Oleg Felzer (born 1939 in Azerbaijan – died 1998 in New York)[1] was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer and teacher. He taught at the Baku Conservatory for many years before coming to New York City from Baku in 1989.[2] His pieces have been commissioned by the Continuum Ensemble and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
List of works
editOleg Felzer's works in 1960-1998 is listed in Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings.[3]
- And Harold Again, for viola solo and chamber orchestra, dedicated to Berlioz (1982)
- Autographs on the Silhouettes, for violin, cello and piano (1987)
- Children Suite, for orchestra (1978)
- Dialogue, for viola, piano and orchestra (1970)
- Five Bagatelles, for piano (1986)
- Five Tanka, for tenor and chamber orchestra (lost) or for tenor and piano (1967)
- Four Diary Pages, for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble (1994)
- Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1, (1960-1962)
- Watercolor, Etude, Imprint, March (lost)
- Four Songs (1969)
- Bird, Red Bird also for piano
- The House That Jack Built, for mixed chorus and piano (1981-1982) and for children's chorus (1985)
- In Memoriam of Dmitri Shostakovich, for orchestra (1977)
- Intermezzo, for violin and piano (1961)
- Interrupted Song, sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1998)
- Completion by Faradzh Karayev exists
- Jubilatio, for violin, viola and piano (1979, 1983) and for violin, viola and strings (1991)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 (1974)
- Pieces for Chamber Ensembles, Installment 1 (1980)
- Playing Bossa Nova, for two pianos (undated)
- Polyphonic Suite, for piano (1965)
- Prelude and Fugue, for organ (1970)
- Procession and Stroll, for orchestra (1976, 1978)
- Protect Your Sons, for bass or baritone, chorus and piano (1972)
- Sinfonia, for chamber orchestra (1966, 1972)
- Sofia Waltz, for two pianos (1981)
- Sonata for Harp (1985)
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1993)[4]
- Sonata Partita, for organ (1976)
- Sonata for Violin Solo (1978)
- Sonata for Solo Viola (1986)
- Sonatina, or Piano Sonata No. 1 (1963)
- Strange Story, for piano (1962)
- String Quartet (1968)
- Symphony No. 2, for viola, piano and orchestra (lost) and for piano solo (1970)
- Three Pieces, for flute and guitar (1978, 1987)
- Touching Waltz And Postlude, for piano (1988)
- Two Pastorales, for flute and piano (1978) and for flute, cello and piano (1979)
- Two Pieces for Piano: Procession and Stroll (1976)
- Veshomru II, for recorder and two violins (1991)
- Vestige, for clarinet, violin and piano (1993)[5]
- What Are Years?, for chorus, poem by Marianne Moore (1994)
- Woe From Wit, musical, libretto based on the play by Alexander Griboyedov (1979)
- Zaboul, for chamber orchestra (1996)
References
edit- ^ "UMBC Presents Contemporary Music Ensemble Continuum". UMBC. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "The Brain Trust". New York Magazine. July 22, 1991. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 16 Feb 2021.
- ^ "CONTINUUM at the Knitting Factory". Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "UMBC Presents Contemporary Music Ensemble Continuum in Concert". UMBC. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
External links
edit- Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings, 1960-1998 Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts