Short bio Joseph Schwantner
Full biography Joseph Schwantner
Joseph Schwantner is an American composer born on March 22, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his chamber music, orchestral music, and works for percussion. He studied at the Chicago Conservatory, Northwestern University, and the Yale School of Music.
Schwantner has received numerous awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1988 for his composition "Aftertones of Infinity." He has also been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Schwantner's music is characterized by its use of orchestral color and timbre, as well as intricate rhythmic structures. Many of his works feature percussion prominently, and he has written a number of works specifically for percussion ensemble.
In addition to his work as a composer, Schwantner has also served as Composer-in-Residence with several major symphony orchestras, including the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. He has also taught composition at a number of institutions, including the Eastman School of Music and the Yale School of Music.
Schwantner has cited a wide range of influences on his work, including the music of Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, and Edgar Varese, as well as the writings of Henry David Thoreau. He continues to be an active composer and his music is regularly performed by orchestras and ensembles around the world.
Albums featuring Joseph Schwantner
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Schwantner • Maslanka • Bryant • Jonathan Yarrington • Jackie McIlwain • The University Of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble • Catherine A. Rand – Alchemize | 2017 | Naxos |
| 2 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, Sarah Frisof, Daniel Pesca – Looking Back: The Flute Music Of Joseph Schwantner(CD, Album) | 2016 | Centaur Records |
| 3 |  |
Jennie Oh Brown, Joseph Schwantner – Looking Back (Flute Music Of Joseph Schwantner)(CD, Album) | 2015 | Innova Recordings |
| 4 |  |
Leonard Garrison, Jay Mauchley, Joseph Schwantner, Elliott Carter, Donald Martino, Vincent Persichetti, Robert Dick, Samuel Barber, Robert Beaser – Looking Back(CD, ) | 2012 | Albany Records |
| 5 |  |
Machiko Takahashi - Joseph Schwantner, Robert Nasveld, Kazuo Fukushima, Yoshihisa Taïra, Isang Yun – Music For Flutes(CD, Album) | 2011 | Attacca |
| 6 |  |
Joseph Schwantner - Christopher Lamb, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero – Chasing Light... / Morning's Embrace / Percussion Concerto(CD, Album) | 2011 | Naxos |
| 7 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, Stephen Michael Gryc, Leslie Bassett, Joseph Turrin, Nebojsa Zivkovic, The Hartt School Wind Ensemble • Glen Adsit – Passaggi(CD, Album) | 2009 | Naxos |
| 8 |  |
Hindemith, Holst, Schwantner, Grainger, The Peabody Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Harlan D. Parker – Trendsetters (Music For Wind Band)(CD, Album) | 2009 | Naxos |
| 9 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon – Joseph Schwantner(2×CD, Compilation) | 2006 | GIA (2) |
| 10 |  |
Bryant, Cesarini, Gandolfi, Schwantner, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon – Poetics(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2005 | Klavier Records |
| 11 |  |
Schwantner, Anne Akiko Meyers, Gregory Hustis, James Diaz, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton – Angelfire ∙ Beyond Autumn ∙ September Canticle ∙ A Sudden Rainbow(CD, Album) | 2005 | Hyperion |
| 12 |  |
20th Century Consort, Joseph Schwantner, Gerald Chenoweth, Richard Wernick, William Doppmann, Lucy Shelton, Christopher Kendall – Lucy Shelton / Soprano(CD, Album) | 2004 | Innova Recordings |
| 13 |  |
Joseph Schwantner - Holst-Sinfonietta / Klaus Simon – Sparrows • Music Of Amber(CD, Stereo) | 2004 | Naxos |
| 14 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, Richard Rodney Bennett, Andrew Thomas (3), Raymond Helble, Evan Hause, Filippo Lattanzi – "Fields" - American Music For Marimba(CD, Album) | 2001 | Dad Records |
| 15 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, Evelyn Glennie, Leonard Slatkin, National Symphony Orchestra, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. – The Music Of Joseph Schwantner | 1997 | RCA Victor Red Seal |
| 16 |  |
Druckman, Harbison, Schwantner, Zwilich – Ensemble 21 (4) / Arthur Weisberg – Voices Within(CD, Stereo) | 1995 | Summit Records (3) |
| 17 |  |
Sharon Isbin, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Hugh Wolff - Corigliano / Schwantner / Foss – American Landscapes | 1995 | Virgin Classics |
| 18 |  |
Summit Brass, Joseph Schwantner, Gunther Schuller, Donald Erb, Dan Welcher, John Cheetham, David Sampson (6), John Stevens (8) – American Tribute (Monumental Brassworks By American Composers)(CD, ) | 1991 | Summit Records (3) |
| 19 |  |
Paula Robison, Ransom Wilson, Carol Wincenc, Solisti New York Chamber Orchestra, Alasdair Neale, Brian Zeger, Douglas Webster / Works By Robert Beaser, Paul Schoenfield, Joseph Schwantner – Flutes(CD, Album, Compilation) | 1991 | New World Records |
| 20 |  |
The Juilliard Orchestra, Joseph Schwantner, Jacob Druckman, Stephen Albert – Works By Albert, Druckman, Schwantner | 1989 | New World Records |
| 21 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, Jean Eichelberger Ivey, William Wright (15), Katherine Hay, Ronald Aufmann, Helmut Braunlich, Lori Barnet, Randall Eyles, Barbro Dahlman, Pamela Jordan – The Contemporary Music Forum: Music Of Amber, Solstice(LP) | 1988 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 22 |  |
Joseph Schwantner - Lucy Shelton, Ursula Oppens, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin – A Sudden Rainbow / Sparrows / Distant Runes And Incantations(LP) | 1987 | Elektra Nonesuch |
| 23 |  |
Joseph Schwantner, William Schuman - Lucy Shelton, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Leonard Slatkin – Magabunda - American Hymn(LP, Album) | 1984 | Nonesuch |
| 24 |  |
Joseph Schwantner / Ben Johnston – Wild Angels Of The Open Hills / String Quartet No. 6(LP) | 1983 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 25 |  |
Schwantner, Willie Stargell, Copland, William Warfield, Walker, Eastman Philharmonia, David Effron – New Morning For The World / Lincoln Portrait / An Eastman Overture(Cassette, Album) | 1983 | Mercury |
| 26 |  |
The Da Capo Chamber Players - Glass / Perle / Ran / Schwantner / Tower / Wuorinen – The Da Capo Chamber Players Celebrate Their Tenth Anniversary(LP, Album) | 1981 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 27 |  |
Joseph Schwantner , Witold Lutoslawski , Eastman Philharmonia, David Effron – Schwantner: Aftertones Of Infinity / Lutoslawski: Livre Pour Orchestre(LP) | 1981 | Mercury |
| 28 |  |
The Twentieth Century Consort, Christopher Kendall - Schwantner / Chenoweth / Penn / Wright / Rochberg – The Twentieth Century Consort(2×LP, Album) | 1981 | Smithsonian Collection |
| 29 |  |
Howard Hanson / Joseph Schwantner / Aaron Copland : Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger – Young Composer's Guide To The Six Tone Scale / ...And The Mountains Rising Nowhere / Emblems | 1979 | Mercury |
| 30 |  |
Ross / Schwantner / Penn – Instrumental Music (Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra / Prelude, Fugue And Big Apple / Modus Caelestis / Ultra Mensuram)(LP) | 1975 | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) |
| 31 |  |
Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, Joseph Schwantner, Charles Ives, Luciano Berio, Mario Davidovsky, Donald Harris (3) – Plays Joseph Schwantner, Charles Ives, Luciano Berio, Mario Davidosky, And Donald Harris | 1975 | Delos |
| 32 |  |
Jacob Druckman / Joseph Schwantner / John Harbison – Spectrum: New American Music, Volume III | 1969 | Nonesuch |
Videos featuring Joseph Schwantner
Modus Caelestis (Consortium III)
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Modus Caelestis (Consortium III) · Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble · Joseph Schwantner · New England Conservatory Repertory Orchestra · Richard Pittman · Greig Shearer
American Contemporary I
Schwantner: New Morning for the World (Willie Stargell, narrator)
Joseph Schwantner's 'New Morning for the World ("Daybreak of Freedom")' for narrator and orchestra, with text by Martin Luther King, Jr. The narrator is Willie Stargell; the orchestra is the Eastman Philharmonia conducted by David Effron.
J. Schwantner - W. Schuman - Magabunda - American Hymn (1984)
J. Schwantner - W. Schuman - Magabunda - American Hymn (1984)
SIDE ONE
Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)
MAGABUNDA
Four Poems of Agueda Pizarro (28:54)
A1 I. Shadowinnower (6:15)
A2 II. Blancolvido (White Oblivio”) (9:21)
A3 III. Black Anemones (5:12)
A4 IV. M
Jacob Druckman - Incenters
Incenters (1968)
The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Arthur Weisberg
Jacob Druckman's Incenters was written in 1968 for Arthur Weisberg and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and first performed by the group at Rutgers and in New York in the same year. Dru
Schwanter: Aftertones of Infinity (Effron: Eastman Philharmonia) - "Lost" Mercury LP Restored!
Another "lost" Mercury LP, SRI 75141 (1981) never issued on CD, this one featuring a spectacular modern masterpiece by Joseph Schwanter conducted by David Effron, worthy successor to Howard Hanson. This piece won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Schwanter. T
Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple: I. Prelude
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple: I. Prelude · Bergen Symphony Orchestra · New England Conservatory Repertory Orchestra · Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble · Karsten Andersen · Richard Pittman · Ca
An Eastman Overture
Provided to YouTube by NAXOS of America
An Eastman Overture · Eastman Philharmonia
Walker, G.: 5 Fancies / Antifonys / An Eastman Overture / Variations / Cantata / 3 Pieces
℗ 1994 Albany
Released on: 1994-01-01
Conductor: David Effron
Orchestra: E
Ultra Mensuram
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Ultra Mensuram · Bergen Symphony Orchestra · New England Conservatory Repertory Orchestra · Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble · William Penn · Carol Bjerregaard
American Contemporary Instrument
Lutoslawski: Livre Pour Orchestre (Effron: Eastman Philharmonia) - "Lost" Mercury LP Restored!
One of the very last Mercury LPs and one of the very best in the entire history of the label! David Effron conducts the Eastman Philharmonia in Witold Lutoslawski's cosmic masterpiece, Livre Pour Orchestre (composed in 1968), in this "lost" Mercury LP, S
Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple: II. Fugue
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple: II. Fugue · Bergen Symphony Orchestra · New England Conservatory Repertory Orchestra · Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble · Karsten Andersen · Richard Pittman · Car
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: III. Fantasia
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: III. Fantasia · Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble · Walter Ross · Bergen Symphony Orchestra · Karsten Andersen · Per Brevig
American Contemporary Instrument
Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple: III. Big Apple
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Prelude, Fugue and Big Apple: III. Big Apple · Bergen Symphony Orchestra · New England Conservatory Repertory Orchestra · Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble · Karsten Andersen · Richard Pittman
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