Morten Lauridsen

American composer

Morten Johannes Lauridsen III (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer and teacher. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007), he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001, and is professor emeritus of composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he taught for fifty-two years until his retirement in 2019.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 2 Songs on American Poems
  • 2 Songs on American Poems: No. 2, Sure on This Shining Night
  • A Backyard Universe
  • A Backyard Universe: No. 1, Girl
  • A Backyard Universe: No. 2, Three
  • A Backyard Universe: No. 3, Boy
  • A Winter Come
  • A Winter Come: I. When Frost Moves Fast
  • A Winter Come: II. As Birds Come Nearer
  • A Winter Come: III. The Racing Waterfall
  • A Winter Come: IV. A Child Lay Down
  • A Winter Come: V. Who Reads by Starlight
  • A Winter Come: VI. And What of Love
  • Ave Maria
  • Ave, dulcissima Maria
  • Be Still, My Soul, Be Still
  • Canticle – O Vos Omnes
  • Chanson éloignée
  • Cuatro canciones sobre poesías de Federico García Lorca
  • Cuatro canciones sobre poesías de Federico García Lorca: No. 1. Claro del reloj
  • Cuatro canciones sobre poesías de Federico García Lorca: No. 2. Noche
  • Cuatro canciones sobre poesías de Federico García Lorca: No. 3. La luna asoma
  • Cuatro canciones sobre poesías de Federico García Lorca: No. 4. Despedida
  • Dirait-on (Version for 2 Voices & Piano)
  • Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts: I. To One That Desired to Know My Mistris
  • Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts: II. Slow, Slow, Fresh Fount
  • Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts: III. To My Mistris, I Burning in Love
  • Four Madrigals on Renaissance Texts: IV. Mediocrite in Love Rejected
  • I will lift up mine eyes
  • Les chansons des roses
  • Les chansons des roses: I. En une seule fleur
  • Les chansons des roses: II. Contre qui, rose
  • Les chansons des roses: III. De ton rêve trop plein
  • Les chansons des roses: IV. La rose complète
  • Les chansons des roses: V. Dirait-on
  • Lux aeterna
  • Lux aeterna: I. Introitus
  • Lux aeterna: II. In te, Domine, speravi
  • Lux aeterna: III. O nata lux
  • Lux aeterna: IV. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
  • Lux aeterna: V. Agnus Dei - Lux aeterna
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems: No. 1. Ov'è, lass', il bel viso?
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems: No. 2. Quando son più lontan
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems: No. 3. Amor, io sento l'alma
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems: No. 4. Io piango
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems: No. 5. Luci serene e chiare
  • Madrigali, six 'fire songs' on Italian Renaissance poems: No. 6. Se per havervi, oime
  • Mid-Winter Songs
  • Mid-Winter Songs: I. Lament for Pasiphaë
  • Mid-Winter Songs: II. Like Snow
  • Mid-Winter Songs: III. She tells her love while half asleep
  • Mid-Winter Songs: IV. Mid-Winter Waking
  • Mid-Winter Songs: V. Intercession in Late October
  • Nocturnes
  • Nocturnes: I. Sa nuit d'été
  • Nocturnes: II. Soneto de la noche
  • Nocturnes: III. Sure on this shining night
  • O Magnum Mysterium
  • O come, let us sing unto the Lord
  • O magnum mysterium
  • O nata lux
  • Prayer
  • Ubi caritas et amor
  • Voici le soir (Epilogue to Nocturnes)
  • Where Have the Actors Gone
  • Ya eres mía