Ron Nelson

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Ron Nelson is a composer of both classical and popular music and a retired music academic.

He was born in Joliet, Illinois, on December 14, 1929. After earning bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York, he went to Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship, where he studied at the Ecole Normale de Musique and the Paris Conservatory.

In 1956, Nelson joined the faculty of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as chairman of the music department from 1963 to 1973, retiring in 1993. Nelson’s works for orchestra, band, and chorus have been widely performed.

Nelson was awarded the Acuff Chair of Excellence in the Creative Arts in 1991, the first musician to hold the chair. His Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H) was the first piece to win all three major wind band composition prizes during one period—the National Band Association Prize, the American Bandmasters Association Ostwald Prize, and the Sudler International Prize. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by the John Philip Sousa Foundation in 1994.

Conductor Leonard Slatkin may have described Ron Nelson best: “Nelson is the quintessential American composer. He has the ability to move between conservative and newer styles with ease. The fact that he’s a little hard to categorize is what makes him interesting.”


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[edit] Works

[edit] Orchestral Works

  • 1954 Sarabande: For Katherine in April
  • 1955 Savannah River Holiday
  • 1960 This is the Orchestra for narrator and orchestra
  • 1960 Jubilee
  • 1961 Overture for Latecomers
  • 1961 Toccata for Orchstra
  • 1969 Trilogy: JFK-MLK-RFK for orchestra and Tonband
  • 1976 Five Pieces after Paintings by Andrew Wyeth
    1. Winter 1946
    2. Young America
    3. Christina's World
    4. The Drifter
    5. The Patriot
  • 1977 Meditation and Dance
  • 1983 Fanfare for a Celebration
  • 1988 Elegy II for Streichorchestra
  • 1996 Panels "Epiphanies II"
  • 1997 Resonances III

[edit] Works for Wind Ensemble

  • 1948 Concerto for Piano and Symphonic Band
  • 1958 Mayflower Overture
  • 1969 Rocky Point Holiday
  • 1973 Savannah River Holiday
  • 1982 Fanfare for a Celebration
  • 1982 Medieval Suite
    1. Homage to Leonin
    2. Homage to Perotin
    3. Homage to Machaut
  • 1983 Pebble Beach Sojoum for Organ, Brass and Percussion
  • 1984 Aspen Jubilee
  • 1985 Te Deum Laudamus for Chorus (SATB) and Wind Ensemble
  • 1986 Brevard Fanfare for Brass
  • 1988 Danza Capriccio for Solo Alto-Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
  • 1989 Morning Alleluias
  • 1989 Fanfare for the Hour of Sunrise
  • 1990 Resonances I
  • 1991 Lauds "Praise High Day"
  • 1992 To the Airborne
  • 1992 Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)
  • 1994 Epiphanies - Fanfares and Chorales
  • 1994 Chaconne - In Memoriam...
  • 1994 Sonoran Desert Holiday
  • 1995 Courtly Airs and Dances
    1. Intrada
    2. Basse Dance
    3. Pavane
    4. Saltarello
    5. Sarabande
    6. Allemande
  • 1998 Nightsong for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble
  • 1999 Fanfare for the new Millennium for Symphonic Band and two antiphonal Brass-Choirs

[edit] Stage works

  • 1954 Dance in Ruins Ballet
  • 1955-1956 The Birthday of the Infanta Opera for Chamber Orchestra
  • 1981 Hamaguchi Opera for Chamber Ensemble

[edit] Chamber Music

  • 1982 Kristen's Song for Violin, Flute, and Organ
  • 1983 And the Moon Rose Golden for Cello and Piano

[edit] Choral Music

  • 1958 Three Mountain Ballads for driestimmigen Frauenchor (SSA), Harp and Flute
    1. He's gon away
    2. Will he remember?
    3. Babara Allen
  • 1958 Cantata: The Christmas Story for mixed chorus (SATB), organ, Blechbläser and timpani
  • 1958 Glory to God for mixed chorus (SATB), organ and Blechbläser
  • 1958 Christmas Fanfare for mixed chorus (SATB), Blechbläser and timpani
  • 1958 Choral Fanfare for Easter for mixed chorus and narrator
  • 1960 He came here for me for Frauenchor (SSA), mixed chorus (SATB) and Röhrenglocken
  • 1960 Fanfare for a Festival for mixed chorus, Blechbläser and timpani
  • 1960 All Praise to Music for mixed chorus, Blechbläser and timpani
  • 1961 Five Anthems for young Choirs of Prayer for zweistimmigen Chor (SA) and Klavier
  • 1962 Three Ancient Prayers for mixed chorus (SATB) and organ
    1. O Lord how can we know Thee
    2. Hear, o Israel
    3. Cause us o Lord
  • 1963 Triumphal Te Deum for double chorus (SSAATTBB), Blechbläser, organ and Schlagzeug
  • 1964 Oratorio: What is Man? dreiteilig, for narrator, Soprano Solo and Bariton Solo, mixed chorus and orchestra
  • 1967 God bring thy Sword for mixed chorus, organ and Schlagzeug
  • 1969 Alleluia, July 20, 1969 for mixed chorus
  • 1971 Psalm 95 for mixed chorus and Instrumental-Ensemble
  • 1972 Prayer of Emperor of China on the Altar of Heaven, December 21, 1539 for mixed chorus and Instrumental Ensemble
  • 1973 Thy Thruth is Great for mixed chorus and organ
  • 1975 Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi for mixed chorus and organ
  • 1978 O God invent a Word for us for mixed chorus and children's chorus
  • 1980 For Freedom in Conscience for mixed chorus, organ and Trompeten
  • 1981 Mass of Saint LaSalle for mixed chorus, organ, Mallet-Percussion, Instrumental-Ensemble, zwei Klaviere and Schlagzeug
    1. Kyrie
    2. Gloria
    3. Sanctus
    4. Agnus Dei
  • 1982 Make Music in the Lord's Honor for mixed chorus, organ and Blechbläser
  • 1983 Three Settings of the Moon for Frauenchor (SA), Klavier, Marimbaphon and Glockenspiel
    1. The Moon does not sleep
    2. Autumn Lullaby
    3. Ask the Moon
  • 1984 Praise the Name for mixed chorus and organ
  • 1985 Te Deum Laudamus for mixed Choir (SATB) and Wind Ensemble
  • 1985 Festive Anthem for mixed chorus, Blechbläser and organ
  • 1990 And this shall be for Music for mixed chorus and Blechbläser
  • 1991 Songs of Praise and Reconciliation for mixed chorus, Männerchor, Klavier and Schlagzeug
    1. Prime (The Hour of Sunrise)
    2. Lauds (Praise High Day)
    3. Vespers (Time of the Evening Star)
  • 2001 Proclaim this Day for Music for mixed chorus Blechbläser and Schlagzeug
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