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Robert Moevs
1920-2007 US
Composer of Classical
Robert Walter Moevs (2 December 1920, in La Crosse, Wisconsin – 10 December 2007) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. He was known for his highly chromatic music. Moevs served in the United States Army Air Forces as a pilot during World War II. He then received his degree from Harvard University. Moevs was a student of Walter Piston and Nadia Boulanger. He taught at Harvard University and Rutgers University. He received the Rome Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1962). In 1978 his Concerto Grosso was awarded the Stockhausen International Prize in Composition. His music has been performed by the Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. His papers, including unpublished scores and recordings, are held by the Rutgers Music Library. He died in Hillsborough, New Jersey.
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encore | Wanda Maximilien - Ralph Shapey / Gerald Chenoweth / Robert Moevs | 1984 | Album |
| Concerto Grosso For Piano, Percussion And Orchestra / Windows | Orchestra Of The 20th Century, Arthur Weisberg, Wanda Maximilien, Raymond Des Roches, Richard Fitz, Louis Oddo, Stephen Paysen, Bruce Tatti - Robert Moevs / Jacob Druckman | 1981 | Album |
| Quaderno Musicale Di Annalibera / Sonata Canonica On Paganini Caprices / Fantasia Sopra Un Motivo / Phoenix / Six Pieces From Una Collana Musicale | Wanda Maximilien - Luigi Dallapiccola / Robert Moevs | 1979 | Album |
| Mass / Magnificat / Antiphon And Chorale / A Brief Mass | Richard Donovan / Robert Moevs | 1970 | Album |
| Musica Da Camera / Variazioni For Viola & Viola / Third Quartet | Robert Moevs / Ezra Sims | 1968 | Album |
| String Quartet In Two Movements / Sonata For Piano | Billy Jim Layton – The Claremont Quartet / Robert Moevs – Joseph Bloch | 1968 | Album |
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