Ulysses Kay

Les Fugitive Songs d'Ulysses Kay, écrites pour mezzo-soprano et piano, ont été créées à l'université de l'Illinois Wesleyan en mai 1956. Le cycle de chansons comprend huit courtes chansons, toutes déd...

Cette composition de trois psaumes scripturaux pour voix SATB et baryton solo avec piano a été commandée et créée en 1984. Des fragments de textes de célébration et de jubilation sont tirés des Psaume...

Mentored by the likes of William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Kay was an impressive composer by any metric, winning a Fulbright Scholarship, the prestigious Rome Prize, a Guggenheim...

Commissioned by flutist John Solum and written in 1967, Aulos was premiered in 1971 by the Indiana University Chamber Orchestra, with John Solum acting as the soloist and Wolfgang Vaccano conducting....

Mentored by the likes of William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Kay was an impressive composer by any metric, winning a Fulbright Scholarship, the prestigious Rome Prize, a Guggenheim...

Ulysses Kay favored neoclassical tendencies in his works, featuring lyricism, contrapuntal textures, clear formal designs and a tonal, yet chromatic harmonic vocabulary, all of which are evident in hi...

Mentored by such greats as William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Ulysses Kay was a prolific and respected African American composer who won many accolades during his lifetime, includ...

Parmi ses nombreux autres honneurs et bourses, le compositeur révolutionnaire Ulysses Kay a été le premier Afro-Américain à recevoir le prix de Rome qui offrait aux compositeurs prometteurs la possibi...

Cette série de cinq pièces pour violon et piano du compositeur américain Ulysses Kay a été commandée par le McKimi Fund de la Bibliothèque du Congrès. Achevée en 1972, l'œuvre a été créée par le violo...

A brief, ultradynamic solo for the flute, beginning slowly, reflectively, then scaling the heights. An excellent substitute for the standard Debussy Syrinx or Hoover Kokopelli. For advanced flutists....

Prolific composer Ulysses Kay composed Heralds for eight brass instruments in 1968 during his tenure at Lehman College in New York City. This work introduced new tendencies that would become prominent...

This carol is a lilting and uplifting setting of a traditional text about the prophecy of Christ's birth, as received by Joseph from an angel. The accessible musical language, with interesting harmoni...