The Postman Always Rings Twice, To Be Certain of the Dawn, Pilgrims' Hymn
Stephen Paulus (August 24, 1949 – October 19, 2014) was an American Grammy Award winning[2] composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His style is essentially tonal, and melodic and romantic by nature.[3]
His best-known piece is his 1982 opera The Postman Always Rings Twice, one of several operas he composed for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, which prompted The New York Times to call him "a young man on the road to big things."[4] He received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim Foundation and won the prestigious Kennedy Center Friedheim Prize. He was commissioned by such notable organizations as the Minnesota Opera, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, the American Composers Orchestra, the Dale Warland Singers, the Harvard Glee Club and the New York Choral Society.[5]
Paulus was a passionate advocate for the works and careers of his colleagues. He co-founded the American Composers Forum in 1973, the largest composer service organization in the U.S., and served as the Symphony and Concert Representative on the ASCAP Board of Directors from 1990 until his death (from complications following a stroke in July 2013) in 2014.[6]
^WILLIAM YARDLEY (2014-10-21). "Stephen Paulus, Classical Composer Rich in Lyricism, Dies at 65". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
^"57th Annual GRAMMY Awards Nominees". GRAMMY.com. The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^Kirk, Elise. L. Macy (ed.). "Stephen Paulus". Grovemusic.com. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
^Henahan, Donal; Times, Special To the New York (20 June 1982). "OPERA: 'POSTMAN ALWAYS RINS TWICE' IN ST. LOUIS". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^"Biography of Composer, Stephen Paulus". Archived from the original on 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2006-12-15. Composer biography, from his web site (Accessed 15 December 2006)
^"Board of Directors: Stephen Paulus". ascap.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
StephenPaulus (August 24, 1949 – October 19, 2014) was an American Grammy Award winning composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His style...
German Army General Staff. In that capacity, Paulus helped plan the invasion of the Soviet Union. In 1942, Paulus was given command of the 6th Army despite...
Situation", also released on One Guitar No Vocals. In 1990, he and composer StephenPaulus created Ice Fields, a work for amplified acoustic guitar and orchestra...
– Voices From The Heartland StephenPaulus – Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band Roberto Sierra – Sinfonía No. 4 2016 StephenPaulus Prayers and Remembrances...
Concerto for Orchestra, by John McCabe (1982) Concerto for Orchestra, by StephenPaulus (1983) Concerto for Orchestra, by Edward Gregson (1983) (revised versions...
in the 1986 Indian anthology series Katha Sagar. American composer StephenPaulus (1949–2014) adapted Tolstoy's short story into an opera, entitled The...
Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator 1949 – StephenPaulus, American composer and educator (d. 2014) 1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American...
Lou Diemer, Brent Michael Davids, Bill Banfield, and Eric Whitacre. StephenPaulus, Frank Ferko and Carol Barnett have been composers-in-residence with...
Mason, James Freeman and Orchestra 2001) Paulus, Stephen: Concerto for Two Trumpets and Band StephenPaulus, composer (Eric Berlin, Richard Kelley, James...
is a contemporary American classical composer. Along with composer StephenPaulus, she is a co-founder of the Minnesota Composers Forum, now the American...
the early twentieth-century. The one-act opera The Village Singer by StephenPaulus was adapted from a Freeman short story; it was commissioned by Opera...
Year Award Work Result 2005 "StephenPaulus" Composition Award "Fungi from Yuggoth" (based on the sonnets of H. P. Lovecraft) Won 2006 "CSLUB" Composer...
author August 23 – Leslie Van Houten, Manson Family member August 24 StephenPaulus, composer and educator (died 2014) Charles Rocket, actor (died 2005)...
David Gillingham (Michigan); Donald Erb (Ohio); Dominick Argento and StephenPaulus (Minnesota). Professional sports leagues such as the National Football...
written by Paulus and her husband Randy Weiner. Paulus previously taught courses at Columbia University and Yale University. In 2010, Paulus was selected...
Philharmonic Orchestra. The piece is dedicated to the late composer StephenPaulus. Dreamtime Ancestors has a duration of roughly 17 minutes and is composed...
text. Magnum Chorum has collaborated with numerous composers including StephenPaulus, Kenneth Jennings, Frank Ferko, Libby Larsen, Ralph M. Johnson, J. Aaron...
University Press in 1926. The novel was next adapted as an opera by StephenPaulus and premiered by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in 1985. A decade later...
violin; Peter Howard, cello) innova LP, CD, and cassette MN-108 1991 StephenPaulus: All My Pretty Ones (with soprano Ruth Jacobson) Albany CD TROY-036...
Waters 1996 James Mulholland That I Shall Never Look Upon Thee More 1997 StephenPaulus God Be With Us 1997 Gian Carlo Menotti Jacob’s Prayer 1998 Samuel Adler...
Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος, translit. Stéphanos, lit. "wreath, crown", and by extension 'reward, honor, renown, fame', often given as a title rather than...
vibraphone Jay Ungar – Ashokan Farewell See List of 1982 ballet premieres StephenPaulus – The Postman Always Rings Twice Peter Sculthorpe – Quiros Andy Capp...
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