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Morton Feldman

p, voc, 1926-1987 US, Woodside
Composer of Classical

Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th-century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown. Feldman's works are characterized by notational innovations that he developed to create his characteristic sound: rhythms that seem to be free and floating; pitch shadings that seem softly unfocused; a generally quiet and slowly evolving music; recurring asymmetric patterns. His later works, after 1977, also begin to explore extremes of duration.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Classical
  • Spoken Word
  • Electronic
Popular Tracks   
Nature Piece 4 on Morton Feldman: Early Piano Pieces by Morton Feldman & Sabine Liebner
Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann's Theme (1960) for horn, celesta, and string Quartet on Morton Feldman: Something Wild - Music for Film by Morton Feldman & Ensemble Recherche
Samoa (1968) for flute, horn, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, piano, and Cello: III on Morton Feldman: Something Wild - Music for Film by Morton Feldman & Ensemble Recherche
For Bunita Marcus (1985): page 1 on Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus by Morton Feldman & Marc-André Hamelin
Jackson Pollock (1950-51) for two Cellos: V Painting on Glass on Morton Feldman: Something Wild - Music for Film by Morton Feldman & Ensemble Recherche
For Bunita Marcus (1985): page 5 on Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus by Morton Feldman & Marc-André Hamelin
For Bunita Marcus (1985): page 2 on Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus by Morton Feldman & Marc-André Hamelin
Samoa (1968) for flute, horn, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, piano, and Cello: I on Morton Feldman: Something Wild - Music for Film by Morton Feldman & Ensemble Recherche
For Bunita Marcus (1985): page 3 on Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus by Morton Feldman & Marc-André Hamelin
For Bunita Marcus (1985): page 4 on Morton Feldman: For Bunita Marcus by Morton Feldman & Marc-André Hamelin

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
String Quartet IIMorton Feldman - Pellegrini-Quartett2018Album
For John CageMorton Feldman - Erik Carlson, Aleck Karis2018Album
"We, Like Salangan Swallows..." : A Choral Gallery Of Morton Feldman And ContemporariesMorton Feldman, Will Ogdon, Earle Brown, Pauline Oliveros, Warren Burt, Robert Carl, The Astra Choir, John McCaughey2018Album
For John CageMorton Feldman - Aisha Orazbayeva, Mark Knoop2018Album
Triadic Memories & PianoMorton Feldman, John Snijders2017Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman - Marc-André Hamelin2017Album
Piano, Violin, Viola, CelloMorton Feldman2017Album
Clarinet & String Quartet (Arranged For Guitar)Noël Akchoté, Morton Feldman2016Album
Patterns In A Chromatic FieldMorton Feldman - Christian Giger, Steffen Schleiermacher2016Album
Chessed III / String Quartet No. 4 / Structures / String Quartet No. 3 "Grido"Arditti Quartet - Emmanuel Nunes / Alfred Zimmerlin / Morton Feldman / Helmut Lachenmann2016Album
Three VoicesMorton Feldman - Juliet Fraser2016Album
Palais De Mari / Intermission 5 / Piano Piece 1952 / Extensions 3 / Processional / A Little Suite For ChristmasMorton Feldman, George Crumb - Steven Osborne2016Album
Music For Piano And Strings Volume 3Morton Feldman - The Smith Quartet With John Tilbury2016Album
Beckett MaterialMorton Feldman2016Album
Bass Clarinet and PercussionMorton Feldman, CrossingLines2016Single
Rothko ChapelMorton Feldman / Erik Satie / John Cage - Kim Kashkashian, Sarah Rothenberg, Steven Schick, Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson2015Album
Trio, Chorus & Instruments (Arranged For Guitar)Morton Feldman, Noël Akchoté2015Single
Piano, Violin, Viola, CelloMorton Feldman2015Album
Clarinet And String QuartetMorton Feldman - Anthony Burr, Graeme Jennings, Gascia Ouzounian, Che-Yen Chen, Charles Curtis2015Album
Triadic Memo Pickups (Arranged For Guitar)Morton Feldman, Noël Akchoté2015Album
Radio Happenings: Conversations / Gespräche 1966-1967John Cage, Morton Feldman2015Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman, Lenio Liatsou2014Single
Piano And String QuartetMorton Feldman2014Album
String Quartet No. 1, Structures, Three PiecesMorton Feldman, FLUX Quartet2014Album
Two Pianos And Other Pieces, 1953-1969Morton Feldman - John Tilbury, Philip Thomas2014Album
Violin And OrchestraMorton Feldman2013Album
For Philip GustonMorton Feldman2013Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Pascale Berthelot2013Album
Webern, Wolpe & FeldmanAleck Karis - Anton Webern, Stefan Wolpe & Morton Feldman2013Album
Patterns In A Chromatic Field - Music For CelloMorton Feldman / Marco Simonacci • Giancarlo Simonacci • Fabio Frapparelli • Paola Ronchetti • Ilaria Severo2013Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman, Satoko Inoue2013Album
For Bunita Marcus (1985)Morton Feldman - Gianni Lenoci2013Album
Piano, Violin, Viola, CelloMorton Feldman, Quartetto Klimt2013Album
Music For Piano And Strings Volume 2Morton Feldman - The Smith Quartet With John Tilbury2012Single
Early Piano PiecesMorton Feldman - Sabine Liebner2012Album
Crippled Symmetry: At June In BuffaloMorton Feldman2012Album
OrchestraMorton Feldman2011Album
(Last Composition) Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello (28 May 1987)Morton Feldman2011Album
Feldman Piano And String QuartetMorton Feldman, Eclipse Quartet, Vicki Ray2011Album
Triadic Memories (2010 Version)Morton Feldman - Jean-Luc Fafchamps2011Album
Cage.Frey.Vriezen.Feldman.Ayres.Johnson.ManionJohn Cage . Jürg Frey . Samuel Vriezen . Morton Feldman . Richard Ayres . Tom Johnson . Michael Manion - Dante Boon2010Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman - Louis Goldstein2010Album
In A Silent WayJohn Cage, Morton Feldman, Maurizio Barbetti, Rossella Spinosa2009Album
Music For Piano And Strings Volume 1Morton Feldman - The Smith Quartet With John Tilbury2009Single
Patterns In A Chromatic FieldMorton Feldman - Arne Deforce · Yutaka Oya2009Album
The Late Piano Works Vol. 2 - For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman - Steffen Schleiermacher2009Album
The Late Piano Works Vol. 3 - Piano, Palais De MariMorton Feldman - Steffen Schleiermacher2009Album
Rothko ChapelMorton Feldman — Grup Instrumental De València2009Album
TrioMorton Feldman - Aki Takahashi, Rohan de Saram, Marc Sabat2009Album
The Viola In My LifeMorton Feldman2008Album
Die OrgelwerkeIannis Xenakis, Brian Ferneyhough, Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi, Bernhard Haas2008Album
For Philip GustonMorton Feldman - Julia Breuer2008Album
Strings, Keyboard, Percussion, Voices, HornMorton Feldman / Barbara Monk Feldman2008Album
The Late Piano Works Vol. 1 - Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Steffen Schleiermacher2008Album
For Christian WolffMorton Feldman2008Album
String QuartetMorton Feldman, Ives Ensemble2007Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman, Stephane Ginsburgh2007Album
For Bunita Marcus - Palais De MariMorton Feldman - Sabine Liebner2007Album
Music For Keyboard 1935-1948 / The Early YearsJohn Cage / Morton Feldman2007Compil.
From The New World (Rassegna Di Nuova Musica Vol. 1)John Cage, Henry Cowell, Jacob Druckman, Morton Feldman, Charles Ives, Terry Riley, Roger Sessions - Francesco Dillon, Lucas Fels, Michael Svoboda, Banda Comunale Giuseppe Verdi Di Pollenza, Fausto Bongelli, Peter Söderberg, Stefano Scodanibbio2006Album
Three VoicesMorton Feldman2006Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Sabine Liebner2005Album
Composing By Numbers: The Graphic Scores 1950-67Morton Feldman, The Barton Workshop2005Album
Morton Feldman Session - Music On CanvasMorton Feldman, Kees Wieringa2005Single
Voix D'AltoLuciano Berio / Morton Feldman - Christophe Desjardins, Collegium Novum Zürich, Basler Madrigalisten, Jonathan Nott2004Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman, Pia Blum2004Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Marilyn Nonken2004Album
Hersch / Josquin / Rihm / FeldmanMichael Hersch, Daniel Gaisford, Josquin Des Prés, Wolfgang Rihm, Morton Feldman2004Album
Patterns In A Chromatic FieldMorton Feldman2004Album
Ecstasy Of The Moment: The Barton WorkshopMorton Feldman, The Barton Workshop2004Album
Clarinet QuintetsMorton Feldman / Christopher Fox2004Album
Violin And Orchestra / Coptic LightMorton Feldman2004Album
Late Works With ClarinetMorton Feldman - Carol Robinson, Quatuor Diotima2003Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman / Anton Batagov2003Album
Early and Unknown Piano WorksMorton Feldman2003Album
Complete ViolinViola and Piano WorksMorton Feldman2003Album
Palais De MariMorton Feldman - Siegfried Mauser2003Album
Babitt-FeldmanMilton Babbitt, Morton Feldman, Paul Zukofsky, Composers Ensemble2003Album
Early Piano WorksMorton Feldman - Steffen Schleiermacher2003Album
Voices & InstrumentsMorton Feldman - The Barton Workshop, James Fulkerson2002Album
Symphony No. 8 / „Coptic Light“Anton Bruckner - Morton Feldman / SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg, Michael Gielen2002Album
String Quartet No. 2Morton Feldman - FLUX Quartet2002Album
Something Wild: Music For FilmMorton Feldman - ensemble recherche2002Album
Violin & String QuartetMorton Feldman - Peter Rundel, Pellegrini-Quartett2002Album
The Rothko Chapel; For Stephan Wolpe; Christian Wolff In CambridgeMorton Feldman / SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Rupert Huber2002Album
Complete Works For Two PianistsMorton Feldman - Kristine Scholz, Mats Persson2002Album
Violin and String QuartetMorton Feldman2001Album
In Between, The Viola In My Life IV, Coleccion Nocturna, Instruments IIDavid Felder / Morton Feldman2001Album
Indeterminate MusicMorton Feldman - The Turfan Ensemble, Philipp Vandré / Thaddeus Watson2001Album
Palais De Mari & PianoMorton Feldman - Ronnie Lynn Patterson2001Album
Piano And Orchestra, Palais De Mari, PianoMorton Feldman2001Compil.
Last PiecesMorton Feldman - Stephane Ginsburgh2001Album
Turfan FragmentsMorton Feldman - S.E.M. Ensemble, Petr Kotik2001Album
Four GenerationsStefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman, Walter Zimmermann, Daniel N. Seel2001Album
String Quartet (II)Morton Feldman - Ives Ensemble2001Album
Piano And String QuartetMorton Feldman - Ives Ensemble2001Album
Orchestral Works & Chamber MusicMorton Feldman2000Album
Complete Music For Violin & PianoMorton Feldman - Marc Sabat / Stephen Clarke2000Album
For Stefan WolpeMorton Feldman / Stefan Wolpe2000Album
AtlantisMorton Feldman - Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt Conducted By Lucas Vis2000Album
Neither (Opera)Morton Feldman / Words By Samuel Beckett2000Album
PianoJohn Cage, Morton Feldman, Louis Goldstein2000Album
For Philip GustonMorton Feldman - S.E.M. Ensemble2000Album
For Frank O'Hara - Bass Clarinet And Percussion - De Kooning - Instruments 1Morton Feldman - New Millennium Ensemble2000Album
For Samuel BeckettMorton Feldman - Klangforum Wien, Sylvain Cambreling1999Album
All PianoMorton Feldman - John Tilbury1999Album
Music Of Our TimeGyörgy Ligeti, Morton Feldman, Edison Denisov, Gunther Schuller, Olivier Messiaen – The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein1999Album
First Recordings: 1950sMorton Feldman - The Turfan Ensemble, Philipp Vandré1999Album
Crippled SymmetryMorton Feldman - The California E.A.R. Unit1999Album
For John CageMorton Feldman - Josje Ter Haar, John Snijders1999Album
For Samuel BeckettMorton Feldman, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Roland Kluttig1999Album
Coptic LightMorton Feldman, New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas1998Album
TrioMorton Feldman - Josje Ter Haar, Job Ter Haar, John Snijders1997Album
The 1986 Darmstadt LectureMorton Feldman1997Single
Durations I-V / Coptic LightMorton Feldman - Ensemble Avantgarde, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Michael Morgan1997Album
Piano And Orchestra / Flute And Orchestra / Oboe And Orchestra / Cello And OrchestraMorton Feldman - Roger Woodward, Roswitha Staege, Armin Aussem, Siegfried Palm, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken, Hans Zender1997Album
NeitherMorton Feldman, Samuel Beckett1997Album
For Philip Guston (1984)Morton Feldman / The California E.A.R. Unit1997Album
Aki Takahashi Plays Morton FeldmanAki Takahashi Plays Morton Feldman1996Album
Third Piano Sonata - Bagatelle - Capriccio / Palais de MariCharles Wuorinen, Morton Feldman - Alan Feinberg1996Album
For Franz Kline · For Frank O'Hara · De Kooning · Piano Piece To Philip GustonMorton Feldman - Ensemble Avantgarde1996Album
Morton Feldman 2: Words And MusicSamuel Beckett / Morton Feldman - Omar Ebrahim, Stephen Lind1996Album
Trio (1980)Morton Feldman - Kristina Radcke, Adelheid Schloemann, Albert Breier1996Album
OnlyMorton Feldman1996Album
Patterns In A Chromatic FieldMorton Feldman - Rohan de Saram, Marianne Schroeder1995Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman1995Album
Piano, Violin, Viola, CelloMorton Feldman - John Snijders, Ruben Sanderse1995Album
The New York School 3Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff - Eberhard Blum, Art Lange, Jan Williams1995Album
Clarinet And String QuartetMorton Feldman1995Album
Crippled SymmetryMorton Feldman1994Album
New York Counterpoint / Three Elegies / Bass Clarinet & Percussion / Cinema Paradiso / 25 Kärwa-Melodien / Rational Melodies / Like He Never Was / Stone: Wind: Rain: SunRoger Heaton - Steve Reich, Gavin Bryars, Morton Feldman, Ennio Morricone, Walter Zimmermann, Tom Johnson, Glyn Perrin, Christopher Fox1994Album
The New York School 2Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff - Eberhard Blum, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jan Williams1994Album
Emergent / The Rothko Chapel / Intégrales, OctandreGerhard E. Winkler • Morton Feldman • Edgard Varèse1994Album
String QuartetMorton Feldman, The Group For Contemporary Music1994Album
Works For Piano 2Morton Feldman - Steffen Schleiermacher, Isabel Mundry, Mats Persson, Kristine Scholz, Nils Vigeland1994Album
Mondriaan And MusicThe Mondriaan Quartet / Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, John Cage1994Album
Morton FeldmanMorton Feldman1994Album
Routine InvestigationsMorton Feldman - ensemble recherche1994Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman - John Tilbury1993Album
For John CageMorton Feldman - Aki Takahashi - Yasushi Toyoshima1993Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Markus Hinterhäuser1993Album
Piano And String QuartetMorton Feldman - Kronos Quartet With Aki Takahashi1993Album
For Christian WolffMorton Feldman1992Album
Organ Music From The U.S.A.Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Hans-Ola Ericsson1992Album
For Samuel BeckettMorton Feldman - Ensemble Modern Conducted By Arturo Tamayo1992Album
The New York SchoolEarle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff - Eberhard Blum, Frances-Marie Uitti, Nils Vigeland1992Album
For Philip GustonMorton Feldman1992Album
Pieces For More Than Two HandsMorton Feldman - Le Bureau Des Pianistes, Stephane Ginsburgh, Jean-Luc Fafchamps, Jean-Luc Plouvier1991Album
Rothko Chapel / Why Patterns?Morton Feldman1991Album
Why Patterns? / Crippled SymmetryMorton Feldman1991Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Roger Woodward1991Album
For Samuel BeckettMorton Feldman1991Album
Untitled Composition For Cello And PianoMorton Feldman - René Berman, Kees Wieringa1991Album
For Bunita MarcusMorton Feldman - Hildegard Kleeb1991Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Jean-Luc Fafchamps1990Album
For John CageMorton Feldman - Paul Zukofsky, Marianne Schroeder1990Album
Triadic MemoriesMorton Feldman - Aki Takahashi1989Album
Three VoicesMorton Feldman - Beth Griffith1989Album
Three Voices (For Joan La Barbara)Morton Feldman - Joan La Barbara1989Album
PianoMorton Feldman - Marianne Schroeder1989Album
Spring Of Chosroes / Sonata For Violin And PianoMorton Feldman / Artur Schnabel - Paul Zukofsky, Ursula Oppens1981Album
Songs Of Experience / Portraits / Abracadabra / Four Instruments / Shaar Shaar / Piano Quartet / About An Old Tune / Five Sketches In A Sentimental MoodCantilena Chamber Players - Elie Siegmeister / David Amram / Meyer Kupferman / Morton Feldman / Ben-Zion Orgad / Oedoen Partos / Mark Kopytman / Tom Hajdu1979Album
Adoration Of The ClashDoris Hays - Henry Cowell, Morton Feldman, Ilhan Mimaroglu, Leo Ornstein, Russell Peck1979Album
Rothko Chapel / For Frank O'HaraMorton Feldman1976Album
Viola In My Life / False RelationshipsMorton Feldman1971Album
Gerd Zacher, OrgelGerd Zacher - Giuseppe Giorgio Englert, Morton Feldman, John Cage1970Album
Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music Of Our Time - Improvisations For Orchestra & Jazz Soloists, Out Of "Last Pieces", Improvisations By The Orchestra, AtmospheresLeonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Larry Austin, Morton Feldman, György Ligeti1965Album
Morton Feldman / Earle BrownMorton Feldman / Earle Brown1962Album
New Directions In Music 2Morton Feldman1959Album
Music Before Revolution Vol.3Toshi Ichiyanagi, Morton FeldmanAlbum
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