FELDMAN, Morton
b New York, 12 January 1926
d Buffalo, September 3, 1987, aged 61
He studied piano and composition. He was a friend of the avant-garde composer John Cage, and of many abstract expressionist painters, the results being reflected in his music. He was made Edgar Varese Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo and also the director of the Center for Creative and Performing Arts.
1951 (25)
Projections 1 and 2, for flute, trumpet, violin and cello
Intersection 1, for orchestra, piano and cello
1957 (31)
Pieces for four pianos
1959 (33)
Atlantis, for chamber orchestra
1960 (34)
Durations I and II, for various combinations
1961 (35)
Durations III - V, for various combinations
1962 (36)
Durations IV, for various combinations
Last Pieces, for piano
The Swallows of Salangan, for chorus and sixteen instruments
1963 (37)
Christian Wolff in Cambridge, for chorus
1965 (39)
Journey to the End of Night, for soprano and four wind instruments
De Kooning, for piano trio, horn and percussion
Four Instruments
1966-7 (40-1)
First Principles, for chamber orchestra
1967 (41)
Chorus and Instruments
In Search of an Orchestration, for orchestra
1968 (42)
Vertical Thoughts 2, for orchestra
False Relationships and the Extended Ending, for two chamber groups
1969 (43)
On Time and the Instrumental Factor, for orchestra
1970 (44)
Madame Press Died Last Week at 90, for instrumental ensemble
The Viola in My Life I and II, for solo viola and instruments
The Viola in My Life III, for viola and piano
1971 (45)
The Viola in My Life IV, for viola and orchestra
Chorus and Orchestra I
Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano
Rothko Chapel, for solo viola, soprano, alto, chorus, percussion and celeste
I Met Heine on the Rue Furstenberg, for voice and chamber ensemble
1972 (46)
Cello and Orchestra
Voice and Instruments
Chorus and Orchestra II
Voices and Instruments
Piano and Voices, for five pianos (pianists also hum)
Pianos and Voices II, for five pianos and five voices
1973 (47)
String Quartet and Orchestra
For Frank O'Hara, for instrumental ensemble
Voices and Cello
1974 (48)
Instruments I
Voice and Instruments II
1975 (49)
Piano and Orchestra
Instruments II
Four Instruments II, for piano, violin, viola and cello
1976 (50)
Orchestra
Oboe and Orchestra
Routine Investigations, for instrumental ensemble
Voice, Violin and Piano
1977 (51)
Neither, opera in one act
Instruments III, for flute, oboe and percussion
Piano
Only, for single voice
1977-8 (51-2)
Flute and Orchestra
1978 (52)
Why Patterns, for flute, alto flute, piano and percussion
Spring of Chosroes, for violin and piano
1979 (53)
Violin and Orchestra
String Quartet
1980 (54)
The Turfan Fragments, for orchestra
Trio, for violin, cello and piano
Principal Sound for Organ
Repertoire, for violin, cello and piano
1981 (55)
Bass Clarinet and Percussion
1982 (56)
For John Cage, for violin and piano
Three Voices, for sopranos and tape
1983 (57)
Crippled Symmetry, for flute, piano and percussion
Clarinet and String Quartet
String Quartet No 2