Thinking Big: David Del Tredici, A Conversation in 13 parts

Thinking Big: David Del Tredici, A Conversation in 13 parts

How to write what you want for orchestra.

Written By

Frank J. Oteri

Frank J. Oteri is an ASCAP-award winning composer and music journalist. Among his compositions are Already Yesterday or Still Tomorrow for orchestra, the "performance oratorio" MACHUNAS, the 1/4-tone sax quartet Fair and Balanced?, and the 1/6-tone rock band suite Imagined Overtures. His compositions are represented by Black Tea Music. Oteri is the Vice President of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) and is Composer Advocate at New Music USA where he has been the Editor of its web magazine, NewMusicBox.org, since its founding in 1999.

13 Samples of David Del Tredici’s Recorded Works

Scherzo (1960) CRI 689

I Hear an Army (1964) CRI 689

A Memory of the Players In A Mirror At Midnight (1965) from Night Conjure-Verse CRI 689

Nightpiece (1966) from Syzygy CRI 689

Speak Roughly / Speak Gently (1969, Revised 1976) from An Alice Symphony CRI 688

Final Alice (1973-74) London LDR-71018

In Memory of a Summer Day (part I of Child Alice, 1977-1980) Nonesuch 79043

The White Knight’s Song (I) (1985) from Haddock’s Eyes New World Recordings 80390-2

The Two-Step (1990) from Steps New World Recordings 80390-2

Apotheosis (1994) from Heavy Metal Alice Crystal Records CD564

The Happy Child (1996) from Miz Ines Sez CRI 878

I I I I I (1997) from Brother CRI 878

Matthew Shepard (1999) from 3 Baritone Songs CRI 878