Bernard Rands
British-born American composer
Bernard Rands (2 March 1934 – 4 March 2026) was a British and American contemporary classical composer and professor. He composed orchestral works and chamber music, often with a vocal element, and a series of Memos for solo instruments. His Canti del Sole for tenor and orchestra received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1984. He taught at Harvard University from 1988 to 2005.
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Works
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- ...where the murmurs die...
- Canti Lunatici
- Canti del Sole
- Canti d’amor
- Canti d’amor: No. 1. Winds of May, That Dance on the Sea
- Canzoni per Orchestra
- Ceremonial
- Chains Like the Sea
- Concerto No. 1
- Concerto for English Horn and Orchestra
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
- Danza Petrificada
- Memo 1
- Obbligato
- Requiem der Versöhnung: VII. Interludium “Deus!”
- Resquiescant
- Symphonic Fantasy