Nancy Galbraith
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Nancy Galbraith (Born 1951 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American postmodern/postminimalist composer. She is the Professor of composition at Carnegie Mellon University[1]
Biography[]
Galbraith began playing piano at the age of four.[1] She studied music at Ohio University (BM, 1972), West Virginia University (MM, 1978), and Carnegie Mellon University. She now (2021) teaches composition and music theory at Carnegie Mellon.[1] She has had six works premiered with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and has a close relationship with the , who premiered her choral works Missa Mysteriorum and Requiem. She has had works commissioned from several Latin American ensembles. Her music is published in the United States by , and internationally by Boosey & Hawkes.
She is the Vira Heinz Professor of Composition at Carnegie Mellon University[1]
Compositions[]
Note: This list is incomplete.
Orchestral works[]
- Morning Litany (1988)
- Danza de los Duendes (1992)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (1995)
- A Festive Violet Pulse (1998)
- Tormenta del Sur (2001)
- De Profundis ad Lucem (2002)
- Fantasy for Orchestra (2003)
Vocal/choral works[]
- In Unity and Love (1997)
- Christ By Whose Death (1999)
- Missa Mysteriorum (1999)
- Magnificat (2002)
- Four River Songs (2002)
- God of Justice (2004)
- Requiem (2004)
- Sacred Songs and Interludes (2006)
- Two Emily Dickinson Songs (2007)
- Novena (2007)
Works for wind ensemble[]
- with brightness round about it (1993)
- Danza de los Duendes (1996)
- Wind Symphony No. 1 (1996)
- Elfin Thunderbolt (1998)
- Dream Catchers (1998)
- Concerto for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2000)
- Internal Combustion (2001)
- Washington's Landing (2006)
Chamber music[]
- Time Cycle (1984)
- Fantasia (1986)
- Into Light (1989)
- Aeolian Muses (1993)
- Incantation and Allegro (1995)
- Rhythms and Rituals (1995)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1996)
- Inquiet Spirits (String Quartet No. 2) (2000)
- Island Echoes (2000)
- Atacama Sonata (2001)
- Dos Danzas Latinas (2002)
- Of Nature (2003)
- Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2004)
- String Quartet No. 3 (2005)
- Traverso Mistico (2006)
Solo piano[]
- Haunted Fantasy (1979)
- Prelude for Piano (1986)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (1997)
- Three Preludes for Piano (2011)
Organ works[]
- Cortege
- Litany
- Agnus Dei (adapted from her Mass)
- Christ By Whose Death
- Gloria Te Deum
- Prelude and Fugue (2007)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d University, Carnegie Mellon. "Nancy Galbraith - School of Music - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
External links[]
- The official Nancy Galbraith website
- Biography from Sigma Alpha Iota
- Biography from Carnegie Mellon University
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