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Vincent Persichetti

American composer

Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work and teaching, as well as for training many noted composers in composition at the Juilliard School.

His students at Juilliard included Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Larry Thomas Bell, Bruce Adolphe, Louis Calabro, Moshe Cotel, Michael Jeffrey Shapiro, Laurie Spiegel, Kenneth Fuchs, Richard Danielpour, Lawrence Dillon, Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Robert Witt, Elena Ruehr, William Schimmel, Leonardo Balada, Gitta Steiner, Hank Beebe, Roland Wiggins, Thomas Pasatieri, Randell Croley and Leo Brouwer. He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory.

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Works

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  • Celebrations, op. 103
  • Celebrations, op. 103: I. Stranger
  • Celebrations, op. 103: II. I Celebrate Myself
  • Celebrations, op. 103: III. You Who Celebrate Bygones
  • Celebrations, op. 103: IV. There Is That in Me
  • Celebrations, op. 103: IX. Voyage
  • Celebrations, op. 103: V. Sing Me the Universal
  • Celebrations, op. 103: VI. Flaunt Out, O Sea
  • Celebrations, op. 103: VII. I Sing the Body Electric
  • Celebrations, op. 103: VIII. Clear Midnight
  • Chorale Prelude "Drop, drop slow tears", op. 104
  • Concerto for English Horn and String Orchestra, op. 137
  • Concerto for English Horn and String Orchestra, op. 137: I. Con fantasia
  • Concerto for English Horn and String Orchestra, op. 137: II. Amabile
  • Concerto for English Horn and String Orchestra, op. 137: III. Spiritoso
  • Divertimento
  • Divertimento: I. Prologue
  • Divertimento: II. Song
  • Divertimento: III. Dance
  • Divertimento: IV. Burlesque
  • Divertimento: V. Soliloquy
  • Divertimento: VI. March
  • Emily Dickinson Songs, op. 77
  • Harpsichord Sonata no. 8, op. 158
  • Infanta Marina, op. 83
  • Masquerade, op. 102
  • Masques, op. 99
  • Masques, op. 99: I. Allegro
  • Masques, op. 99: II. Andantino
  • Masques, op. 99: III. Andante
  • Masques, op. 99: IV. Moderato
  • Masques, op. 99: IX. Adagio
  • Masques, op. 99: V. Sostenuto
  • Masques, op. 99: VI. Allegretto
  • Masques, op. 99: VII. Lento
  • Masques, op. 99: VIII. Allegro
  • Masques, op. 99: X. Moderato
  • Night Dances, op. 114
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 1. Shadow Dancers Alive in Your Blood Now (Carl Sandburg)
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 2. Their Radiant Spirals Crease Our Outer Night (Daniel Hoffman)
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 3. Sleep to Dreamier Sleep Be Wed (James Joyce)
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 4. The Incendiary Eve of Deaths and Entrances (Dylan Thomas)
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 5. The Loneliness Includes Me Unawares (Robert Frost)
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 6. Through the Black Amnesias of Heaven (Sylvia Plath)
  • Night Dances, op. 114: No. 7. Where at Midnight Motion Stays (Robert Fitzgerald)
  • Pageant, op. 59
  • Parable IX for Band, op. 121
  • Parable XIII for Clarinet, op. 126
  • Pastorale for Wind Quintet
  • Piano Sonatina no. 1, op. 38: I. Flowing
  • Piano Sonatina no. 1, op. 38: II. Quietly
  • Piano Sonatina no. 1, op. 38: III. Briskly
  • Piano Sonatina no. 2, op. 45
  • Piano Sonatina no. 3, op. 47: I. Warmly
  • Piano Sonatina no. 3, op. 47: II. Brightly
  • Piano Sonatina no. 4, op. 63: I. Allegretto
  • Piano Sonatina no. 4, op. 63: II. Andantino
  • Piano Sonatina no. 4, op. 63: III. Moderato
  • Piano Sonatina no. 5, op. 64: I. Poco adagio
  • Piano Sonatina no. 5, op. 64: II. Vivace
  • Piano Sonatina no. 6, op. 65
  • Psalm, op. 53
  • Serenade no. 10
  • Serenade no. 10: I. Larghetto
  • Serenade no. 10: II. Allegro comodo
  • Serenade no. 10: III. Andante grazioso
  • Serenade no. 10: IV. Allegro cantabile
  • Serenade no. 10: V. Allegretto
  • Serenade no. 10: VI. Scherzando
  • Serenade no. 10: VII. Adagietto
  • Serenade no. 10: VIII. Vivo
  • Serenade no. 4 for Violin and Piano, op. 28: I. Pastorale. Andantino
  • Serenade no. 4 for Violin and Piano, op. 28: II. Episode. Allegro con brio
  • Serenade no. 4 for Violin and Piano, op. 28: III. Interlude. Andante cantabile
  • Serenade no. 4 for Violin and Piano, op. 28: IV. Capriccio. Presto
  • Sonata for Organ, op. 86
  • Sonata for Solo Violin, op. 10
  • Sonata for Solo Violin, op. 10: I. Allegro
  • Sonata for Solo Violin, op. 10: II. Andante doloroso
  • Sonata for Solo Violin, op. 10: III. Vivo
  • Sonata for Solo Violin, op. 10: IV. Lento - Vivace
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 15
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 15: I. Lento
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 15: II. Allegro fuoco
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 3
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 3: I. Allegro moderato
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 3: II. Adagio
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 3: III. Vivace
  • Sonata no. 1, op. 3: IV. Passacaglia
  • Sonata no. 10, op. 67
  • Sonata no. 10, op. 67: I. Adagio
  • Sonata no. 10, op. 67: II. Presto
  • Sonata no. 10, op. 67: III. Andante
  • Sonata no. 10, op. 67: IV. Vivace
  • Sonata no. 11, op. 101
  • Sonata no. 11, op. 101: I. Risoluto
  • Sonata no. 11, op. 101: II. Articolato
  • Sonata no. 11, op. 101: III. Sostenuto
  • Sonata no. 11, op. 101: IV. Leggero
  • Sonata no. 11, op. 101: V. Conclusivo
  • Sonata no. 12, op. 145
  • Sonata no. 12, op. 145: I. Sostenuto - Risoluto
  • Sonata no. 12, op. 145: II. Amabile
  • Sonata no. 12, op. 145: III. Scherzoso
  • Sonata no. 12, op. 145: IV. Brioso
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 6
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 6: I. Moderato
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 6: II. Sostenuto
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 6: III. Allegretto
  • Sonata no. 2, op. 6: IV. Allegro
  • Sonata no. 3, op. 22
  • Sonata no. 3, op. 22: I. Declaration
  • Sonata no. 3, op. 22: II. Episode
  • Sonata no. 3, op. 22: III. Psalm
  • Sonata no. 4, op. 36
  • Sonata no. 4, op. 36: I. Broad
  • Sonata no. 4, op. 36: II. Moderately
  • Sonata no. 4, op. 36: III. Plaintively / Briskly
  • Sonata no. 5, op. 37
  • Sonata no. 5, op. 37: I. With motion
  • Sonata no. 5, op. 37: II. Tenderly
  • Sonata no. 5, op. 37: III. Briskly
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 39
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 39: I. Lightly
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 39: II. Slowly
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 39: III. Blandly
  • Sonata no. 6, op. 39: IV. Fast
  • Sonata no. 7, op. 40
  • Sonata no. 7, op. 40: I. Moderato
  • Sonata no. 7, op. 40: II. Andante
  • Sonata no. 7, op. 40: III. Vivo
  • Sonata no. 8, op. 41
  • Sonata no. 8, op. 41: I. Lightly
  • Sonata no. 8, op. 41: II. Quietly
  • Sonata no. 8, op. 41: III. Fast
  • Sonata no. 9, op. 58
  • Sonata no. 9, op. 58: I. Moderato
  • Sonata no. 9, op. 58: II. Allegro agilite
  • Sonata no. 9, op. 58: III. Larghetto
  • Sonata no. 9, op. 58: IV. Allegro risoluto
  • Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 6)
  • Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 6): I. Adagio - Allegro
  • Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 6): II. Adagio sostenuto
  • Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 6): III. Allegretto
  • Symphony for Band (Symphony no. 6): IV. Vivace
  • Symphony no. 8: I. Adagio; Allegro grazioso
  • Symphony no. 8: II. Andante sostenuto
  • Symphony no. 8: III. Allegretto
  • The Grass, op. 77 no. 4
  • The Hollow Men, op. 25