Frederic Anthony Rzewski (/ˈʒɛfski/ZHEF-skee; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important American composer-pianists of his time.[1][2] His major compositions, which often incorporate social and political themes, include the minimalist Coming Together and the variation set The People United Will Never Be Defeated!,[1] which has been called "a modern classic".[2]
^ abSchell, Michael (April 19, 2018). "Frederic Rzewski at 80: Directions Inevitable or Otherwise". Second Inversion. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
^ abSwed, Mark (July 15, 2020). "Listen to Rzewski's 'People United' and hear protest music that stirs the soul". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
Frederic Anthony Rzewski (/ˈʒɛfski/ ZHEF-skee; April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021) was an American composer and pianist, considered to be one of the most important...
founding members were Allan Bryant, Alvin Curran, Jon Phetteplace and FredericRzewski, Richard Teitelbaum. and Carol Plantamura. Other members include Ivan...
This is a list of compositions by FredericRzewski. The Persians (1985) The Triumph of Death (1987–88) Nature Morte, for small orchestra (1964) A Long...
Fulbright grant, where he befriended American expatriate composer FredericRzewski and witnessed performances by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and David...
Cecil Taylor, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler (see below), Alvin Curran, FredericRzewski, Michel Waisvisz (see below), Han Bennink (see above), and Brion Gysin...
"Antigone-Legend", for soprano and piano (text by Bertolt Brecht), by FredericRzewski (1938–2021) and presented as a play in two slightly different versions...
Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, FredericRzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, James Tenney, Christian Wolff, and La Monte Young...
Hamm, George Lynn, William P. Perry, Christopher King, Joel Cohen, FredericRzewski, Richard Edward Wilson, John Walter Hill, and David Borden. In honor...
(2006–2010) are piano compositions by American composer FredericRzewski. In the summer of 2006, Rzewski’s friend Hideyuki Arata, a Japanese scientist specialized...
Peter Lieberson, Patricia Morehead, Conlon Nancarrow, Tobias Picker, FredericRzewski, Allen Shawn, Alvin Singleton, Richard Teitelbaum, Francis Thorne,...
Harbison, Joel Hoffman, Aaron Jay Kernis, Gerald Levinson, Tobias Picker, FredericRzewski, Augusta Read Thomas, and Michael Torke. "Thelonious" Repertory Ensemble:...
of Mahler's Adagietto, Billy Joel's "And So It Goes", FredericRzewski's "A Mensch", and Frederic Weatherly's "Danny Boy" 30 March 2020: Beethoven's Piano...
people. In the sixties and seventies, the American musicians/composers FredericRzewski and Richard Teitelbaum, of the group Musica Elettronica Viva, lived...
Profundis, a piano sonata by Boris Arapov De Profundis, a composition by FredericRzewski for solo piano "De Profundis", a song by Dead Can Dance "De Profundis"...
Bryars, John Cale, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Cornelius Cardew, John Tilbury, FredericRzewski, and Keith Rowe. Nyman opposes experimental music to the European avant-garde...
Georges Brassens (1964). Les Moutons de Panurge is a piece by composer FredericRzewski (1969). One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from...
Million Dollar Quartet) Etta James The Four Knights The Four Lads, 1953 FredericRzewski (a classical piano version) The Golden Echo Boys [Of God's Bible School]...
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