Reid Nibley
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Reid Neibaur Nibley (5 January 1923 – 25 February 2008) was an American pianist, composer and music educator. He wrote the words and music to the Latter-day Saint hymn "I Know My Father Lives".
Nibley was born to Alexander Nibley and his wife Agnes Sloan. He was the younger brother of Hugh Nibley. He had another brother, Richard Nibley, who was also a music educator. Nibley's ancestry was Scottish, English, French and Jewish. Nibley was raised mainly in the Los Angeles area, where he was friends with Ray Bradbury, also a youth at the time. They would jointly write the music and scripts of roadshow productions of area youth groups of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Nibley became involved in music while still a child. He made his debut with the Glendale Symphony Orchestra at age eleven, and performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 17. He was the principal pianist for the Utah Symphony Orchestra for ten years. Among Nibley's later instructors were Leroy J. Robertson and Gyorgy Sandor.
Nibley was a professor at the University of Utah, the University of Michigan, The University of Southern California and Brigham Young University (BYU). At BYU, Nibley also held the position of pianist-in-residence. Among Nibley's students at BYU was Kevin Kenner.
Nibley married Marjorie McBride in 1947 and they had six children: Stephen, Breta, Richard, Garn, Virginia, and Jonathan. Marjorie died in 2000. In 2001, Nibley married Nona Gallacher.
Nibley's hymn "I Know My Father Lives" is in both the Primary Children's Songbook and the 1985 hymnal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1998, a CD of some of Nibley's works, Quiet Classics: Piano Meditations, was released. Nibley also wrote at least one sonata.
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- Scott Joplin: Original Rags, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Fig Leaf Rag, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Eugenia, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: The Entertainer, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Nonpareil, rag & two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Elite Syncopations, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Country Club, ragtime two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Sugar Cane, ragtime two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Bethena, waltz for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: The Ragtime Dance, stoptime two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Solace: A Mexican Serenade, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Search-Light Rag, syncopated march & two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Euphonic Sounds, syncopated two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Gladiolus Rag, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Magnetic Rag, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Walper House Rag - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Hot Cinders - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Sensation - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Ethiopia - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Excelsior - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Patricia Rag - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Nightingale Rag Blues - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Northrup: The Cannon Ball - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: Ragtime Nightingale - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Charles L. Johnson: Dill Pickles - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- James Scott: Hilarity Rag - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- James Scott: Grace and BeautyGeorge Botsford: Grizzly Bear Rag - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- George Botsford: Grizzly Bear Rag - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Ted Snyder: Wild Cherries Rag - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Joseph Lamb: American Beauty - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Le Banjo, esquisse américaine for piano, Op. 15, D. 15 (RO 22) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Dying Poet, meditation for piano, D. 45 (RO 75) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Souvenir de Porto Rico, marche des gibaros for piano, Op. 31, D. 147 (RO 250) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Le bananier, chanson nègre for piano, Op. 5, D. 14 (RO 21) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Ojos Criollos - danse cubaine, caprice brillante for piano, Op. 37, D. 105a (RO 185) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Maiden's Blush, grande valse de concert for piano, D. 84 (RO 141) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Last Hope, meditation for piano, Op. 16, D. 80 (RO 133) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Suis-Moi!, contradanza for piano, Op. 45, D. 157 (RO 253) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Pasquinade, caprice for piano, Op. 59, D. 113 (RO 189) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: La Savane, ballade créole for piano, Op. 3, D. 135 (RO 232) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Tournament Galop, for piano, D. 153 (RO 264) - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: The Great Crush Collision March, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Combination March, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Harmony Club Waltz, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Swipesy, cake walk for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Peacherine Rag, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: Sunflower Slow Drag, ragtime two-step for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Scott Joplin: The Augustan Club Waltzes, for piano - Big Ragtime Piano Box - Reid Nibley
- Préludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19b: No. 1 in E Major, MWV U 86 - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop" - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S.Z799: II. Adagio (Arr. for Piano) - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor - No. 6 in B Minor - No. 7 in A Major - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 4, Nocturne - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12: No. 1, Arietta - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 2, Lonely Wanderer - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune - Quiet Classics - Reid Nibley
- A Night in the Tropics (Symphony No. 1) - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- A Montevideo (Symphony No. 2) - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Grande Fantaisie sur l’Hymne National Bresilien, Op. 69 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- A Night in the Tropics (Symphony No. 1) - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Grand Tarantelle for piano & orchestra, Op. 67 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- La Jota Aragonesa, Op. 14 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- The Banjo – Grotesque Fantasie, Op. 15 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Marche Solennelle, RO 154 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Souvenirs d’Andalousie, Op. 22 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- The Dying Poet – A meditation, Op. 110 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Variations on the Portuguese National Hymn, Op. 91 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- La Gallina, Op. 53 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Souvenir de Porto Rico – Marche des Gibaros, Op. 31 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Escenas Campestres, RO 77 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Orfa, Op. 71 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Le Bananier – Chanson Nègre, Op. 5 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Marcha Triunfal y Final de Opera, RO 157 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Marche de Nuit, Op. 17 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Ojos Criollos (Danse Cubaine), Op. 37 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Printemps d’Amour, Op. 40 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Bamboula – Danse des Nègres, Op. 2 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Radieuse, Op. 72 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- The Maiden’s Blush, Op. 106 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Responds-moi, Op. 50 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- The Last Hope, Op. 16 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Tremolo, Op. 58 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Suis Moi – Caprice, Op. 45 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- L’Etincelle, Op. 21 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Pasquinade – Caprice, Op. 59 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Ses Yeux, Op. 66 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- La Savane – Ballade Créole, Op. 3 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- The Union, for two pianos, Op. 48 - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
- Tournament Galop - A Gottschalk Festival: Works for Piano Solo, Four Hands, & with Orchestra - Reid Nibley
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