Gardner Read
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Gardner Read (January 2, 1913 in Evanston, Illinois – November 10, 2005 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts) was an American composer and musical scholar.
His first musical studies were in piano and organ, and he also took lessons in counterpoint and composition at the School of Music at Northwestern University. In 1932 he was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Eastman School of Music (B.M. and M.M.), where he studied with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. In the late 1930s he also studied briefly with Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Aaron Copland.
After heading the composition departments of the St. Louis Institute of Music, the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Read became Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Composition at the School of Music at Boston University. He remained in this post until his retirement in 1978.
His Symphony No. 1, op. 30 (1937, premiered by Sir John Barbirolli) won first prize at the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society's American Composers' Contest, while his second symphony (op. 45, 1943) won first prize in the Paderewski Fund Competition. Another first prize came in the 1986 National Association of Teachers of Singing Art Song Competition, won by his Nocturnal Visions, op. 145. He wrote one opera, Villon, in 1967.
His book Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice (1969/1979) attempted to catalogue the rapidly changing landscape of notation for contemporary western art music.
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- Face of the Night for English Horn/ Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp and Percussion - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Why Else Do You Have an English Horn? for English Horn and Actress: I. Why Else Do You Have An English Horn? - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Why Else Do You Have an English Horn? for English Horn and Actress: II. You Kill Me - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Why Else Do You Have an English Horn? for English Horn and Actress: III. The Bear - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Why Else Do You Have an English Horn? for English Horn and Actress: IV. Anne, A Chorus Girl - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Pavane for a Dead Princess for Oboe d'amore and Piano - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Soliloquy for Solo English Horn - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Sonata for English Horn and Piano: I. Allegro - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Sonata for English Horn and Piano: II. Largo - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Sonata for English Horn and Piano: III. Rondo - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Phantasmagoria for English Horn/ Oboe/ Oboe d'amore and Organ - Thomas Stacy Plays Fuchs, Berg, Ravel, Downey, Yvon and Read - Gardner Read
- Intrusion of the Hunter - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: I. Xiuhtecuhtli, Dios del Fuego - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: II. Mictecacihuatl, Diosa de los Muertos - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: III. Tlaloc, Dios de la Lluvia - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: IV. Tezcatlipoca, Dios de la Noche - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: V. Xochipilli, Dios de la Alegria y la Danza - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: VI. Coyolxauhqui, Diosa de la Luna - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Los Dioses Aztecas, Op. 107: VII. Huitzilopochtli, Dios de la Guerra - Laurie MacGregor & Gardner Read: Music for Percussion - Gardner Read
- Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 5 - 1. Preludio: Adagio - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 5 - 2. Adagio Cantabile - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 5 - 3. Allegro Moderato - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Sonata in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 5 - 4. Giga: Allegro con delicatezza - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Prelude for Horn & Organ, Op. 51 - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Celebration for Horn & Organ - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- De Profundis, Op. 71 - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Morçeau de Concert, Op. 94 - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Elegie - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Romance in E, Op. 67 - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Villanelle - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Concerto for Horn - 1. Pastorale - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Concerto for Horn - 2. Nocturne (Cadence) - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Concerto for Horn - 3. Finale (Chevauchée) - Meditation & Celebration - Gardner Read
- Intermezzo - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Soliloquy - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Lento - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Dialogues for Flute or Other Treble Instrument & Organ - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Aria - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Four Preludes on Latino Religious Songs, Op. 89: I. Ofertorio Nicaraguense - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Four Preludes on Latino Religious Songs, Op. 89: II. Un Mandamiento Nuevo III (Spain) - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Four Preludes on Latino Religious Songs, Op. 89: III. Buenos Dias, Paloma Blanca (Mexico) - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Four Preludes on Latino Religious Songs, Op. 89: IV. Como el Rey David (Mexico)) - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Elevation, H. 66 - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Variations on "Amazing Grace" - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- A Christmas Pastorale, Op. 124 - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Pentecost for Violin & Organ - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- Valediction, A Biblical Poem - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- An Eclectic Suite for Violin & Organ: I. Perpetual Motion - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- An Eclectic Suite for Violin & Organ: II. Aria - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- An Eclectic Suite for Violin & Organ: III. Homage to Charles Ives - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
- An Eclectic Suite for Violin & Organ: IV. Concerto à Two - Violin & Organ, Vol. 5: All American - Gardner Read
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