Short bio Ernst Bacon
Birthday:
1898 in Chicago, IL
Died:
1990 in Orlinda, CA
Active:
1930s - 1980s
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Modern
Full biography Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon (1898 – 1990) was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. Bacon was born on May 26, 1898, in Chicago. He had a diverse career as a composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, and writer. He wrote over 250 songs, five symphonies, three piano concertos, and many chamber works.
Bacon was known for his unique style of music, which was influenced by various musical traditions. His music didn't follow any particular school of composition and did not rely on fads. Rather, he was inspired by the vitality and diversity of American culture, which he aimed to express through his music.
Aside from his musical contributions, Bacon was known as a prolific writer. He wrote several books, including "Words on Music" and "Notes on the Piano," which showcased his erudite mind and detailed explorations of music and its history.
Throughout his career, Bacon received numerous honors and awards, including two Guggenheim Fellowships and the Brandeis Creative Arts Award. Today, his music continues to be performed and recorded, and he is considered an important figure in American classical music.
Compositions featuring Ernst Bacon
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marinio, canon for guitar | 0:56 min | Chamber Music | 1988 |
| 2 | Piano Trio No. 2 | 31:21 min | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| 3 | Remembering Ansel Adams, for clarinet & orchestra | 14:30 min | Concerto | 1985 |
| 4 | Anniversary Canon, for guitar | 0:58 min | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| 5 | Toro, for guitar | 5:23 min | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| 6 | Coon Hollow, for guitar | 3:02 min | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| 7 | Cambiataria (Moderato), for guitar | 3:37 min | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| 8 | Cambiataria (Comodo), for guitar | 3:14 min | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| 9 | Tumbleweeds, for violin & piano | 20:42 min | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| 10 | A Christmas Canon, for guitar | 0:51 min | Chamber Music | 1964 |
| 11 | So Bashful, for voice & piano | 1:16 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 12 | Summer's Lapse, for voice & piano | 2:23 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 13 | On This Wondrous Sea, for voice & piano | 2:06 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 14 | The Simple Days, for voice & piano | 1:08 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 15 | The Snake, for voice & piano | 1:22 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 16 | A Spider, for voice & piano | 1:00 min | Vocal Music | 1960 |
| 17 | Weeping and Sighing, for voice & piano | 1:13 min | Vocal Music | 1950 |
| 18 | A Word, for voice & piano | 0:46 min | Vocal Music | 1950 |
| 19 | Sonata for cello & piano | 21:23 min | Chamber Music | 1948 |
| 20 | Eden, for voice & piano | 2:25 min | Vocal Music | 1940 |
| 21 | To Make A Prairie, for voice & piano | 0:58 min | Vocal Music | 1940 |
| 22 | O Friend, for voice & piano | 1:43 min | Vocal Music | 1940 |
| 23 | It's all I have to bring, for voice & piano | 1:20 min | Vocal Music | 1940 |
| 24 | Is There Such A Thing As Day?, for voice & piano | 1:03 min | Vocal Music | 1940 |
| 25 | As Well As Jesus? for voice & piano | 1:08 min | Vocal Music | 1935 |
| 26 | The Imperial Heart, for voice & piano | 2:21 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 27 | She Went, for voice & piano | 1:41 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 28 | Sunset, for voice & piano | 2:05 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 29 | A Threadless Way, for voice & piano | 1:23 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 30 | The Grass So Little Has To Do, for voice & piano | 2:26 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 31 | I'm Nobody, for voice & piano | 1:21 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 32 | Eternity, for voice & piano | 1:12 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 33 | Alabaster Wool, for voice & piano | 1:52 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 34 | One Thought Ever at the Fore, for voice & piano | 1:39 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 35 | And This of All of My Hopes | 1:41 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1926 |
| 36 | Coal-Scuttle Blues for 2 pianos | 6:03 min | Keyboard | 1922 |
| 37 | The Bat, for soprano & piano | 1:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Yemassee River, for piano | 1:27 min | Keyboard | - |
| 39 | When Roses Cease To Bloom, Dear, for soprano & piano | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 40 | Sonata, for violin & piano | 25:52 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 41 | A Brighter Morning, for soprano & piano | 0:58 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | Song of Snow-white Heads, for soprano & piano | 2:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 43 | Spirits and Places | 32:37 min | Keyboard | - |
| 44 | Trumpet Tune | 2:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 45 | This and my Heart | 1:15 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | The Banks of the Yellow Sea, for voice & piano | 2:05 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 47 | The little Stone, for voice & piano | 0:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Wild Nights, for soprano & piano | 1:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | The Commonplace, for baritone & piano | 1:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | The Divine Ship, for baritone & piano | 1:34 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 51 | The Erie Canal, for guitar | 4:24 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 52 | World Take Good Notice, song for voice & piano | 0:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 53 | The Heart, for voice & piano | 1:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 54 | Velvet People, for soprano & piano | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 55 | The Lamb, for soprano & piano | 2:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 56 | The Last Invocation, for baritone & piano | 2:14 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 57 | The Red Rose, for soprano & piano | 1:59 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 58 | The Lobo Girl, for piano | 5:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 59 | How Still the Bells, for baritone & piano | 2:02 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 60 | A Few Glimpses of Easter Week, 1865, for orchestra | 29:31 min | Orchestral | - |
| 61 | Allegro, for guitar | 1:26 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 62 | And this of all my hope, for voice & piano | 1:30 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 63 | Billy in the Darbies | 9:23 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 64 | Bothin Street, for guitar | 3:01 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 65 | Brady, for baritone & piano | 2:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 66 | Darest Thou Now, O Soul, song for voice & piano | 4:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 67 | Drip-Drop Rain, for piano | 0:51 min | Keyboard | - |
| 68 | Episode, for guitar | 2:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 69 | Farewell to a name and a number, for baritone & piano | 1:28 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 70 | Flop-Eared Mule, for piano | 2:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 71 | Fond Affection, for soprano & piano | 2:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 72 | Gentle Greeting, for soprano & piano | 1:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 73 | Grand Is the Seen, for baritone & piano | 2:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 74 | Habañera, for piano | 2:59 min | Keyboard | - |
| 75 | Schilflied, for soprano & piano | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 76 | It's coming - the postponeless Creature, for baritone & piano | 2:59 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 77 | Just Wondering, for guitar | 1:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 78 | Let Down the Bars, for voice & piano | 2:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 79 | Lingering Last Drops, for baritone & piano | 1:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 80 | Little Boy, for soprano & piano | 2:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 81 | Maple-Sugaring, for piano | 0:41 min | Keyboard | - |
| 82 | My River Runs To Thee, for soprano & piano | 1:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 83 | Nuka, for piano | 2:48 min | Keyboard | - |
| 84 | Omaha, for baritone & piano | 1:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 85 | On the Frontiers, song for voice & piano | 3:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 86 | Pieces (2) for guitar | 3:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 87 | Pieces (4) for guitar | 18:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 88 | Pigtown Fling, for piano | 3:01 min | Keyboard | - |
| 89 | Poor Little Heart, for voice & piano | 2:15 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 90 | Savior, for voice & piano | 2:57 min | Vocal Music | - |
Albums featuring Ernst Bacon
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Copland • Duke • Farwell • Bacon • Pearson-Thomas • Gendel • Laitman • Hoiby - Julia Faulkner • Martha Fischer • Lee Hoiby – Between The Bliss And Me... (Songs To Poems Of Emily Dickinson)(CD, ) | 2013 | Naxos |
| 2 |  |
Ernst Bacon, David Diamond (2), James Greening-Valenzuela – Sonata, Chaconne(CD, Reissue) | 2003 | Con Brio Recordings |
| 3 |  |
Fond Affection(CD, ) | 2002 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 4 |  |
Remembering Ansel Adams And Other Works(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1998 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 5 |  |
Ernst Bacon, John Cook (5), Marian Ruhl Metson – Cook'n Bacon(CD, Album) | 1995 | Raven Records (29) |
| 6 |  |
Charles Ives, Ernst Bacon, Helen Boatwright, John Kirkpatrick (3) – Songs Of Charles Ives And Ernst Bacon(CD, Album) | 1994 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 7 |  |
Rosi & Toni Grunschlag - Bacon-Luening, Ballou, Dello Joio, Hindemith, Martinů, Milhaud, Starer – Piano Duo | 1991 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 8 |  |
Dorothy Bales, Allan Sly - Bartok / Bacon / Nin – Twentieth Century Folk Songs For Violin(LP) | 1984 | Orion |
| 9 |  |
Ernst Bacon, John Cook (5), Marian Ruhl Metson – Spirits & Places / Variations On Alles Ist An Gottes Segen / Improvisation On Veni Creator Spiritus(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1984 | Raven Recordings |
| 10 |  |
Helen Boatwright, Ernst Bacon – Songs From Emily Dickinson(LP, Album) | 1967 | Cambridge Records |
| 11 |  |
Ernst Bacon / Bernard Wagenaar – Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Max Schoenherr, Herbert Haeffner – Ford's Theatre / Symphony No. 4 | 1965 | Desto |
| 12 |  |
Gordon Binkerd, Stanley Fletcher / Ernst Bacon, Bernard Greenhouse, Manahem Pressler – Sonata For Piano (1955) / Sonata For 'Cello And Piano (1948)(LP) | 1965 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 13 |  |
Horatio W. Parker, American Recording Society Orchestra And Chorus, William Strickland, Gertrude Hopf, E. Wien, Edward Kent (2), Walter Berry / Ernst Bacon, Max Schoenherr – Hora Novissima / Ford's Theatre(2×LP, Album) | 1953 | American Recording Society |
| 14 |  |
Viola Pieces(CDr, Promo) | - | The Ernst Bacon Society |
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