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Roger Sessions (28 Dec 1896 - 16 Mar 1985)

Male Person - United States composer

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Symphonies nos. 1, 2 & 3 1990

Relationships (32)

Students

  1. David Lewin (1954 - 1958)
  2. Peter Huse (1963 - 1965)
  3. Horatio Parker
  4. Ross Lee Finney
  5. Leonard Rosenman
  6. Jonathan D. Kramer
  7. Ursula Mamlok
  8. Richard Maxfield
  9. Frederic Rzewski
  10. Ramiro Cortés
  11. Roger Nixon
  12. Leon Kirchner
  13. Robert Helps
  14. Benjamin Boretz
  15. Clare Shore
  16. Milton Babbitt
  17. David Diamond
  18. Donald Martino
  19. Ana Maria Trenchi de Bottazzi
  20. Dika Newlin
  21. George Tsontakis
  22. Claire Polin
  23. Miriam Gideon
  24. Andrew Imbrie ( - 1947)
  25. Ernest Bloch
  26. David Del Tredici
  27. Einojuhani Rautavaara
  28. Elmer Bernstein
  29. John Harbison
  30. Vivian Fine composition
  31. Edward Burlingame Hill
  32. Edward T. Cone ( - 1939)

Recordings by (2)

  1. From My Diary (Poco Adagio) 8:45 (Oct 2014)
  2. From My Diary. Four Pieces (1939–40): I. Poco Adagio / II. Allegro Con Brio / III. Larghissimo E Misterioso / IV. Allegro Pesante 8:12 (2016)

On Recordings (4)

Instruments

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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

Credited as (13)

  1. Roger Sessions
  2. John Harbison, Roger Sessions; San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt, William Bennett
  3. Roger Sessions; American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies
  4. Roger Sessions, Stefan Wolpe
  5. McPhee, Sessions, Thomson; Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
  6. Roger Sessions; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  7. Hindemith, Sessions, Ligeti; Pieter Wispelwey
  8. Panufnik, Sessions; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  9. Sessions, Panufnik; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
  10. 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
  11. Carter, Sessions, Eckardt; Miranda Cuckson, Blair McMillen
  12. Leon Kirchner, Roger Sessions, Arnold Schönberg; Elizabeth Chang, Steven Beck, Alberto Parrini
  13. Alexander Kastalsky, Roger Sessions; Russkaya Capella, McOpera Strings, Scottish Voices, Kevin Bowyer

Works (69)

Composed

  1. The Black Maskers (1923)
  2. Violin Concerto: I. Largo e tranquillo (1927 - 1935)
  3. Violin Concerto: II. Scherzo: Allegro (1927 - 1935)
  4. Violin Concerto: III. Romanza: Andante (1927 - 1935)
  5. Violin Concerto: IV. Molto vivace e sempre con fuoco (1927 - 1935)
  6. Violin Concerto (1927 - 1935)
  7. The Black Maskers (Orchestral Suite) (1928)
  8. The Black Maskers (Orchestral Suite): I. Dance: Stridente-sarcastico (1928)
  9. The Black Maskers (Orchestral Suite): II. Scene: Agitato molto (1928)
  10. The Black Maskers (Orchestral Suite): III. Dirge: Larghissimo (1928)
  11. The Black Maskers (Orchestral Suite): IV. Finale: Andante moderato un poco agitato (1928)
  12. On the Beach at Fontana (1929)
  13. Piano Sonata no. 1 (1930)
  14. From My Diary (1937 - 1940)
  15. From My Diary: I. Poco adagio (1937 - 1940)
  16. From My Diary: II. Allegro con brio – Tranquillo ed espressivo (1937 - 1940)
  17. From My Diary: III. Larghissimo e misterioso (1937 - 1940)
  18. From My Diary: IV. Allegro pesante (1937 - 1940)
  19. Symphony no. 2: III. Adagio, tranquillo ed espressivo (1944 - 1946)
  20. Symphony no. 2: IV. Allegramente (1944 - 1946)
  21. Symphony no. 2 (1944 - 1946)
  22. Symphony no. 2: I. Molto agitato (1944 - 1946)
  23. Symphony no. 2: II. Allegretto capriccioso (1944 - 1946)
  24. Piano Sonata no. 2: I. Allegro con fuoco (1946)
  25. Piano Sonata no. 2: II. Lento (1946)
  26. Piano Sonata no. 2: III. Misurato e pesante (1946)
  27. Piano Sonata no. 2 (1946)
  28. Sonata for Solo Violin: 2. Molto vivo (1953)
  29. Sonata for Solo Violin: 3. Adagio e dolcemente (1953)
  30. Sonata for Solo Violin: 4. Alla marcia vivace (1953)
  31. Sonata for Solo Violin (1953)
  32. Sonata for Solo Violin: 1. Tempo moderato, con ampiezza, e liberamente (1953)
  33. Mass for Unison Chorus and Organ (1955)
  34. Symphony no. 3 (1957)
  35. Symphony no. 3: I. Allegro grazioso e con fuoco (1957)
  36. Symphony no. 3: II. Allegro, un poco ruvido (1957)
  37. Symphony no. 3: III. Andante sostenuto e con affetto (1957)
  38. Symphony no. 3: IV. Allegro con fuoco (1957)
  39. Symphony no. 4 (1958)
  40. Symphony no. 6 (1965 - 1966)
  41. Symphony no. 6: I. Allegro (1965 - 1966)
  42. Symphony no. 6: II. Adagio e tranquilo (1965 - 1966)
  43. Symphony no. 6: III. Allegro moderato (1965 - 1966)
  44. Six Pieces for Violoncello (1966)
  45. Six Pieces for Violoncello: No. 1. Prelude (1966)
  46. Six Pieces for Violoncello: No. 2. Dialogue (1966)
  47. Six Pieces for Violoncello: No. 3. Scherzo (1966)
  48. Six Pieces for Violoncello: No. 4. Berceuse (1966)
  49. Six Pieces for Violoncello: No. 5. Capriccio (1966)
  50. Six Pieces for Violoncello: No. 6. Epilogue (1966)
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Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82039539
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g15zcx
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138996804
  4. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL772171A
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119514893
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82039539

Wikipedia

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

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1011986

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/109492778

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550632