Composer

Vincent Persichetti

American composer (1915–1987)

1915–1987

241 works and musical collections

Born: 1915
Died: 1987
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Place of death: Philadelphia
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Modern

Biography

Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.

His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri, Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: conductor; composer; musicologist; music educator; university teacher; pianist
Education: Curtis Institute of Music; The University of the Arts; Combs College of Music; South Philadelphia High School
Career institutions / employers: Juilliard School
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Instruments played: organ
Genres: symphony
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship; Arts and Letters Award in Music; Kennedy Center Friedheim Award
Official website: http://persichetti.org
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 76501168
ISNI: 0000000110298339
GND ID: 118855832
Library of Congress ID: n80097322
MusicBrainz ID: edccfb26-b418-4128-aca1-b60fcdac1599

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

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Flute, Voice, Bassoon, Piccolo
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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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
Piano Sonatina No. 1	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Prelude	See work details	Organ Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
7. Intermezzo	See work details	harpsichord Cello Flute 9 more instruments Oboe Bassoon Trombone Tuba Recorder Piccolo Cornet Viola Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Episode	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Down in Yon Forest	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
12. Dance	See work details	harpsichord Cello Trombone 2 more instruments Recorder Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3	See work details	Piano harpsichord Flute 2 more instruments Recorder Piccolo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Song	See work details	Cello Trombone Recorder 1 more instruments Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Response (Give Us Thyself That We May See)	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Pastorale	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prologue Op 60	Catalogue / opus Op 60	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Gloria	See work details	Piano Organ Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
7. Humoreske	See work details	Piano Flute Oboe 4 more instruments Bassoon Piccolo Cornet Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Duet	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Three	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I	See work details	Piano Organ Cello 11 more instruments Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Clarinet Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Vi Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III	See work details	Piano Organ Cello 11 more instruments Flute Oboe violin Bassoon Clarinet Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Vi Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6. Arietta	See work details	Piano Tuba Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Soft is the collied night [Text by James Elroy Flecker]	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Tune	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Song	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 3 more instruments Horn Clarinet Tuba Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
6	See work details	Flute Recorder Piccolo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Agnus Dei	See work details	Piano Organ Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Early Flowers	See work details	Piano Organ Voice 1 more instruments Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV	See work details	Piano Cello Flute 10 more instruments Oboe violin Bassoon Clarinet Timpani Tuba Piccolo English Horn percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vi	See work details	Piano Clarinet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
13. Fugue	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Listen! Can you hear the antic melody of fear those two anxious feet are playing? [Text by Walter Prude]	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
10. Dust in sunlight, and memory in corners [Text by T.S. Eliot]	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
11. Make me drunken with deep red torrents of joy [Text by John Fletcher]	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Gather for festival bright weed and purple shell [Text by H.D.]	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Moderato	See work details	Piano harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Pastorale	See work details	Piano violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Interlude	See work details	Piano Cello Flute 10 more instruments Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Tuba percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Capriccio	See work details	Piano Cello Flute 10 more instruments Oboe violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Tuba percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Allegretto	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Andantino	See work details	harpsichord Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Song	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 4 more instruments Piccolo English Horn Cornet Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Larghetto	See work details	Harp Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Andante grazioso	See work details	Harp Flute Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
VII. I Sing The Body Electric	See work details	Piano Flute Oboe 6 more instruments Voice Bassoon Choir Horn Piccolo Cornet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Prelude	See work details	Cello Flute Oboe 9 more instruments violin Bassoon Double Bass Horn Clarinet Timpani Tuba percussion Viola Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Pastoral	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 3 more instruments Piccolo Cornet Tenor Saxophone Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5. Prayer	See work details	Organ Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Masques, op. 99, no. 1	Catalogue / opus op. 99, no. 1	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Flowers of Stone	See work details	Piano Organ Voice 1 more instruments Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Spouting Violets	See work details	Piano Organ Voice 1 more instruments Choir Classical	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. Authority record: VIAF 76501168.