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Morten Lauridsen
American composer
Morten Johannes Lauridsen III[1] (born February 27, 1943) is an American composer and teacher. A National Medal of Arts recipient (2007),[2] he was composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001,[3] and is professor emeritus of composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he taught for fifty-two years until his retirement in 2019.[4]
Biography
A native of the Pacific Northwest, Lauridsen worked as a Forest Servicefirefighter and lookout on an isolated tower near Mount St. Helens. He attended Whitman College for 2 years, before traveling south to study composition at the University of Southern California with Ingolf Dahl, Halsey Stevens, Robert Linn, and Harold Owen.[5] He began teaching at USC in 1967.[4]
In 2006, Lauridsen was named an "American Choral Master" by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2007, he received the National Medal of Arts from the president in a White House ceremony, "for his composition of radiant choral wor
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Somehow the stars aligned. Last year, when maestro Carl St.Clair programmed Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna for the April 14, 2019, concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, he didn’t know the Distinguished Professor of Composition would be retiring in May. Without realizing it, St.Clair planned the perfect farewell concert to celebrate Lauridsen’s more than half a century with USC.
Before the end of the last century, Lauridsen became the most frequently performed American choral composer. And Lux Aeterna has been one of the most popular compositions in the repertory since its 1997 premiere — performed on average 75 times a year around the world.
“That is an unusual number of performances for a contemporary piece that involves chorus and orchestra and that’s a half an hour long,” Lauridsen said before rehearsals had begun for the April concert.
Lauridsen’s compositions are lauded for their spirituality, and Lux Aeterna (“Eternal Light”), in particular, has a celestial beauty that touches audiences every time it’s performed.
“When you have someone with profound spirituality as
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Morten Lauridsen
Morten Lauridsen (ur. 27 lutego1943 w Colfax) – amerykańskidyrygent, kompozytormuzyki poważnej, wykładowca uniwersytecki.
Życiorys
[edytuj | edytuj kod]Urodził się 27 lutego1943 w Colfax. Po ukończeniu studiów w dziedzinie kompozycji na University of Southern California w 1967 roku został wykładowcą tej uczelni.
Komponuje głównie muzykę wokalną. Jego utwory znalazły się na ponad dwustu albumach[1], w tym pięciu nominowanych do nagrody Grammy.
W 2005 roku za działalność artystyczną agencja National Endowment for the Arts nadała mu tytuł mistrza amerykańskiej chóralistyki, a dwa lata później prezydent George W. Bush odznaczył go medalem National Medal of Arts[2].
Jest bohaterem nakręconego w 2012 roku filmu dokumentalnego Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen[3].
Wybrane kompozycje
[edytuj | edytuj kod]- A Backyard Universe (1965)
- A Winter Come (zbiór - 1967)
- O Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord (1970)
- I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (1970)
- Where Have the Actors Gone (1976)
- Mid-Winter Songs (zbiór - 1980)
- Cuatr
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