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Dominick Argento
*1927 US, York, Pennsylvania
Composer of Classical
Dominick Argento (born October 27, 1927) is an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. He also is known for the song cycles Six Elizabethan Songs and From the Diary of Virginia Woolf; the latter earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. In a predominantly tonal context, his music freely combines tonality, atonality and a lyrical use of twelve-tone writing, though none of Argento's music approaches the experimental avant garde fashions of the post-World War II era.
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Six Elizabethan Songs: 1. Spring (Thomas Nash) on American Songs by Barbara Bonney & André Previn Six Elizabethan Songs: 4. Dirge (Shakespeare) on American Songs by Barbara Bonney & André Previn Six Elizabethan Songs: 5. Diaphenia (Henry Constable) on American Songs by Barbara Bonney & André Previn Six Elizabethan Songs: 2. Sleep (Samuel Daniel) on American Songs by Barbara Bonney & André Previn From the Diary of Virginia Woolf: III. Fancy (February, 1927) on Life and Death by Märta Schéle Six Elizabethan Songs: 3. Winter (Shakespeare) on American Songs by Barbara Bonney & André Previn Six Elizabethan Songs: 6. Hymn (Ben Jonson) on American Songs by Barbara Bonney & André Previn From the Diary of Virginia Woolf: II. Anxiety (October, 1920) on Life and Death by Märta Schéle Spring on Spring by Dominick Argento, Amy Carson & Nicola Rose Dover Beach Revisited on Come to the Woods by The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists & Matthew CullotonTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Andrée Expedition; From The Diary Of Virginia Woolf | Dominick Argento, Brian Mulligan, Timothy Long | 2017 | Album |
| Clarinet Concertos | Dominick Argento, George Rochberg / Anthony Gigliotti, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Felix Chiu-Sen Chen | 2001 | Album |
| Vore Svømmefugle - A Waterbird Talk | Dominick Argento | 2000 | Album |
| American Songs | Barbara Bonney, André Previn - Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Dominick Argento | 1998 | Album |
| The Andrée Expedition | Dominick Argento | 1997 | Album |
| A Water Bird Talk, Miss Havisham's Wedding | Dominick Argento, Linda Mabbs, John Shirley-Quirk, Sara Watkins | 1997 | Album |
| To Be Sung on the Water - Song Cycles by Dominick Argento | Dominick Argento, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Patrice Michaels | 1996 | Album |
| 20th Century Baroque: Modern Reflections On Old Instruments | Manuel De Falla, Elliott Carter, Ilja Hurník, Dominick Argento, Rembrandt Chamber Players with Larry Combs, Patrice Michaels | 1992 | Album |
| Te Deum / The Mask Of Night | Dominick Argento - The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle | 1991 | Album |
| Life And Death | Märta Schéle, Dominick Argento, Lars Johan Werle | 1987 | Album |
| Letters From Composers | Berit Hallqvist, Mats Bergström, Dominick Argento | 1984 | Album |
| Words And Music | Dominick Argento, Frank Ahrold, Richard Hervig | 1978 | Album |
| Lamia / Royal Invitation | The Louisville Orchestra / Jacob Druckman and Dominick Argento | 1976 | Album |
| To Be Sung Upon The Water (Barcarolles And Nocturnes For High Voice, Piano And Clarinet (Also Bass Clarinet)) / King Midas (A Cantata For Voices And Piano On Ten Poems Of Howard Moss) | Dominick Argento / Ned Rorem - John Stewart, Sandra Walker | 1975 | Album |
| Postcard From Morocco | Dominick Argento, John Donahue - Center Opera Of Minnesota, Barbara Brandt • Barry Busse, Michael Foreman • Janis Hardy, Yale Marshall • Sarita Roche • Vern Sutton, Philip Brunelle | 1972 | Album |
| Brass Quintet / Miniatures / Two News Items / Letters From Composers | William Mayer / Dominick Argento | Album |
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