Robert Moran

Robert Moran (born January 8, 1937) is a renowned American composer of operas and ballets as well as numerous orchestral, vocal, chamber and dance works.

A native of Denver, Moran studied music in Vienna and completed his Masters Degree at Mills College in Oakland, California. After having lived for periods ranging from a few months to a couple of years in various locales, from Vienna and Milan to Portland and San Francisco, he has made Philadelphia his home since 1984.

Many of his works have been recorded but none are currently in print. Some of his music has been made available in mp3 format at the classical midi archives site. [http://www.classicalarchives.com/artists/moran.html]

Works

Operas

*"The Juniper Tree" (1985) (co-composed with Philip Glass)
*"Desert of Roses" (premiered February 1992)
*"From the Towers of the Moon" (premiered March 1992)
*"The Dracula Diary" (1994)
*"Night Passage" (1995)

Ballets

*"Rocky Road to Kansas" (1995)
*"Kreaturen" (2000)

Other works

*"For Organ" (1967)
*"Thirty Nine Minutes for Thirty Nine Autos" (August 1969)
*"Hallelujah" (1971)
*"Emblems of Passage" (1974)
*"The Eternal Hour" (1974)
*"Pachelbel Promenade"
*"Waltz in Memoriam Maurice Ravel" (1977)
*"Ten Miles High Over Albania" (1983)
*"Three Dances" (1983/86)
*"Survivor From Darmstadt" (1984)
*"Open Veins" (1986)
*"Halicarnassian Quartet"
*"Leipziger Kerzenspiel"
*"Requiem: Chant Du Cygne" (March 1990)
*"Points of Departure"
*"Seven Sounds Unseen" (1993)
*"32 Cryptograms for Derek Jarman" (1995)
*"Obrigado" (1996)
*"Voce Della Fontana" (1998)
*"Three Baroque Songs" (2000)

References

External links

* [http://members.macconnect.com/users/r/rbtmoran/Index.htm Official Website]
* [http://www.o-art.org/history/50s&_60s/39_39/39for39.html 39 Minutes for 39 Autos information]
*imdb name|id=1911127|name=Robert Moran
* [http://www.ariadne.at/?artist_id=161&language=en an example of notation]
*http://www.classicalarchives.com/artists/moran.html