Stefan Wolpe

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Part I: Procession 02:26 Tools
Second Piece for Violin Alone 02:26 Tools
I. Un poco allegro 06:19 Tools
Part II: March Through the Red Sea 03:43 Tools
Part II: Aaron's Desperation 00:51 Tools
Stehende Musik (1925) 00:51 Tools
Passacaglia 15:44 Tools
Tango 03:21 Tools
Part II: Moses Walks Among the People - Commands Some to be Killed 01:04 Tools
The Good Spirit Of A Right Cause 03:36 Tools
III. Lento - Scherzo 03:27 Tools
Part II: Moses meets Aaron - Command of Moses for the Waters 01:16 Tools
Part II: Restlessness 00:58 Tools
Part II: Conversation with God 02:53 Tools
Variation 01:36 Tools
Part II: Return of Moses - Breaking of Tablets - Moses Falls into the Arms of Joshua 02:53 Tools
Part I: Pharoh's Daughter Bathes in the Nile, finds the Baby 03:36 Tools
Part I: Pet of the Court - Political Intrigue 03:06 Tools
Part I: Moses Buries the Taskmaster in the Sand 03:14 Tools
Part I: Mother Conceives Child 01:16 Tools
Part I: Seftdom Lamentation 01:16 Tools
Part I: Overture 01:24 Tools
Con fuoco ed energia (1920) 02:28 Tools
Quartet 12:29 Tools
Part I: Moses Among the Workers 01:10 Tools
Adante tranquillamente (1929) 01:10 Tools
energico ed animato (1929) 02:28 Tools
vivo e sereno (1934) 02:28 Tools
marcia funebre (1931) 02:28 Tools
String Quartet (1969): I. Quarter-Note = 92 07:40 Tools
suite im hexachord: iii. fuge 01:59 Tools
String Quartet, C. 170 07:40 Tools
IV. Allegretto deciso 09:08 Tools
adagio nr 5 (1920) 09:08 Tools
String Quartet (1969): II. Quarter-Note = 44 09:58 Tools
variation (1923) 07:40 Tools
Early Piece 07:00 Tools
Piece 07:50 Tools
tango (1927) 07:50 Tools
I. quarter note = 92 08:07 Tools
Waltz for Merle 05:27 Tools
Part II: Gathering of People 02:45 Tools
II. quarter note = ca. 180 05:34 Tools
III. Intense and Spirited 07:23 Tools
II. Allegro appassionato 07:23 Tools
Zemach Suite: VII. Dance in Form of a Chaconne 02:33 Tools
II. quarter note = 144 09:54 Tools
March And Variations For Two Pianos 18:52 Tools
I. quarter note = ca. 132 11:05 Tools
I. Early Morning Music 04:10 Tools
Chamber Piece No. 1 08:28 Tools
adagio. gesang, weil ich etwas teures verlassen muss 02:51 Tools
Battle Piece: I. Quasi presto 03:32 Tools
Battle Piece - V 01:42 Tools
Piece For Oboe, Cello, Percussion And Piano, "Oboe Quartet": II. Calm 02:11 Tools
Battle Piece - I 03:13 Tools
IV. Taut, to oneself 05:11 Tools
Piece For Oboe, Cello, Percussion And Piano, "Oboe Quartet": I. Early Morning Music 05:48 Tools
Piece in two parts for six players 11:40 Tools
chamber piece no. 2 01:58 Tools
Passacaglia from 4 Studies on Basic Rows 07:46 Tools
Battle Piece - III 01:58 Tools
Enactments I 04:58 Tools
Battle Piece - VII 05:11 Tools
Battle Piece - II 04:26 Tools
Sonata No. 1 - Stehende Musik: III. Schnell 01:12 Tools
Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion and Piano 13:02 Tools
Battle Piece - VI 03:03 Tools
II. Calm 08:18 Tools
Form for Piano 04:15 Tools
Sonata No. 1 - Stehende Musik: I. Sehr Schnell 03:18 Tools
Battle Piece - IV 04:58 Tools
enactments for three pianos: i. chant 05:43 Tools
adagio no.5 07:46 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: iii. con moto ma non troppo 02:11 Tools
suite im hexachord: i. sostenuto 02:40 Tools
Sonata No. 1 - Stehende Musik: II. Fast langsam 09:20 Tools
enactments for three pianos: ii. in a state of flight 08:13 Tools
enactments for three pianos: iv. inception 03:07 Tools
cinq marches caractéristiques: i. energico ed animato 07:46 Tools
Enactments 3 04:03 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: ii. molto sostenuto 04:49 Tools
zemach suite: v. jubilation 01:09 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano: Andante Appassionata 07:23 Tools
zemach suite: vi. complaint 01:14 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: iv. vivo 05:48 Tools
cinq marches caractéristiques: ii. andante tranquillamente 02:33 Tools
Enactments III 03:07 Tools
Enactments IV 03:07 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: vi. con brio 02:11 Tools
enactments for three pianos: iii. held in 03:16 Tools
enactments 1 06:03 Tools
Enactments 4 03:04 Tools
zemach suite: i. song 03:30 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: i. quasi presto 03:30 Tools
Enactments II 02:33 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano: Allegretto deciso 08:12 Tools
5 Adagios: No. 3. Gensang, weil ich etwas Teures verlassen muss 03:09 Tools
enactments for three pianos: v. fugal motions 12:06 Tools
zemach suite: ii. piece of embittered music 01:14 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano: Un Poco Allegro 05:56 Tools
cinq marches caractéristiques: v. vivo e sereno 04:15 Tools
cinq marches caractéristiques: iv. marcia funebre 04:15 Tools
cinq marches caractéristiques: iii. con fuoco ed energia 04:15 Tools
5 Marches caracteristiques 02:56 Tools
Enactments V 04:15 Tools
Enactments 2 07:23 Tools
Enactments 5 11:11 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: v. moderato 02:18 Tools
String Quartet: I. Quarter Note = 92 08:37 Tools
Piece For Oboe, Cello, Percussion And Piano, "Oboe Quartet": III. Intense And Spirited 13:01 Tools
The Man From Midian, Ballet Suite For Orchestra, C. 98 03:18 Tools
I. Serfdom - Lamentation 12:06 Tools
Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion and Piano (1950/54) 03:00 Tools
Battle Piece: V. Moderato 01:01 Tools
Piece For Two Instrumental Units 12:13 Tools
suite im hexachord: ii. pastorale 03:38 Tools
encouragements for piano. first piece. battle piece: vii. allegro ma non troppo 04:22 Tools
6 Klavierstucke: Rag-Caprice 08:37 Tools
Piano Sonata, "Stehende Musik": I. Sehr Schnell 02:56 Tools
An Anna Blume 05:05 Tools
Passacaglia for Piano 12:08 Tools
Piece (1971) 01:01 Tools
Piece For Oboe, Cello, Percussion And Piano, "Oboe Quartet": IV. Taut, To Oneself 08:37 Tools
String Quartet: I. 92 05:48 Tools
Form IV - Broken Sequences 04:22 Tools
Zemach Suite: III. Fuge a 3 - No. 1 13:01 Tools
6 Klavierstucke: Tango 13:01 Tools
Seven Pieces For Three Pianos 07:37 Tools
Fantasie von Übermorgen 01:27 Tools
Sonata For Violin and Piano - Un Poco Allegro 07:23 Tools
Battle Piece: II. Molto sostenuto 02:28 Tools
Battle Piece: IV. Vivo 05:13 Tools
String Quartet: II. 144 08:54 Tools
Cinq marches caractéristiques, V 02:18 Tools
suite im hexachord: iv. adagio 05:25 Tools
Blues 05:56 Tools
Sonata For Violin And Piano: I. Un Poco Allegro 02:56 Tools
Zemach Suite: Song 01:40 Tools
Zemach Suite: Jubilation 01:09 Tools
Battle Piece: III. Con moto ma non troppo 03:45 Tools
Battle Piece: VI. Con brio 03:45 Tools
Violin Sonata: I. Un Poco Allegro 08:37 Tools
Cinq marches caractéristiques, I 02:31 Tools
Cinq marches caractéristiques, II 02:28 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949): Un Poco Allegro 04:22 Tools
Cinq marches caractéristiques, IV 03:51 Tools
Zemach Suite: IV. Fuge a 3 - No. 2 08:37 Tools
Es wird die neue Welt geboren! 01:25 Tools
quartet for oboe, cello, percussion & piano: i. early morning music 04:22 Tools
4 Studies on Basic Rows: No. 4. Passacaglia (version for piano) 04:22 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano: Lento-Scherzo vivo-Lento 03:10 Tools
Four Studies on Basic Rows: I. Study on Tritones 08:01 Tools
Chamber Piece No 1 08:28 Tools
Zemach Suite: Piece of Embittered Music 01:13 Tools
Zemach Suite: Complaint 04:09 Tools
Battle Piece: VII. Allegro non troppo 05:01 Tools
Adagio Nr. 5 07:46 Tools
Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Percussion, and Piano 13:01 Tools
Brief eines Dienstmädchens mit Namen Amalie 03:45 Tools
Ansprache einer Bardame 02:30 Tools
Cinq marches caractéristiques, III 02:28 Tools
Solo Piece for Trumpet: I. Graceful, talking 08:37 Tools
chamber 2 12:13 Tools
Music and Variations for Two Pianos 08:01 Tools
Solo Piece for Trumpet 08:01 Tools
Two Studies for Piano, Part II 05:01 Tools
Zemach Suite: Con fuoco 01:50 Tools
Passacaglia for Piano (1936) 08:37 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949): Lento / Scherzo vivo / Lento 08:37 Tools
Studies, Part I 04:22 Tools
String Quartet:♪ = 92 08:23 Tools
String Quartet:♪ = 144 09:07 Tools
six players 13:01 Tools
Toccata in 3 Parts 08:37 Tools
Die Herren der Welt 03:09 Tools
Studies for Piano, Part I, Displaced Spaces: VI. Moving, passionately tender 02:11 Tools
Quintet with Voice: III. Variations 03:09 Tools
chamber 1 03:09 Tools
Four Studies on Basic Rows: II. Study on Thirds 02:34 Tools
Marsch 03:09 Tools
quartet for oboe, cello, percussion & piano: iii. intense and spirited 02:34 Tools
sonata for violin & piano: i. un poco allegro 02:34 Tools
quartet for oboe, cello, percussion & piano: ii. quarter-note = ca. 63 03:09 Tools
sonata for violin & piano: ii. andante appassionato 03:10 Tools
Keiner oder alle 02:36 Tools
Ballade von den Osseger Witwen 01:57 Tools
Was ist Aufruhr? Weh. 01:57 Tools
Zemach Suite: Fugue à 3, No 2 01:42 Tools
Battle Piece, "Encouragement for Piano": VI. Con brio 08:37 Tools
Form IV 05:55 Tools
sonata for violin and piano - adante appassionata 07:35 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part I: Overture 03:00 Tools
String Quartet: II. Quarter Note = 144 01:01 Tools
Symphony: I. Not Too Slow 08:37 Tools
Violin Sonata: IV. Allegretto Deciso 03:00 Tools
Symphony: III. Alive 08:37 Tools
Two Pieces for Piano: I. Pastorale 02:18 Tools
Rag-Caprice 08:37 Tools
Duo for Two Violins, Op. 2: III. Quarter note = 112 07:53 Tools
Duo for Two Violins, Op. 2: I. Allegro molto 02:03 Tools
Piece in Three Parts: III. Quarter Note = 132 04:09 Tools
Zeus und Elida: Charleston 02:18 Tools
Duo for Two Violins, Op. 2: II. Presto (Besessen) 02:03 Tools
Two Studies for Two Violins and Piano: I. Overture 02:08 Tools
Quintet with Voice: I. Of Festive Grace 13:01 Tools
sonata for violin & piano: iii. lento; scherzo 02:34 Tools
quartet for oboe, cello, percussion & piano: iv. eighth-note = 92 03:08 Tools
An Anna Blume, op. 5/III für Klavier und Musikal Clown (Kurt Schwitters) 02:56 Tools
sonata for violin & piano: iv. allegretto deciso 02:34 Tools
Bohrerlied 03:08 Tools
Enactments for Three Pianos, I. Chant 02:34 Tools
Zemach Suite: Fugue à 3, No 1 01:15 Tools
Trio: second part 01:15 Tools
Auch die kleinste Tat 01:15 Tools
Wir sind entlassen 03:00 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949): Andante Appassionata 08:37 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1949): Allegretto deciso 08:37 Tools
sonata for violin and piano - lento - scherzo vivo - lento 03:00 Tools
The Man From Midian, Ballet For 2 Pianos, C. 97 03:00 Tools
From Here On Farther 08:37 Tools
Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano and Percussion (1954): First Movement 06:32 Tools
Symphony: II. Charged 03:08 Tools
Two Dances for Piano: II. Tango 02:08 Tools
Piece in Three Parts: II. Quarter Note = 74 03:14 Tools
Piece in Three Parts: I. Quarter Note = 100 06:25 Tools
Battle Piece V 08:37 Tools
Provence 02:56 Tools
Battle Piece, "Encouragement for Piano" 02:08 Tools
Three Pieces for Youngsters: II. Serene 02:03 Tools
Battle Piece VI 04:09 Tools
Two Studies for Two Violins and Piano: II. Pastoral in the Form of a Passacaglia 02:03 Tools
Four Studies on Basic Rows: III. Presto Furioso 06:28 Tools
Battle Piece III 02:56 Tools
Battle Piece IV 02:56 Tools
Battle Piece II 02:56 Tools
Das Lied vom Abbau 03:08 Tools
trio in two parts for flute, cello & piano: i. quarter-note = ca. 132 03:08 Tools
trio in two parts for flute, cello & piano: ii. quarter-note = ca. 80 03:08 Tools
sonata no.1 'stehende musik': i. sehr schnell 03:08 Tools
Second Piece For Violin Alone (1966) 02:03 Tools
II. Not too big, intimate 03:08 Tools
Enactments for Three Pianos, III. Held In 03:08 Tools
Eine unterdrückte Klasse 01:00 Tools
Enactments for Three Pianos, II. In a State of Flight 01:00 Tools
Form IV, "Broken Sequences" 02:03 Tools
sonata for violin and piano - allegretto deciso 08:37 Tools
Trio: first part 02:03 Tools
Lied, Anrede, Hymnus, Strophe zarteste Bewegung 01:01 Tools
Palestinian Notebook: IV. Hora 08:37 Tools
String Quartet - Quarter Note Equals 92 08:21 Tools
Palestinian Notebook: II. Yiddish Wedding 02:03 Tools
Two Dances for Piano: I. Blues 03:03 Tools
String Quartet: II. — 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part I: Serfdom Lamentation 07:53 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part I: Procession 07:53 Tools
Songs Without Words: I. Vocalise 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part I: Mother Conceives Child 07:53 Tools
Studies for Piano, Part I, Displaced Spaces: VII. Not too slow, stark 02:08 Tools
Three Pieces for Youngsters: III. Andante, calm 02:08 Tools
Violin Sonata: III. Lento - Scherzo 02:03 Tools
Studies for Piano, Part I, Displaced Spaces: IV. Quick, gay 02:08 Tools
Trio: Part 2 02:08 Tools
Palestinian Notebook: I. Yemenite Dances Nos. 1 & 2 02:56 Tools
4 Lieder, Op. 7: No. 1. Eine unterdruckte Klasse 02:08 Tools
String Quartet: II. Quarter Note = 44 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part I: Pharaoh's Daughter Bathes in the Nile, finds the Baby 02:03 Tools
Cantata 02:03 Tools
2 Studies 03:03 Tools
Excerpts From Dr. Einstein's Address About Peace In The Atomic Era 02:08 Tools
Violin Sonata: II. Andante appassionato 02:03 Tools
sonata no.1 'stehende musik': iii. schnell 02:56 Tools
Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. andante appassionato 02:08 Tools
Battle Piece VII 02:08 Tools
March And Variations For Two Pianos (1933) 02:08 Tools
early morning music 02:56 Tools
Adagio - Gesang, weil ich etwas Teures verlassen muß 02:03 Tools
sonata no.1 'stehende musik': ii. fast langsam 01:01 Tools
Auftrittsmarsch - Agitproptruppe "Roter Stern" 02:03 Tools
Erst haben sie ihn die Welt gesetzt (Ernst Ottwalt) 02:03 Tools
Enactments for Three Pianos, V. Fugal Motions 01:01 Tools
Enactments for Three Pianos, IV. Inception 01:01 Tools
Palestinian Notebook: III. Lullaby (Wiegenlied) 01:01 Tools
8 Lieder, Op. 12: No. 1. Das Lied vom Abbau 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part II: Conversation with God 02:03 Tools
III. Embittered, violent and quick 08:37 Tools
Chamber Piece I for 14 players 08:37 Tools
String Quartet - Quarter Note Equals 144 01:01 Tools
Chamber Piece II for 14 players 01:01 Tools
Battle Piece (1943-47): VI 01:01 Tools
Battle Piece, "Encouragement for Piano": IV. Vivo 02:03 Tools
Quartet for Trumpet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano and Percussion (1954): Second Movement 07:53 Tools
Two Pieces for Piano: II. Con fuoco 07:53 Tools
Battle Piece (1943-47): IV 07:53 Tools
Un Poco Allegro 07:53 Tools
Battle Piece (1943-47): III 07:53 Tools
Solo Piece for Trumpet: II. Not too big, intimate 07:53 Tools
Studies for Piano, Part II: II. Broad, with a feeling of profound intensities 07:53 Tools
Toccata in Three Parts: I. Allegro moderato 07:53 Tools
Zeus und Elida Op.5a: Charleston 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part II: Return of Moses - Breaking of Tablets - Moses Falls on the Arms of Joshua 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part II: Moses meets Aaron - Command of Moses for the Waters 02:03 Tools
The Man from Midian (version for 2 pianos): Part I: Pet of the Court - Political Intrigue 02:03 Tools
Trio: Part 1 02:03 Tools
Battle Piece (1943-47): II 02:03 Tools
IV. Allegro con grazia 02:08 Tools
The Good Spirit of a Right Cause (1942) 02:08 Tools
Form for Piano (1959) 02:08 Tools
Studies for Piano, Part II: II. Broad, with a feeling of profound intensities 02:08 Tools
Toccata in Three Parts: I. Allegro moderato 02:08 Tools
Der Gott Sei Bei Uns 02:08 Tools
Sonata For Violin And Piano: IV. Allegretto Deciso 02:08 Tools
intense and spirited 02:11 Tools
Arbeit und Kapital 01:01 Tools
Der Gottseibeiuns 02:03 Tools
Wolpe 01 Enactments 1 02:03 Tools
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Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer. Wolpe was born in Berlin. He attended the Berlin Conservatory from the age of fourteen, attended the Berlin Hochschule für Musik 1920-1921. He studied composition under Franz Schreker and was also a pupil of Ferruccio Busoni. He also studied at the Bauhaus and met some of the dadaists, setting Kurt Schwitters' poem Anna Blume to music. The music Wolpe was writing between 1929 and 1933 was atonal, using Arnold Schoenberg's twelve tone technique. However, possibly influenced by Paul Hindemith's concept of Gebrauchsmusik (music which serves a social function) and, as an avid socialist, he wrote a number of pieces for worker's unions and communist theatre groups. For these he made his style more accessible, incorporating elements of jazz and popular music. His songs became popular, rivalling those of Hanns Eisler. When the Nazis came to power in Germany, Wolpe, Jew and convinced communist, fled the country, passing through Romania and Russia en route to Austria 1933-1934, where he met and studied with Anton Webern. He later moved to Palestine, 1934-38, where he wrote simple songs for the kibbutzim. The music he was writing for concert performance, however, remained complex and atonal. Partly because of this his contract was not renewed for the 1938-1939 school year. In 1938, Wolpe moved to New York City in the United States of America. There, during the fifties, he associated with the abstract expressionist painters. From 1952 to 1956 he was director of music at Black Mountain College, and he also lectured at the summer schools in Darmstadt in Germany. His pupils included Morton Feldman, Ralph Shapey, David Tudor, and Charles Wuorinen. His works from this time sometimes used the twelve tone technique, were sometimes diatonic, were sometimes based on the Arabic scales (such as maqam saba) he had heard in Palestine and sometimes employed some other method of tonal organisation. His work was radical, but avoided the punctualism of composers such as Pierre Boulez (in his works from 1951–53), instead employing more conventionally expressive gestures. Wolpe developed Parkinson's disease in 1964. He died in New York City in 1972. Elliott Carter commemorated Wolpe with the following comment, "Comet-like radiance, conviction, fervent intensity, penetrating thought on many levels of seriousness and humor, combined with breathtaking adventurousness and originality, marked the inner and outer life of Stefan Wolpe, as they do his compositions." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.