Frederic Rzewski (US composer & pianist)

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Relationships

member of:Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
Musica Elettronica Viva
teachers:Milton Babbitt (composer) (ended)
Luigi Dallapiccola (Italian composer)
Walter Piston
Roger Sessions (composer)
Randall Thompson (composer)
taught at:Conservatoire royal de Liège in Liège, Liège, Wallonie, Belgium (from 1983 until 2003: composition)
part of:Giurati del concorso pianistico internazionale Ferruccio Busoni (in 1988: number: 1988) (order: 240)
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VIAF ID:39351454 [info]
Wikidata:Q1346849 [info]
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Appearances

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
instruments
1973-04-20AtticapianoSteve Ben Israel, Karl Berger, Alvin Curran, Jon Gibson, Joan Kalisch, Garrett List, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Youngstein6:40
1973-04-20Coming TogetherpianoSteve Ben Israel, Karl Berger, Alvin Curran, Jon Gibson, Joan Kalisch, Garrett List, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Youngstein19:27
1973-04-20Coming Togetherelectric pianoSteve Ben Israel, Karl Berger, Alvin Curran, Jon Gibson, Joan Kalisch, Garrett List, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Youngstein19:27
1974-03-07An Hour for PianopianoFrederic Rzewski54:35
1976-02Piece FourpianoAnthony Braxton6:26
1976-02Piece Threebass drumAnthony Braxton6:45
1976-02Piece TwopianoAnthony Braxton7:36
1977-05-19BroilspianoSteve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski7:27
1977-05-19RabbitpianoSteve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski4:55
1977-05-19ShamblespianoSteve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski6:55
1977-05-19SkirtspianoSteve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski11:47
1977-05-19ThreadspianoSteve Lacy, Alvin Curran & Frederic Rzewski10:40
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 for Two PianosmelodicaUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski49:25
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 for Two PianoszitherUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski49:25
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 for Two PianospianoUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski49:25
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 1zitherUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski23:30
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 1pianoUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski23:30
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 1melodicaUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski23:30
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 2melodicaUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski26:15
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 2zitherUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski26:15
1980-09-13 – 1980-09-15Composition No. 95 For Two Pianos, Pt. 2pianoUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski26:15
1986-05Era orapianoUrsula Oppens, Frederic Rzewski29:10
1989-09 – 1989-11I Know the TruthpianoSteve Lacy6:10
1989-09 – 1989-11Prison SongpianoSteve Lacy7:26
1989-09 – 1989-11SequelpianoSteve Lacy2:59
1989-09 – 1989-11SketchpianoSteve Lacy5:05
1989-09 – 1989-11Song of the WoodspianoSteve Lacy6:20
1989-09 – 1989-11SwimmingpianoSteve Lacy5:48
1989-09 – 1989-11The CuckoopianoSteve Lacy3:26
1989-09 – 1989-11The GravepianoSteve Lacy4:12
1989-09 – 1989-11The SmilepianoSteve Lacy7:32
1989-09 – 1989-11The WhisperpianoSteve Lacy5:35
1993-01-13 – 1993-01-15De ProfundispianoFrederic Rzewski31:18
1993-01-13 – 1993-01-15SonatapianoFrederic Rzewski36:44
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17DO NOT JUDGE ME LIGHTLYpianoSteve Lacy5:01
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17DO NOT JUDGE ME LIGHTLY #2pianoSteve Lacy5:07
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17FIRST AND LAST PAINpianoSteve Lacy5:14
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17I HEARD THE INDIAN SAGEpianoSteve Lacy5:22
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17JOYpianoSteve Lacy4:05
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17LOVE AND POLITICSpianoSteve Lacy5:40
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17THE HOUR IS LATEpianoSteve Lacy3:22
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17THE MELANCHOLY LIFE OF WOMANpianoSteve Lacy11:44
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17THE TRUE AND THE CONTRARYpianoSteve Lacy5:23
1995-03-16 – 1995-03-17THEATREpianoSteve Lacy7:25
1996-01-09Exercise 10pianoDon Glasgo, Malcolm Goldstein, Larry Polansky, Frederic Rzewski, Robyn Schulkowsky, Christian Wolff3:33
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": CadenzapianoFrederic Rzewski1:18
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": CadenzapianoFrederic Rzewski5:56
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": ThemapianoFrederic Rzewski3:02
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": ThemapianoFrederic Rzewski1:31
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 1pianoFrederic Rzewski1:00
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 2pianoFrederic Rzewski1:02
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 3pianoFrederic Rzewski1:11
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 4pianoFrederic Rzewski1:10
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 5pianoFrederic Rzewski1:09
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 6pianoFrederic Rzewski1:10
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 7pianoFrederic Rzewski1:01
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 8pianoFrederic Rzewski1:23
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 9pianoFrederic Rzewski1:09
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 10pianoFrederic Rzewski0:59
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 11pianoFrederic Rzewski1:05
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 12pianoFrederic Rzewski1:17
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 13pianoFrederic Rzewski1:59
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 14pianoFrederic Rzewski1:25
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 15pianoFrederic Rzewski1:19
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 16pianoFrederic Rzewski2:04
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 17pianoFrederic Rzewski1:16
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 18pianoFrederic Rzewski2:02
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 19pianoFrederic Rzewski0:54
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 20pianoFrederic Rzewski0:49
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 21pianoFrederic Rzewski1:07
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 22pianoFrederic Rzewski0:55
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 23pianoFrederic Rzewski0:40
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 24pianoFrederic Rzewski2:43
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 25pianoFrederic Rzewski1:58
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 26pianoFrederic Rzewski1:24
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 27pianoFrederic Rzewski5:27
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 28pianoFrederic Rzewski1:29
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 29pianoFrederic Rzewski0:35
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 30pianoFrederic Rzewski2:24
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 31pianoFrederic Rzewski1:08
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 32pianoFrederic Rzewski1:08
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 33pianoFrederic Rzewski1:15
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 34pianoFrederic Rzewski1:23
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 35pianoFrederic Rzewski1:09
1998-03 – 2001-0336 Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!": Variation 36pianoFrederic Rzewski1:51
1998-03 – 2001-03A LifepianoFrederic Rzewski4:40
1998-03 – 2001-03De ProfundispianoFrederic Rzewski32:43
1998-03 – 2001-03Down by the RiversidepianoFrederic Rzewski10:19
1998-03 – 2001-03Dreadful MomoriespianoFrederic Rzewski4:26
1998-03 – 2001-03FantasiapianoFrederic Rzewski14:34
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #1pianoFrederic Rzewski0:53
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #2pianoFrederic Rzewski0:54
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #3pianoFrederic Rzewski0:59
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #4pianoFrederic Rzewski0:51
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #5pianoFrederic Rzewski0:48
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #6pianoFrederic Rzewski0:49
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #7pianoFrederic Rzewski0:50
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #8pianoFrederic Rzewski0:59
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #9pianoFrederic Rzewski0:59
1998-03 – 2001-03Fougues: #10pianoFrederic Rzewski0:54
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performed
2013-12-13Symphony no. 105MEV1:04:23
SpacecraftMEV23:14
arranged
I’m Still Here (piano arrangement, “Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano”)
composed
1968Les Moutons de Panurge
1968 – 1969Last Judgement
1971Coming Together
1971 – 1972Attica
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Cadenza (optional improvisation)
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema. Tempo I
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Thema. With determination
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 1. Weaving - delicate but firm
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 2. With firmness
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 3. Slightly slower, with expressive nuances
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 4. Marcato
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 5. Dreamlike, frozen
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 6. Same tempo as beginning
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 7. Tempo (Lightly, impatiently)
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 8. With agility; not too much pedal; crisp
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 9. Evenly
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 10. Comodo, recklessly
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 11. Tempo I. Like fragments of an absent melody - in strict time
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 12
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 13. ♩ = 72
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 14. A bit faster, optimistically
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 15. Flexible, like an improvisation
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 16 Same tempo as preceding, with fluctuations; much pedal
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 17. LH strictly ♩ = 36, RH freely, roughly as in space
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 18. ♩ = 72
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 19. With energy
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 20. Crisp, precise
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 21. Relentless, uncompromising
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 22. ♩ = 132
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 23. As fast as possible, with some rubato
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 24. ♩ = 72
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 25. ♩ = ca. 84
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 26. In a militant manner
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 27. Tenderly, and with a hopeful expression
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 28. ♩ = 160
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 29. ♩ = 144-152
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 30. ♩ = 84
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 31. (♩ = 160)
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 32
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 33
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 34
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 35
1975-09 – 1975-10The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Variation 36
1977Moonrise With Memories
1977Piano Piece no. 4
1978 – 1979Four North American Ballads
1978 – 1979Four North American Ballads: No. 1. Dreadful Memories
1978 – 1979Four North American Ballads: No. 2. Which Side Are You On?
1978 – 1979Four North American Ballads: No. 3. Down by the Riverside
1978 – 1979Four North American Ballads: No. 4. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
1980The Housewife's Lament
1980Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (for two pianos)
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: Epilogue
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: Prologue
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of Cyklon B
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of Phenol
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of S.S. Corporal Stark
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Black Wall
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Bunker Block
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Camp
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Death of Lili Tofler
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Fire Ovens
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Platform
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Possibility of Survival
1987 – 1988The Triumph of Death: The Song of the Swing
1988 – 1989Mayn Yingele
1989 – 1999Fantasia
1991Piano Sonata
1991Piano Sonata: I. Allegro moderato
1991Piano Sonata: II. Lento
1991Piano Sonata: III. Agitato
1992A Life
1992De Profundis
1994Fougues
1994Fougues: #1
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dedicated works
Composition No. 6O