Laurence Traiger
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Laurence Traiger is an American composer
. Originally from Bellmore, Long Island
, New York, he has studied and worked in Europe since 1976. He is the son of Dorothy and Arthur Traiger, English writing pedagogue and brother of Saul Traiger, a philosophy educator.
At age 11 he composed duos for violin; at age 14 he took lessons in harmony, counterpoint
and composition from his violin instructor, William Cosgriff, and at 16 had a work performed at the Hartt School
of Music. In 1974 he graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York). He received a scholarship from the University of Kansas
, studying composition under Prof. John Pozdro. Leaving Kansas
after his sophomore year, he moved to Europe. He first studied with Prof. Cesar Bresgen
at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, graduating in 1980. From 1980 to 1982 Traiger studied at the Conservatoire National
in Paris
with Ivo Malec
. In 1982 he became a student in the master class of Wilhelm Killmayer
at the Munich College of Music, graduating with honors.
His extensive list of works include early music
, new music
, choral music, orchestral music, Irish music, chamber music
and film music, as well as compositions for historical instruments and educational works. He has found returning to his roots touching and therapeutic, incorporating both Klezmer
and rural Appalachian music
into his body of work. (One his earliest published works was a Yiddish sing-along
.) For didactic works he strives to provide something that the student could use as a vehicle for expression, attempting to capture the teenage disposition in a moody and thoughtful, yet energetic and optimistic tone. He has been
invited to take part in international "new music
" festivals such as the Steirischen Herbst, Klangspektrum,
Villach and ADE-vantgarde, München. Traiger has had many collborations with the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Choir, including an invitation to compose a piece for Schumann-2010, honoring the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann
's birth. His work has appeared on MDR's CD "Das Hohelied Salomos." He has dedicated works to various artists, including award winning classical guitar
ist, and fellow Mozarteum teacher, Maria Isabel Siewers
. Soprano Priska Eser-Steit lists Traiger as one of the few composers of "modern music
" (along with Alfred Schnittke
and Iannis Xenakis
) in her repertoire
.
His favorite period is Baroque
, describing it as “when rhetoric in music as well as in speaking was prized, and musicians ‘spoke’ with their instruments.” He has been described by Howard Arman
as one of the few composers of music for Baroque instruments today.
Laurence Traiger teaches at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. His areas of interest include music history, theory for music teachers, composition and arrangement, and vocal polyphony
of the 16th Century. His publishers include Christopher Varner, Doblinger Verlag, Bärenreiter Verlag, Ricordi. He is married with three children.
tonal sonorities, he has consciously turned away from mainstream tendencies. His work has been described as melodically oriented and
rhythmically varied, as well as rich in contrast and atmosphere. His goal is to make his work directly accessible to widely ranging ensembles and audiences.
, 17th Century Irish harper. Voss and Traiger have three other tune book collaborations, including "Auf Den Spuren Der Inkas".
"According to Juliet" is a monodrama
(in four scenes for soprano, flute and accordion) written by Traiger. Using excerpts from the original text of Arthur Brooke’s Romeus and Juliet, written shortly before Shakespeare’s birth, Traiger tells the beautiful but hopeless love story from Juliet's perspective. The Munich premiere of this vocal libretto
was 16 March 2010. Reviewer Bianca Flier reported that the interplay of the voice and instruments
grips the audience until the dramatic
finale.
Traiger considers his cantata
, "Be Still," written for the 9/11/2001 tragedy, to be one of his definitive works. Commissioned by the Orpheus Choir of Munich, Joel Frederiksen was the narrator/bass soloist for the 30 June 2002 premiere, at the at the Europäischen Wochen, Passau
. The OCM has long collaborated with Traiger, and premiered many of his works. Traiger and Frederiksen have other collaborations, most recently their work honoring Baroque architect Domenico Martinelli
. For "Project Martinelli," Traiger was commissioned, and wrote a Baroque piece for arciliuto, theorbo
and soprano based upon text by Frank Lloyd Wright
.
"Prayer Without Words" has been, very likely, his most widely played piece, with three concerts at the Scharzwald
Festival in 2006, the International Festival of Sacred Choral Music in Rottenburg am Neckar 2008,
at the Munich based festival “Cantional 2009” as well as various church concerts throughout Germany.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. Originally from Bellmore, Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, New York, he has studied and worked in Europe since 1976. He is the son of Dorothy and Arthur Traiger, English writing pedagogue and brother of Saul Traiger, a philosophy educator.
At age 11 he composed duos for violin; at age 14 he took lessons in harmony, counterpoint
Counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent . It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period,...
and composition from his violin instructor, William Cosgriff, and at 16 had a work performed at the Hartt School
Hartt School
The Hartt School is the comprehensive performing arts conservatory of the University of Hartford located in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States that offers innovative degree programs in music, dance, and theatre...
of Music. In 1974 he graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York). He received a scholarship from the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
, studying composition under Prof. John Pozdro. Leaving Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
after his sophomore year, he moved to Europe. He first studied with Prof. Cesar Bresgen
Cesar Bresgen
Cesar Bresgen was an Austrian composer.-Biography:He was born in Florence to Maria and August Bresgen, both artists. He spent his childhood in Zell am See, Munich, Prague, and Salzburg....
at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, graduating in 1980. From 1980 to 1982 Traiger studied at the Conservatoire National
Conservatoire National
Conservatoire National may refer to one of the following:* Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique , a college for acting, theatre and drama in Paris, France...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with Ivo Malec
Ivo Malec
Ivo Malec is a Croatian composer and music educator. One of the earliest Yugoslav composers to obtain high international regard, his works have been performed by symphony orchestras throughout Europe and North America. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb and the Conservatoire de Paris,...
. In 1982 he became a student in the master class of Wilhelm Killmayer
Wilhelm Killmayer
Wilhelm Killmayer is a German composer of classical music and an academic.-Professional career:Wilhelm Killmayer studied conducting and composition from 1945 to 1951 in Munich at Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen’s Musikseminar...
at the Munich College of Music, graduating with honors.
His extensive list of works include early music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
, new music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
, choral music, orchestral music, Irish music, chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
and film music, as well as compositions for historical instruments and educational works. He has found returning to his roots touching and therapeutic, incorporating both Klezmer
Klezmer
Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
and rural Appalachian music
Appalachian music
Appalachian music is the traditional music of the region of Appalachia in the Eastern United States. It is derived from various European and African influences, including English ballads, Irish and Scottish traditional music , religious hymns, and African-American blues...
into his body of work. (One his earliest published works was a Yiddish sing-along
Sing-along
Sing-along, community singing, group singing, is an event of singing together at gatherings or parties, less formally than choir singing. One can use a songbook. Common genres are folk songs, patriotic songs, hymns and drinking songs...
.) For didactic works he strives to provide something that the student could use as a vehicle for expression, attempting to capture the teenage disposition in a moody and thoughtful, yet energetic and optimistic tone. He has been
invited to take part in international "new music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
" festivals such as the Steirischen Herbst, Klangspektrum,
Villach and ADE-vantgarde, München. Traiger has had many collborations with the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt...
Choir, including an invitation to compose a piece for Schumann-2010, honoring the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
's birth. His work has appeared on MDR's CD "Das Hohelied Salomos." He has dedicated works to various artists, including award winning classical guitar
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist, and fellow Mozarteum teacher, Maria Isabel Siewers
María Isabel Siewers
María Isabel Siewers is an Argentine classical guitarist.A pupil of María Luisa Anido, her international performance career began after winning the 2nd Prize at the Concours International de Guitarre de Paris in 1974....
. Soprano Priska Eser-Steit lists Traiger as one of the few composers of "modern music
Modern music
Modern music may refer to:* 20th-century music* 20th-century classical music* 21st-century classical music* Contemporary classical music* Modernism * Modern rock* Popular music...
" (along with Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Schnittke ; November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony and First Concerto Grosso...
and Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis
Iannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...
) in her repertoire
Repertoire
Repertoire may mean repertory, a system of theatrical production and performance scheduling, but may also refer to:* Musical repertoire* Repertoire Records, a German record label specialising in 1960s and 1970s pop and rock reissues...
.
His favorite period is Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
, describing it as “when rhetoric in music as well as in speaking was prized, and musicians ‘spoke’ with their instruments.” He has been described by Howard Arman
Howard Arman
Howard Arman is an English choral conductor and opera director. He won the Handel Music Prize of the Handel Festival, Halle, in 1996, shaped the festival's orchestra and conducted operas of George Frideric Handel...
as one of the few composers of music for Baroque instruments today.
Laurence Traiger teaches at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
and the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. His areas of interest include music history, theory for music teachers, composition and arrangement, and vocal polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
of the 16th Century. His publishers include Christopher Varner, Doblinger Verlag, Bärenreiter Verlag, Ricordi. He is married with three children.
Musical style
With an emphasis on clarity, sensuality, and excitement, usingtonal sonorities, he has consciously turned away from mainstream tendencies. His work has been described as melodically oriented and
rhythmically varied, as well as rich in contrast and atmosphere. His goal is to make his work directly accessible to widely ranging ensembles and audiences.
Notable works
With Richard Voss, Traiger has written two tune book collections of Irish folk music, arranging the songs for piano solo in both. "Roving Through Ireland" is a collection of 38 traditional Irish ballads. "O'Carolan's Tunes for Piano" is a collection of 32 songs, originally for harp, by Turlough O'CarolanTurlough O'Carolan
Turlough Carolan, also known as Turlough O'Carolan, was a blind, early Irish harper, composer and singer whose great fame is due to his gift for melodic composition. He was the last great Irish harper-composer and is considered by many to be Ireland's national composer...
, 17th Century Irish harper. Voss and Traiger have three other tune book collaborations, including "Auf Den Spuren Der Inkas".
"According to Juliet" is a monodrama
Monodrama
A monodrama is a theatrical or operatic piece played by a single actor or singer, usually portraying one character.- Monodrama in opera :...
(in four scenes for soprano, flute and accordion) written by Traiger. Using excerpts from the original text of Arthur Brooke’s Romeus and Juliet, written shortly before Shakespeare’s birth, Traiger tells the beautiful but hopeless love story from Juliet's perspective. The Munich premiere of this vocal libretto
Libretto
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
was 16 March 2010. Reviewer Bianca Flier reported that the interplay of the voice and instruments
grips the audience until the dramatic
finale.
Traiger considers his cantata
Cantata
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir....
, "Be Still," written for the 9/11/2001 tragedy, to be one of his definitive works. Commissioned by the Orpheus Choir of Munich, Joel Frederiksen was the narrator/bass soloist for the 30 June 2002 premiere, at the at the Europäischen Wochen, Passau
Passau
Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north....
. The OCM has long collaborated with Traiger, and premiered many of his works. Traiger and Frederiksen have other collaborations, most recently their work honoring Baroque architect Domenico Martinelli
Domenico Martinelli
Domenico Martinelli was an Italian architect who worked for Carlo Fontana during 1678. He was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps. In 2010 a musical tribute called "Project Martinelli" was performed to him in Munich.-Biography:He was born in Lucca, Tuscany and...
. For "Project Martinelli," Traiger was commissioned, and wrote a Baroque piece for arciliuto, theorbo
Theorbo
A theorbo is a plucked string instrument. As a name, theorbo signifies a number of long-necked lutes with second pegboxes, such as the liuto attiorbato, the French théorbe des pièces, the English theorbo, the archlute, the German baroque lute, the angélique or angelica. The etymology of the name...
and soprano based upon text by Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
.
"Prayer Without Words" has been, very likely, his most widely played piece, with three concerts at the Scharzwald
Festival in 2006, the International Festival of Sacred Choral Music in Rottenburg am Neckar 2008,
at the Munich based festival “Cantional 2009” as well as various church concerts throughout Germany.
Festivals
- BR Musica Viva 1990
- Expan, Spittal an der DrauSpittal an der DrauSpittal an der Drau is located in the western part of the Austrian federal state of Carinthia and the administrative centre of the federal state's second largest district, Spittal an der Drau. It lies between the Lurnfeld area and the Lower Drava Valley. The city consists of the seven...
1993, 1999 - Montafoner Summer Concerts 1993
- Youth Music Festival, Germany 1997 Berg
- ADevantgarde, Munich 1991, 1993, 1999
- SwabianSwabianSwabian may refer:* to the German region of Swabia ; or* to Swabian German, a dialect spoken in Baden-Württemberg in south-west Germany and adjoining areas See also:...
Culture 1998 - MDR Summer of Music 1999
- Kissinger Summer 1999
- Musica Nova - Sofia 1999
- Sound Spectrum: Festival of New MusicContemporary classical musicContemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
Villach 2000 - Black ForestBlack ForestThe Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
Music Festival: FreudenstadtFreudenstadtFreudenstadt is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west and Tübingen to the east ....
, Baden Weiler, Hinterzarten 2006, 2007 - European Music Festival, PassauPassauPassau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north....
2002 - APC Festival, Kempten 2004
- European Music Festival Stuttgart 2005
- Salzburg Festival 2003, 2005
- Lower SaxonyLower SaxonyLower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
Music Days 2006 - € Classical Festival 2007
- Handel Festival, HalleHandel Festival, HalleThe Handel Festival in Halle is an international music festival, concentrating on the music of George Frideric Handel, in the composer's birthplace in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. The festival was founded in 1922 and grew into a center of Handel studies and performance in Europe...
2007 - 14 Annual International Viola d'amoreViola d'amoreThe viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
Congress, 2008
Sologesang (Solo Vocal)
- "Songs of Reverence" 1986 soprano, violin and piano
- "From the book of Nature" 1987 soprano, 2 flutes and string orchestra; alto, tenor and bass soloists, soprano, alto, tenor and bass viola da gamba
- "Canti di San Francesco" 1989 soprano and piano
- "Puer nobis natus est" ("Unto us a child is born", based upon a GregorianGregorianGregorian might refer to:* The thought or ideology of Pope Gregory I or Pope Gregory VII *Things named for Pope Gregory I:**Gregorian chant** Gregorian mass**Brotherhood of Saint Gregory...
chant) 1989 bass and organ, - "Lev tahor" 1993 Altus, trumpet and organ (Lev tahor- a clean heart; from Psalm 51:10- "Create in me a clean heart, O God")
- "It is you" 1999 soprano and string quartet
- "A Silver Dove" 2003 mezzo-soprano and piano
- "According to Juliet" 2005 soprano, querflöte and accordion
- "Kol Dodi" 2007 soprano and the oboe (Kol dodi- voice of my beloved)
Solo Works
- "Le sanctuaire intérieure" 1988 - Viola d'amoreViola d'amoreThe viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
solo - "Nature Spirits" 1988 - baroque lute
- "Invocation" 1989 - Organ
- "Prelude, Meditation and Legend" 1987, 1990 - baroque violinBaroque violinA baroque violin is, in common usage, any violin whose neck, fingerboard, bridge, and tailpiece are of the type used during the baroque period. Such an instrument may be an original built during the baroque and never changed to modern form; or a modern replica built as a baroque violin; or an...
solo - "Preludium and Passacaglia" 1990 - Piano
- "Mother Earth" 1991 4 Contemplations Musikverlag Christofer Varner MCV 1202 - Viola Solo
- "Messages" 1992 - Guitar
- "The Musical Zodiac" - Piano
- "Inter-Mountain Journey" 1994 Edition Zither EZ NM01 - Alto Z
Chorus
- "Trois Prières" 1986 SSA
- "He is a" 1986 SSATBB
- "St. Michael" 1987 SATB, alto and Baritonsoli and two percussionists
- "Rex e progenie Jesse" 1988 SSAATTBB
- "There Moshe died" in 1992 SSATB (Based upon the final passages of the TorahTorahTorah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...
, where the greatest leader of the Jews, who communed with God, died.) - "Power and Beauty" 1996 SATB
- "From the Herbal" in 1997 a solo chorus (SATB) and two tuttiTuttiTutti is an Italian word literally meaning all or together and is used as a musical term, for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist...
choruses (the SATB) - "A Concert of Spirituals" 1996 solo soprano, SATB, piano, strings and percussion
- "Even in His Sleep" 1998 solo chorus (SATB) and 2 tuttiTuttiTutti is an Italian word literally meaning all or together and is used as a musical term, for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist...
choruses (the SATB) (From the Song of SongsSong of songsSong of Songs, also known as the Song of Solomon, is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. It may also refer to:In music:* Song of songs , the debut album by David and the Giants* A generic term for medleysPlays...
, expresses human love and also a dialogue between the cosmosCosmosIn the general sense, a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from the Greek term κόσμος , meaning "order" or "ornament" and is antithetical to the concept of chaos. Today, the word is generally used as a synonym of the word Universe . The word cosmos originates from the same root...
and the Earth.) - "Sweet is the Light" 1998 SATT Bar B Bar B or SAAT (EcclesiastesEcclesiastesThe Book of Ecclesiastes, called , is a book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name derives from the Greek translation of the Hebrew title.The main speaker in the book, identified by the name or title Qoheleth , introduces himself as "son of David, king in Jerusalem." The work consists of personal...
11:7 "Sweet is the light. It is good for the eyes to see the sun.") - "Hymns To Light" 1999 SSATB; Performed by the Swedish chorus, Coro Piccolo, in BrugherioBrugherioBrugherio is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 14 km northeast of Milan...
, Italy, in 2000, they described the work as "looking easy at first glance, but turns out to be very difficult intoned." Traiger was at the concert and was reported "to enjoy what he heard." . - "Endless Light" (Based on KabbalahKabbalahKabbalah/Kabala is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the esoteric aspect of Rabbinic Judaism. It was systematized in 11th-13th century Hachmei Provence and Spain, and again after the Expulsion from Spain, in 16th century Ottoman Palestine...
text on the light of creation) in 2000 for 10 voices SAATTTT ATB Bar Bar BS - ""Und leuchtet" pan flutePan fluteThe pan flute or pan pipe is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting usually of five or more pipes of gradually increasing length...
and cimbalom in 2001 (or 2 dulcimers) SSATB - "Be Still" Cantata to 9.11.2001, 2002 AltusAltusAltus is a Latin adjective meaning "high, deep, noble or profound", and may refer to:*Alto, a musical term* Altus, Arkansas, United States* Altus, Oklahoma, United States* Altus Skyscraper in Katowice, Silesia, Poland...
solo, bass solo, string orchestra, harp, organ and two percussionists; ("Be still, and know that I am God"; Psalm 46:10) - "Prayers Without Words" 2003, 2 solo violins, choir (SATB) and orchestra
- "Armour of light" based on "L'homme arméL'homme arméL'homme armé was a French secular song from the time of the Renaissance. It was the most popular tune used for musical settings of the Ordinary of the Mass: over 40 separate compositions entitled Missa L'homme armé survive from the period....
" 2006, 6 Male voices, two cornettCornettThe cornett, cornetto or zink is an early wind instrument, dating from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. It was used in what are now called alta capellas or wind ensembles. It is not to be confused with the trumpet-like instrument cornet.-Construction:There are three basic types of...
i and 3 trombones - "Prières et Contemplations" 2007 SSA AT Bar B, Pan FlutePan fluteThe pan flute or pan pipe is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the closed tube, consisting usually of five or more pipes of gradually increasing length...
(or Querfl.) Organ (Based on the sayings of Bulgarian magus Omraam Mikhaël AïvanhovOmraam Mikhaël AïvanhovOmraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov was a Bulgarian philosopher, pedagogue, alchemist, mystic, magus and astrologer...
)
Chamber music
- "Songs of the Wind" 1986 Edition Helbling J-43 523 Treble Recorder
- "Le sanctuaire intérieure" 1988 Viola d'amoreViola d'amoreThe viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
solo - "Nature Spirits" 1988 Baroque
- "Invocation" 1987 Organ
- "Prelude, Meditation and Legend" 1987, 1990 MCV 1200 * baroque violinBaroque violinA baroque violin is, in common usage, any violin whose neck, fingerboard, bridge, and tailpiece are of the type used during the baroque period. Such an instrument may be an original built during the baroque and never changed to modern form; or a modern replica built as a baroque violin; or an...
solo - "Il volo del'archangelo" 1986 (Fantasy on a Theme of Corelli) (baroque) violin and harpsichord (or piano) (Variation of Arcangelo CorelliArcangelo CorelliArcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.-Biography:Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life...
's Sonata for violin and harpsichord, Op. 5, No. 120) - "Viola Duos" 1989 MCV 1201 * 2 violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
s - "Elevation" 1990 clarinet, violin and piano
- "Divertimento a quattro" 1990 MCV 1206 * String Quartet
- "PreludePreludePrelude may refer to:*Sheaffer Prelude, a series of fountain pens, ballpoints and rollerball pens made by the Sheaffer Pen company*Prelude , a musical form*Prelude , an English based folk band...
and PassacagliaPassacagliaThe passacaglia is a musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. It is usually of a serious character and is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple metre....
" 1990 piano - "Mother Earth" in 1991, 4 Contemplations MCV 1202 * Viola solo
- "Messages" 1992 Classical Guitar
- "Down East" Maine Landscape 1993 a clarinet sextet
- "Hidden Landscape" 1993 flute, oboe, clarinet, viola, cello and double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- "EnharmonicEnharmonicIn modern musical notation and tuning, an enharmonic equivalent is a note , interval , or key signature which is equivalent to some other note, interval, or key signature, but "spelled", or named, differently...
Fantasy and FugueFugueIn music, a fugue is a compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and recurs frequently in the course of the composition....
" 1993 harpsichordHarpsichordA harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard... - "Inter-Mountain Journeys" 1994 AltzitherZitherThe zither is a musical string instrument, most commonly found in Slovenia, Austria, Hungary citera, northwestern Croatia, the southern regions of Germany, alpine Europe and East Asian cultures, including China...
- "Submarinal Scenes" 1994 woodwind quintet
- "O'Carolan Ladies" 1994 dulcimerDulcimerDulcimer may refer to two types of musical instruments:* Appalachian dulcimer, a fretted, plucked musical instrument which is also referred to as a "mountain dulcimer", "lap dulcimer", "hog fiddle", "fretted dulcimer" or simply "dulcimer"...
and harpsichord - "Serenade" 1995 oboe, guitar and bassoon
- "About Bass" 1997 Double Bass, Piano and String Quartet
- "Appalachian Dance Fantasies" 1997 MCV 1203 * violin and cello (and violin and viola)
- "Love Chase Trio" 1999 oboe d'amoreOboe d'amoreThe oboe d'amore , less commonly oboe d'amour, is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, between the oboe itself and the cor...
and oboe da cacciaOboe da cacciaThe oboe da caccia is a double reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family, pitched a fifth below the oboe and used primarily in the Baroque period of European classical music... - "Six nudes" 1999 clarinet and piano (the guitar instead of piano)
- "Pursuit" 2000 flute, clarinet, two violins, viola, cello and double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- "Introspection" 2003 MCV 1204 MCV * Violin and Piano
- "Awakening" 2004 flute and accordion (2005 for flute, violin and cello; 2007 for violin and accordion)
- "Dispositions" 2005 MCV 1205; 3 violins cello and piano (also viola and piano) (For teens, described as an introduction to classical music)
- "Rhapsody in Blue Grass" 2006 MCV 1211
- "3 Violins" Klezmer Fantasies "2006 MCV 1212
- "Soulmates" 2007 violin and cello
Orchestra
- "Pulsation" 1991 violin and symphonic orchestra
- "La Canterina" by Haydn Chamber Orchestra in 1996
- "Messianic Prophecies" 1993 string orchestra (12-Stimmig in 3 groups)
- "Visions" 2001 Lupus Musicus orchestra Consulate Publisher Info (Traiger describes visions as extraordinary insights; visions that are mental images of a world of harmonic interplay.)
- "Meditation I" 2001sinfonisches Orchestra
- "Prayers Without Words" optional 2003 Artemis Publisher Info Consulate Orchestra (SATB choir)
- "Aliyat" 2011; For mezzo soprano and orchestra based on mystical teachings of Judaism. The composition describes the journey of the disembodied soul through the different stages of life after death, how they are imagined in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah.
Film Music
- Music for short film "Fotofix" 1989 Production of the University of Television and Film MunichUniversity of Television and Film MunichThe University of Television and Film Munich is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. The University of Television and Film Munich is one of Germany's most reputable film schools with about 350 students enrolled...
(Patrik Hörl) - Music for short film "The Bells" 1989 Production of the University of Television and Film MunichUniversity of Television and Film MunichThe University of Television and Film Munich is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. The University of Television and Film Munich is one of Germany's most reputable film schools with about 350 students enrolled...
(Andreas Treske) - Music for the documentary "Dream Tracks" 1993 Production of the Bavarian Radio (Patrik Hörl)
- Documentary "The Seidemann" 2002, Production of ArteArteArte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
(Christiane Streckfuss)
Vocal Works
- "Songs of Reverence" 1986 - Soprano, Violin, Piano
- "From the book of Nature" 1987 - Soprano, 2 Flutes, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello
- "Sieben sind es" 1987 - Alto, Tenor and Bass soli, DiscantDiscantDiscant was a style of liturgical setting in the Middle Ages, associated with the development of the Notre Dame school of polyphony. It is a style of organum that includes a plainchant tenor part, with a "note against note" upper voice, moving in contrary motion...
, - "Canti di St. Francesco" 1989 - Soprano and Piano
- "Puer natus est nobis" 1989 - Bass and Organ
- "Lev Tahor"1993 - Counter Tenor, Trumpet (or Zink), Organ
- "Du bist es" 1999 - Soprano and String Quartet
- "A Silver Dove" 2004 - Soprano and Piano
- "According to Juliet" 2005 - Soprano, Fllue and Accordion
- "Children of Earth" 2006 - Bass and Theorba
- "Kol Dodi" 2007 - Soprano and Theorba (or Harpsichord)
Educational works
- "Concert Pieces" for Violin Students 1988 Doblinger 03123 - 2 to 4 Violins
- "Concert Debut" 1989 Doblinger 18069 - Violin (open Strings) and Piano
- "Genius at Play"1990 Doblinger 03318 - Violin (1-4 finger) and Piano
- "Sonata Granda" 1988 - Guitar
- "The Musical Zodiac" 1992 12 easy Pieces - Piano
- "Was in aller Welt?!!!" 1997 Melodrama - String Ensemble (easy), Piano and spoken parts
- "Bio Trio" 2007" - 3 Violins
Awards
- Grants from the Austrian Federal Department of Arts and Research (1977–78 and 1979–1980)
- Award of the provincial government of Salzburg in 1979
- Composition Prize of the 1978 ORF
- Hausmuikpreis the Bärenreiter Verlag 1987
- International Competition for Choral Music of Spittal / Drau 1991
- Kunstförderung der Landregierung Tirol 1995