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
- 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
Sheet music catalogue page 3 of 6
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
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| Piano Sonatina No. 3 | See work details |
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| III. Pluck | See work details |
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| 1. Valley Candle | See work details |
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| 2. The Place of the Solitaires | See work details |
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| 3. Theory | See work details |
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| 7. The Weeping Burgher | See work details |
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| 8. Six Significant Landscapes | See work details |
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| 10. Tea | See work details |
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| 11. The Snow Man | See work details |
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| 18. Earthly Anecdote | See work details |
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| II. EPISODE | See work details |
5 more instruments
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| 1. Promenade | See work details |
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| 4. Scherzino | See work details |
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| 6. Humoresque | See work details |
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| 8. Question | See work details |
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| 9. Answer | See work details |
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| 11. Impromptu | See work details |
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| 1 | See work details |
2 more instruments
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| III. Dance | See work details |
4 more instruments
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| IV. Burlesque | See work details |
4 more instruments
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| II. Allegro comodo | See work details |
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| VI. Scherzando | See work details |
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| VIII. A Clear Midnight | See work details |
6 more instruments
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| IV. INTERLUDE | See work details |
3 more instruments
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| I. Adagio-Allegro | See work details |
3 more instruments
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| II. Adagio Sostenuto | See work details |
3 more instruments
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| IV. Vivace | See work details |
3 more instruments
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| II. Poem | See work details |
9 more instruments
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| VI. Burla | See work details |
9 more instruments
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| 6. Arioso | See work details |
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| Barcarole | See work details |
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| Intrada | See work details |
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| Mascherata | See work details |
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| IV. Is There a Flower | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| V. A Yellow Flower | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| VI. A Rose is Dying | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| II. The Cherry Tree | See work details |
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| III. The Seven Joys of Mary | See work details |
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| V. Jesus Born in Beth'ny | See work details |
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| VI. Lulle Lullay | See work details |
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| V | See work details |
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| 4. Masque | See work details |
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| 10. Prologue | See work details |
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| 2. Canter | See work details |
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| Rear its frondings sighing in aetherial folds [Text by Hart Crane] | See work details |
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| Puffed out and marching upon a blue sky [Text by Amy Lowell] | See work details |
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| And hung like those top jewels of the night [Text by Leonie Adams] | See work details |
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| Each gay dance shall lend a hand [Text by John Trumbull] | See work details |
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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.