Dominick Argento
Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas ''Postcard from Morocco'', ''Miss Havisham's Fire'', ''The Masque of Angels'', and ''The Aspern Papers.'' He also is known for the song cycles ''Six Elizabethan Songs'' and ''From the Diary of Virginia Woolf''; the latter earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. In a predominantly tonal context, his music freely combines tonality, atonality and a lyrical use of twelve-tone writing. None of Argento's music approaches the experimental, stringent ''avant-garde'' fashions of the post-World War II era.As a student in the 1950s, Argento divided his time between the United States and Italy, and his music is greatly influenced by both his instructors in the United States and his personal affection for Italy, particularly the city of Florence. Many of Argento's works were written in Florence, where he spent a portion of every year. He was a professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He frequently remarked that he found residents of that city to be tremendously supportive of his work and thought his musical development would have been impeded had he stayed in the high-pressure world of East Coast music. He was one of the founders of the Center Opera Company (now the Minnesota Opera). ''Newsweek'' magazine once referred to the Twin Cities as "Argento's town."
Argento wrote fourteen operas, in addition to major song cycles, orchestral works, and many choral pieces for small and large forces. Many of these were commissioned for and premiered by Minnesota-based artists. He referred to his wife, the soprano Carolyn Bailey, as his muse, and she frequently performed his works. Bailey died on February 2, 2006.
In 2009, Argento was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association. Provided by Wikipedia
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Six Elizabethan songs; song cycle for high voice and piano. by Argento, Dominick
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Letters from composers, for high voice and guitar. by Argento, Dominick
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From the diary of Virginia Woolf : for medium voice and piano. by Argento, Dominick
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The masque of angels / by Argento, Dominick
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The shoemakers' holiday : a ballad-opera based on the play by Thomas Dekker / by Argento, Dominick
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Songs about spring : a cycle of five songs for soprano and piano / by Argento, Dominick
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The Andrée expedition : song-cycle for baritone and piano (revised March 1983) / by Argento, Dominick
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Postcard from Morocco : an opera / by Argento, Dominick
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Miss Havisham's wedding night : opera in one act / by Argento, Dominick
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To be sung upon the water / Dominick Argento. King Midas / Ned Rorem by Argento, Dominick
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Bravo Mozart: an imaginary biography for orchestra / by Argento, Dominick
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Casa Guidi: a cycle of five songs for mezzo-soprano and piano / by Argento, Dominick
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Royal invitation: or, homage to the Queen of Tonga / by Argento, Dominick
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A ring of time - preludes and pageants: for orchestra and bells. by Argento, Dominick
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A water bird talk : Six Elizabethan songs / by Argento, Dominick
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Fire variations: eight variations and finale on a blacksmith's worksong, for orchestra / by Argento, Dominick
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Catalogue raisonné as memoir : a composer's life / by Argento, Dominick
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To be sung upon the water : barcarolles and nocturnes for high voice, piano, and clarinet (also bass clarinet) / by Argento, Dominick, Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850
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Six Elizabethan songs / by Argento, Dominick, Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Six Elizabethan songs / by Argento, Dominick, Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601, Daniel, Samuel, 1562-1619, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Constable, Henry, 1562-1613, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
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