Otto Luening

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Low Speed 03:43 Tools
Moonflight 03:00 Tools
Fantasy In Space 03:43 Tools
Incantation For Tape 02:36 Tools
Invention In Twelve Tones 03:47 Tools
Low Speed (1952) 03:43 Tools
Low Speed, 1952 03:43 Tools
Gargoyles 09:38 Tools
06 - Low Speed 00:00 Tools
Luening: Low Speed 03:43 Tools
Fantasia for Organ 06:30 Tools
Low Speed - Otto Luening 03:42 Tools
Invention 02:40 Tools
Incantation 02:37 Tools
Moonflight (1968) 03:00 Tools
Synthesis for Orchestra and Electronic Sound 07:47 Tools
Breath 06:22 Tools
Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Introduction 03:00 Tools
Fugue with Electronic Doubles for Organ and Tape 10:27 Tools
Chorale Fantasy with Electronic Doubles for Organ and Tape 10:44 Tools
After Death I 06:22 Tools
Fantasy in Speed 04:46 Tools
Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Dramatic Scene 04:47 Tools
Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Fantasia 06:05 Tools
Sonata for Piano (In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni): Burlesque 06:22 Tools
Peaceful Deities 02:40 Tools
After Death II 06:22 Tools
Wrathful Deities 03:43 Tools
The Coupling 03:43 Tools
Otto Luening - Low Speed, 1952 06:22 Tools
Low Speed - 1952 02:40 Tools
Invention in Twelve Tones - 1952 02:40 Tools
Breath II 01:43 Tools
Invention in Twelve Notes 03:45 Tools
Sonata For Piano In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni: I. Introduction 03:00 Tools
Incantation - 1953 02:38 Tools
Low Speed for flute & tape 03:43 Tools
Suite for Bass and Piano: I. Moderato con moto 02:22 Tools
Suite for Bass and Piano: II. Not Too Slow 01:43 Tools
Sonata For Piano In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni: II. Dramatic Scene 01:46 Tools
Suite for Bass and Piano: III. Allegro moderato 01:46 Tools
Six Preludes: I. Slow 00:30 Tools
Six Preludes: IV. Andante 01:46 Tools
Six Preludes: III. Andante 03:56 Tools
Song Without Words 08:47 Tools
Low Speed 1952 03:43 Tools
Six Preludes: VI. Moderato 03:56 Tools
Sonata For Piano In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni: III. Burlesque 01:46 Tools
First Short Piano Sonata: I. Allegro giusto 03:56 Tools
Six Preludes: II. Moderato 03:56 Tools
Mooflight (1968) 01:46 Tools
Sonata For Piano In Memoriam Ferruccio Busoni: IV. Fantasia 06:05 Tools
Fantasy in Space (Part 9) 01:46 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: If I can stop one Heart from breaking 01:46 Tools
Six Preludes: V. Allegro ma non troppo 04:46 Tools
Fantasy in Space - Otto Luening 01:46 Tools
Third Suite for Flute Solo: I. First Movement 01:46 Tools
Joyce Cycle: Sleep Now 01:46 Tools
Incantations 01:46 Tools
First Short Piano Sonata: II. Grave 07:40 Tools
She walks in Beauty 03:56 Tools
Three Fantasias for solo baroque flute: I. Allegro vivace 03:56 Tools
String Quartet no. 2 08:47 Tools
Otto Luening - Low Speed (1952) 01:46 Tools
Third Suite for Flute Solo: II. Second Movement 01:46 Tools
Love's Secret 03:56 Tools
String Quartet No. 3: II. Allegro Moderato 07:52 Tools
Third Suite for Flute Solo: IV. Fourth Movement 07:52 Tools
6 Preludes: No. 4, — 07:52 Tools
String Quartet No. 3: I. Allegro Vivace 07:40 Tools
At Christmas time 07:40 Tools
Young Love 07:40 Tools
Wake The serpent not 07:40 Tools
Symphonic Fantasia 03:56 Tools
Legend, For Oboe And Strings 10:47 Tools
Theater Piece No. 2: In the Beginning 10:47 Tools
Third Suite for Flute Solo: VI. Sixth Movement 10:47 Tools
Dance Sonata 07:40 Tools
Fourth Suite for Flute Solo: I. First Movement 07:40 Tools
First Short Piano Sonata: III. Vivace 07:40 Tools
Farm Picture 03:42 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: VI. Presto 00:57 Tools
Tango 00:57 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: III. Slow 02:00 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: Experiment to me 03:42 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: Soul, Wilt thou toss again? 07:40 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: II. Eaves at dusk 01:25 Tools
Trio For Flute, Cello, & Piano 00:30 Tools
Lyric Scene, For Flute And Strings 06:08 Tools
Lines from "A Song for Occupations" 00:30 Tools
Fourth Suite for Flute Solo: II. Second Movement 00:30 Tools
Low Speed [1952] 03:42 Tools
Fourth Suite for Flute Solo: VI. Sixth Movement 03:42 Tools
Third Suite for Flute Solo: V. Fifth Movement 03:42 Tools
Invention On Twelve Notes 07:40 Tools
Third Suite for Flute Solo: VII. Seventh Movement 07:40 Tools
Fourth Suite for Flute Solo: VII. Seventh Movement 07:40 Tools
Lyric Scene 07:40 Tools
Legend 07:40 Tools
Fourth Short Sonata for Piano: I. Allegro Moderato 07:40 Tools
Mooflight 04:46 Tools
Fourth Short Sonata for Piano: II. Adagio 04:46 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: I felt a Cleaving in my Mind 04:46 Tools
Noon Silence 04:46 Tools
Infant Joy 04:46 Tools
Joyce Cycle: My love is in a light attire 03:42 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: “Hope” is the thing with feathers 03:42 Tools
Venilia 03:42 Tools
Locations and Times 03:42 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: When I hoped I feared 03:42 Tools
Joyce Cycle: When the shy star goes forth in heaven 03:42 Tools
Third Short Sonata for Flute & Piano: II. With Fantasy And Freedom 01:51 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: I. Allegro 01:10 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: II. Moderato 00:58 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: I. The shrine whose shape I am 01:55 Tools
Piece for Tape Recorder 05:45 Tools
Kentucky Rondo 00:30 Tools
Fourth Suite for Flute Solo: III. Third Movement 00:30 Tools
Fourth Suite for Flute Solo: IV. Fourth Movement 00:30 Tools
Fifth Suite for Flute Solo: II. March Ceremony 00:30 Tools
Fifth Suite for Flute Solo: IV. Conversations 00:30 Tools
Suite from "King Lear" 04:46 Tools
Chords at Night 04:46 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: IV. Stone would be water 03:42 Tools
In Weihnachtszeiten 03:42 Tools
Transience 03:42 Tools
Songs of Emily Dickinson: Our share of night to bear 03:42 Tools
Good-night 03:42 Tools
Visor'd 03:42 Tools
Little Vagabond 03:42 Tools
Ach! wer bringt die schönen Tage 03:42 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: IX. Reeds rise from water 03:42 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: XIII. Pity us 03:42 Tools
I faint, I perish 03:42 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: IV. Fast 03:42 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: X. A- 03:42 Tools
Lines from "A Song for Occupations 07:40 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: IXa. The Niche 03:42 Tools
Third Short Sonata for Flute & Piano: I. Slow and somewhat free in tempo 03:42 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: XI. Paschal Wilderness 03:42 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: VIII. Rural Sunrise 03:42 Tools
02. Low Speed (1952) 00:57 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: VI. My angels are dark 03:42 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: VII. Moderato 00:57 Tools
Sonata III for Solo Violin: VIII. Fast 02:25 Tools
Fifth Suite for Flute Solo: III. Reception 02:25 Tools
Fifth Suite for Flute Solo: I. Preamble 02:25 Tools
Fourth Short Sonata for Piano: III. Allegro 02:25 Tools
Fantasia Etudes for Piano: I. Moderato commodo 02:25 Tools
Requiescat 02:25 Tools
Divertimento for brass quintet: VI. Presto 02:25 Tools
Fugue and Chorale Fantasy with Electronic Doubles for Organ and Tape: I. Fugue 02:25 Tools
Divertimento for brass quintet: III. Slow 02:25 Tools
Joyce Cycle: Strings in the earth and air 02:25 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: XVII. May 02:25 Tools
Divertimento for brass quintet: IV. Allegro 02:25 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: XIV. The friends of my father 02:25 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: VII. Small stones for The Temple 02:25 Tools
No Jerusalem But This: III. Wind 03:42 Tools
06. Moonflight (1968) 03:42 Tools
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Otto Luening (b. Milwaukee WI, June 15, 1900 - d. New York NY, September 2, 1996) demonstrated an infectious musical catholicism both through his prolific output as a composer and as a tireless educator and advocate for new music. Although he is now most famous for his electronic work in the 1950s and early 1960s in collaboration with Vladimir Ussachevsky, Luening composed a vast body of music, much of it chamber music, characterized by its accessibility and its stylistic variety. Highlights of his extensive output include a flute concertino, four symphonic fantasias, a short symphony for chamber orchestra, three string quartets, three sonatas for violin and piano, three solo violin sonatas, and a substantial body of chamber music with flute, an instrument he played professionally throughout his life. He also composed scores for Hollywood films and television. Born to a musical family of German descent, he moved with his family at the age of twelve to Munich where he studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik. He made his debut as a flutist at sixteen and moved to Switzerland the following year where he studied composition with Ferruccio Busoni and also spent time as an actor and stage manager for James Joyce's English Players Company. He returned to America in 1924 and became known primarily as an operatic conductor, serving as the executive director of the opera department at Eastman during the first years of Hanson's tenure (1925-28). Among the works whose premieres he conducted are Virgil Thomson's The Mother Of Us All, Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Medium, and his own Evangeline (1930), based on the narrative poem of Longfellow. In the 1950s, Luening and fellow composer Vladimir Ussachevsky helped to establish the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center where they created on a landmark series of collaborative compositions for magnetic tape and electronic tone generators, as well as works for acoustic instruments in combination with electronic sounds. This association resulted in twenty compositions, Luening's sole-authored works including Fantasy in Space for tape (1952), Gargoyles for violin and tape (1960), and Synthesis for orchestra and tape (1962), commissioned for the 20th anniversary of BMI. In addition to co-founding the American Music Center, Luening served as Chairman of the American Music Committee of the National Federation of Music Clubs (a program operated through The American Music Center), director of New Music Editions and New Music Quarterly Recordings (after Henry Cowell), and was a co-founder of the American Recording Society and Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI). He later taught at the University of Arizona, Bennington College (VT), The Julliard School, Columbia University, and Barnard College. He was awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships, and awards from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Phil Beta Kappa and the Wisconsin legislature. He is the author of the book Modern Music (1943), and an autobiography, The Odyssey of an American Composer (1980). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.