Morton Gould
# Morton Gould

Morton Gould (New York, 10 febbraio 1913 – Orlando, 21 febbraio 1996) è stato un compositore, pianista e direttore d'orchestra statunitense.

## Biografia

Nato a New York, viene considerato un bambino prodigio quando a sei anni scrive le sue prime opere. Si è formato presso la Juilliard School. Durante la grande depressione ha lavorato come pianista in teatro. Dopo l'apertura della Radio City Music Hall, è diventato qui pianista. Ha lavorato anche in radio, presso la WOR (AM), e poi in televisione.

Ha composto e/o musicato diverse piece per Broadway tra cui Billion Dollar Baby e Arms and the Girl. Inoltre, per quanto riguarda le colonne sonore, ha realizzato tra l'altro quelle di Delightfully Dangerous (1945), Cinerama Holiday (1955) e Windjammer (1958).

Ha lavorato con le orchestre di tutti gli Stati Uniti, dal momento che i suoi lavori sono stati commissionati dalla Biblioteca del Congresso, dalla Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, dall'American Ballet Theatre, dal New York City Ballet e dal comitato dello United States Bicentennial.

Tra i riconoscimenti che ha ricevuto vi sono il Grammy Award alla carriera (2005), l'inserimento nella American Academy of Arts and Letters e il Pulitzer Prize for Music.

## Opere

* Abby Variations (piano) (1964)
* A Capella (1987)
* Adeste Fidelis
* American Ballads, Settings of American Tunes for Orchestra (1976)
* American Caprice
* American Salute (1942)
* American Sing: Settings of Folk Songs (1984)
* American Symphonette no 2 (1939)
* American Youth March
* Americana
* The Anniversary Rag (piano) (1994)
* Apple Waltzes (In Tribute to George Balanchine) (7 movements from Audubon) (1969)
* At the Piano (1964)
* Audubon (Birds of America) (1969)
* Ballad for Band (1946)
* Battle Hymn (1950)
* Benny's Gig (1962)
* Big City Blues (1950)
* Boogie Woogie Etude (for piano and orchestra) (1943)
* Buckaroo Blues (1954)
* Burchfield Gallery (1978–1979)
* Café Rio (1957)
* Calypso Souvenir (1964)
* Celebration Strut for Orchestra (1981)
* 'Cellos (1984)
* Centennial Symphony, Gala for Band (1983)
* Cheers! — A Celebration March (1979)
* Christmas Time (1992)
* Cinerama Holiday: Suite (1955)
* Classical Variations on Colonial Themes (1984)
* Columbia: Broadsides for Orchestra (1967)
* Come Up From the Valley, Children (1964)
* Concertette for Viola and Band (1943)
* Concerto Concertante (for violin and orchestra) (1981–1982)
* Concerto for Flute (1984)
* Concerto for Orchestra (1944)
* Concerto for Piano (1938)
* Concerto for Viola (1943)
* Cowboy Rhapsody (1943)
* Dance Gallery
* Dance Variations for Two Pianos & Orchestra (1953)
* Dancing Days (1966)
* Declaration: Suite (1956)
* Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band (1955)
* Deserted Ballroom (1936)
* Dialogues (for piano and orchestra) (1958)
* Diversions: for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra (1990)
* Dixie (1949)
* Dramatic Fanfares from CBS-TV documentary “World War I” (orchestra) (1964)
* Duo for Flute and Clarinet (1982)
* Fall River Legend (1947)
* Family Album: Suite (1951)
* Fanfare for Freedom (1942)
* Festive Fanfare (1991)
* Festive Music (1964)
* Flares and Declamations (1987)
* Flourishes and Galop (1983)
* Folk Suite (1941)
* Formations (1964)
* Foster Gallery (1939)
* Ghost Waltzes (piano) (1991)
* Global Greetings for Symphonic Band (1994)
* Guajira (for clarinet and orchestra) (1949)
* Hail to a First Lady (1991)
* Hamma'ariv aravim (1947)
* Harvest (1945)
* Holiday Music (1947)
* Holocaust: Suite (from the NBC-TV series) (1978)
* Home for Christmas
* A Homespun Overture (1939)
* Hoofer Suite (for Tap Dancer and Orchestra) (1956)
* Hosedown: A Firefighter Fable (1995)
* Housewarming (1982)
* I'm Old Fashioned, The Astaire Variations (1983)
* Interplay (American Concertette) (for piano and orchestra) (1945)
* Inventions (for Four Pianos and Orchestra)(1953)
* It's A Living
* Jeeps and Peeps (1944)
* Jekyll and Hyde Variations (1956)
* Jericho
* Jingle Bells (1952)
* The Jogger and the Dinosaur (for rapper and orchestra) (1992)
* Latin-American Symphonette (Symphonette No. 4) (1940)
* Lincoln Legend (1942)
* Main Street March
* Main Street Waltz
* Mini-Suite for Band (1968)
* Minstrel Show (1946)
* Minute-Plus Waltz/Rag (1990)
* New China March
* No Longer Very Clear (for baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano) (1994)
* Notes of Remembrance (1989)
* Of Time and the River (1945)
* Parade (for Percussion) (1956)
* Patterns (piano) (1984)
* Philharmonic Waltzes (1948)
* Pieces of China (piano) (1985)
* Prelude and Toccata
* Prisms (1962)
* Quotations (1983)
* Rag Waltz (piano) (1984)
* Recovery Music (for Clarinet) (1984)
* Red Cavalry March
* Rhythm Gallery (1959)
* Saint Lawrence Suite for Band (1958)
* Salutations (1966)
* Santa Fé Saga (1956)
* Serenade of Carols (1949)
* Show Piece for Orchestra (1954)
* Something To Do—Labor Cantata (1976)
* Sonata No. 1 (piano) (1930)
* Sonata No. 2 (piano) (1932)
* Sonata No. 3 (piano) (1936)
* A Song of Freedom (1941)
* Soundings (1969)
* Spirituals in Five Movements (1941)
* Spirituals for String Orchestra and Harp (1959)
* StringMusic (1995)
* Suite (for Cello and Piano) (1981)
* Suite (for Violin and Piano) (1945)
* Symphonette No. 3 (Third American Symphonette)
* Symphonette No. 4 (Latin-American Symphonette) (1933)
* Symphonic Serenade (195?)
* Symphony No. 1 (1943)
* Symphony No. 2 "Symphony on Marching Tunes" (1944)
* Symphony No. 3 (1946)
* Symphony No. 4 "West Point" (1952)
* Symphony of Spirituals (1975)
* Tap Dance Concerto (1952)
* Ten for Deborah (piano) (1965)
* There Are (No) Children Here (1996)
* Troubadour Music (1969)
* Tuba Suite (1971)
* Two for Chorus (1966)
* Two Pianos (1987)
* Venice for Double Orchestra and Brass Choirs (1967)
* Vivaldi Gallery for String Quartet and Divided Orchestra (1968)
* Windjammer (1958)
* World War I: Selections (Musica per serie TV CBS) (1964)
* Yankee Doodle (1945)
