American-born composer living in Austria (1930–2023))
Compositions by Nancy Van de Vate include works in several genres, such as operas, orchestral music including concertos, chamber music for various ensembles, chorals music and songs.[1][2][3]
Where the Cross is Made, 2003, Opera in three acts, Libretto based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, 60' VM
Premiere: 2005, Normal IL, US, Illinois State University Opera, Karyl K. Carlson; Cond. Rec. VMM 4006, 2006, Michelle Vought, sop, Christopher Hollingsworth, bar, Timothy Schmidt, bass, Clinton Desmond, ten. Soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, 1/1/1/1 – 1 - 2 perc, pn/cel-str.(3,3,2,2,2)
Im Westen nichts Neues, 2002, Opera in three acts, libretto after the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, 95', VM.
Premiere: 2003, Osnabrück Opera, Germany, Hermann Bäumer, Cond. (see below)
All Quiet on the Western Front, Opera in three acts, 1999, libretto after the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, 95', VM.
Prem. 2003, New York City Opera ("Showcasing American Composers"), George Manahan, Cond. Rec. VMM 4004 (2 CDs), 2002, Moravian Philharmonic and soloists from the Janáček Opera, Toshiyuki Shimada, Cond. 2 tenors, 2 baritones, bass, soprano, mezzo, orch: 2/2/2/2 - 2/2/2/0 - 3 perc - hp – str
Nemo: Jenseits von Vulkania, Opera in four acts, libretto: Allen Cortes and Nancy Van de Vate, 1995, 150', VM.
Rec. VMM 4002 (2 CDs), 2001. Moravian Philharmonic and soloists from the Janáček Opera, Toshiyuki Shimada, Cond. 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, SATB chorus - orch: 3/3/3/3 -4/4/3/1 - timp, 3 perc - hp, pf, cel – str
Nemo: Beyond Vulkania. Opera in four acts in English, with medium orchestra (see above)
Orchestral music
Suite for String Orchestra after Mechthild from Magdeburg, 2000, 8', Vienna Masterworks
Premiere: Oct. 3, 2000, Scarlatti di Napoli Orchester, Rome, Italy, Daniele Moles, Cond.
Adagio and Rondo for Violin and String Orchestra, 1994, 9'42", VM
Premiere: July 25, 1994, Sala Balowa, Lancut, Poland, Joanna Kawalla, vn, Lancut Festival Orchestra, S. Kawalla; Cond. Rec. VMM CD 3025, 1994, Joanna Kawalla, Vn, Koszalin Philharmonic, Poland, S. Kawalla; Cond.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, 1968, rev. 1994, 22' VM
Premiere: April 26, 1969, University of Alabama Symphony, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Franklin Choset; Cond., Sallie Schoen, pf; Prem. (rev.) Nov. 11,1993, Koszalin, Poland, Makiko Hirashima, pf, Koszalin Phil. Orch., Szymon Kawalla; Cond. Rec. VMM CD 3025, 1994, KSPO, Hirashima, Kawalla 3/2/2/2 - 4/2/3/1 - timp, 2 perc - str
Four Somber Songs, 1992, Texts by Georg Trakl, Edgar Allan Poe, William Blake, Paul Verlaine, 13', VM
Rec. VMM CD 3013, 1992, Slovak Radio Orchestra, Szymon Kawalla; Cond., Sulie Girardi, mezzo 2/2/2/2 - 2/0/1/1 - 1 perc - hp - str
Viola Concerto, 1990, 16', VM
Premiere: September 14, 1993, Kraków, Poland, Grigorij Zhislin, Viola, Polish Radio Orch. of Kraków, José Maria Florêncio Junior; Cond. Rec. VMM CD 3023, 1993, PRSO, Zhislin, Florêncio 3/3/3/3 - 4/3/3/1 – timp, 3 perc - hp, pf, cel - str
Kraków Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra, 1988, 25', VM
Premiere: November 28, 1989, Kraków Percussion Ensemble, PRO, Szymon Kawalla; Cond. Rec. Conifer (London) CDCF 185 (1988–92); VMM CD 3015, 1992, PRO, Kawalla 3/2/2/2 - 4/3/3/1 – timp. 5 perc - hp, pf/cel - str
Chernobyl, 1987, 13', VM
Premiere: May 18, 1995, Vienna, Austria, Niederösterreichisches Tonkünstlerorchester, Peter Keuschnig; Cond. Rec. Conifer CDCF 168 (1988–92), VMM CD 3010, 1992, PRO, Kawalla 3/3/3/3 - 4/3/3/1 - timp, 3 perc - cel, hp, pf - str (12/10/8/8/6)
Suite für Chor aus "Nemo", 1997, Texts: Allen Cortes and Nancy Van de Vate, 24', Rec. VMM CD 3043, 1998, VMM 4001, 1999, Ars Brunensis Chorus, Moravian Philharmonic, Toshiyuki Shimada; Cond.
SATB, Boy soprano, 3/3/3/3 - 4/4/3/1 - 4 perc - hp – str
Choral Suite from "Nemo" (English), as above
An American Essay, 1994, Texts: Walt Whitman, 30', VM
Premiere: June 29, 1994, Koszalin, Poland, Chorus Soranus (Denmark), Christine Marstrand, soprano, Knud Vad, Choral Dir. Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra. Kawalla, Cond. Rec. VMM CD 3025, 1994, KSO, Chorus Soranus, Marstrand, Kawalla SATB, soprano 2/2/2/2 - 2/0/1/0 - 2 perc - hp - str
Premiere 1993, Koszalin, Poland, Silesian University Choir, Sulie Girardi, Mezzo-soprano, Halina-Gorniewicz, Choral Director, Koszalin State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kawalla; Recording: VMM CD 3022, 1993, Silesian University Choir, Sulie Girardi, KSPO, Kawalla. SSA soprano, mezzo, picc/1/0/1/0 – 2 perc – hp, cel, str
How Fares the Night? 1993, Text: anon. Chinese, 5th century BC, trans. Mimi Tsoi,
4'30",VM Premiere: 1993, Koszalin, Poland, Silesian University Choir, Joanna Kawalla, Vn, Halina Gorniewicz, Choral Director, Koszalin State Phil. Orch., Szymon Kawalla, Cond. Recording: 1993, Silesian University Choir, Joanna Kawalla, Vn, KSPO, Szymon Kawalla SSAA, solo violin, string orchestra
Theatre music
Venal Vera: Ode to a Gezira Lovely, 2000, 10' VM
Premiere: November 4, 2000, Toronto, Canada, Michelle Vought, soprano; Rec: VMM 4003, 2001, Michelle Vought, soprano soprano or mezzo, bass cl, and 1 perc; or voice with tape
Cocaine Lil, 1986, 15', VM
Premiere: April 22, 1988,ensemble belcanto, Bremen, Germany; Recordings: Koch Schwann/Aulos CD 3-1432-2,1994, ensemble belcanto, Dietburg Spohr; VMM 2026, 1998, Blair Resicka; VMM 2034, 2001, Michelle Vought mezzo or soprano, 4-8 jazz singers with small percussion.
A Night in the Royal Ontario Museum, 1983, Text: Margaret Atwood, 12', VM
Premiere: April 13, 1984, Marilyn DeReggi, Soprano, College Park, Maryland Rec. VMM 2028, 1998, Michelle Vought soprano and CD (Tape)
Eine Nacht im Royal Ontario Museum, 1983, 12', VM
Rec. VMM 4001, 1999, Sulie Girardi (see above)
Music for strings
String Quartet No. 2, 2005, 17', VM
Premiere: Nov. 25, 2005, Austrian Radio Concert Hall, Vienna, Austria, H. Groh, vn, G. Hinterndorfer, vn, D. Ivanova, va, R. Flieder, vc
Divertimento for Harp and String Quintet, 1996, 18', VM
Rec. VMM 2034, 2001 Adriana Antalova, hp, Moravian PO String Quintet hp + vn (2), va, vc, db
Seven Fantasy Pieces for Violin and Piano, 1989, 18', VM
Premiere: July 19, 1991,Paul Carlson, Vn, Nancy Van de Vate, Pf, Vienna, Austria Rec. VMM 2034, 2001, Michael Davis, vn, Nelson Harper, pf
Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, 1983, 13', VM
Premiere: March 24, 1984, Mexico City, Mexico, Nancy McAlhany, Vn, Maxine Neuman, Vc, Max Lifchitz, Pf. Recording: VMM CD 2001, 1990, Janusz Mirynski, Vn, Zdzislaw Lapinski, vc, Marek Mitelski, pf
Letter to a Friend's Loneliness, 1976, Texts: John Unterecker,
10', VM Premiere: November 8, 1976, Johnson City, Tennessee, US, Recording: VMM CD 2006, 1992, Sulie Girardi, Mezzo, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic String Quartet soprano and string quartet
Concertpiece for Cello and Piano, 1976, VM
Suite for Solo Violin, 1975, 8', Sisra Publications
Premiere: December 12, 1976, The New School, New York. Recording: VMM CD 2006, 1992, Michael Davis,
Suite for Solo Viola, 1975, 8',VM
Prem. Nov. 2, 2006, Vienna, Austria, Jan Reznicek Rec. VMM CD 2034, 2001, Kate Hamilton
Prem. March 8, 2007, Haydnsaal, Vienna, Austria, Ferenc Leitner, hn., Ute Lehmann, vn., Maki Saeki, pf
Three Bagatelles for Four Trumpets 2006, 6' VM
Three Bagatelles for Four Horns 2006, 6' VM
Prem. August 5, 2006, Potsdam (Germany) Horn Quartet
Brass Quintet No. 2: Variations on "The Streets of Laredo", 2005, 17' VM
Prem. October 9, 2006 Oxford, Miss. (US), The Mississippi Brass; Rec. VMM 2043, 2005, The Mississippi Brass 2 tpt. hn. trb. tuba
Diversion for Brass, 1964, 5', VM
Premiere: November 14, 1964, Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia State University Brass Quartet Rec. VMM 2043, 2007, The Niagara Brass 2 tp, hn, trb or euphonium Short Suite for Brass Quartet, 1960, 6',VM Premiere: November 9, 1963, Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia State University Brass Quartet Rec. VMM 2039, 2005, Niagara Brass 2 tp, trb, bass trb
Music for percussion
Suite for Marimba, 2000, 10', VM
Prem. April 5, 2005, University of Mississippi, Ricky Burkhead
Teufelstanz, 1988, 14', VM
Premiere: February 24, 1989, musica viva, Herculessaal, Münchner Residenz, Munich, Kraków Percussion Ensemble; Recordings: VMM CD 2015, 1995, UNI Percussion Ensemble and VMM CD 2039, 2005, same 6 percussion
Music for mixed ensemble
Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano, 2006, see under Music for Brass.
Trio for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano, 2005, VM
Divertimento for Harp and String Quintet, 1996, 18', VM
See under Music for Strings
Music for MW2, 1985, 13', VM
Premiere: February 10, 1989, North South Consonance, New York City fl, vc, pf-4 Hands, l perc
Trio for Bassoon, Percussion and Piano, 1980, 14', VM
Premiere: December 7, 1980, Honolulu, Hawaii, Paul Barrett, bn, William Wiley, perc, Nancy Van de Vate, pf
Music for Viola, Percussion and Piano, 1976, 16', VM
Premiere: February 27, 1977, Honolulu, Hawaii, Maxine-Karen Johnson, va, William Wiley, perc, Stephen Salazar, pf. Recordings: VMM 2001, 1990, Maxine-Karen Johnson, va, William Wiley, perc, Evelyn Zuckerman, pf and VMM 2039, 2005, Arthur Klima, va, Andrew Pongracz, perc, Eric Zioleck, pf
Quintet 1975, 1975, 13', VM
Premiere: 12.01.1976, Honolulu, Hawaii fl, vn, cl, vc, pf
Choral music
Cantata for Women's Voices, 1979, Texts: James Joyce, Walt Whitman, Charles Baudelaire, anon. Provençal 12th century BC, 19', VM
Premiere: April 1, 1982, Los Angeles, California, Veil of Isis, Joan Gallegos, Cond. SSAA, picc, fl, cl, hp, cel, 2 perc
An American Essay, 1972, Texts: Walt Whitman, 30', VM
Premiere: May 16, 1972, Knoxville Choral Society, Knoxville, Tennessee, J. B. Lyle, Cond. Janice Clarke, Soprano SATB, pf, l perc
The Pond, 1970, Text: Annette von Droste-Hülsoff, trans. Herman Salinger, 4'30", VM
Premiere: 1970, Orlando, Florida. Recording: VMM 3025, 1994, Chorus Soranus, Knud Vad, Cond. and VMM 2039, 2005, Chorus Ars Brunensis, Roman Valek, Cond. SATB a cappella
How Fares the Night? 1959, 4',VM
Premiere: May 29, 1977, Honolulu, Hawaii, Text: anon. 5th century BC, trans. Mimi Tsoi SSA, pf
Make A Joyful Noise, 1972, 4' (William Huntley, Pseudonym), Text: Psalm 98:4-6, 4', Montgomery Music Inc.
SATB, pf or organ
Psalm 121, 1958, 4', VM
Premiere: June 30, 1974, St. John's Episcopal Choir, Knoxville, Tennessee SATB a cappella
Vocal music
Listening to the Night, 2001, Text: John Unterecker, VM
Prem. March 18, 2003, Michelle Vought, Normal IL (US) Soprano and seven instruments (fl., vib., 2 vn, va., vc, db)
To the East and to the West, 1972, Text: Walt Whitman, 3',VM
Premiere: May 16, 1972, Bettie Mason, soprano, Nancy Van de Vate, piano, Knoxville TN
Four Somber Songs, 1970, Texts: Georg Trakl, Edgar Allan Poe, William Blake, Paul
Verlaine, 11',VM Premiere: October 21, 1973, Bettie Mason, sop, Nancy Van de Vate, pf, Oak Ridge, TN
The Earth is So Lovely, 1962, Text: Heinrich Heine, trans. Kate Flores, 3', VM
Premiere: Autumn 1962, Juanita Kirkpatrick, mezzo, Nancy Van de Vate, pf, Oxford, Miss. Rec. VMM 2028, 2005, Evelyn Petros, sop., N. Van de Vate, pf
Loneliness, 1960, Text: Rainer Maria Rilke, 2', VM
Premiere: 1960, Oxford, Miss, J. Kirkpatrick, mezzo, N. Van de Vate, pf.. Rec. VMM 2028, 2005, Evelyn Petros, sop, N. Van de Vate, pf
Electronic music
Invention No. l (Tape), 1972, 2', VM
Premiere: May 20, 1973, Knoxville, Tennessee
Wind Chimes (Tape), 1972, 3', VM
Premiere: May 20, 1973, Knoxville, Tennessee
Satellite Music (Tape), 1972, 6', VM
Premiere: May 20, 1973, Knoxville, Tennessee
Music for piano instruction
Twilight, 1963, Summy Birchard
Topsy Turvy, 1964, (Helen Huntley, Pseudonym), Montgomery Music Co.
Syncopated Soldier, 1964, (Helen Huntley, Pseudonym), Montgomery Music Co.
Mississippi Twilight, 1969, (Helen Huntley, Pseudonym), Montgomery Music Co.
Bicycle Ride, 1969, (Helen Huntley, Pseudonym), Montgomery Music Co.
Hoe-Down, 1970, (Helen Huntley, Pseudonym), Willis Music Co.
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