IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
Composer, Organist, Church Music Director
Undergraduate and graduate degrees from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Companion of the composer Ned Rorem
Music Director, Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, New York from 1973 until his death
WORKS:
Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of uncataloged organ and choral works for Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, including:
Stabat Mater
for: solo voices and SATB
date: 1987
published: Boosey & Hawkes (only published work)
Five Minute Mass
Jubilate Deo
Psalm 84
Ave Verum Corpus
Cantario of St. Matthew
UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
Unknown
WRITINGS:
"A Guide to the Sacred Choral Music of Ned Rorem," The American Organist, May 1989.
DISCOGRAPHY:
No professionally released recordings
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Obituary by Eileen J. Hunt, The American Organist, April 1999.
- Numerous references throughout the writings (especially the diaries) of Ned Rorem, in particular Lies: A Diary, 1986-1999 (Counterpoint, 2000).
PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
Unknown
RESOURCES:
Boosey & Hawkes
35 East 21st Street
New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 358-5300
Fax: (212) 358-5303
bhsales@ny.boosey.com
www.boosey.com
MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Ned Rorem
c/o Boosey & Hawkes (See Resources)
OTHER CONTACTS:
Unknown
ARCHIVES:
Most compositions remain in the library at Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy.
Personal archives are in the possession of Ned Rorem, whose archives are deeded to the Library of Congress.