American classical composer
Robert Walter Moevs (2 December 1920 – 10 December 2007) was an American composer of contemporary classical music .[1] He was known for his highly chromatic music.
Career
Moevs was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin , and served in the United States Army Air Forces as a pilot during World War II . He then received his degree from Harvard University . Moevs was a student of Walter Piston and Nadia Boulanger . He taught at Harvard University and Rutgers University . He received the Rome Prize (1952) and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1962). In 1978 his Concerto Grosso was awarded the Stockhausen International Prize in Composition.[2]
His music has been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra , the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air . His papers, including unpublished scores and recordings, are held by the Rutgers Music Library. He died in Hillsborough, New Jersey .[3] [4]
Music
Discography
Title / date
Performer
Label
Catalog no.
Piano Sonata (1950)
Joseph Bloch
New World Records
NWCRL136
Musica Da Camera I (1965)
Contemporary Chamber Ensemble conducted by Arthur Weisberg
New World Records
NWCRL223
Variazioni sopra una melodia (1961)
Jacob Glick / Robert Sylvester
New World Records
NWCRL223
A Brief Mass (1968)
Kirkpatrick Chamber Choir conducted by David Drinkwater
New World Records
NWCRL262
Fantasia sopra un motivo (1951)
Wanda Maximilien
New World Records
NWCRL404
Phoenix (1972)
Wanda Maximilien
New World Records
NWCRL404
Una collana musicale (1977) (excerpts)
Wanda Maximilien
New World Records
NWCRL404
Concerto Grosso for Piano, Percussion and Orchestra (1960 / 68)
Orchestra of the 20th Century conducted by Arthur Weisberg , Wanda Maximilien soloist
New World Records
NWCRL457
Una collana musicale (1977) (more excerpts)
Wanda Maximilien
New World Records
NWCRL496
Pan (1951)
Karl Kraber
Orion Records
out of print
Saraband (1986)
Jory Vinikour
Dorian Sono Luminus
DSL 92174
Notes
Sources
Further reading
Boros, James. 1990. "The Systematic Chromaticism of Robert Moevs." Perspectives of New Music 28/1 (Winter): 294–323.
Boros, James. 1990. "A Conversation with Robert Moevs." Perspectives of New Music 28/1 (Winter): 324–335.
Boros, James. 1990. "The Evolution of Robert Moevs's Compositional Methodology." American Music 8/4 (Winter): 383–404.
Moevs, Robert. 1966. "Some Observations on Instruction in Music Theory." College Music Symposium 6 (Fall): 69–71.
Moevs, Robert. 1969. "Music and the Liturgy." Liturgical Arts 38/1 (November): 4–9.
Moevs, Robert. 1969. "Intervallic Procedures in Debussy ." Perspectives of New Music 8/1 (Fall/Winter): 82–101.
Moevs, Robert. 1971. "Mannerism and Stylistic Consistency in Stravinsky ." Perspectives of New Music 9/2 (10/1): 92–103.
Moevs, Robert, in conversation with Ellen Rosand . 1980. "Recollections—Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)." 19th-Century Music 3/3 (March): 276–278.
Wilkinson, Carlton. 1997. "Robert Moevs's Heptachronon for solo cello." Perspectives of New Music 35/1 (Winter): 231–261.
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