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Generally Recognized As The Father Of The Neo-Romantic Movement In Music David Del Tredici Has Received Numerous Awards Including The Pulitzer Prize And Has Been Commissioned And Performed By Nearly Every Major American And European Orchestral Ensemble. “Del Tredici ” Said Aaron Copland “is That Rare Find Among Composers – A Creator With A Truly Original Gift. I Venture To Say That His Music Is Certain To Make A Lasting Impression On The American Musical Scene. I Know Of No Other Composer Of His Generation … Who Composes Music Of Greater Freshness And Daring Or With More Personality.” Much Of His Early Work Consisted Of Elaborate Vocal Settings Of James Joyce I Hear An Army Night Conjure-Verse Syzygy And Lewis Carroll Pop-Pourri An Alice Symphony Vintage Alice And Adventures Underground To Name Just A Few . More Recently Del Tredici Has Set To Music A Cavalcade Of Contemporary American Poets Often Celebrating A Gay Sensibility Three Examples Gay Life Brother And Wondrous The Merge . OUT Magazine In Fact Has Twice Named The Composer One Of Its People Of The Year. Over The Past Several Years He Has Ventured Into The More Intimate Realm Of Chamber Music With String Quartet No. 1 Grand Trio Brought To Life By The Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio And Recently Printed By Boosey & Hawkes And – Harkening To His Musical Beginnings As A Piano Prodigy – A Large Number Of Solo-Piano Works Gotham Glory Three Gymnopedies Ballad In Yellow Opposites Attract Wedding Song And Wildwood Etude. Still The Extravagant Del Tredici Remains At Large And Busy. In May 2005 Robert Spano Conducted The Atlanta Symphony And Chorus In The Premiere And Subsequent Recording Of Paul Revere’s Ride Recently Nominated For The 49th Annual Grammy Awards As The Best New Classical Composition Of 2006. November 2005 Held The World Premiere Of The Melodrama Rip Van Winkle With The National Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Leonard Slatkin And Narrated By World Famous Broadway Actor Brian Stokes Mitchell. In Recent Years Several Del Tredici CDs Have Abounded On Deutsche Grammophon An All-Del Tredici CD Released In Its Highly-Regarded “20/21” Series Featuring Conductor Oliver Knussen Soprano Lucy Shelton And The Netherlands’ ASKO Ensemble On The Music And Arts Label A Pair Of Recent Del Tredici Song Cycles Featuring Soprano Hila Plitmann With The Composer At The Piano On Dorian In Wartime A Spectacular New Work For Concert Band And On Koch A Selection Of Piano Compositions Played By Anthony De Mare. Among Past Recordings Were Two Best-Sellers ¬– Final Alice And In Memory Of A Summer Day Part I Of Child Alice The Latter Work Won Del Tredici The Pulitzer Prize In 1980. Looking Ahead March 2007 Marks David Del Tredici’s 70th Birthday With Concerts Planned Throughout The Year Including The Premiere Of Magyar Madness A Chamber Piece For Clarinet And String Quartet Commissioned By Music Accord For Clarinetist David Krakauer And The Orion String Quartet. Another Premiere Is S/M Ballade For Solo Piano Which Has Been Commissioned And Will Be Performed By Marc Peloquin. Recent Publications Include A Collection Entitled Songs For Baritone And Piano As Well As The Score And Parts For The Piano Trio Entitled Grand Trio. A Second Printed Volume Of Solo Piano Pieces Is In Progress Which Will Include Gotham Glory And Three Gymnopedies. Distinguished Professor Of Music At The City College Of New York Del Tredici Makes His Home In Greenwich Village With His Life-Partner Ray Warman. January 2007 This Biography Is Displayed On Last.Fm By Kind Permission Of Boosey & Hawkes. Del Tredici's Music Is Published By Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing Http //www.Boosey.Com/deltredici. Del Tredici's Official Website Is Http //www.Daviddeltredici.Com read less