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Michael Alec Rose

Michael Alec Rose is an American composer of chamber and symphonic music. He is Professor of Composition at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. His awards and commissions include the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s chamber music commission, for which he composed his String Quartet No. 2, premiered by the Meliora Quartet at Lincoln Center and the Library of Congress; a commission from the International Spoleto Festival for a violin-cello duo; twenty-five consecutive annual awards in composition from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 1986–2010; string quartet commissions from the Blair and Mendelssohn Quartets; and three commissioned performances by the Nashville Symphony, including Symphony No. 1—Paths of Peace (2000).

Compositions
Orchestra • Symphony No. 1—Paths of Peace (1999–2000), large orchestra, mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, Suzuki string ensemble, 35 minutes. • All Hallows (1997), large orchestra, 10 minutes. • A Glimpse of River (1996), string orchestra, 4 minutes. • Overture of the Open Road (1988), large orchestra, 9 minutes. • Hopeful Monsters (2011), string orchestra, 7 minutes. *Soloist(s) and Orchestra • The Periodic Table—Piano Concerto No. 2 (2007), piano solo and eight players (2009). • Pastoral Concerto (2008), violin solo and chamber orchestra, 24 minutes. • Arguing with God (2006), concerto for klezmer musicians (4) and chamber orchestra, 34 minutes. • Interferon, or Piano Concerto (2000–01), piano solo and large orchestra, 19 minutes. • Viola Concerto (1984), viola solo and chamber orchestra, 22 minutes. Works for 2–5 players • An Arch Never Sleeps, for violin and double bass (2009), 6 minutes. • Everything Under the Sun: Four Seasons for Two Violins (2009), 11 minutes. • Hubbert Peak: Three Gas Stations for String Quartet (2007–08), 15 minutes. • Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage: Pantomime for Violinist and Cellist (2008), 6 minutes. • Urstoff for violin and piano (2007). • Graces, Furies for piano trio (2006), 10 minutes. • The Doorway for English horn and piano (2006), 4 minutes. • The Pedagogy of Grief—Third Viola Sonata (2004), viola and piano, 18 minutes. • A Chance for the Soul for trombone and piano (2003). • A Grammar of Hope: Quintet for Piano and Strings (2002–2003), 35 minutes. • Eleusis: 15 Aspects of a Mystery for violin and piano (2000), 12 minutes. • The Entire World: Three Jewish Songs from Eastern Europe, for flute, violin, and cello (1997), 7 minutes. • String Quartet No. 4 (1996), 11 minutes. • Farther Afield, fanfare for two horns and two trumpets (1994), 3 minutes. • Songs of Rest and Unrest—Second Viola Sonata (1993–94), viola and piano, 13 minutes. • Inveniendo Quaeretis for two violas (1994), 2 minutes. • Children’s Corner for string quartet (1992), 5 minutes. • A Tree of Life: fantasy for clarinet, cello, and piano (1992), 9 minutes. • Seven for Three for oboe, horn, and piano (1991–92), 11 minutes. • A View of Jerusalem, fanfare for brass, percussion, and organ (1990), 4 minutes. • Quintet for Winds (1990), 12 minutes. • Romanza for string trio (1989), 5 minutes. • Duo (In Which Pooh Dances A Hoop In The Sand), for violin and cello (1988), 6 minutes. • String Quartet No. 3 (1986–87), 16 minutes. • First Viola Sonata (1986), viola and piano, 14 minutes. • String Quartet No. 2 (1985), 17 minutes. • Five Pieces for Violin and Viola (1983), 7 minutes. • Sonata for Cello and Piano (1982–83), 13 minutes. • String Quartet No. 1 (1982), 12 minutes. • Rhapsody for Piano Trio (1981), 7 minutes. Solo voice(s) and up to 5 players • Prayer for Our Daughters for soprano and piano (2001), text by Mark Jarman, 4 minutes. • Aubade, madrigal for vocal quintet (1995), text by Donald Davie, 4 minutes. • Scenes from “The Mayor of Casterbridge” for soprano and piano, text by Mark Jarman. • The Way In: Four Songs for Baritone and Piano (1985–86), texts by Rilke (translated by Robert Bly) and Mary Oliver, 12 minutes. • Five Songs for High Voice and Piano (1985), texts by Novalis, Lorca, Mary Oliver, Robert Francis, and Rilke (translations by Robert Bly), 14 minutes. • Wedding Song for baritone, violin, and viola (1985), text from the Song of Songs, 3 minutes. • Black Branches (1982), a setting of four poems of William Carlos Williams for soprano and woodwind quintet, 11 minutes. Chorus • Wild Peace for mixed chorus (1996), text by Yehuda Amichai, 2 minutes. • A Cypress Shall Rise for baritone soloist, chorus, and organ (1995), text from Isaiah (both original Hebrew and JPS translation), 6 minutes. • Morning Poem for mixed chorus (1987), text by Mary Oliver, 4 minutes. • A Valediction for mixed chorus (1986), text by Ernest Dowson, 2 minutes. • God Speaks to Man But Once (1983)A part-song for mixed chorus and violin on a text by Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Robert Bly), 3 minutes. Solo keyboard • Thoroughfare of Light for piano (2002–03), 9 minutes. • Spinoza’s Rainbow for piano (1999), 13 minutes. • Dream Work for piano (1995), 8 minutes. • B’rachah (Benediction) for small harpsichord (1990), 5 minutes. • Four Poetic Images for piano (1988), 10 minutes. • Fantasia-Marcia for piano, after George Rochberg (1987), 3 minutes. • Piano Fantasy (1987), 8 minutes. • Piano Sonata in One Movement (1983), 7 minutes. Solo instrumental • Palimpsest for solo violin (2006), 3 minutes. • Three Short Obsessions for solo violin (2004), 5 minutes. • The Search for Delicious for solo flute (2003), 4 minutes. • Wine-Dark Sea for solo viola (1988), 3 minutes. • Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin (1985–86), 15 minutes. • Air for solo violin (2009), 3 minutes. • All'arme, for solo horn (2012), 1 minute. Dance • The Apparition: ballet in one act (2004), violin and piano, 9 minutes. • The Night of the Iguana: ballet in one act (2003), medium orchestra (single winds and brass, percussion, solo piano, large complement of strings), 18 minutes. • Yussel’s Prayer: ballet in one act (1990), solo dancer, flute, and cello, 9 minutes. Opera • The Mayor of Casterbridge: opera in four acts (1992), based on the Thomas Hardy novel, libretto by Mark Jarman (commissioned by Nashville Opera, unproduced to this date), 1 hour and 40 minutes. Music for young performers • Wildflower Hill for Suzuki violinists and cellists (1996), 3 minutes. ==External links==
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