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Frederic Rzewski (13 Apr 1938 - 26 Jun 2021)

Male Person - United States US composer & pianist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (5)

Official

Album

  1. Attica / Coming Together / Les Moutons de Panurge 1974
  2. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 1990
  3. De Profundis 1994
  4. Jefferson / Antigone - Legend 1997 (as Rzewski)

Album - Compilation

  1. Rzewski Plays Rzewski: Piano Works, 1975-1999 24 Sep 2002

Relationships (8)

Teachers

  1. Luigi Dallapiccola
  2. Walter Piston
  3. Milton Babbitt
  4. Randall Thompson
  5. Roger Sessions

Member Of

  1. Frederic Rzewski/Ursula Oppens Piano Duo original, eponymous, piano
  2. Musica Elettronica Viva
  3. Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza

Recordings by (148)

  1. For Pianist 14:32 (1972)
  2. Premiere sonate pour piano 9:17 (1990)
  3. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 1 7:36 (1990)
  4. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 2 6:47 (1990)
  5. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 3 9:12 (1990)
  6. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 4 6:13 (1990)
  7. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 5 13:54 (1990)
  8. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 6 6:54 (1990)
  9. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 7 7:42 (1990)
  10. The People United Will Never Be Defeated: Part 8 2:44 (1990)
  11. Sonata 36:44 (1994)
  12. De Profundis 31:18 (1994)
  13. Jefferson (1979) 12:13 (1997)
  14. Antigone - Legend (1982) 53:12 (1997)
  15. An Hour for Piano 54:35 (2000)
  16. Dreadful Momories 4:25 (24 Sep 2002)
  17. Which Side Are You On? 13:48 (24 Sep 2002)
  18. Down by the Riverside 10:18 (24 Sep 2002)
  19. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues 12:03 (24 Sep 2002)
  20. The Housewife's Lament 12:41 (24 Sep 2002)
  21. Mayn Yingele: Theme 0:21 (24 Sep 2002)
  22. Mayn Yingele: Variation 1 0:25 (24 Sep 2002)
  23. Mayn Yingele: Variation 2 0:23 (24 Sep 2002)
  24. Mayn Yingele: Variation 3 0:38 (24 Sep 2002)
  25. Mayn Yingele: Variation 4 0:26 (24 Sep 2002)
  26. Mayn Yingele: Variation 5 0:27 (24 Sep 2002)
  27. Mayn Yingele: Variation 6 0:19 (24 Sep 2002)
  28. Mayn Yingele: Variation 7 0:32 (24 Sep 2002)
  29. Mayn Yingele: Variation 8 0:22 (24 Sep 2002)
  30. Mayn Yingele: Variation 9 0:29 (24 Sep 2002)
  31. Mayn Yingele: Variation 10 0:37 (24 Sep 2002)
  32. Mayn Yingele: Variation 11 0:44 (24 Sep 2002)
  33. Mayn Yingele: Variation 12 0:27 (24 Sep 2002)
  34. Mayn Yingele: Variation 13 0:44 (24 Sep 2002)
  35. Mayn Yingele: Variation 14 0:25 (24 Sep 2002)
  36. Mayn Yingele: Variation 15 0:24 (24 Sep 2002)
  37. Mayn Yingele: Variation 16 0:21 (24 Sep 2002)
  38. Mayn Yingele: Variation 17 0:28 (24 Sep 2002)
  39. Mayn Yingele: Variation 18 0:45 (24 Sep 2002)
  40. Mayn Yingele: Variation 19 0:16 (24 Sep 2002)
  41. Mayn Yingele: Variation 20 0:26 (24 Sep 2002)
  42. Mayn Yingele: Variation 21 0:32 (24 Sep 2002)
  43. Mayn Yingele: Variation 22 0:49 (24 Sep 2002)
  44. Mayn Yingele: Cadenza 12:32 (24 Sep 2002)
  45. Mayn Yingele: Variation 23 0:43 (24 Sep 2002)
  46. Mayn Yingele: Variation 24 2:04 (24 Sep 2002)
  47. A Life 4:40 (24 Sep 2002)
  48. Fougues: #1 0:53 (24 Sep 2002)
  49. Fougues: #2 0:53 (24 Sep 2002)
  50. Fougues: #3 0:59 (24 Sep 2002)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Coming Together 19:27 Steve Ben Israel, Karl Berger, Alvin Curran, Jon Gibson, Joan Kalisch, Garrett List, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Youngstein (1974) electric piano, piano
  2. Attica 6:40 Steve Ben Israel, Karl Berger, Alvin Curran, Jon Gibson, Joan Kalisch, Garrett List, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Youngstein (1974) piano
  3. Piece Two 7:36 Anthony Braxton (1976) piano
  4. Piece Four 6:26 Anthony Braxton (1976) piano
  5. Piece Three 6:44 Anthony Braxton (1976) bass drum
  6. Rabbit 4:55 Steve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski (1977) piano
  7. Broils 7:27 Steve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski (1977) piano
  8. Shambles 6:55 Steve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski (1977) piano
  9. Threads 10:40 Steve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski (1977) piano
  10. Skirts 11:47 Steve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski (1977) piano
  11. Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 1 23:30 Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski (1982) melodica, zither, piano
  12. Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 2 26:15 Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski (1982) melodica, zither, piano
  13. Era ora 29:10 Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski (1986) piano
  14. Aleatorio per quartetto d'archi 4:56 Quatuor Parrenin, Frederic Rzewski (1990) piano
  15. Sonatine pour flûte et piano 12:04 Severino Gazzelloni, Frederic Rzewski (1990) piano
  16. Premiere sonate pour piano 9:17 Frederic Rzewski (1990) piano
  17. Apocalipsis Cum Figuris 37:59 Jan Hendriks, Ernst Jansz, Henny Vrienten, Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Frederic Rzewski, The Hague Percussion Ensemble, Konrad Boehmer (1990) piano
  18. Song of the Woods 6:20 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  19. Swimming 5:48 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  20. Sequel 2:59 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  21. The Grave 4:12 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  22. The Smile 7:32 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  23. Sketch 5:05 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  24. Prison Song 7:26 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  25. I Know the Truth 6:10 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  26. The Whisper 5:35 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  27. The Cuckoo 3:26 Steve Lacy (1991) piano
  28. Sonata 36:44 Frederic Rzewski (1994) piano
  29. De Profundis 31:18 Frederic Rzewski (1994) piano
  30. DO NOT JUDGE ME LIGHTLY 5:00 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  31. JOY 4:05 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  32. LOVE AND POLITICS 5:40 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  33. FIRST AND LAST PAIN 5:14 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  34. THE TRUE AND THE CONTRARY 5:22 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  35. THE HOUR IS LATE 3:21 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  36. THE MELANCHOLY LIFE OF WOMAN 11:43 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  37. DO NOT JUDGE ME LIGHTLY #2 5:07 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  38. I HEARD THE INDIAN SAGE 5:21 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  39. THEATRE 7:24 Steve Lacy (1995) piano
  40. Exercise 10 3:33 Don Glasgo, Malcolm Goldstein, Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Christian Wolff (Dec 1997) piano
  41. An Hour for Piano 54:35 Frederic Rzewski (2000) piano
  42. 36 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 18 2:02 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  43. Which Side Are You On? 13:48 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  44. Fougues: #7 0:50 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  45. The Road, Part I: Turns: Mile #1 4:05 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  46. Mayn Yingele: Variation 15 0:24 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  47. Mayn Yingele: Cadenza 12:32 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  48. Fougues: #25 1:14 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  49. The Road, Part III: Tramps: Mile #24 10:51 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano
  50. 36 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 22 0:55 Frederic Rzewski (24 Sep 2002) piano

Credited as (51)

  1. Frederic Rzewski
  2. William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, Frederic Rzewski; Paul Jacobs
  3. Frederic Rzewski; Kai Schumacher
  4. Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens
  5. Steve Lacy, Irene Aebi & Frederic Rzewski
  6. Tanguy, Radulescu, Rzewski, Sharman, Dillon; Ortwin Stürmer
  7. Rzewski; Marc-André Hamelin
  8. Frederic Rzewski; Ursula Oppens, Jerome Lowenthal
  9. Tom Johnson; Frederic Rzewski
  10. Frederic Rzewski; Stephen Drury
  11. Don Glasgo, Malcolm Goldstein, Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Christian Wolff
  12. Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski; Igor Levit
  13. Severino Gazzelloni, Frederic Rzewski
  14. Frederic Rzewski arr. Matt Albert
  15. Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Chiyoko Szlavnics
  16. Natacha Diels, Garrett List, Larry Polansky, Michael Riessler, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Christian Wolff
  17. Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky
  18. Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Christian Wolff
  19. Garrett List, Larry Polansky, Michael Riessler, Frederic Rzewski
  20. Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Christian Wolff
  21. David Behrman, John Cage, Garrett List, Gordon Mumma, Frederic Rzewski, David Tudor
  22. Steve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski
  23. Frederic Rzewski; Ralph van Raat
  24. Frederic Rzewski; Anthony de Mare
  25. Steve Ben Israel, Karl Berger, Alvin Curran, Jon Gibson, Joan Kalisch, Garrett List, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Youngstein
  26. Frederic Rzewski; Alter Ego
  27. Frederic Rzewski; Ole Kiilerich
  28. Jan Hendriks, Ernst Jansz, Henny Vrienten, Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Frederic Rzewski, The Hague Percussion Ensemble, Konrad Boehmer
  29. Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski
  30. Frederic Rzewski, Peter Weiss
  31. Reich, Rzewski, Szemző, Melis; Group 180
  32. Xenakis, Sugiyama, Donatoni, Schwantner, Rzewski; Kuniko Kato
  33. Christian Wolff; Robyn Schulkowsky, Frederic Rzewski, Kim Kashkashian, Joey Baron, Reinhold Friedrich, Rohan de Saram, Christian Wolff
  34. フレデリック・ジェフスキー; 高橋悠治
  35. フレデリック・ジェフスキー
  36. Frederic Rzewski; Yuji Takahashi
  37. Alvin Curran; Ursula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski
  38. Louis Andriessen, Frederic Rzewski; Hoketus
  39. John Lennon, Paul McCartney / Frederic Rzewski
  40. Frederic Rzewski, David Liebman, Eric Ewazen, Lucia Dlugoszewski; David Taylor
  41. Boulez, Evangelisti; F. Rzewski, S. Gazzelloni, Quatuor Parrenin, B. Maderna, Nuova Consonanza
  42. Quatuor Parrenin, Frederic Rzewski
  43. Frederic Rzewski; Lisa Moore
  44. Frederic Rzewski; Robert Satterlee
  45. Frederic Rzewski; Bobby Mitchell
  46. Lisa Moore Plays Frederic Rzewski
  47. Paul Bisaccia & Frederic Rzewski
  48. David Tudor, Frederic Rzewski, Christian Wolff, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman & John Nash
  49. Frederic Rzewski & Michael Lowenstern
  50. Rzewski; Igor Levit
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Works (193)

Composed

  1. Les Moutons de Panurge (1968)
  2. Last Judgement (1968 - 1969)
  3. Coming Together (1971)
  4. Attica (1971 - 1972)
  5. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 30. ♩ = 84 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  6. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 31. (♩ = 160) (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  7. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 32 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  8. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 33 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  9. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 34 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  10. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 35 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  11. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 6. Same tempo as beginning (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  12. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 7. Tempo (Lightly, impatiently) (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  13. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 12 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  14. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 13. ♩ = 72 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  15. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema. With determination (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  16. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 1. Weaving - delicate but firm (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  17. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 2. With firmness (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  18. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 3. Slightly slower, with expressive nuances (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  19. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 4. Marcato (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  20. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 5. Dreamlike, frozen (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  21. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 25. ♩ = ca. 84 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  22. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 26. In a militant manner (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  23. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 27. Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  24. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 28. ♩ = 160 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  25. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 29. ♩ = 144-152 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  26. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  27. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 19. With energy (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  28. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 20. Crisp, precise (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  29. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 21. Relentless, uncompromising (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  30. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 22. ♩ = 132 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  31. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 23. As fast as possible, with some rubato (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  32. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 24. ♩ = 72 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  33. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 17. LH strictly ♩ = 36, RH freely, roughly as in space (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  34. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 18. ♩ = 72 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  35. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 8. With agility; not too much pedal; crisp (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  36. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 9. Evenly (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  37. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 10. Comodo, recklessly (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  38. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 11. Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody - in strict time (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  39. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 36 (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  40. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Cadenza (optional improvisation) (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  41. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema. Tempo I (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  42. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 14. A bit faster, optimistically (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  43. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 15. Flexible, like an improvisation (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  44. The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 16 Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal (Sep 1975 - Oct 1975)
  45. Moonrise With Memories (1977)
  46. Piano Piece no. 4 (1977)
  47. Four North American Ballads: No. 1. Dreadful Memories (1978 - 1979)
  48. Four North American Ballads: No. 4. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1978 - 1979)
  49. Four North American Ballads: No. 3. Down by the Riverside (1978 - 1979)
  50. Four North American Ballads: No. 2. Which Side Are You On? (1978 - 1979)
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Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival 2016, day 1: The Creek time
  2. Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival 2016, day 2: The Creek time

Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/123768217
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/frederic-rzewski
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899311g
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88674936
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88674936/

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Frederic%20Rzewski

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Rzewski,_Frederic

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/177581

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000683647

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3464896/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/39351454

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346849

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1kt7FN4DSyZUkiSMRx0XE8

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/50107619