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Catalog: Biographies: Page 17 of 25Please keep this site alive by contributing song listings and other information to the catalog. See the bottom of every catalog page for how. Owen, WilfredBritish poet (see songs) 1893 - 1918, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 9/16/99 The following is the website of the Wilfred Owen Association and contains much material about the poet. Other Web Site: http://www.wilfred.owen.association.mcmail.com/ This entry contributed by G&K around 9/16/99 Parker, DorothyAmerican poet (see songs) 8/22/1893 - 10/20/1988, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 5/15/99 Other Web Site: http://www.larsonmm.com/beacham/newarts/parkerd.htm This entry contributed by G&K around 5/15/99 Other Web Site: http://www.suck-my-big.org/blah/ This entry contributed by G&K around 5/16/99 Patten, BrianBritish poet (see songs) 2/7/1946 - , working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 10/17/99
[from the Malcolm Forsyth piece, "In the dying of anything."] This entry contributed by G&K around 10/17/99 Paulus, StephenAmerican composer (see songs) 8/24/1949 - , working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 8/26/98 Here are some extra notes that are not in his bio, but that I wanted to add. First, I have corresponded with him, and he seemed like a really nice guy. Second, I hope to have all of his song cycles in this catalog. Some are All My Pretty Ones for soprano and piano, Artsongs for tenor and piano, and Bittersuite for baritone and piano; all of these cycles can be heard on the Albany Records CD TROY036-2. This is how I first encountered Dr. Paulus' songs. Third, if you are curious, Slonimsky adds to his factual bio of Paulus, "Paulus has demonstrated fine craftsmanship in both vocal and instrumental writing." Fourth, the Composers Forum mentioned in his bio was cofounded with Libby Larsen. Fifth, in a letter to me from the composer dated June 25, 1994, he says he is "all for transposition of the songs." That might have been in reference to the song cycle for baritone, or in general. OK, that's it. This entry contributed by G&K around 9/7/98 His bio, at least five or six years old (it's all I've got): Stephen Paulus was born in 1949 in New Jersey and was raised in Minnesota. He began sudying piano formally at the age of 10 and came from a musical family where both parents and two younger brothers all played a variety of instruments--from piano and organ to trumpet. His first compositions were written at about age 13 or 14. Paulus attended Macalester College in St. Paul for two years and completed his B.A. in Music at the University of Minnesota in 1971. He completed an M.A. in Music Theory and Composition in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Composition in 1978, receiving both degrees from the University of Minnesota. His pricipal composition teacher was Dr. Paul Fetler. While pursuing his graduate studies Paulus co-founded the Minnesota Composers Forum in 1973. He served as Fund Raiser and Managing Composer of that organization for eleven years and in 1983 became a Composer in Residence with the Minnesota Orchestra under Sir Neville Mariner. After four years in that post he went on in 1988 to become Composer in Residence with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra working with Musical Director, Yoel Levi and Conductor Laureate, Robert Shaw. He has also served as Composer in Residence with the Dale Warland Singers. Paulus has been featured as a resident composer at numerous festivals where his works have been performed including the Tanglewood Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Oregon Bach Festival; and in the U.K.--the Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festivals. His Violin Concerto, written for William Preucil and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra won Third Prize in the 1988 Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards; Paulus has also received both Guggenheim and NEA Composer Fellowships. Several works have been commissioned for a wide array of soloists, including Doc Severinsen, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Hampson, Robert Mac Duffie, Paul Sperry, Haken Hagegard, Janet Bookspan, William Preucil and Leo Kottke. His operas have received performances from the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Washington Opera, Greater Miami Opera Association, Minnesota Opera and numerous others. His second opera, The Postman Always Rings Twice, was the first American opera production ever to be presented at the Edinburgh Festival. Orchestras that have commissioned or premiered Paulus works include those of New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Atlanta, St. Louis, Minnesota, St. Paul, the BBC and many others. Stephen Paulus is currently a Board Member of ASCAP and is active in the support of music by his colleagues. He is married to Patty Paulus, an artist, and has two sons, Gregory and Andrew. Other Web Site: http://eamdc.com/03.html This entry contributed by G&K around 9/7/98 Poe, Edgar AllenAmerican poet (see songs) 1809 - 1849, working primarily in English This entry contributed by G&K around 12/28/98 Other Web Site: http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=18484 This entry contributed by G&K around 1/25/99 Poulenc, FrancisFrench composer (see songs) 1899 - 1963, working primarily in French This entry contributed by G&K around 1/18/99 Other Web Site: http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=10450 This entry contributed by G&K around 1/26/99 Please contribute to the catalog
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