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Lee Hyla (1952-     )

Lee Hyla was born in Niagara Falls, New York, and grew up in Greencastle, Indiana. He has written for numerous performers including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Kronos Quartet (with Allen Ginsberg), The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Speculum Musicae, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Lydian String Quartet, Triple Helix, Tim Smith, Tim Berne, Laura Frautschi, Rhonda Rider, Stephen Drury, Mia Chung, Judith Gordon, Mary Nessinger, and Boston Musica Viva. He has received commissions from the  Koussevitzky, Fromm, Barlow, and Naumburg Foundations, the Mary Flagler Carey Charitable Trust, Concert ArtistÕs Guild, three commissions from Chamber Music America and two Meet the Composer/ ReaderÕs Digest Consortium commissions. He has also been the recipient of the Stoeger Prize from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, a Guggenheim fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, the Goddard Lieberson Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the St. Botolph Club Award, and the Rome Prize. In the Fall of 2004 he was Resident Composer at the American Academy in Rome, and in the Winter and Spring of 2005 he was a composition fellow at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. Lee Hyla lives in Chicago where he is the Waytt Chair of Music Composition at Northwestern University.

COMPOSITIONS                                                            Hyla Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre
String Quartet No. 1 (1975)
Bassius Ophelius, double bass (1975)
Winter/Fall, cello (1975)
Also Norway, 13 instruments (1977)
Revisable Light, piano (1978)
Amnesia, 6 instruments (1979)
Pre-Amnesia, alto saxophone (1979)
String Trio, violin, viola and cello (1981)
In Double Light, bass clarinet, viola, African drums and piano (1983)
Pre-Pulse Suspended, fl/alto fl, cl, bass cl, bsn, hn, trom, pf, 2 vln, va, vc and db (1984)
String Quartet No. 2 (1985)
Mythic Birds of Saugerties, bass clarinet (1985)
Anhinga, orchestra (1987) [for "amateur chamber ensemble"]
The Dream of Innocent III, amplified cello, piano and percussion (1987)
Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1988)
Amnesia Variance, clarinet/bass cl, violin, viola, cello, hammered dulcimer and piano (1989)
String Quartet No. 3 (1989)
Amnesia Breaks, woodwind quintet (1990)
Ciao, Manhattan, flute/alto flute, viola, cello and piano (1990)
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra No. 2 (1991)
We Speak Etruscan, bass clarinet and baritone saxophone (1992)
Howl, narrator (or pre-recorded narration) and string quartet (1993) [text: Allen Ginsburg]
Quartet, bassoon and string trio (1993)
How Was Your Weekend?, viola and cello (1994)
Basic Training, piano (1994)
Trans, orchestra (1996)
Now Exclusively Cello, 16 cellos (1996)
Riff and Transfiguration – Suite for Piano Solo (1997)
Third Party, piano (1998)
Lives of the Saints, Part I, mezzo-soprano, fl/alto fl/bass fl, cl/bass cl, perc, hamm. dulcimer, pf, vln, va and vc (1998; rev. 2005)
String Quartet No. 4 (1999)
Lives of the Saints, Part II, mezzo-soprano, fl/alto fl/bass fl, cl/bass cl, perc, pf, vln, va and vc (2000; rev. 2005)
Violin Concerto (2001)
Wilson’s Ivory Bill, baritone, piano and field recording (2001)
At North Farm, mezzo-soprano and bass clarinet (2001)
Amnesia Redux, violin, cello and piano (2002)
One Moe Time (Waltz for Eric), piano (2002)
Detour Ahead, double bass (2003)
Amor Scaduto, violin and cello (2004)
Quarry, baritone and viola (2004)
The Triadic Coast, orchestra (2005)
Paradigm Lost, saxophone quartet (2005)
House of Flowers, mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, double bass and piano (2005)
Field Guide, flute, clarinet/bass cl, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (2006)
Polish Folk Songs, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano/melodica and percussion/melodica (2007)
Passegiata, viola (2007)
Riff and Consequences (Concerto for Chamber Orchestra) (2008)
Warble, flute and piano (2008) [for Fenwick Smith]
Triptych, cello and percussion (2009)
Mother Popcorn Revisited, piano trio (violin, cello and piano) (2009)
My Life On the Plains, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (2010)


WORKS BY GENRE                                                            Hyla Links     ~ top of page ~
Orchestra
Anhinga, orchestra (1987) [for "amateur chamber ensemble"]
Trans, orchestra (1996)
The Triadic Coast, orchestra (2005)
Riff and Consequences (Concerto for Chamber Orchestra) (2008)

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra (1988)
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra No. 2 (1991)
Violin Concerto (2001)

Chamber
String Quartet No. 1 (1975)
Also Norway, 13 instruments (1977)
Amnesia, 6 instruments (1979)
String Trio, violin, viola and cello (1981)
In Double Light, bass clarinet, viola, African drums and piano (1983)
Pre-Pulse Suspended, fl/alto fl, cl, bass cl, bsn, hn, trom, pf, 2 vln, va, vc and db (1984)
String Quartet No. 2 (1985)
The Dream of Innocent III, amplified cello, piano and percussion (1987)
Amnesia Variance, clarinet/bass cl, violin, viola, cello, hammered dulcimer and piano (1989)
String Quartet No. 3 (1989)
Amnesia Breaks, woodwind quintet (1990)
Ciao, Manhattan, flute/alto flute, viola, cello and piano (1990)
We Speak Etruscan, bass clarinet and baritone saxophone (1992)
Howl, narrator (or pre-recorded narration) and string quartet (1993) [text: Allen Ginsburg]
Quartet, bassoon and string trio (1993)
How Was Your Weekend?, viola and cello (1994)
Now Exclusively Cello, 16 cellos (1996)
String Quartet No. 4 (1999)
Amnesia Redux, violin, cello and piano (2002)
Amor Scaduto, violin and cello (2004)
Paradigm Lost, saxophone quartet (2005)
Field Guide, flute, clarinet/bass cl, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (2006)
Polish Folk Songs, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano/melodica and percussion/melodica (2007)
Triptych, cello and percussion (2009)
Mother Popcorn Revisited, piano trio (violin, cello and piano) (2009)
My Life On the Plains, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (2010)

Solo Instrument
Bassius Ophelius, double bass (1975)
Winter/Fall, cello (1975)
Pre-Amnesia, alto saxophone (1979)
Mythic Birds of Saugerties, bass clarinet (1985)
Detour Ahead, double bass (2003)
Passegiata, viola (2007)
Warble, flute and piano (2008) [for Fenwick Smith]

Piano
Revisable Light, piano (1978)
Basic Training, piano (1994)
Riff and Transfiguration – Suite for Piano Solo (1997)
Third Party, piano (1998)
One Moe Time (Waltz for Eric), piano (2002)

Vocal
Lives of the Saints, Part I, mezzo-soprano, fl/alto fl/bass fl, cl/bass cl, perc, hamm. dulcimer, pf, vln, va and vc (1998; rev. 2005)
    - From Canto III, Paradiso
    - Saint Jerome
    - Saint Teresa
Lives of the Saints, Part II, mezzo-soprano, fl/alto fl/bass fl, cl/bass cl, perc, pf, vln, va and vc (2000; rev. 2005)
    - Saint Lawrence
    - Saint Francis
    - From Canto Xxii, Paradiso
Wilson’s Ivory Bill, baritone, piano and field recording (2001)
At North Farm, mezzo-soprano and bass clarinet (2001)
At Suma Beach, song cycle (4 songs), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (2003)
    - Suma Beach
    - Lamentation
    - The Pine Tree
    - Itoma moshite
Quarry, baritone and viola (2004)
House of Flowers, mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, double bass and piano (2005)


HYLA  LINKS                                                            Works by Genre      ~ top of page ~
A Composer Fascinated by Many Styles (Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times)
Hyla in Town with His "Life on the Plains" (David Weininger, The Boston Globe)
Controlled Chaos (Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe)
Lee Hyla: An American Original (Duane Harper Grant, Sequenza21)

Composer's website   . . .   contact Lee Hyla:  here

Hyla @ Wikipedia
Hyla @ American Music Center
Hyla @ Answers.com
Hyla @ Art of the States
Hyla @ Atlantic Center for the Arts
Hyla @ Bienen School of Music    also     here
Hyla @ Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Hyla @ Civitella Ranieri Center
Hyla @ Classic Cat
Hyla @ Classical Archives
Hyla @ ClassicsToday
Hyla @ composition:today
Hyla @ counter)induction
Hyla @ ECCE/East Coast Contemporary Ensemble
Hyla @ The High Hat
Hyla @ InstantEncore
Hyla @ Mimesis Ensemble
Hyla @ Modern Works
Hyla @ MSN Music
Hyla @ MusicWeb International
Hyla @ New England Conservatory
Hyla @ New World Records    also     here
Hyla @ The New York Times
Hyla @ StarPulse

Publisher
Hyla @ Association for the Promotion of New Music
Hyla @ Carl Fischer
Hyla @ Pembroke Music

Streaming Audio
Hyla @ Composer's website
Hyla @ Art of the States
Hyla @ Classical Archives
Hyla @ last.fm
Hyla @ Rhapsody.com

Recordings
Hyla @ ArkivMusic
Hyla @ ClassicsOnline
Hyla @ Discogs

Video
Hyla @ YouTube
Hyla @ Google Video