Stephen Douglas Burton
Stephen Douglas Burton (born February 24, 1943) is an American composer.
Life and career
A native of
Gian-Carlo Menotti's Goya before its 1987 premiere.[4] His textbook Orchestration, published in 1982, is popularly used in the teaching of the discipline.[2]
Burton received a
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers; the Myers Foundation; the Kipplinger Foundation; the Dreyfus Foundation; and the Coolidge Foundation.[4]
Works
Adapted from:[2]
Stage
- No Trifling with Love (opera, one act, libretto by the composer after Alfred de Musset), 1970
- Finisterre (ballet), 1970
- An American Triptych (three one-act operas, librettos by the composer), 1975
- Maggie (after Stephen Crane)
- Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (after Nathaniel Hawthorne)
- Benito Cereno (after Herman Melville)
- The Duchess of Malfi (opera, three acts, libretto by Christopher Keene after John Webster), 1975–1978
Symphonies
- Symphony no. 1, for orchestra, 1968
- Symphony no. 2, Ariel, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra, on texts by Sylvia Plath, 1976
- Symphony no. 3, Songs of the Tulpehocken for tenor and orchestra, on Pennsylvania Germanfolk texts, 1976
- Symphony no. 4, Homage to Bach for organ and orchestra, 1980
- Symphony no. 5, Prelude, for orchestra, 1981
- Symphony no. 6, "I Have a Dream", for soprano, narrator, chorus, and orchestra, on text by the composer after Martin Luther King Jr., 1987
- Symphony no. 7, The Tempest, for orchestra, 1988
Other
- Ode to a Nightingale for soprano and orchestra, to a text by John Keats, 1962
- Stravinskiana, concerto for flute and orchestra, 1971
- Dithyramb for orchestra, 1972
- String Quartet, 1973
- Impressione Romani for piano, percussion, and tape, 1974
- Six songs to texts by Hermann Hesse for soprano and chamber ensemble, 1974
- 6 Hebrew Melodies for mezzo-soprano and piano on texts by Lord Byron, 1975
- Eurydice for violin and chamber ensemble, 1977
- Fanfare for Peace for orchestra, 1983
- Consecration for fourteen brass and eight timpani, 1996
References
- ^ a b "Burton, Stephen Douglas | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved Sep 4, 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-531428-1.
- ^ "Classical Composer". Stephen Douglas Burton. Retrieved Sep 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Stephen Douglas Burton". Retrieved Sep 4, 2021.
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