ce55ab88d0

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Cello, violin, Timpani, Bassoon
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Composer's Holiday	See work details	Piano Flute violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three American Pieces (Early Song)	See work details	Piano Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
On a Bach Prelude	See work details	Piano Cello Flute 7 more instruments Oboe violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Variation on II (1st section)	See work details	Cello violin Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Act I: (Hell'S Nursery)	See work details	Piano Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Goldmore Variation	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Part II	See work details	Piano Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
On A Scarlatti Sonata	See work details	Piano Cello Flute 7 more instruments Oboe violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Overture	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Daniel'S Dance	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Elegy for Anne Frank	See work details	Piano Harp Organ 10 more instruments Cello Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I.	See work details	Piano Cello violin 2 more instruments Clarinet Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II.	See work details	Piano Cello violin 2 more instruments Clarinet Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Andantino misterioso	See work details	Cello violin Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Act Iii: (In A Garden Or Square)	See work details	Piano Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Early Song	See work details	Piano violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dedication	See work details	Piano Flute violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Intrada	See work details	Piano Harp harpsichord 11 more instruments Cello Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Piccolo Glo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Baroque Interlude	See work details	Piano Harp harpsichord 11 more instruments Cello Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Piccolo Glo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Recitative	See work details	Piano Harp harpsichord 11 more instruments Cello Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Piccolo Glo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Jouissance	See work details	Piano Harp harpsichord 11 more instruments Cello Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Piccolo Glo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Part I	See work details	Piano Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Part III	See work details	Piano Voice Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
On a Handel Larghetto	See work details	Piano Cello Flute 7 more instruments Oboe violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scene 1	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scene Two	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Finale	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fugue : of Strife and Struggle	See work details	Piano Harp Organ 10 more instruments Cello Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wasteland	See work details	Piano Harp Organ 10 more instruments Cello Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prayer	See work details	Piano Harp Organ 10 more instruments Cello Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Fanfare	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 6 more instruments Horn Timpani Tuba percussion Euphonium Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Elegy	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 6 more instruments Horn Timpani Tuba percussion Euphonium Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Fanfare	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 6 more instruments Horn Timpani Tuba percussion Euphonium Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. March	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 6 more instruments Horn Timpani Tuba percussion Euphonium Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III.	See work details	Piano Cello violin 2 more instruments Clarinet Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV.	See work details	Piano Cello violin 2 more instruments Clarinet Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. We're Late [Text by W.H. Auden]	See work details	Piano Cello Clarinet 3 more instruments Timpani percussion Xylophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. When the Bells Justle [Text by A.E. Housman]	See work details	Piano Cello Clarinet 3 more instruments Timpani percussion Xylophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Sechzehnter Januar [Text by Franz Kafka]	See work details	Piano Cello Clarinet 3 more instruments Timpani percussion Xylophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. O Mensch, gib Acht [Text by Freidrich Nietzche]	See work details	Piano Cello Clarinet 3 more instruments Timpani percussion Xylophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Allegro Moderato	See work details	Cello violin Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Allegro furioso (Variation on I)	See work details	Cello violin Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Andante misterioso	See work details	Cello violin Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Act Ii: (A Public Square)	See work details	Piano Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto for Band	See work details	Oboe Bassoon Timpani 4 more instruments Tuba Snare Drum Euphonium Tenor Saxophone	View sheet music Work & edition details

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 97820402. Portrait: Associated Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.