Norma Ruth Wendelburg (Stafford, Kansas, 26 de març, 1918 - 26 de juliol de 2016) va ser una compositora, becària Fulbright, pianista i professora estatunidenca.Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
Biografia Wendelburg va néixer a i va obtenir una beca per al Bethany College (Kansas), on va obtenir un màster en música (B.M.). Wendelburg va obtenir un màster en música (M.M.) a la Universitat de Michigan, on va estudiar composició amb Ross Lee Finney i Homer Keller,Pfitzinger, Scott (March 1, 2017). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5. i piano amb John Kollen. El 1948, va rebre una beca de la "Wellesley Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center", on va estudiar amb Otto Luening i Ingolf Dahl.Herman, Michael. "American Symphonies / A Discography Of CDs And LP / Norma Wendelburg / (b.1918)" (PDF). musicweb-international.com. p. 74. Retrieved September 28, 2020. Va assistir al "Tanglewood Music Center" el 1953 amb una beca i va estudiar amb Carlos Chávez. Com a becària Fulbright del 1953 al 1955, Wendelburg va estudiar amb Cesar Bresgen al Mozarteum de Salzburg i amb Karl Schiske a l'Acadèmia de Música de Viena.Herman, Michael. "American Symphonies / A Discography Of CDs And LP / Norma Wendelburg / (b.1918)" (PDF). musicweb-international.com. p. 74. Retrieved September 28, 2020."Norma Ruth Wendelburg / 1918 – 2016 / Obituary". elliottmortuary.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020. Va obtenir el doctorat a l'Eastman School of Music el 1969,Burns, Chris. "Composers Bureau – Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity". www.sai-national.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020. on va obtenir una beca de recerca i va estudiar amb Wayne Barlow i Bernard Rogers.Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). "Wendelburg, Norma Ruth". International encyclopedia of women composers (2nd ed.). New York: Books & Music (USA).
Wendelburg pertanyia a la fraternitat musical Sigma Alpha IotaMichiganensian. University of Michigan. 1947. i a l'American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Va rebre beques de la MacDowell Colony i de la Huntington Hartford Foundation.Wagner, Karin (2005). Fremd bin ich ausgezogen : Eric Zeisl : Biografie. Wien: Czernin. ISBN 3-7076-0070-X. OCLC 62900746.
Al llarg dels anys, Wendelburg va ensenyar al Wayne State College (Nebraska); la seva alma mater, el Bethany College; la Hardin-Simmons University (Texas); la Southwest Texas State University; el Dallas Baptist College;Institute, American Biographical (1984). Two Thousand Notable Americans. American Biographical Institute. ISBN 978-0-934544-35-1. i l'Iowa State Teacher's College (avui coneguda com la Universitat de North Iowa). Mentre ensenyava a l'Iowa State Teacher's College, va ser nomenada una de les joves compositores més destacades d'Amèrica per un comitè que incloïa els compositors Walter Piston i William Schuman.Kansas Music Review. 1957.
Composicions Cambra
Affirmation (trombone and piano) Concenter (clarinet and piano; 1971) Andante and allegro (woodwind quartet; 1951) Echo and Narcissus (flute) Fantasy (trumpet and piano) Festival Piece (brass and tympani; 1959) Five Duos for Flute and Clarinet Four Dances (three woodwinds; 1958) Monologue (violin and piano) Clarinet Sonata Sonatina (oboe and piano; 1951) String Quartet No. 1 (1952) String Quartet No. 2 (1956) Suite No. 1 (violin and piano; 1951) Suite No. 2 (violin and piano; 1964) To Nature (violin and piano suite; 1972) Trio for Brass Variants (percussion; 1972)
Orquestra
Clarinet Concerto Concert Piece (bassoon and string orchestra; 1952) Concertino (oboe and string orchestra; 1956) Galaxy (clarinet and orchestra) Poem (flute and string orchestra; 1947) Sinfonietta (1993)Herman, Michael. "American Symphonies / A Discography Of CDs And LP / Norma Wendelburg / (b.1918)" (PDF). musicweb-international.com. p. 74. Retrieved September 28, 2020. Symphony No. 1 (1967) Triptych (1961)
Orgue
Chorale Fantasy Interlacings Six Chorale Preludes Toccata
Piano
American Fantasy (1976) Eight Sketches (1950) Six Preludes (1954) Sophisticated Daughter Teaching Pieces Transformations Vocal
Alleluia (mixed chorus a capella; 1951) Apostles' Creed (mixed chorus and optional organ; 1962) Arise, O God, to Judge the Earth (Psalm 82; (mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) Blessed (mixed chorus, flute, trumpet and organ; 1976) Boating Song (words by Li Po; mixed chorus and piano; 1960) Chinese Cycle from the Book of Songs (women's chorus and orchestra; 1962) Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God (soloista, chorus, congregation and instruments; 1969) Delight in the Lord (Psalm 37; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) Doors of Heaven (words by Robert Nathan; mixed chorus a capella; 1957) Eve (words by Ralph Hodgson; women's chorus and piano; 1956) Great Stars of Our Time (voice and piano) Help, O Lord, All Godly Men (Psalm 12; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) Hymn (words by Stephen Crane; women's chorus and piano; 1953) If I Take the Wings of Morning (Psalm 139 mixed chorus and flute; 1971) It is Good (Psalm 92; women's chorus and organ or piano; 1973) (The) Lord Reigns Over Us (Psalm 93; women's chorus and organ; 1973) Lord, Your Blessing Please (Psalm 67; mixed chorus and organ; 1973) My Lord, Chastise Me Not in Anger (Psalm 6; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) My Prayers, Like Incense Rising (Psalm 141; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) O God, We Wait Upon You Now (Psalm 130; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) O How I Love Thy Word (Psalm 117; women's or mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) Setting of Psalm 13 (mixed chorus and optional organ; 1955) Setting of Psalm 83 (mixed chorus a capella; 1961) Promised Gifts (Psalm 85; tenor, mixed chorus, congregation, trumpet and organ) Setting of Psalm 100 (mixed chorus and woodwind quintet; 1971) Praise the Lord (Psalm 146; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) Setting of Psalm 147 (mixed chorus and organ or piano) Praise the Lord of Creation (Psalm 148; mixed chorus and organ; 1973) Silent Night (by Joseph Mohr; arranged by Wendelburg for mixed chorus a capella; 1968) Song of the White Clouds (soprano, two flutes, and piano; 1969) Song on May Morning (words by John Milton; women's chorus a capella; 1956) Songs of William Blake (voice and piano; 1953) Stone Drums (1965) Three Miniatures (words by Rachel Field; women's chorus and piano; 1973) Three Songs (words by Betty Bird; 1971) Three Songs from Emily Dickinson Velvet Shoes (words by Elinor Wylie; women's chorus a capella; 1956) We Three Kings of Orient Are'' (by John Henry Hopkins Jr.; arranged by Wendelburg for mixed chorus and flute; 1972)
Referències
Categoria:Morts el 2016 Categoria:Alumnes del Mozarteum Categoria:Alumnes de la Universitat de Música i Art Dramàtic de Viena Categoria:Compositors estatunidencs del segle XXI Categoria:Alumnes de l'Eastman School of Music Categoria:Compositors de Kansas Categoria:Compositors estatunidencs nascuts al segle XX Categoria:Nascuts el 1918