Walter Arlen
Austrian American composer and music critic
Walter Arlen (né Aptowitzer; July 31, 1920 – September 2, 2023) was an Austrian and American composer, focused on songs for voice and piano. Just after completing school, he fled the Nazi regime in Vienna for the United States, where he worked as a music critic for the Los Angeles Times, and a professor of music at the Loyola Marymount University. He was recognised as a composer late in life.
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Works
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- Altes Lied
- Arabesques
- Arabesques: I. Persepolis
- Arabesques: II. Petra
- Arabesques: III. Luxor
- Arabesques: IV. Sana's
- Arbeit macht frei
- Arbeit macht frei: I. Psalm
- Arbeit macht frei: II. Metronome
- Arbeit macht frei: III. Schlummerlied
- Diary Entries
- Die letzte Blaue
- Drei Masken nach Jawlensky
- Ephemera
- French Suite
- French Suite: I. The Studio / L'atelier (Rondeau)
- French Suite: II. Cubist Musical Still Life (Pavane)
- French Suite: III. Aviary (Gigue)
- Houses of Worship
- Houses of Worship: I. Sine Nomine
- Houses of Worship: II. The Isaiah of Souillac
- Humoreske
- Kristallnacht in Wien
- Kristallnacht in Wien: Nocturne I
- Kristallnacht in Wien: Nocturne II: Wien, the City of Schubert
- Landscapes
- Mementos
- Mementos: I. Marienbad
- Mementos: II. The Grass Harp
- Mementos: III. Orchids, Bamboo, Chrysanthemums - In Memory of My Sister Edith
- Mementos: IV. Nepenthe - A Place to Forget All Cares
- Monotypes
- Monotypes: I. Preludio Capriccioso
- Monotypes: II. I Want a House
- Monotypes: III. Iturbiana
- Monotypes: IV. Saudades do Milhaud
- Mosaic
- Papillons
- Prelude, Sarabande and Gigue
- Rhapsody in Blue and White
- Rhapsody in Blue and White: I. Rhinoceros Looking at the Moon
- Rhapsody in Blue and White: II. Tang Dynasty Tango
- Rhapsody in Blue and White: III. Blue and White China
- Septet
- Septet: I. The Garden
- Septet: II. Summer Night
- Septet: III. Evening in the Forest
- Septet: IV. November
- Septet: V. Reflections (Zagreb 1926)
- Septet: VI. Meaning
- Septet: VII. After Magritte
- Sonnet
- Tellings of Beads: Five Last Songs
- Tellings of Beads: Five Last Songs: I. I Thought That My Voyage
- Tellings of Beads: Five Last Songs: II. Early in the Day
- Tellings of Beads: Five Last Songs: III. This Is My Delight
- Two Fragments from The Song of Songs
- Two Fragments from The Song of Songs: I. Preliminary
- Two Fragments from The Song of Songs: II. Cantice
- Wenn die letzte Blaue geht