Normand Lockwood
Normand Lockwood (March 19, 1906 – March 9, 2002) was an American composer born in New York, New York. He studied composition at the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1924, and then traveled to Rome and studied composition under Ottorino Respighi from 1925 to 1926, and during this time he also had composition lessons with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He won a Prix de Rome in 1929 that allowed him to continue his work in Rome.
Normand Lockwood
- Born
- Normand Lockwood was born on 19 March 1906. · New York City.
- Died
- Normand Lockwood died on 9 March 2002. · Denver.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- composer · musicologist · music educator · university teacher · music teacher
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Teachers
- Nadia Boulanger · Ottorino Respighi
- Honours
- Arts and Letters Award in Music · Guggenheim Fellowship · Rome Prize
- Languages
- English
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Normand Lockwood (March 19, 1906 – March 9, 2002) was an American composer born in New York, New York. He studied composition at the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1924, and then traveled to Rome and studied composition under Ottorino Respighi from 1925 to 1926, and during this time he also had composition lessons with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He won a Prix de Rome in 1929 that allowed him to continue his work in Rome.
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Normand Lockwood was a composer, music educator and music teacher, among other activities, of American nationality. The composer was born in New York City and died in Denver.
Normand Lockwood was educated at University of Michigan. The composer worked for Oberlin College, University of Oregon and University of Washington.
Languages used include English. Honours include Arts and Letters Award in Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Rome Prize.
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Lockwood composed works in many forms, but he was most well known for his choral works, which were mostly based on religious texts. He also composed operas, orchestral symphonies and suites, and instrumental and vocal chamber music.
Choral
Choral
• The Birth of Moses, 1947 • The Closing Doxology, 1952 • Prairie (setting of Carl Sandburg writings), 1953
Opera
Opera
• The Scarecrow (1945) • Early Dawn (1961) • Wizards of Balizar, 1962 • The Hanging Judge, 1964 • Requiem for a Rich Young Man, 1964
Orchestral
Orchestral
• Symphony (1941) • Concerto for organ, trumpets (2), trombones (2) (1951)
Chamber
Chamber
• Trio (flute, viola and harp). 1939 • String Quartet No.3 (published 1948) • To Margarita Debayle (voice and piano), 1977 • Trio (violin, cello, and piano), 1984 • Psalms 17 & 114 (mezzo-soprano and organ), 1985
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Normand Lockwood was born at New York City.
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Normand Lockwood died at Denver.
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He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
Normand Lockwood studied at University of Michigan. Training under Nadia Boulanger and Ottorino Respighi is recorded. Leo Agustus Sanker is recorded as having studied under Normand Lockwood. The recorded working language is English. Employment is recorded with University of Oregon, Oberlin College and University of Washington. Distinctions recorded are Arts and Letters Award in Music, Guggenheim Fellowship and Rome Prize.
Lockwood returned to America in 1932, becoming an associate professor of composition and theory at Oberlin Conservatory, and won Guggenheim Fellowships in both 1943 and 1944. He taught at Columbia University and the Sacred School of Music from 1945 to 1953, Trinity University (Texas) from 1953 to 1955, University of Wyoming from 1955 to 1957, University of Oregon from 1957 to 1959, and University of Hawaii from 1960 to 1961. He was Composer-in-Residence at the University of Denver, Colorado from 1961 until becoming Professor Emeritus in 1974. He died in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 2002, ten days short of his 96th birthday.
The Normand Lockwood Collection
The Normand Lockwood Collection
The Normand Lockwood Collection is located in the American Music Research Center archives of the University of Colorado at Boulder and contains materials dated from 1921 to 1996. The collection size is 112 linear feet, and it contains many of his original scores, personal records, correspondence, student compositions, and audio recordings.
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- 1.Press, J. (1985). Who's Who in American Music. New York: R.R. Bowker Company.
- 2.Butterworth, N. (2005). Dictionary of american classical composers. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
- 3.Delta Omicron
- 4.Slonimsky, N. (1997). Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians. New York: Schirmer Books.
- 5.Guide to the Norman Lockwood Collection. http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/amrc/ead/html/lock.html Retrieved Sunday, February 22, 2009.
- 6.Library of Congress Permalink for Organ Concerto.
- 7.Library of Congress Permalink.
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