Calabro, Louis

Calabro, Louis, American composer, conductor, and teacher; b. N.Y., Nov. 1, 1926; d. Bennington, Vt, Oct. 21, 1991. He studied with Persichetti at the Juilliard School of Music in N.Y. (graduated, 1952; postgraduate diploma, 1953). From 1955 he taught at Bennington (Vt.) Coll. He also was founder-conductor of the Sage City Sym. in North Bennington from 1971. He received Guggenheim fellowships in 1954 and 1959, NEA fellowships in 1973 and 1976, and the Vt. Governor’s Award for the Arts in 1991. His autobiography, Cosmos: A Life (1986), remains unpublished.

Works

orch.: Concerto Grosso (1950); Statement (1951); Piano Concerto (1953); 3 syms. (1956–62); Triple Concerto for 3 Cellos and Orch. (1971); Young Pianist’s Concertino (1972); Threnody for Strings (1973); Invention for Band (1975); Eos for English Horn and Strings (1977); The Paradisa Bird for Orch. and Narrator (1983); Double Concerto for Viola, Cello, and Orch. (1986); Fugue for Strings (1991). chamber: Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (1949); Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1952); Violin Sonata (1953); 2 string quartets (1954, 1968); Bodas de Sangre for Chamber Group (1955); Sonata for Solo Cello (1956); Dynamogeny for Viola and Piano (1958); Co- Instances: Music without Order for Chamber Group (1958; rev. 1978); Environments for Brass Choir (1969); Memoirs—Part 1 for Bassoon and Percussion (1973); Music for Folks for 4 Cellos (1975); Rare Birds for Flute and Narrator (1976); Kusehani for Chamber Group (1976); 10 Lyric Duets for Flute (1977); Epiphany for 12 Cellos (1978); 13 Ways of Looking at a Tone Row, trio for Flute, Clarinet, and Viola (1985); Double Bass Duo (1985); Isoquinto, woodwind quintet (1986); Sonata Fantasia for Tuba and Piano (1987); Antiphon Ritmico for 8 Cellos (1988); More Music for Folks for 4 Cellos (1988); Sonata India for Cello and Percussion (1990); Variations for Viola (1990). keyboard: piano: Sonata (1954); Diversities (1966); Variations (1968); Finneganations (1981); 3 Dances for 2 Pianos (1986); Hanon Sampler (1991). vocal:Dada Cantatadada, oratorio for Blues Singer and Orch. (1964); Epitaphs for Chorus and Orch. (1967); Latitude 15.09 N for Chorus and Orch. (1970); The Floods Are Risen for Chorus and Small Orch. (1973); Voyage for Chorus and Orch. (1975); Luna-rlied for Chorus and Orch. (1976); Missa Brevis for Chorus and String Orch. (1983); Primavera for Chorus, Children’s Chorus, and Piano (1987); 7 Deadly Modes for Chorus and Piano (1991); songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire