Works suggested for the theme: Memorials
| COMPOSER |
WORK |
MEMORIALIZES OR USED TO MEMORIALIZE |
| Appert, Don |
Thru a Glass Darkly |
his stepmother |
| Appert, Don |
Elegy for strings |
9/11 |
| Bach, J.S. |
Air |
George Szell |
| Bacon, Ernst |
Remembering Ansel Adams |
Ansel Adams |
| Barber, Samuel |
Adagio for Strings |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Berkeley, Michael |
Oboe Concerto, final movement |
Elegy In memoriam Benjamin Britten, (his godfather) |
| Biggs, John |
Passacaglia from 1st Symphony |
John F. Kennedy |
| Brahms, Johannes |
1st Piano Concerto, slow movement |
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| Brian, Havergal |
In Memoriam (Homage to an Artist) |
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| Bruckner, Anton |
Symphony No. 7 Adagio |
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| Burkhart, Ray |
Elegy |
friend Vic Steelhammer |
| Chadwick, George W. |
Elegy |
Horatio Parker |
| Coleman, Linda Robbins |
Valse memoire, Past Times, Absent Friends |
friends |
| Deussen, Nancy Bloomer |
A Field in Pennsylvania |
9/11 flight 93 |
| Higdon, Jennifer |
Blue Cathedral |
her brother, Andrew Blue Higdon |
| Hoover, Katherine |
Eleni, A Greek Tragedy |
inspired by Nicolas Gage's book about his mother Eleni Gatzoyiannis, who was murdered during the Greek Civil War |
| Husa, Karel |
Music for Prague 1968 |
Soviet Union crushes Czechoslovakian reforms |
| Jones, Samuel |
Elegy, for strings |
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| Jones, Samuel |
Requiem Variations |
Howard Hanson |
| Josquin |
Nymphes des bois |
Ockeghem |
| Kilar, Wojciech |
Koscielec 1909 |
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz (Polish 20th-century composer) |
| Locke, Jessica |
Reading of the Names 9/11: The Firefighters |
Firefighters re 9/11 |
| Locklair, Dan |
In Memory H.H.L. for strings |
his mother |
| Lutoslavski,Witold |
Funeral Music |
Bela Bartok |
| Mahler, Gustav |
Adagietto from the 5th Symphony |
Robert F. Kennedy |
| Marshall, Christopher |
Te Renga |
musical representation of the elegy by Te Heuheu Tukino for his father Te Heuheu Herea |
| Marshall, Christopher |
The Song Of Gaia |
Earth |
| Marshall, Christopher |
Chaconne |
murdered children Olivia Hope and Ben Smart |
| Morley |
Death hath deprived me of my dearest friend |
William Byrd |
| Ott, David |
Symphony No. 2 slow movement |
Robert Madura, former principal cellist Grand Rapids SO |
| Pärt, Arvo |
Cantus In Memoriam of Benjamin Britten |
Benjamin Britten |
| Parry, Hubert |
Elegy for Brahms |
Johannes Brahms |
| Perle, George |
Songs of Praise and Lamentation |
Noah Greenberg, founder of the New York Pro Musica |
| Pizer, Elizabeth |
Elegy, for strings |
her father |
| Ravel, Maurice |
Le Tombeau de Couperin |
Couperin and Ravel's friends killed in the "Great War" |
| Roter, Bruce |
In Memoriam: Flight 800, for chamber orchestra |
TWA flight 800, July 17, 1996, off Long Island, NY |
| Stravinsky, Igor |
Ode for Natalie Koussevitsky |
Natalie Koussevitsky |
| Sullivan, Sir Arthur |
Overture in C ("In memoriam") |
his father |
| Taylor, Adam |
Variations on Cwm Rhondda |
his Aunt Nancy |
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