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Vincent Persichetti
Born: June 6, 1915; Philadelphia, PA
Died: August 14, 1987; Philadelphia, PA
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American composer Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was, along with William Schuman and Walter Piston, one of the foremost representatives of what has become known, somewhat inappropriately, as the American academic school of composition. Born in Philadelphia during the First World War, Persichetti began studying music at the age of 5, taking lessons in piano, organ, and, later, theory and composition. During the mid-1920s Persichetti began to find
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A Lincoln Address, Op. 124 (1)
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A Lincoln Address, for orchestra, Op. 124 (1)
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Concerto for English Horn and String Orchestra, Op. 137 (1)
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Concerto for Piano 4 hands, Op. 56 (2)
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 90 (1)
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Divertimento for Band, Op. 42 (7)
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Divertimento for Band, Op. 42: March (2)
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Divertimento, for band Op. 42 (2)
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Drop, drop slow tears, Op. 104 (1)
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Drop, drop slow tears, Op. 104: no 1, Chorale (1)
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Drop, drop slow tears, Op. 104: no 2, Chorale Prelude (1)
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Flower Songs (Canticle no. 6) for chorus and strings, Op. 157 (1)
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Hollow Men (3)
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Hymns and Responses for the Church Year Op. 68: Tenderly (1)
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Hymns and Responses for the Church Year Op. 68: With Breath (1)
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Infanta Marina, Op. 83 (1)
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Introit for Strings, Op. 96 (1)
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Love (1)
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Mascarade, Op. 102 (6)
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Masques, for violin & piano, Op. 99 (1)
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Mass, Op. 84 (2)
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Mirror Etudes for Piano (1)
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Night Dances, Op 114 (1)
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O Cool is the Valley, Op. 118 (1)
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O God Unseen, Op. 160 (1)
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Pageant for Band, Op. 59 (6)
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Parable I for Alto Flute, Op. 100 (1)
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Parable II for Brass Quintet, Op. 108 (1)
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Parable III for Oboe solo, Op. 109 (1)
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Parable IV for Bassoon solo, Op. 110 (2)
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Parable IX for Band, Op. 121 (5)
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Parable VIII for Horn solo, Op. 120 (2)
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Parable XI for Saxophone solo, Op. 123 (1)
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Parable XII for Piccolo solo, Op. 125 (2)
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Parable XIII for Clarinet solo, Op. 126 (1)
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Parable XIV for Trumpet solo, Op. 127 (1)
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Parable XV for English Horn solo, Op. 128 (1)
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Parable XVI for Viola solo, Op. 130 (3)
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Parable XXII for Tuba solo, Op. 147 (1)
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Parable XXIII for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 150 (1)
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Parable XXV for 2 Trumpets, Op. 164 (1)
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Pastorale for Wind Quintet (3)
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Poems for Piano Vol 1, Op. 4 (1)
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Poems for Piano Vol 2, Op. 5 (1)
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Poems for Piano Vol 3, Op. 14 (1)
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Psalm for Band, Op. 53 (7)
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Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 7 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 24 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 81 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 122 (1)
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Serenade for Flute and Harp no 10, Op. 79 (3)
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Serenade for Orchestra no 5, Op. 43 (1)
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Serenade for Trombone, Viola and Cello no 6, Op. 44 (1)
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Serenade for Winds no 11, Op. 85 (1)
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Serenade no 10 for Flute and Harp, Op. 79: 4th movement, Andante Cantabile (1)
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Serenade no 13, Op. 95 (1)
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Serenade No. 10 for flute & harp, Op. 79 (1)
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Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp - Allegretto (1)
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Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp - Andante cantabile (1)
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Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp - Andante grazioso (1)
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Serenade No. 11, for Band, Op. 85 (1)
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Serenade No. 6 for trombone, viola & cello (1)
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Serenade No. 7 for piano (1)
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Shimah B'Koli, Op. 89 (1)
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Sonata for 2 Pianos, Op. 13 (2)
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Sonata for Harpsichord no 1, Op. 52 (1)
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Sonata for Harpsichord no 2 (1)
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Sonata for Harpsichord no 3 (1)
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Sonata for Harpsichord no 4 (1)
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Sonata for Harpsichord no 5 (1)
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Sonata for Organ, Op. 86 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 1, Op. 3 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 10, Op. 67 (2)
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Sonata for Piano no 11, Op. 101 (2)
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Sonata for Piano no 12, Op. 145 "Mirror Sonata" (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 6 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 3, Op. 22 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 4, Op. 36 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 5, Op. 37 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 6, Op. 39 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 7, Op. 40 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 8, Op. 41 (1)
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Sonata for Piano no 9, Op. 58 (2)
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Sonatine for Organ pedals alone, Op. 11 (1)
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Song of Peace (1)
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Symphony for Band, Op. 69 (4)
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Symphony no 3, Op. 30 (1)
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Symphony no 4, Op. 51 (2)
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Symphony no 5, Op. 61 "Symphony for Strings"" (2)
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Symphony no 6, Op. 69 "Symphony for Band" (7)
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Symphony no 7, Op. 80 "Liturgical" (1)
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Symphony no 8, Op. 106 (2)
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Symphony no 9, Op. 113 "Sinfonica janiculum" (1)
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Symphony No. 6 ("For Band"), Op. 69 (1)
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Toccatina no 1 (1)
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Toccatina no 2 (1)
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Toccatina no 3 (1)
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Vocalise for Cello and Piano (1)
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Winter Cantata, Op. 97 (1)
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Winter Solstice, Op. 165 (1)
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Biography |
by Blair Johnston
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American composer Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) was, along with William Schuman and Walter Piston, one of the foremost representatives of what has become known, somewhat inappropriately, as the American academic school of composition. Born in Philadelphia during the First World War, Persichetti began studying music at the age of 5, taking lessons in piano, organ, and, later, theory and composition. During the mid-1920s Persichetti began to find work as an accompanist and radio pianist, and by age 16 his skill at the organ had earned him a position at Arch Street Presbyterian Church, which he retained until the 1950s. Persichetti entered Combs College of Music, studying with composer Russel King Miller while still attending public school, and in 1935 he took a BM in composition from Combs. Persichetti was appointed Head of Music Theory at Combs immediately after graduating, and throughout the late 1930s combined these duties with studies in conducting with Fritz Reiner at the Curtis Institute, eventually earning a diploma in conducting, and in piano with Olga Samaroff at the Philadelphia Conservatory, taking both a MM and a MusD.
Persichetti accepted an invitation to take over as head of theory and composition at the Philadelphia Conservatory in 1941, and in 1947 he joined the composition faculty of the Juilliard School. To his already bursting résumé he added the distinction of becoming editorial director of the Elkan-Vogel publishing house in 1952. Awards and commendations were showered on Persichetti until his death in 1987. Three Guggenheim Fellowships, two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Brandeis University Creative Award, the first ever Kennedy Center Friedham Award, and the Juilliard Publication award are just some of the more noteworthy such honors.
Persichetti was, by all accounts, a pianist of virtuoso caliber, and his 12 sonatas and three concertos are among the more important American works for the instrument, though there are relatively few performers who dare tackle the myriad technical and interpretive difficulties within this impressive body of work. His talent as a conductor is manifest in nine symphonies, and among his prolific chamber music output are four string quartets, a piano quintet, and 15 works called Serenade that employ 15 different instrumental combinations. Persichetti's compositional language was a panorama of twentieth century techniques; he moved between tonality, atonality, polytonality, and modality with fluency. In addition to his ceaseless activities as a composer and educator, Persichetti found the time to write an important textbook on modern compositional practice, Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice, and a 1954 biography of composer William Schuman. |
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