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Composer

Vincent Persichetti

American composer (1915–1987)

1915–1987

241 works in the index

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

Biography

Vincent Persichetti — American composer (1915–1987). Vincent Persichetti was born in 1915 in Philadelphia. The recorded year of death is 1987. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Flute, Voice, Bassoon, Piccolo
Genres represented
Classical
Works with composition dates
0 of 241

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 5 of 6

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
1. Should Fancy Cease — —— Piano, Voice, ChoirClassical —
2. Preface To Canons [Text by Herman Reichenbach] — —— Piano, Voice, ChoirClassical —
3. Hallelujah, Bum Again [Text by Anonymous] — —— Piano, Voice, ChoirClassical —
The Microbe , op. 75, no. 2 Performed by Vincent Persichetti — op. 75, no. 2— —Classical —
Ben Articolato — —— —Classical —
Caloroso — —— —Classical —
Grazioso — —— —Classical —
Piano Concerto — —— —Classical —
Parable Iv Op.110 — Op.110— Guitar, BassoonClassical —
I Sing The Body Electric — —— —Classical —
Winter Cantata — —— Flute, AltoClassical —
Poems, Vol. I - 1. Unroll the flicker's rousing drum — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. I - 2. Soft is the collied night — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. I - 3. Gather for festival bright weed and purple shell — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. I - 4. Wake subtler dreams, and touch me nigh to tears — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. I - 5. Ravished lute, sing to her virgin ears — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. I - 6. Whose thin fraud I wink at privily — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. II - 7. And warm winds spilled fragrance into her solitudes — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. II - 8. To whose more clear than crystal voice the frost had joined a crystal spell — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. II - 9. Sleep, weary mind; dream, heart's desire — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. II - 10. Dust in sunlight, and memory in corners — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. II - 11. Make me drunken with deep red torrents of joy — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. III - 12. Rear its frondings sighing in aetherial fields — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. III - 13. Listen! Can you hear the antic melody of fear those two anxious feet are playing? — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. III - 14. Puffed out and marching upon a blue sky — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. III - 15. And hung like those top jewels of night — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. III - 16. Each gay dunce shall lend a hand — —— Piano— 1
Poems, Vol. III - Sources of Poems — —— Piano— 1
Four Arabesques, Op. 141 — Op. 141— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 1. Berceuse — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 2 Capriccio — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 3. Dialogue — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 4. Masque — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 5. Statement — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 6. Arietta — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 7. Humoreske — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 8. Fanfare — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 9. Interlude — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 10. Prologue — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 11.Canon — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 12. Epilogue — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 13. Fugue — Op. 60— Piano— 1
Little Piano Book, Op. 60 - 14. Gloria — Op. 60— Piano— 1
O Cool Is the Valley — —— Piccolo, Cornet, Tenor Saxophone— 1
Symphony for Band — —— Piccolo, Cornet, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 2
Pageant, Op. 59 — Op. 59— Piccolo, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 2
Divertimento for Band — —— Piccolo, English Horn, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 2
Psalm for Band — —— Piccolo, Tenor SaxophoneClassical 1

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 76501168.