Knussen, Oliver

Overview

Works:	939 works in 2,043 publications in 4 languages and 29,849 library holdings
Genres:	Musical settings Songs and music Drama Orchestral music Manuscripts Symphonies Ballets (Music) Songs Fanfares Operas
Roles:	Conductor, Author, Composer, Editor, Performer, Arranger, Other, Interviewee, Creator, Commentator, Musician, Director, Instrumentalist, Dedicatee
Classifications:	M1613.3, 784.2

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Oliver Knussen

Songs without voices : four pieces for eight instrumentalists : op. 26 (1991-2) by Oliver Knussen( )
Coursing : for chamber orchestra : op. 17 : (1979) by Oliver Knussen( )
Cantata : for oboe and string trio, op. 15 by Oliver Knussen( )
Leaving home, orchestral music in the 20th century( Visual )
Choral : for large wind orchestra, percussion, and basses, op. 8 (1970-72) by Oliver Knussen( )

Eccentric melody : for violoncello alone by Oliver Knussen( )
O hototogisu! : fragment of a Japonisme : for soprano, flute and large ensemble : (2015-7) by Oliver Knussen( )
Processionals : for wind quintet and string quartet (1968, recomposed 1978), op. 2 by Oliver Knussen( )
Eccentric melody : for cello alone : (1998) by Oliver Knussen( )
Whitman settings : for soprano and orchestra, op 25a (1991-2) by Oliver Knussen( )
The valley wind by Oliver Knussen( )
Knussen, Oliver( )
Trumpets : sonata for soprano and 3 clarinets by Oliver Knussen( )
New York Philharmonic Printed Program (Subscription Season Subscription Season Subscription Season), Mar 04, 1993; Mar 05, 1993; Mar 06, 1993 at Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, NY Manhattan, NY Manhattan, NY; Oliver Knussen, conductor( )
New York Philharmonic Printed Program (Horizons), May 22, 1986 at Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, NY; Oliver Knussen, conductor( )
Symphony no. 3, op. 18 : for large orchestra by Oliver Knussen( )
Requiem : Songs for Sue : for soprano and fifteen players (2006) by Oliver Knussen( )
Behind the masks : -performance DVD and thesis of Masks, op. 3 (1969) for solo flute and glass chimes 'ad lib' by Oliver Knussen by Hyunju Juno Lee( Visual )
New York Philharmonic Printed Program (Horizons), May 22, 1986 at Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, NY; Oliver Knussen, conductor( )
New York Philharmonic Printed Program (Subscription Season Subscription Season Subscription Season), Mar 04, 1993; Mar 05, 1993; Mar 06, 1993 at Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, NY Manhattan, NY Manhattan, NY; Oliver Knussen, conductor( )

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Most widely held works by Oliver Knussen

Symphonia : sum fluxae pretium spei ; Clarinet concerto by Elliott Carter( Recording )

9 editions published in 1999 in 4 languages and held by 579 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Portrait by Ruth Crawford Seeger( Recording )

14 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland( )

7 editions published in 2013 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pierrot lunaire : op. 21 (German) ; Herzgewächse : op. 20 ; Pierrot lunaire : (English) by Arnold Schönberg( )

5 editions published in 1992 in German and English and held by 486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Quotation of dream by Tōru Takemitsu( )

3 editions published in 1998 and held by 486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Psalmodies : Vox in Rama ; Nightshade by Poul Ruders( )

8 editions published in 1992 in 3 languages and held by 472 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded June 1, 1992 in New York City (1st work) and Nov. 22, 1987 in Copenhagen (2nd-3rd works)

Undine by Hans Werner Henze( )

15 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in 3 languages and held by 449 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Undine: Ballett in drei Akten von Frederick Ashton nach F. de la Motte-Fouqué

Grohg ; Prelude ; Hear ye! Hear ye! by Aaron Copland( )

8 editions published in 1994 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 442 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The 1st work recorded in Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, May 3, 1993; the remainder recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, June 29-30, 1993

The flood ; Abraham and Isaac ; Variations ; Requiem canticles by London Sinfonietta( )

5 editions published in 1995 in Latin and English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strawinsky: The Flood: A Musical Play / Abraham and Isaac: A Sacred Ballad for baritone & chamber orchestra / Requiem Canticles for contralto, bass, chorus & orchestra / Variations for orchestra / Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Strawinsky

Dialogues : (2003) for piano and chamber orchestra ; Boston concerto : (2002) for orchestra ; Cello concerto : (2001) for cello and orchestra ; ASKO concerto : (2000) for chamber ensemble by Elliott Carter( )

3 editions published between 2005 and 2007 and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Roméo & Juliette by Hector Berlioz( )

9 editions published between 1995 and 1998 in French and Undetermined and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Higglety pigglety pop! ; Where the wild things are by Oliver Knussen( )

10 editions published in 2001 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three occasions ; Violin concerto ; Concerto for orchestra by Elliott Carter( )

6 editions published between 1992 and 2011 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aura ; Engine by Magnus Lindberg( )

9 editions published in 2000 in 3 languages and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Melencolia. Ritual fragment ; Meridian by Harrison Birtwistle( )

10 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

1st work recorded in St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn, Nov. 20, 1991 ; 2nd work recorded in Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead on Nov. 21, 1991 ; 3rd work recorded in Rosslyn Hill Chapel on Nov. 7 & 9, 1991

Second concerto for orchestra by Robin Holloway( )

9 editions published in 1993 in 3 languages and held by 371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, Apr. 25, 1993

Vintage Alice ; Syzygy ; Songs by David Del Tredici( )

7 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fourth sonata ; Suns dance ; Broken symmetry by Colin Matthews( )

5 editions published in 1995 in 3 languages and held by 356 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Taverner : opera in two acts by Peter Maxwell Davies( )

11 editions published in 2009 in 3 languages and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on the life of 16th-century composer John Taverner

Alhambra fantasy by Julian Anderson( )

11 editions published in 2006 in 3 languages and held by 350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.41 (from 0.07 for Knussen, O ... to 1.00 for New York P ...)

Related Identities

London Sinfonietta Other Performer Musician Conductor Instrumentalist
BBC Symphony Orchestra Other Performer Instrumentalist Musician
Shelton, Lucy Singer Performer Vocalist Actor
Carter, Elliott 1908-2012 Creator Performer Author Musician Composer
Collins, Michael 1962- Performer Instrumentalist
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Performer Instrumentalist
Serkin, Peter 1947-2020 Performer Instrumentalist Author
Richardson, Stephen (Bass) Singer Performer
Cleveland Orchestra Performer Instrumentalist Musician
Van Kampen, Christopher 1945-1997 Performer Instrumentalist

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Associated Subjects

Ballets Ballets--Excerpts Billy,--the Kid Brass ensembles Carroll, Lewis, Chamber orchestra music Chamber orchestra music, Arranged Chamber orchestra music--Scores Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with instrumental ensemble Choruses (Women's voices), Unaccompanied Clarinet with string orchestra Concertos (Cello) Concertos (Chamber orchestra) Concertos (Clarinet with instrumental ensemble) Concertos (Guitar with instrumental ensemble) Concertos (Orchestra) Concertos (Violin) Fanfares Giraud, Albert, Guitar with instrumental ensemble Instrumental ensembles Joyce, James, Knussen, Oliver Lutosławski, Witold, Maeterlinck, Maurice, Monologues with music (Instrumental ensemble) Music Noah--(Biblical figure) Operas Oratorios Orchestral music Piano music Pianos (2) with orchestra Piano with chamber orchestra Requiems Sandburg, Carl, Songs (High voice) with chamber orchestra Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble Songs (High voice) with orchestra--Scores Songs (High voice) with piano Songs (Medium voice) with chamber orchestra String quartets Suites (Orchestra) Suites (Wind ensemble) Symphonies Taverner, John, Trios (Piano, clarinet, violin) Tsiang, H. T., Variations (Orchestra)

Alternative Names

Knussen O.

Knussen, O. 1952-2018

Knussen, Oliver 1952-

Knussen, Stuart Oliver.

Knussen, Stuart Oliver 1952-

Knussen, Stuart Oliver 1952-2018

Oliver Knussen

Oliver Knussen British composer and conductor

Oliver Knussen Brits dirigent

Oliver Knussen compositeur et chef d'orchestre écossais

Oliver Knussen compositore e direttore d'orchestra britannico

Oliver Knussen schottischer Komponist und Dirigent

Кнуссен, Оливер

Оливер Кнуссен

אוליבר נאסן

אוליבר קנוסן

اوليڤير كنوسين

オリヴァー・ナッセン

オリヴァー・ナッセンイギリスの作曲家、指揮者

ナッセン, オリバー

奧利佛·克努森

Languages

English (74)

German (10)

French (9)

Latin (4)