# Ned Rorem

Ned Rorem (Richmond, Indiana; 23 de octubre de 1923 - Nueva York, 18 de noviembre de 2022) fue un laureado compositor y escritor estadounidense.

## Biografía

Recibió su educación en la University of Chicago, en el American Conservatory y el Instituto Curtis de Filadelfia perfeccionándose en la Juilliard School de New York.
Vivió en Marruecos y en París (1949-57). Declarado homosexual, en 1969 publicó sus diarios (Paris Diary) donde describió sus relaciones con Leonard Bernstein, Noel Coward, Samuel Barber, y Virgil Thomson. Como ensayista ha escrito varios libros "Setting the Tone", "Music From the Inside Out", y "Music and People".

### Operas

* A Childhood Miracle (1951)
* The Robbers (1956)
* 'Miss Julie (1965)
* Hearing (1966-76)
* Bertha (1968)
* The Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (1968)
* Fables (1971)
* Our Town (2005)

### Música orquestal

* Piano Concerto n.º 1 (1948)
* From an Unknown Past (1950)
* Symphony n.º 1 (1950)
* Piano Concerto n.º 2 (1951)
* Design (1953)
* Poemes pour la paix (1953/56)
* Symphony n.º 2 (1956)
* Sinfonia (1957)
* Eagles (1958)
* Pilgrims (1958)
* Symphony n.º 3 (1958)
* Ideas (1961)
* Lions (A Dream) (1963)
* Sun (1966)
* Water Music (1966)
* Piano Concerto n.º 3 (1969)
* Air Music (1974)
* Assembly and Fall (1975)
* A Quaker Reader (1976/88)
* Sunday Morning (1977)
* Remembering Tommy (1979)
* After Long Silence (1982)
* Violin Concerto (1984)
* Organ Concerto (1985)
* String Symphony (1985)
* Frolic (1986)
* The Schuyler Songs (1987),
* Fantasy and Polka (1989)
* Swords and Plowshares (1990)
* Piano Concerto n.º 4 (1991)
* Concerto for English Horn (1991-92)
* Triptych (1992),
* More Than A Day (1995)
* Waiting (1996)
* Double Concerto (1998),
* Cello Concerto (2002),
* Flute Concerto (2002)
* Mallet Concerto (2003)
* Eleven Songs for Susan (2007)
* Songs Old and New (2008)

### Música de cámara

* Concertino de Camera (1946)
* Mountain Song (1948)
* Dance Suite (1949), for two pianos
* Sicilienne (1950), for two pianos
* Violin Sonata (1954), for violin & piano
* Eleven Studies for Eleven Players (1959-60),
* Trio (1960), for flute, cello & piano
* Lovers (1964),
* Day Music (1971),
* Night Music (1972),
* Solemn Prelude (1973),
* Book of Hours (1975),
* Romeo and Juliet (1977),
* Three Slow Pieces (1978),
* Whales, Weep Not! (1978),
* Winter Pages (1981),
* Picnic on the Marne (1983),
* Dances (1984), for cello & piano
* Septet Scenes from Childhood (1984-85),
* The End of Summer (1985)
* Bright Music (1987)
* Fanfare and Flourish (1988)
* Diversions (1990), for brass quintet
* Spring Music (1990), for piano trio
* String Quartet n.º 3 (1991)
* Songs of Sadness (1994),
* String Quartet n.º 4 (1994)
* Six Variations (1995), for two pianos - four hands
* Autumn Music (1996-97), for violin & piano
* An Oboe Book (1999), for oboe & piano
* Cries and Whispers (2000), for trumpet & piano
* Nine Episodes for Four Players (2001), for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
* United States - Seven Viewpoints (2001), for string quartet
* Pas de Trois (2002), for oboe, violin & piano
* The Unquestioned Answer (2002), for flute, two violins, cello & piano
* Four Colours (2003), for clarinet & piano
* Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (2004), for piano quartet
* Four Prayers (2006), for flute & piano
* Nocturne (2007), for double bass & piano
* A Little Fantasy (2008), for cello & piano

### Vocal

* Two Poems of Edith Sitwell (1948),
* Requiem (1948), for voice & piano
* From an Unknown Past (1950), for voice & piano/orchestra
* Cycle of Holy Songs (1951), for voice & piano
* Flight for Heaven (1952),
* Four Dialogues (1953-54),
* Three Poems for Demetrios Capetanakis (1954), for voice & piano
* Poems pour la paix (1953/56), for medium voice & strings
* Five Poems of Walt Whitman (1957), for voice & piano
* Two Poems of Theodore Roethke (1959) for voice & piano
* King Midas (1961), cantata for voice(s) & piano
* Four Poems of Tennyson (1963), for voice & piano
* Poems of Love and the Rain (1963),
* Sun (1966), for high voice & orchestra
* Some Trees (1968), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone & piano
* War Scenes (1969), for medium-low voice & piano
* Gloria (1970), for two solo voices & piano
* Ariel (1971),
* Last Poems of Wallace Stevens (1971-72),
* Serenade on Five English Poems (1975),
* Women's Voices (1975-76), for soprano & piano
* Santa Fe Songs (1980), for baritone, string trio & piano
* After Long Silence (1982),
* Three Calamus Poems (1982), for baritone & piano
* The Schuyler Songs (1987), for soprano & orchestra
* The Auden Poems (1989), for tenor & piano trio
* Swords and Plowshares (1990), for solo voices & orchestra
* My Sad Captains (1995), for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & piano
* Evidence of Things Not Seen (1997), thirty-six songs for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone & piano
* Another Sleep (2000),
* Aftermath (2001-02),
* Sound the Flute (2004), for high voice, recorder & piano
* Eleven Songs for Susan (2007), for mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra
* Three Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (2007), for voice & piano
* Songs Old and New (2008), for soprano & orchestra
* Four Sonnets of Shakespeare (2008), for tenor & piano

### Canciones

* Alleluia (1946)
* Spring and Fall (1946)
* Spring (1947)
* Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1947)
* The Lordly Hudson (1947)
* Echo's Song (1948)
* Little Elegy (1949)
* Rain in Spring (1949)
* Silver Swan (1949)
* The Sleeping Palace (1949)
* What If Some Little Pain (1949)
* Julia's Clothes (1950)
* Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain (1950)
* To the Willow Tree (1950)
* Love in a Life (1951)
* O Do Not Love Too Long (1951)
* The Call (1951)
* The Nightingale (1951)
* To a Young Girl (1951)
* A Christmas Carol (1952)
* Clouds (1953)
* Cradle Song (1953)
* For Susan (1953)
* In a Gondola (1953)
* Love (1953)
* Ode (1953)
* Pippa's Song (1953)
* Sally's Smile (1953)
* Song for a Girl (1953)
* The Tulip Tree (1953)
* The Midnight Sun (1953)
* Early in the Morning (1954)
* Youth, Day, Old Age and Night (1954)
* I Am Rose (1955)
* I Will Always Love You (1955)
* See How They Love Me (1956)
* What Sparks and Wiry Cries (1956)
* Conversation (1957)
* Gliding O'er All (1957)
* Gods (1957)
* Look Down, Fair Moon (1957)
* O You to Whom I Often and Silently Come (1957)
* Reconciliation (1957)
* Sometimes With One I Love (1957)
* Such Beauty as Hurts to Behold (1957)
* To You (1957)
* Visits to St. Elizabeth's (1957)
* I Strolled Across an Open Field (1959)
* Memory (1959)
* My Papa's Waltz (1959)
* Night Crow (1959)
* Orchids (1959)
* Root Cellar (1959)
* Snake (1959)
* The Waking (1959)
* Do I love you more than a day? (1962)
* Ask Me No More (1963)
* Far-Far-Away (1963)
* For Poulenc (1963)
* Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (1963)
* The Sleeping Palace (1963)
* That Shadow, My Likeness (1963)
* To You (1970)
* Trickle Drops (1970)
* The Serpent (1972)
* We Never Said Farewell (1975-76)
* A Journey (1976)
* Ferry me across the water (1978)
* From When Cometh Song? (1978)
* The Dance (1978)
* Nantucket (1978-79)
* Go, Lovely Rose (1979)
* The Dancer (1979)
* Up-Hill (1979)
* Back to Life (1980)
* Sonnet (1980)
* The Sowers (1980)
* The Wintry Mind (1980)
* Let's Take a Walk (1981)
* Anna la Bonne (1989)
* Are You the New Person? (1989)
* Full of Life Now (1989)
* I Will Always Love You (1990)
* A Dream of Nightingales (1992)
* Their Lonely Betters (1992)
* Somewhere... (1994)
* Three Women (1994)
* Remembrance of Things Past (1998)
* Chromatic Fantasy (2001)
* He Will Not Hear (2001)
* I Never Knew (2001)
* The End (2003)
* While Sodom Was Occupied (2004)
* The Stars Have Not Dealt (2007)
* A Poison Tree (2007)
* Death and the Young Man (2007)
* Wild Nights (2007)

### Coral

* The Seventieth Psalm (1943), for S.A.T.B. choir & wind ensemble
* A Sermon on Miracles (1947), for soprano solo, unison choir & strings
* Four Madrigals (1947), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Three Incantations from a Marionette Tale (1948), for unison choir & piano
* From an Unknown Past (1950), for S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* I Feel Death... (1953), for three-part a cappella male choir
* The Poets' Requiem (1954-55), soprano solo, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* All Glorious God (1955), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love (1955), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Miracles of Christmas (1959), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Prayers and Responses (1960), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Virelai (1961), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Two Psalms and a Proverb (1962), for S.A.T.B. choir & string quartet
* Lift up your Heads (The Ascension) (1963), for S.A.T.B. choir, eight wind, nine brass & timpani
* Laudemus Tempus Actum (1964), for S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* Letters from Paris (1966), for S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (1966), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Proper for the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit (1966), for unison choir & organ
* Truth in the Night Season (1966), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* He Shall Rule from Sea to Sea (1967), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Praises for the Nativity (1970), for soprano, alto, tenor & bass soli, S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Canticle of the Lamb (1971), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Canticles: Sets 1 & 2 (1971-72), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Four Hymns (1973), for S.A.T.B. choir & keyboard
* In Time of Pestilence (1973), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Little Prayers (1973), for soprano & baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* Missa Brevis (1973), for soprano, alto, tenor & bass soli, & S.A.T.B. choir
* Prayer to Jesus (1973), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Three Motets (1973), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Three Prayers (1973), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Surge Illuminare (1977), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Three Choruses for Christmas (1978), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Give All to Love (1981), for two-part choir & piano
* Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? (1982), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Praise the Lord, O My Soul (1982), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* An American Oratorio (1983), for tenor solo, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* Mercy and Truth Are Met (1983), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Whitman Cantata (1983), for S.A.T.B. choir, brass ensemble & timpani
* Pilgrim Strangers (1984), for six a cappella male voices
* Before the Morning Star (1986), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Homer (1986), for S.A.T.B. choir & ensemble
* Seven Motets for the Church Year (1986), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Three Poems of Baudelaire (1986), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Te Deum (1986-87), for S.A.T.B. choir, two trumpets, two trombones & organ
* Five Armenian Love Songs (1987), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* The Death of Moses (1987), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* What is Pink? (1987), for treble choir & piano
* Goodbye My Fancy (1988), for alto & baritone soli, S.A.T.B. choir & orchestra
* Lead Kindly Light (1988), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Breathe On Me (1989), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Love Alone (1989), for male-voice choir & piano duet
* Christ is made the sure foundation (1992), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Festival Alleluia (1992), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* O God, My Heart is Ready (1992), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Spirit Divine (1992), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Present Laughter (1993), for S.A.T.B. choir, brass quintet & piano
* How Lovely is your Dwelling Place (1994), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano/organ
* Exaltabo Te, Domine (1995), for S.A.T.B. choir & keyboard
* Four Introits (1999), for S.A.T.B. choir & keyboard
* We Are the Music Makers (2003), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano
* A Song of Hosea (2005), for S.A.T.B. choir & organ
* Four Sonnets (2005), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano
* Ode to Man (2005), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir
* Afternoon on a Hill (2006), for two-part children's choir & piano
* Two Shakespearean Poems (2008), for S.A.T.B. choir & piano

### Instrumentales

* Fantasy and Toccata (1946), for organ
* Sonata No. 1 (1948), for piano
* A Quiet Afternoon (1948), for piano
* Barcarolles (1949), for piano
* Pastorale (1949), for organ
* Sonata No. 2 (1949), for piano
* Spiders (1968), for harpsichord
* Eight Etudes (1975), for piano
* A Quaker Reader (1976), for organ
* Sky Music (1976), for harp
* After Reading Shakespeare (1980), for cello
* Suite (1980), for guitar
* Views from the Oldest House (1981), for organ
* Song and Dance (1986), for piano
* For Shirley (1989), for piano duet
* Organbook I. (1989), for organ
* Organbook II. (1989), for organ
* Organbook III. (1989), for organ
* Six Pieces (1997), for organ
* 99 Notes for the Millenium (1999), for piano
* For Ben (1999), for piano
* Recalling (2003), for piano
* For Barbara (2006), for piano
* For Don (2006), for piano
* For Marian (2006), for piano
* For Mary (2006), for piano
* For Rosemary (2006), for piano
* 75 Notes for Jerry (2007), for piano

## Grabaciones principales

* Songs of Ned Rorem Susan Graham Malcolm Martineau
* Songs of Ned Rorem with Charles Bressler, Phyllis Curtin, Donald Gramm, Ned Rorem, piano.
* Three Symphonies José Serebrier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. 8.559149
* Songs, Carole Farley, Ned Rorem, piano

## Premios y distinciones

* 1951 - Fulbright Fellowship
* 1957 - Guggenheim Fellowship
* 1968 - National Institute of Arts and Letters
* 1976 - Premio Pulitzer por Air Music
* 1989 - Grammy
* 1998 -Musical America
* 2003 - ASCAP
* 2004 - Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters

## Bibliografía

* Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (Eds.) (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-22974-X.