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Lauridsen Manuscript Page
- Item Number
- 109
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 650 USD to INTERKULTUR
- Number of Bids
- 21 - Bid History
Item Description
Morten Lauridsen will handwrite and autograph the first measures from one of his pieces - you choose your choral favorite! This one-of-a-kind piece from a National Medal of Arts Winner will be treasured for a lifetime.
Music by Morten Lauridsen occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the Twentieth-Century. His seven major vocal cycles--Les Chansons des Roses (Rilke), Mid-Winter Songs (Graves), Cuatro Canciones (Lorca), A Winter Come (Moss), Madrigali: Six “Firesongs” on Renaissance Italian Poems, Nocturnes (Rilke, Neruda and Agee) and Lux Aeterna--and his series of sacred a cappella motets (O Magnum Mysterium, Ave Maria, O Nata Lux and Ubi Caritas et Amor) are featured regularly in concert by distinguished ensembles throughout the world. O Magnum Mysterium, O Nata Lux (from Lux Aeterna) and Dirait-on(from Les Chansons des Roses) have become the all-time best selling choral octavos distributed by Theodore Presser, in business since 1783.
The recent book, Choral Music in the Twentieth Century by Nick Strimple, describes Lauridsen as “the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic (whose) probing, serene work contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the impression that all the questions have been answered...From 1993 Lauridsen’s music rapidly increased in international popularity, and by century’s end he had eclipsed Randall Thompson as the most frequently performed American choral composer.”
Morten Lauridsen was named an "American Choral Master" by the National Endowment of the Arts in 2005 and in 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts from the President in a White House ceremony "for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power, and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide." He is currently Distinguished Professor of Composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music.
Item Special Note
Manuscript is unframed. The winning bidder's credit card will be charged an additional amount for UPS ground shipping.
Donated By:
Morten Lauridsen
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