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Ned Rorem

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Ned Rorem (October 23, 1923 - November 18, 2022) is a noted American composer and diarist. He is most well-known and praised for his song settings. He was born in Richmond, Indiana and received his early education in Chicago at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, the American Conservatory and then Northwestern University. Later, Rorem moved on to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and finally the Juilliard School in New York City. During the time he lived in Morocco and Paris (1949-57), his song texts came from several languages.

Top songs

  1. 6 Friends: For Rosemary
  2. Piano Album I: For a Perfect Friend
  3. Piano Album I: A Sarabande for the Only Jim in the World
  4. Winter Pages: II. The sun that brief December day
  5. Violin Concerto: III. Romance Without Words
  6. Piano Album I: Carol-Pastiche
  7. Piano Album I: Song Without Words
  8. Love
  9. A Talisman for Jim on Christmas Eve: Piano Album I: A Talisman for Jim on Christmas Eve
  10. Fandango
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  1. Symphony No. 2: II. Tranquillo
  2. Rorem : "Early in the morning"
  3. Violin Concerto: V. Toccata - Rondo
  4. Spiders
  5. Early in the Morning
  6. Piano Album I: 19 Measures for Jim
  7. Rorem: The Lordly Hudson
  8. Sing my soul, His wondrous love
  9. Piano Album I: 77 Notes for Rosemary
  10. After Reading Shakespeare: VIII. Remembrance Of Things Past
  11. V. Their Accord
  12. Ferry Me Across the Water
  13. Piano Album I: A Berceuse for Jim at Christmas
  14. Piano Album I: Serenade for Two Paws
  15. Piano Album I: Another Little Song Without Words
  16. Piano Album I: Marriage Measures
  17. III. Lear
  18. Piano Album I: Snapshot of Jack
  19. Piano Album I: Golden Notes on Nearing Fifty
  20. VI. Portia
  21. After Reading Shakespeare: I. Lear
  22. Rorem : Clouds
  23. Piano Album I: 60 Notes for Judy
  24. Violin Concerto (1984): 3. Romance without Words: Hardly moving
  25. Violin Concerto (1984): 1. Twilight: Free and Spacious - attacca
  26. After Reading Shakespeare: II. Katherine
  27. Piano Album I: This Serpentine Etude
  28. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
  29. Reflections for piano and synthesized tape
  30. Piano Album I: For Jim
  31. Early in the Morning (Robert Hilyer)
  32. Lions
  33. Another Dream
  34. After Reading Shakespeare: III. Titania and Oberon
  35. Piano Album I: A Melody for Shirley
  36. Tranquillo
  37. Piano Album I: On His Birthday
  38. Violin Concerto (1984): 2. Toccata-Chaconne: Very Fast
  39. After Reading Shakespeare: VI. Why hearst thou music sadly?
  40. Piano Album I: For A Perfect Sister
  41. Little Elegy
  42. Piano Album I: A Christmas Card for Mary and Rosemary
  43. After Reading Shakespeare: IV. Caliban
  44. Piano Album I: A Little Waltz for Jim at Fifty-Five
  45. Root Cellar
  46. After Reading Shakespeare: V. Portia
  47. The Nightingale
  48. Piano Album I: Ah Jim…
  49. Pilgrims
  50. Violin Concerto (1984): 4. Midnight: Slow
  51. After Reading Shakespeare: VII. Our minutes hasten to their end
  52. 6 Friends: For Barbara
  53. Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro molto vivace
  54. The Serpent
  55. 6 Friends: For Marian
  56. III. Romance Without Words
  57. Orchids
  58. Piano Album I: For Ben
  59. Streichquartett Nr. 4: Minotaur
  60. Streichquartett Nr. 4: Child Holding a Dove
  61. Spring
  62. Piano Album I: 99 Notes for the Millennium
  63. Piano Album I: Waiting to Get Well
  64. Piano Album I: 1 + 1 = 3
  65. Alleluia
  66. 6 Friends: For Don
  67. Picnic on the Marne: I. Driving from Paris
  68. I Strolled Across an Open Field
  69. 6 Friends: For Mary
  70. Rorem : Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
  71. Picnic on the Marne: II. A Bend in the River
  72. Symphony No. 3: I. Passacaglia
  73. Piano Album I: 40 Chords for Mark on April First
  74. 6 Friends: 75 Notes for Jerry
  75. After Reading Shakespeare: IX. Iago and Othello
  76. Violin Concerto (1984): 5. Toccata-Rondo: Very Fast
  77. 3 Barcarolles: I. Graceful
  78. VIII. Adrift
  79. The Lordly Hudson
  80. Picnic on the Marne: IV. Vermouth
  81. Mallet Concerto: I. A Beginning
  82. Violin Concerto (1984): 6. Dawn: Wistful
  83. See how they love me
  84. Night Crow
  85. Snake
  86. Picnic on the Marne: III. Bal Musette
  87. Symphony No. 1: Maestoso
  88. Streichquartett Nr. 4: Acrobat on a Ball
  89. Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain
  90. Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night

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