Lewis Nielson

Biography

Lewis Nielson (b. 1950) studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, Clark University in Massachusetts and the University of Iowa. His works have been performed throughout the North and South America, and in Europe. He served as Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Georgia, and, in 2000, joined the composition faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he was Professor of Composition and chair of the Composition Department.

  • mixed instrumental ens 6 to 15 players
  • ACE Publications

    13 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Lewis Nielson CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE WHEN MAKING WAR BUT THE NEED IS TO MAKE LOVE, AND VICE VERSA flute, clarinet, perc(1), piano (dbl accordion and guitar), violin, and cello
    Lewis Nielson GENERATION OF LEAVES mez-sop, orch: 2-0-ehn-1-0, 1-2-0-btbn-0, 2 perc, str
    Lewis Nielson O Rosa Bella large ensemble, some performers speak text
    2021 021(bstbn)0 2 vcl, 2 cb, perc (3)
    Lewis Nielson On Regression, Accumulation, and the Persistence of Ghosts flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, small multi-percussion set-up
    fl, ob, bsn, vln, vla, vcl, perc(1), conductor
    Lewis Nielson St. Francis Preaches to the Birds 1111 perc(2), hp, 2vln, 2vla, 2vcl, db, solo violin
    Lewis Nielson SULEIKA CAME TO TEA fl,perc,hpschd,vln
    Lewis Nielson WHITE ROSE fl,vib,hpschd

    Additional Works

    alito, gemito
    Anabasis
    Axis (sandman)
    Cilice
    E non está conmigo
    Go (...go...go)
    Herzplatten 
    Il Romanticismo di Lucrezia e Cesare
    In Terra Aliena
    Iskra
    Le Journal du Corps
    Mirror with(out) reflection
    Nos qui captivos duxerunt
    Of Flesh and Stone
    Opera Amoris
    Super flumina Babylonis
    Those Who Do Not Move
    Tocsin
    USW
    Verge (remember)
    You Choose