SHAPEY, Ralph
b Philadelphia, 12 March 1921
He began his violin studies at the age of seven. His work has been mainly as a conductor and as professor of music at the University of Chicago.
1946 (25)
String Quartet No 1
Piano Sonata
1947 (26)
Piano Quintet
1949 (28)
String Quartet No 2
Three Essays on Thomas Wolfe, for piano
1950 (29)
Violin Sonata
1951 (30)
Fantasy, for orchestra
String Quartet No 3
Cantata, for soprano, tenor, bass, narrator, chamber orchestra and percussion
1952 (31)
Symphony No 1
Quartet for oboe and string trio
Oboe Sonata
Suite for piano
1953 (32)
String Quartet No 4
Cello Sonata
1954 (33)
Concerto for clarinet, with violin, cello, piano, horn, tom-tom and bass drum
Sonata Variations, for piano
1955 (34)
Challenge- The Family of Man, for orchestra
Piano Trio
1956 (35)
Mutations No 1 for piano
1957 (36)
String Quartet No 5, with female voices (1957-8)
Rhapsodie, for oboe and piano
Duo for viola and piano
1958 (37)
Ontogeny, for orchestra
Walking Upright, eight songs for female voice and violin
1959 (38)
Violin Concerto
Rituals, for orchestra
Soliloquy, for narrator, string quartet and percussion
Evocation, for violin, piano and percussion
Form, for piano
1960 (39)
Dimensions, for soprano and twenty-three instruments
De Profundis, for solo double-bass and instruments
Movements, for woodwind quartet
Five, for violin and piano
This Day, for female voice and piano
1961 (40)
Incantations, for soprano and ten instruments
Discourse, for flute, clarinet, violin and piano
1962 (41)
Chamber Symphony, for ten solo players
Convocation, for chamber group
Piece, for violin and instruments
Birthday Piece, for piano
1963 (42)
Brass Quintet
String Quartet No 6
Seven, for piano (four hands)
1965 (44)
String Trio
Configurations, for flute and piano
1966 (45)
Partita for violin and thirteen players
Poeme, for violin and piano
Mutations No 2 for piano
Partita for solo violin
1967 (46)
Partita-Fantasy, for cello and sixteen players
Reyem, for flute, violin and piano
Deux, for two pianos
For Solo Trumpet
Songs of Ecstasy, for soprano, piano, percussion and tape
1971 (50)
Praise, for baritone, double chorus and ensemble
1972 (51)
Violin Sonata
1973 (52)
Thirty-one Variations for piano
1975 (54)
Songs of Eros, for soprano and orchestra
Oh Jerusalem, for soprano and flute
1980 (59)
Song of Songs
11, for baritone, ensemble and tape
Song of Songs
111, for soprano, baritone, ensemble and tape
Four Etudes for violin
1981 (60)
Fanfare for brass quintet