Daniel Felsenfeld
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Daniel Felsenfeld (born January 5, 1970) is a composer of contemporary classical music and a writer.
Biography
[edit]Felsenfeld was born in Washington, D.C., raised primarily in Southern California and currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, writer Elizabeth Isadora Gold, and child August.[1] He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he got his undergraduate degree in composition.[2] He did his Masters and Doctoral work at the New England Conservatory where he studied with Arthur Berger and Lee Hyla.[2] He is a composer[3] and is also an author, having written three books published by Amadeus Press as well as hundreds of articles. In 2007 a "Talk of the Town" piece in The New Yorker magazine noted several writers whom Felsenfeld met at the MacDowell Colony who used his last name in their novels.[4]
Music
[edit]Orchestral music
[edit]- The Dresden Soul Symphony (2008, with Larry Gold) for orchestra, chorus, rock band, and four soul singers
- Insomnia Redux; 4am (2005) for orchestra
- Thursday Night Overture (1999) for chamber orchestra
- The Bridge (2003) for soprano and chamber orchestra
- Summer and All it Brings (2002) solo cantata for soprano, narrator and chamber orchestra
- Busmeat: A Parable (1998) for orchestra
- Nicotine Sinfonietta (1997 for chamber orchestra
- Bad Coffee Serenade (1994) concerto for violin and chamber orchestra
Opera
[edit]- Exposure (2020) for two sopranos, bass clarinet and marimba, libretto by Bea Goodwin
- The Last of Manhattan (2004) for singers and chamber ensemble, libretto by Ernest Hilbert
- Summer and All it Brings (2002) for soprano, narrator, harpsichord and cello, libretto by Ernest Hilbert
- Thursday Night: Suite from an Abandoned Opera (1999) for singers and chamber orchestra
Chamber music
[edit]- "You.Have.No.Idea" (2009–10) for string quartet
- All Work and No Play (2007) for piccolo and piano
- Life Shrinks (2007) for piano, cello and percussion—music for dance
- Living Room Suite (2006) for string trio
- For Stephanie (2006) for string quartet
- First Scenes from Red Room (2006) for violin and piano
- From Maldoror (2003) for flute, oboe, piano and narrator
- I Conquered Egypt (2000) for piano trio
- Let Me Out (1999) for timpani, cello and bass clarinet
- Live ‘Til Twilight (1999) for cello and piano
- Fast Living (1999) for cello and percussion
- Cultivating Cool (1999) for flute, clarinet, trumpet, piano, percussion and double bass
- Smoking My Diploma (1998) for oboe, cello and piano
- Looking for Funny Dog (1998) for flute and organ
- O I LIKE the LIFE that I’m LEADING (1997) for flute and piano
- Something Very Serious (1995) for violin and piano
- Don’t Call me Sir (1994) for clarinet and piano
- Bad Coffee Serenade (1994) for violin and piano
Solo music
[edit]- Down to You Is Up, Three Movements for solo piano (1999)
- Air That Kills for solo violin (2000)
- A Dirty Little Secret for solo piano (2003)
- Insomnia Redux; 4am for solo piano (2003)
- Obsession No. 1: Toscanini’s Glasses for solo piano (2008)
- The Cohen Variations for solo piano (2009)
- Hooked to the Silver Screen for solo viola (2011)
Vocal music
[edit]- "From Sleepless Nights" (2009) for mezzo-soprano and cello
- In My Craft and Sullen Art (2008) for soprano and piano
- The Poet's Dream of Herself as a Young Girl (2008) for mezzo-soprano and piano trio
- Fall, Leaves, Fall (2007) for soprano and piano
- “Aria” from Magnificat (2007) for soprano and piano
- To a Cabaret Dancer (2007) for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Dry Sandwiches (2007) for soprano and piano
- Lines for Winter (2007) for tenor and piano
- You Want a Social Life, With Friends (2007) for baritone and piano
- Annus Mirabilis (2007) for bass and piano
- True Love (2007) for soprano and organ
- The Bridge (2003) cycle of five songs for soprano and piano; inspired by the poetry of W. H. Auden and Ernest Hilbert, and The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
- New Forms of Control (2000) for female voices, two synthesizers, and percussion
- I May Never Get Home (1999) cycle of seven songs for baritone and piano
- Thank You, Goodnight (1999) cycle of five songs for soprano and piano
- L’Envoi (1999) for soprano and piano
- Sunday Night (1999) for soprano and piano
- Elizabeth Among the Rains (1997) cycle of five songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
- From the Letters of Heloise (1996) for soprano, clarinet, bass clarinet, percussion and strings
- I Am Saturn (1997) cycle of three songs for soprano and piano
- Equals (1996) for soprano and string quartet
- Five Songs for Five Friends (1995) cycle of five songs for soprano and piano
Choral music
[edit]- Revolutions of Ruin (2008) for SATB chorus with soprano and baritone soloists and chamber orchestra
- Manhattan Choruses (2004) for SATB chorus and organ
Books
[edit]- Antonio Vivaldi and the Baroque Tradition, with Donna Getzinger
- Benjamin Britten and Samuel Barber: Their Lives and Music
- Johannes Brahms and the Twilight of Romanticism, with Donna Getzinger
- Richard Wagner and German Opera
- George Frideric Handel and Music for Voices, with Donna Getzinger
- Tchaikovsky: A Listener's Guide Book
- Johann Sebastian Bach and the Art of Baroque Music with Donna Getzinger
- Charles Ives and Aaron Copland—A Listener's Guide
References
[edit]- ^ "Felsenfeld, Daniel | The Juilliard School". www.juilliard.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ a b "Daniel Felsenfeld | Five College New Music Festival 2024". www.5cnmf.org. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
- ^ Compton, Shanna (2004-11-01). Gamers: writers, artists & programmers on the pleasures of pixels. Soft Skull Press. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-1-932360-57-8. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ New Yorker article about the Felsenfeld meme
External links
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Categories:
- 1970 births
- 20th-century American classical composers
- 21st-century American classical composers
- American opera composers
- American male opera composers
- Living people
- New England Conservatory alumni
- Writers from California
- University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
- 20th-century American male musicians
- 21st-century American male musicians