Merton Brown
Merton Brown (May 5, 1913, Berlin, Vermont – February 20, 2001, Charlestown, Massachusetts) was a composer who studied with Wallingford Riegger and Carl Ruggles. He often collaborated with choreographers including former Martha Graham dancer , José Limón, and .
Virgil Thomson describes him as a "neo-contrapuntalist" influenced by Carl Ruggles and involved with, "rounded [ melodic ] material," but not so much with the, "personalized sentiment," involved in neoromanticism.[1]
Works[]
- Cantabile for string orchestra
- Concerto Breve for string orchestra
- Concerto Grosso for band
- Consort for Four Voices for string quartet or two pianos
- Movement for string quartet
- String Trio for violin, viola, and cello
- Chorale to Olin Stephens for string quintet or string orchestra
- Three Motets for string quartet
- Trio for flute, violin, and cello
- Arioso for piano
- Sonata in One Movement for piano
- Piano Sonata
- Toccata for piano
- Three Etudes for piano
- Three Songs (Rilke) for voice and string trio
- Two Songs for voice and piano
- Cat Duets (written for David Edgar Walther)
- Poems of James Joyce
Sources[]
- ^ Thomson, Virgil. 2002. Virgil Thomson: A Reader: Selected Writings, 1924–1984, edited by Richard Kostelanetz, p.268. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93795-7.
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