Richard Swift

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For the contemporary American singer / songwriter Richard Swift, see Richard Swift (musician)

Richard Swift (b. Middlepoint, OH, 24 September 1927; d. Davis, CA, 8 November 2003) was an American composer and music theorist.

[edit] Compositions (selective list)

• String Quartet no.1 (1955)
• Serenade Concertante for piano and wind quintet (1956)
• Eleven Stravaganzas for instrumental ensemble (1956–95)
• String Quartet no.2 (1958)
• The Pleasures of Merely Circulating for band (1959)
• Piano Concerto no. 1 (1961)
• String Quartet no.3 (1964)
• The Trial of Tender O’Shea opera in 1 scene (1964)
• Violin Concerto (1968)
• Symphony (1970)
• String Quartet no.4 (1973)
• Mein blaues Klavier for piano (1978)
• String Trio no.2 (1979–80)
• Piano Concerto no.2 (1980)
• String Quartet no.5 (1982)
• Things of August for piano (1986)
• A Field of Light for eight instrumnts (1990)