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Lukas Foss (15 Aug 1922 - 01 Feb 2009)

Male Person - United States composer, pianist and conductor

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. Music by Lukas Foss 1980

Relationships (16)

Students

  1. Donald Harris
  2. Faye-Ellen Silverman
  3. Mariana Villanueva
  4. Felix Wolfes
  5. Paul Hindemith
  6. Michael Horvit
  7. Michael Colgrass
  8. Fritz Reiner
  9. Rosario Scalero
  10. Lazare Lévy piano
  11. Barbara Kolb
  12. Noël Gallon
  13. Louis Moyse
  14. Isabelle Vengerova

Conductor For

  1. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (1963 - 1971) principal
  2. התזמורת הסימפונית ירושלים רשות השידור (1972 - 1976) principal

Recordings by (6)

  1. Phurion 10:10 (2014)
  2. Paradigm (“for my friends”): 1. Session 4:23 (18 Aug 2023)
  3. Paradigm (“for my friends”): 2. Reading 3:13 (18 Aug 2023)
  4. Paradigm (“for my friends”): 3. Recital 2:44 (18 Aug 2023)
  5. Paradigm (“for my friends”): 4. Lecture Part I 1:54 (18 Aug 2023)
  6. Paradigm (“for my friends”): 4. Lecture Part III 3:32 (18 Aug 2023)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Baroque Variations: On a Handel Larghetto 7:09 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1968)
  2. Baroque Variations: On a Scarlatti Sonata 6:19 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1968)
  3. Concerto for Prepared Piano & Orchestra 22:00 Yuji Takahashi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1968)
  4. Baroque Variations: On a Bach Prelude ("Phorion") 10:47 Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1968)
  5. Air 19:13 Michael Ranta, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks, Lukas Foss (1983)
  6. Chiaroscuro 15:12 Juilliard Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1989)
  7. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird 17:27 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1990)
  8. Mahagonny Songspiel 23:17 Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Voss (1991)
  9. With Music Strong 29:16 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hawkins (23 Feb 1994)
  10. Ode for Orchestra 11:48 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (23 Feb 1994)
  11. Song of Songs: II. Aria Allegretto con moto 7:34 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Carolann Page (23 Feb 1994)
  12. Song of Songs: I. Allegro ma non troppo 6:51 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Carolann Page (23 Feb 1994)
  13. Song of Songs: IV. Lento 5:34 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Carolann Page (23 Feb 1994)
  14. Song of Songs: III. Grave 8:01 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Carolann Page (23 Feb 1994)
  15. The Circus Band March 2:09 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  16. Saturday Night at the Firehouse 5:12 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  17. Newsreel in Five Shots: Fashion Show 1:46 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  18. Newsreel in Five Shots: Parade 1:10 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  19. Overture to Candide 4:37 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  20. Fanfare for the Common Man 4:02 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  21. The Unanswered Question 5:43 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  22. Variations on a Shaker Melody 3:39 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  23. Newsreel in Five Shots: Tribal Dance 1:07 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  24. Newsreel in Five Shots: Horse Race 1:42 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  25. Newsreel in Five Shots: Monkeys at the Zoo 1:37 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  26. If...Then 3:37 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  27. Adagio for Strings 10:00 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss (1994)
  28. Concerto no. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Prestissimo e vivace 8:34 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)
  29. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: I. Allegro moderato 7:01 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)
  30. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: III. Finale: Allegro con brio 6:39 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)
  31. Clarinet Concerto: III. Free; Più Lento 5:08 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)
  32. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Serenata: Moderato 8:20 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)
  33. Clarinet Concerto: IV. Allegro 6:35 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)
  34. Concerto no. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra: II. Andantino 7:02 Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss (24 Jul 1996)

Instruments

  1. Three Pieces: I. Early Song 4:41 Carol Wincenc, Lukas Foss (1985) piano
  2. Three Pieces: II. Dedication 5:10 Carol Wincenc, Lukas Foss (1985) piano
  3. Three Pieces: III. Composer's Holiday 2:43 Carol Wincenc, Lukas Foss (1985) piano
  4. Dedication 5:28 Ralph Evans, Lukas Foss (1990) piano
  5. Composer's Holiday 2:57 Ralph Evans, Lukas Foss (1990) piano
  6. Early Song 4:43 Ralph Evans, Lukas Foss (1990) piano
  7. The Wedding: Part I Scene III. The Bride's Departure 3:11 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  8. The Wedding: Part I Scene II. At the Bridegroom's 6:06 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  9. The Wedding: Part I Scene I. The Bride's Chamber 5:12 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  10. The Wedding: Part I Scene IV. The Wedding Feast 10:24 Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky (1991) piano
  11. Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Part II. The Masque. Extremly fast 4:42 Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (1993) piano
  12. Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Part II. The Epilogue. L'istesso tempo - Adagio - Andante - Con moto 8:07 Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (1994) piano
  13. Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Part I. The Prologue. Lento moderato 2:20 Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (1994) piano
  14. Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Part I. The Seven Ages. Var. 1-7 8:14 Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (1994) piano
  15. Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Part II. The Dirge. Largo 5:59 Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (1994) piano
  16. Symphony no. 2 "The Age of Anxiety": Part I. The Seven Ages. Var 8-14 6:02 Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (1994) piano

Credited as (56)

  1. Lukas Foss
  2. Carol Wincenc, Lukas Foss
  3. Foss; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Jennie Tourel, Adele Addison
  4. Bernstein; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Leonard Bernstein, Christa Ludwig, Lukas Foss
  5. Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Michael Barrett
  6. Bernstein, Barber, Foss; Perlman, Ozawa
  7. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Ulf Hoelscher, Susan Narucki
  8. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Michal Kaňka
  9. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Ulf Hoelscher, Allen Ginsberg
  10. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Ulf Hoelscher, Shlomo Mintz, Ludmila Peterková
  11. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Patricia Rozario
  12. Filharmonický komorní orchestr, Lukas Foss, Edna Michell, Ulf Hoelscher, Bohuslav Matoušek, Patricia Rozario
  13. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss
  14. Lukas Foss; Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Lukas Foss
  15. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Carolann Page
  16. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hawkins
  17. Bloch, Foss, Ben-Haim; New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  18. Lukas Foss; Foss Festival Players, Lukas Foss
  19. Ralph Evans, Lukas Foss
  20. Lukas Foss; Judith Kellock, Lukas Foss
  21. Judith Kellock, Lukas Foss
  22. Judith Kellock, Karl Kraber, Richard Fitz, Kenneth Bowen, Lukas Foss
  23. Judith Kellock, Allen Blustine, Richard Fitz, David Starobin, Fred Sherry, Lukas Foss
  24. John Cage, Lukas Foss; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss
  25. Yuji Takahashi, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss
  26. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss
  27. Aaron Copland / Lukas Foss
  28. Lukas Foss, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  29. Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
  30. Michael Ranta, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks, Lukas Foss
  31. Margaret Hillis, Milfred Allen, Regina Sarfaty, Robert Oliver, Loren Driscoll, The American Concert Choir, Samuel Barber, Roger Sessions, Lukas Foss, Aaron Copland, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Igor Stravinsky
  32. Bernstein; Christa Ludwig, Lukas Foss, Montserrat Caballé, Michael Wager, Gidon Kremer, Leonard Bernstein
  33. Lukas Foss, Maurice Ravel; Muir String Quartet
  34. Bach; Lukas Foss, Elysium String Quartet, Elizabeth Mann, John Feeney
  35. Elysium String Quartet, John Feeney, Lukas Foss, Elizabeth Mann
  36. Robert Stern, Tom Myron, Lukas Foss, Karl Weigl
  37. John Cage, Lou Harrison, Henry Cowell, Harvey Sollberger, Lukas Foss; The New Music Consort
  38. Foss, Englund, McKinley; Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss
  39. Richard Stoltzman, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, Lukas Foss
  40. Leonard Bernstein; Symphony of the Air, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein
  41. Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Voss
  42. Michael Gandolfi, Chris Brubeck, Lukas Foss; Concord Chamber Music Society
  43. Stephen Albert, Jacob Druckman, Joseph Schwantner; The Juilliard Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Lukas Foss, Gerard Schwarz, Gary Lakes
  44. Juilliard Orchestra, Lukas Foss
  45. Piatigorsky, Stravinsky, Debussy, Lukas Foss
  46. Sharon Isbin, Lukas Foss, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra & Hugh Wolff
  47. Jon Manasse; Brooklyn Philharmonic; Lukas Foss
  48. Bloch, Foss, Ben-Haim; Robert Merrill, Jennie Tourel, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
  49. Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Richard Burgin, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Lukas Foss
  50. Lukas Foss, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein
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Works (98)

Arranged

  1. Time Cycle: No. 1. We're Late (1960)
  2. Time Cycle: No. 2. When the Bells Justle (1960)
  3. Time Cycle: No. 3. Sechzehnter Januar (1960)
  4. Time Cycle: No. 4. O Mensch, gib Acht (1960)
  5. Time Cycle (1960)
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Revised

  1. Wanderers Gemütsruhe (1948)
  2. Ode (1958)
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Composed

  1. Wanderers Gemütsruhe (1938)
  2. Where the Bee Sucks (1940)
  3. Three American Pieces: III. Composer's Holiday (1944)
  4. Three American Pieces: II. Dedication (1944)
  5. Three American Pieces: I. Early Song (1944)
  6. Three American Pieces (1944)
  7. Three Pieces: I. Early Song (1944)
  8. Three Pieces: II. Dedication (1944)
  9. Three Pieces: III. Composer's Holiday (1944)
  10. Three Pieces (1944)
  11. Fantasy Rondo (1944)
  12. Ode (1944)
  13. Song of Songs: IV. "Set Me as a Seal Upon Thine Heart". Lento (1946)
  14. Song of Songs (1946)
  15. Song of Songs: I. "Awake, O North Wind". Allegro ma non troppo (1946)
  16. Song of Songs: II. Aria "Come, My Beloved". Allegretto con moto (1946)
  17. Song of Songs: III. "By Night on My Bed". Grave (1946)
  18. The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: Lulu's Song (1949)
  19. The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (1949)
  20. Behold! I Build an House (1950)
  21. For Cornelia (1955)
  22. Time Cycle: No. 2. When the Bells Justle (1959 - 1960)
  23. Time Cycle: No. 3. Sechzehnter Januar (1959 - 1960)
  24. Time Cycle: No. 4. O Mensch, gib Acht (1959 - 1960)
  25. Time Cycle (1959 - 1960)
  26. Time Cycle: No. 2. When the Bells Justle (1959 - 1960)
  27. Time Cycle: Improvised Interlude no. 2 (1959 - 1960)
  28. Time Cycle: No. 3. Sechzehnter Januar (1959 - 1960)
  29. Time Cycle: Improvised Interlude no. 3 (1959 - 1960)
  30. Time Cycle: No. 4. O Mensch, gib Acht (1959 - 1960)
  31. Time Cycle: No. 1. We're Late (1959 - 1960)
  32. Time Cycle (1959 - 1960)
  33. Time Cycle: No. 1. We're Late (1959 - 1960)
  34. Time Cycle: Improvised Interlude no. 1 (1959 - 1960)
  35. Introduction and Good-Byes (1961)
  36. Baroque Variations: I. On a Handel Larghetto (1967)
  37. Baroque Variations (1967)
  38. Baroque Variations: III. On a Bach Prelude (1967)
  39. Baroque Variations: II. On a Scarlatti Sonata (1967)
  40. Paradigm: I. Session (1968)
  41. Paradigm: II. Reading (1968)
  42. Paradigm: III. Recital (1968)
  43. Paradigm: IV. Lecture (1968)
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80158653
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80158653
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13928148r
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/lukas_foss
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118862812
  6. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=11682
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65141k8

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas_Foss

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/lukas-foss-53d4930d.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/457732

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000168246

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0832763/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/97820402

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213709