William (howard) Schuman

(1910-1992)

William (howard) Schuman was born in New York on the 4th August 1910, the same year of the composers Barber, Barraine, Bernal Jiménez, Bowles, Chailley, Demian, Engel, Glaser, Heiden, Hirai, Koch, Liebermann, Martinon, Mendelsohn, North, Peragallo, Porrino, Rajicic, Raphling, Reed, Reif, Reiner, Robinson, Schaeffer. Pierre, Schröder, Stein, Still, Sutermeister, Tal, Tardos. He died in New York on the 15th February 1992

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Music examples MIDI ed Mp3 of 1900

OPERE

"The Mighty Casey" was performed on the 4th of May 1953 in Hartford

LIEDER

"The Unknown Region" (Darest thou now O soul) n. 2, published in 1959, text of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

"Orpheus and his lute" (Orpheus with his lute made trees), text of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

"The last invocation" (At the last, tenderly) n. 1, published in 1959, text of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

"To All, To Each", text of Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

"American Landscape" (1930), oil on canvas, 61 x 78.8 cm, of the painter Charles Sheeler, contemporary of Schuman (The Museum of Modern Art, New York)

William (howard) Schuman

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