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Carl Ruggles
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1971 deaths
   
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  • ''Toys'' (1919), song for soprano and piano

  • ''Angels'' (1921), for muted brass. (Originally for six trumpets. In 1940, Ruggles rescored the work for trumpets and trombones.)

  • ''Men'' (1921), for orchestra

  • ''Vox Clamans in Deserto'' (1923), for soprano and orchestra

  • ''Men and Mountains'' (1924), for orchestra

  • ''Portals'' (1925), for orchestra

  • ''Sun-Treader'' (1931), for orchestra - at 16 minutes, Ruggles' longest work

  • ''Evocations'' (1943) - two versions: for orchestra or solo piano

  • ''Organum'' (1947), for orchestra

  • ''Exaltation'' (1958), his last completed work, a hymn dedicated to the memory of his wife.



His students include James Tenney . Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has championed Ruggles' music, recording the complete works with the Buffalo Philharmonic and occasionally performing ''Sun-Treader'' with the San Franscisco Symphony .

His method of Atonal counterpoint was based on a non- Serial technique of avoiding repeating a Pitch Class until a generally fixed number such as eight pitch classes intervened. Ruggles was also a prolific painter, selling hundreds of paintings during his lifetime.


SOURCE

  • Miller, Leta E. and Lieberman, Frederic (1998). ''Lou Harrison: Composing a World''. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195110226



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