Knussen, Oliver

Overview

Works:	759 works in 1,657 publications in 4 languages and 26,389 library holdings
Genres:	Musical settings Orchestral music Songs and music Drama Manuscripts Fanfares Operas Ballets (Music) Live sound recordings Concertos
Roles:	Conductor, Author, Composer, Editor, Performer, Arranger, Creator, Other, Interviewee, Instrumentalist, Commentator, Director
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( )
Leaving home, orchestral music in the 20th century by Simon Rattle( Visual )
Cantata : for oboe and string trio, op. 15 by Oliver Knussen( )
Choral : for large wind orchestra, percussion, and basses, op. 8 (1970-72) by Oliver Knussen( )

Eccentric melody : for violoncello alone by Oliver Knussen( )
Processionals : for wind quintet and string quartet (1968, recomposed 1978), op. 2 by Oliver Knussen( )
O Hototogisu! : fragment of a Japonisme for soprano, flute and large ensemble : (2015-7) by Oliver Knussen( )
Whitman settings : for soprano and orchestra, op 25a (1991-2) by Oliver Knussen( )
Knussen, Oliver( )
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( )
conducted by Oliver Daniel by Gunther Schuller( )
New York Philharmonic Printed Program (Horizons), May 22, 1986 at Avery Fisher Hall in Manhattan, NY; Oliver Knussen, conductor( )
Requiem : Songs for Sue : for soprano and fifteen players (2006) by Oliver Knussen( )
The valley wind 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 )
Horn concerto : op. 28 by Oliver Knussen( )
Trumpets : sonata for soprano and 3 clarinets by Oliver Knussen( )
Symphony no. 3, op. 18 : for large orchestra by Oliver Knussen( )
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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 543 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Portrait by Ruth Crawford Seeger( Recording )

13 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Billy the Kid by Aaron Copland( )

5 editions published in 2013 and held by 475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

5 editions published in 1992 in German and held by 465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

6 editions published in 1992 in 3 languages and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Quotation of dream by Toru Takemitsu( )

3 editions published in 1998 and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Undine by Hans Werner Henze( )

13 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 422 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 412 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 391 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

5 editions published in 1995 in Latin and English and held by 386 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

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

5 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in No Linguistic content and English and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Roméo & Juliette by Hector Berlioz( )

8 editions published in 1998 in French and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

9 editions published in 2001 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aura ; Engine by Magnus Lindberg( )

7 editions published in 2000 in 3 languages and held by 349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Melencolia. Ritual fragment ; Meridian by Harrison Birtwistle( )

8 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 335 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( )

8 editions published in 1993 in 3 languages and held by 334 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

6 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 328 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

5 editions published in 1995 in 3 languages and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Alhambra fantasy by Julian Anderson( )

9 editions published in 2006 in 3 languages and held by 319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

10 editions published in 2009 in 3 languages and held by 318 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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