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Stephen Hartke

American composer and music pedagogue

Stephen Paul Hartke (born July 6, 1952) is an American composer. Hartke is best known as the composer of Meanwhile – Incidental Music to Imaginary Puppet Plays, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition in 2013.

Following a twenty six-year tenure at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California, Hartke became the head of Oberlin Conservatory's composition department on July 1, 2015.

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Works

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  • Caoine
  • Cathedral in the Thrashing Rain
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscape with Blues"
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscape with Blues": I. Senegambia
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscape with Blues": II. Delta Nights
  • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra "Landscape with Blues": III. Philamayork
  • Fault Line
  • Gradus
  • Meanwhile
  • Netsuke
  • Netsuke: I. Tengu, the shapeshifter that feeds on the falsely holy
  • Netsuke: II. Tadamori and the Oil-thief
  • Netsuke: III. Tanuki playing the samisen
  • Netsuke: IV. Baku, the monster that devours nightmares
  • Netsuke: V. Demons carrying a rich man to hell
  • Netsuke: VI. Jewel of Wisdom with mountain pavilions
  • O genus infelix humanum
  • Pacific Rim
  • Post-Modern Homages
  • Post-Modern Homages: Gymnopédie no. 4
  • Post-Modern Homages: Sonatina DCXL
  • Post-Modern Homages: Sonatina-Fantasia
  • Post-Modern Homages: Template
  • Sonata for Piano
  • Sonata for Piano: I. Prelude -
  • Sonata for Piano: II. Scherzo -
  • Sonata for Piano: III. Postlude
  • The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon
  • The Horse with the Lavender Eye
  • The Horse with the Lavender Eye: I. Music of the Left
  • The Horse with the Lavender Eye: II. The Servant of Two Masters
  • The Horse with the Lavender Eye: III. Waltzing at the Abyss
  • The Horse with the Lavender Eye: IV. Cancel My Rumba Lesson
  • The King of the Sun
  • The King of the Sun: I. Personages in the night guided by the phosphorescent trails of snails
  • The King of the Sun: II. Dutch interior
  • The King of the Sun: IIIa. Dancer listening to the organ in a Gothic cathedral
  • The King of the Sun: IIIb. Interlude
  • The King of the Sun: IV. The flames of the sun make the desert flower hysterical
  • The King of the Sun: V. Personages and birds rejoicing at the arrival of night
  • The Rose of the Winds
  • Tituli
  • Tituli: I. Lapis niger
  • Tituli: II. Dedicatio
  • Tituli: III. Columna rostrata
  • Tituli: IV. Elogio parvuli
  • Tituli: V. Tabula panormi
  • Tituli: VI. Sortes
  • Tituli: VII. Instrumenta
  • Wir küssen Ihnen tausendmal die Hände