William Sydeman

William Sydeman

*1928 US
Composer of Classical

William Jay Sydeman (born 8 May 1928) is an American composer. Born in New York, he studied at the Mannes School of Music, where he later taught composition (1960–1970). Winning early acclaim for his avant-garde music (principally published by C. F. Peters), he felt trapped by the prevailing orthodoxies and moved to California in 1970, beginning a period of wandering during which he also studied Buddhism and Anthroposophy. He joined ASCAP in 1975. In 1981 he settled in Sacramento and resumed composition at his former prolific rate, having newly embraced a neotonal musical language. He currently resides in Mendocino.

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Classical
Electronic

Popular Tracks

For Double Bass Alone: II. Allegro ritmico on Modern American Bass by Robert Black & John McDonald

For Double Bass Alone: III. Moderato on Modern American Bass by Robert Black & John McDonald

Concerto da Camera No. 2: III. Presto on William Sydeman & Ramiro Cortés: Chamber Works by William Sydeman, The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble & Arthur Weisberg

For Double Bass Alone: I. Rubato on Modern American Bass by Robert Black & John McDonald

Three Songs After Emily Dickinson - Ii I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed on Various: Lemons Descending by Eileen Clark & Matt Haimovitz

Seven Movements for Septet: VII. on Goeb & Sydeman: Chamber Works by New Art Wind Quintet

Seven Movements for Septet: I. on Goeb & Sydeman: Chamber Works by New Art Wind Quintet

Three Songs After Emily Dickinson - I I Heard A Fly Buzz - When I Died on Various: Lemons Descending by Eileen Clark & Matt Haimovitz

Three Songs After Emily Dickinson - Iii "hope" Is The Thing With Feathers on Various: Lemons Descending by Eileen Clark & Matt Haimovitz

Concerto da Camera on Goeb & Sydeman: Chamber Works by New Art Wind Quintet

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Concertino A Tre / Diaphonic Suite No. 2 / Variations / Suite / Three Arguments	Alessandro Rolla / Ruth Crawford Seeger / William Sydeman / David Loeb / Peter Racine Fricker - Virginia Christensen, Otto Eifert, Roy Christensen	1981	Album
Il Concerto: Fantasy & Fugue For Violoncello Solo, Sonata For Violoncello Solo, Zaznamy Pro Fagot Solo, Duetto Concertante Pour Alto Et Basson	Robert Parris, William Sydeman, Karel Reiner, Michał Spisak, Roy Christensen, Otto Eifert, Virginia Christensen	1977	Album
The Avant Garde Violin	William Sydeman / Ilhan Mimaroglu / Robert Hall Lewis / Gabriel Banat, Zita Carno	1971	Album
Sonata For Oboe And Piano / Quartet For Oboe And Strings	Gunther Schuller / William Sydeman		Album
Quintet For Woodwinds No. 2 / Seven Movements For Septet / Concerto Da Camera	Roger Goeb / William Sydeman		Album

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