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Fredric Lissauer

FLissauer@aol.com

Fredric Lissauer has been an active member of the Cleveland Composers Guild for many years. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, his theory and composition instructors include Bernard Heiden (Indiana University), Marcel Dick and Donald Erb. From early 1991 through 1996 he was given casual, but important mentoring by Dennis Eberhard in composition and manuscript preparation. He also offers great deference to the controlled aleatoric disciplines of Witold Lutoslawski, the post micro-polyphony of Gyorgy Ligeti, postminimalism, and the polystylism of Alfred Schnittke as well.

Mr. Lissauer was recently granted a second Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award. He has received a premiere performance of his 'String Quartet Op. 25' by the Cavani Quartet and has also had works performed by members of The Cleveland Orchestra, Myriad, and CSU, Oberlin, Baldwin Wallace and CIM faculties.

He is presently engaged in researching concert music of the late twentieth and early twenty first century. In addition to composing contemporary art music, he has also written the book, music and lyrics for several musical theatre presentations, and as well, a large volume of jazz ballads.

Awards and Recognitions

Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award - 1995/2006

Catalog of Works by Fredric Lissauer

Band

  • High Horse, Op.34, Arr. of song by composer for large jazz band - 2001 (Duration: 4')
  • Gettysburg Address Underscore, Op.4, for small concert band (15) and narrator - 1988 (Duration: 3')

Chamber Ensemble

  • Fifth Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.56 - 2010 (Duration: 14'30'')
  • 'Blue Limes' for viola and piano, Op.54 - 2009 (Duration: 10')
    • Premiered in 2009 by CCG Drinko Hall/ Arthur Klima, Eric Ziolek.
  • String Quartet No.3, Op. 53, Of Recursion..or the Fleeting Rose' - 2008 (Duration: 9'30'')
  • 'Old Man of the Sea', Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, Op.52 - 2008 (Duration: 10')
  • Come una Lamentoso Anticamente, Op.51, for oboe and English horn - 2007 (Duration: 5'15'')
  • AVOGADRO and the No-thingness Tree, Op.50, for string quintet - 2007 (Duration: 5')
  • Ivory Mix, Op.46, for fl(alt.g-alto) cb and piano - 2006 (Duration: 7'45'')
    • Premiered in 2009 by CCG / Julie Wesolek, Henry Peyrebrune, Stuart Raleigh.
  • 3 Nocturnes, Op. 43, on 'Nighthawks..' for flute and piano - 2005 (Duration: 6')
    • Premiered in 2007 by CSU faculty/ Sean Gabriel, Eric Ziolek.

    • Broadcast live on WCLV  104.9 FM

      MP3 file: Movt. III,  3'07''

  • Trio Partita, Op.42 for vln,vla, and cb - 2005 (Duration: 11')
  • Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.41 - 2004 (Duration: 8'30'')
    • Premiered in 2005 by CCG Pilgrim Church/ Britton, Underhill.
  • Etude for 2 Double-Action Harps, Op.40 'Morning Glories on a Stone Wall' - 2004 (Duration: 5')
  • But for the Strange Attractor..,Op.39 Little Suite for violin, violoncello and piano - 2003 (Duration: 8')
  • Third Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.37 - 2002 (Duration: 9'45'')
    • Premiered in 2004 by Fortnightly/ Matama Takahashi, Larry Picard.
  • 2 Tapestries, Op. 36 for piano quartet - 2002 (Duration: 12'15'')
    • Premiered in 2008 by Amy Tarantino, Karen Harrell, Lisa Boyko, Alan Harrell.

    • On 'The Three Generations of Cleveland Composers' concert, Drinko Hall.

      MP3 file: Movt. I,  4'24''

  • Portrait, Op.33 'New York, in September', for b-flat cl, dbl. alto sax, vln, harp, piano, chanteuse or crooner - 2001 (Duration: 8'30)
    • Premiered in 2008 by CCG Pilgrim Church / Kalyn, Frey, Lash, Carterette, Hall.

    • Harold Levin conducting. Edited for performance: 2007/08

      MP3 file: extract, 2'09''

  • Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.31, 'When Mandelbrot's Millennium' - 2000 (Duration: 8')
    • Premiered in 2000 by New Music Associates, Drinko Hall.
  • A Little Urban Nocturne, Op. 30 for two pianos - 1999 (Duration: 1'30'')
    • Premiered in 1999 by CCG Cleveland Music School Settlement/ Jeremy Frank, Jason Alfred.
  • The Chaotic Mirror: Image for Flute and Violin, Op.29 - 1999 (Duration: 7'30'')
    • Premiered in 2000 by CSU faculty/ Sean Gabriel, Laura Russell.
  • First Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.27, 'Shimmers from an Indigo Dusk' - 1997 (Duration: 12'30'')
    • Premiered in 1998 by CCG Morley Music Hall / Kia-Hui Tan, Eric Charnofsky.
  • Quintet, Op.26, 'The Journey' for oboe/English horn, b-flat cl/bass cl, harp, viola and contrabass - 1995 (Duration: 15'30'')
    • Premiered in 1997 by CCG Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art.

    • Composer conducting.

  • String Quartet No.2, Op.25, From An Earthen Cathedral - 1994 (Duration: 14'15'')
    • Premiered in 2001 by Cavani Quartet, Kulas Auditorium.

    • MP3 file: Movt. II, 4'44"

  • Moon-Fall's Vagabond, Op.24a, for tuba and piano - 1993 (Duration: 7')
    • Premiered by CCG/ Gary Adams, Eric Charnofsky.
  • Trio Fantasia, Op. 23, for flute(alt. alto), viola, harp - 1992 (Duration: 10')
    • Premiered in 1993 by CCG/ Sean Gabriel, Nancy Buck, Jocelyn Chang.

    • Composer conducting.

  • Nonet, Op.22, 'To the Golden Pear-Tree' for fl/picc/alto, b-flat cl/bass/e-flat, bssn, trmb, perc, harp, piano, vln, vc - 1992 (Duration: 5')
    • Premiered in 1992 by CCS/ Summer Workshop.

    • Edwin London conducting.

  • Sextet, alla indigeno orientale, Op.20 for two violins, viola, violoncello, guitar & tambura - 1992 (Duration: 2'30")

    • Read at Gino Raffaelli's salon, May 13, 1992.

  • String Quartet No.1, Op.15 'To Artemis' [In Her Pre-Hellenic Perspective] - 1991 (Duration: 7')
    • Premiered in 1994 by Myriad, Gartner Auditorium.
  • Nine Songs on verses from Sant Darshan Singh's 'A Tear and a Star', Op.10, for high voice, violin & guitar - 1990 (Duration: 11')
    • Premiered in 1991 by Lissauer, Fields, Fege: Drinko Hall.

Chorus

  • The Margin Credit Blues "These penny stocks ain't worth a dime", BLUES - 2001
  • There's a Certain Slant of Light, Op.11 for SATB, transcription of Op.12, No.5 [Dickinson] - 1990
  • SH'MA , Op.1b for SATB & violoncello - 1969

Dramatic Works

  • Le Voyage du Rustique (musical) - 2007

    • A romantic muscal in one act drawn on the lives of Monet, Pissarro and Cezanne.

      All these musicals have book, music and lyrics by F.L.

  • How the Jade Elephant Turned Up in Paris (musical) - 2003
  • The Chemistry Set (musical) - 2001

    • Studio Cast Album 2001

      MP3 file: Overture, 3'54", David Williams  pianist

  • Nighthawks at Eddy's Diner (musical) - 2001

    • Inspiration from the classic American painting NIGHTHAWKS by Edward Hopper, 1942.

  • Relatively Speaking! (musical) - 1999

    • Drawn on the life of Albert Einstein during the Princeton years.

      MP3 file: Overture, 3'39", Nathan Carterette  pianist

  • In No Time At All (musical) - 1998

    • Based on the novel THE TIME MACHINE by H.G. Wells.

      Studio Cast Album 1999

  • Pieces of Eight (musical) - 1996

    • An adaptation of RSL's Treasure Island.

  • Hard Hat (musical) - 1988
  • An Evening of Irving (musical) - 1982

    • Two little musicals adapted from the tales of Washington Irving.

  • The Big Wheel (musical) - 1965

Orchestral

  • To Cast a Blue Shadow: Preludio Concertante, Op.28 for solo tuba, violoncello, harp and chamber orchestra - 1997 (Duration: 7'45'')
  • Moon-Fall's Vagabond, Op.24b, transcription for tuba and chamber orchestra - 1993 (Duration: 7')
  • Divertimento for Chamber Symphony, Op.21, 'In My Sympathies to a War Torn Yugoslavia' - 1992 (Duration: 8'30'')
    • Premiered in 1993 by CSU/Young and Emerging Composers Series.
  • Dover Beach, Op.16b, high voice and chamber orchestra - 1991 (Duration: 5'15'')
    • Premiered in 1991 by Cleveland Chamber Symphony with Lynn Glickson, soprano.

    • Young and Emerging Composers Series, Edwin London conducting.

  • Lillibullero, Op.8a transcription for string orchestra, piano and voice - 1989

    • Song from Pieces of Eight, musical by F.L.

Solo Instrument

  • Fantasy for solo viola, Op.47 - 2006 (Duration: 5'30'')
  • Morphing 5, Bagatelle for tenor trombone, Op.45 - 2005 (Duration: 5')

Solo Keyboard

  • Torte of Fours 'n' Fives, Op.57 - 2010 (Duration: 50")
    • Premiered in 2010 by Eric Charnofsky, piano.

    • For the fiftieth anniversary of the Cleveland Composers Guild.

  • Fifty-Fifty, Op.55 Passacaglia and Trio for pipe organ - 2009 (Duration: 4'45)
    • Premiered in 2010 by Nathan Carterette.
  • 3 Sketches + 2 Studies for solo piano, Op.48 - 2006 (Duration: 4'45'')
    • Premiered in 2007 by CCG Pilgrim Church/ Amy Tarantino.
  • Ballade for Solo Piano, Op.44 'Th' Down 'n' Dirty Cobalt 60 Uptown Blues' - 2005 (Duration: 5')
    • Premiered in 2005 by CCG at CSU/ Nicholas Underhill.
  • Sonata for Piano, Op.38 'Daydreams of Manhattan' - 2003 (Duration: 7'15'')
    • Premiered in 2004 by CCG Pilgrim Church/ Amy Tarantino.

    • MP3 file: Movt. III, 1'39"

  • Athemasymmaton: Wildflowers: 3 Sketches for Solo Piano, Op.35 - 2001 (Duration: 4'15'')
    • Premiered in 2003 by CCG Guzzetta/ N. Underhill.
  • Nanosynthesis on a Summer Day: four studies for piano, Op.32 - 2000 (Duration: 4'30'')
    • Premiered in 2001 by CCG Broadway School/ N. Underhill.
  • Bouquet of Six Miniatures: From My Notebook, Op.2b - 1985 (Duration: 2'30'')

Solo Vocal

  • Early Morning, jazz ballad - 2010
  • Citrus Town Blues, blues - 2009
  • Jade Elephant, jazz ballad - 2006
  • The Vintage of River is Unending, Op.49, for soprano and piano - 2006 (Duration: 1')

    • On a poem of Ted Hughes.

  • Just Out of Danger, jazz ballad - 2003
  • Th' Uptown Blues, blues - 2001
  • Coffee Boogie Blues, blues - 2001
  • New York, in September, jazz ballad - 2001
  • Old Times, jazz ballad - 2001
  • Sunny-Side Up!, jazz ballad - 2001
  • Feng Shui, jazz ballad - 2001
  • The Margin Credit Blues "These penny stocks ain't worth a dime", blues - 2001
  • Deep in the Night, jazz ballad - 1998
  • High Horse, jazz ballad - 1998
  • I'm Stayin' at Home with You, jazz ballad - 1998
  • I Need a Song, jazz ballad - 1998
  • The 'Bop Stop', jazz ballad - 1996
  • Ev'ry Now and Then, jazz ballad - 1996
  • From Where the Songs Come, jazz ballad - 1996
  • (You Ain't Been Hugged) Till You've Been Hugged by a Millipede, jazz ballad - 1996
  • Doctor Herb (The Herbalist), jazz ballad - 1996
  • Love Will Rarely Happen (Like you think), jazz ballad - 1996
  • Just Like Springtime, jazz ballad - 1996
  • When I Look at You. jazz ballad - 1996
  • April Sun (Got to living without you), jazz ballad - 1995
  • Summer Wind (Blow away my heart-ache), jazz ballad - 1995
  • Maybe I Should Wait and Take My Time, jazz ballad - 1995
  • Brahma, Op.18, bass-baritone and piano [Ralph Waldo Emerson] - 1992
  • Requiescat, Op.19, for med. voice & piano [Matthew Arnold] - 1992
  • Pastoral Scenes, Op.12, six songs for med. high voice and piano - 1991
  • Five Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson and Sara Teasdale, Op.14, mezz. sop. and piano - 1991
  • Dover Beach, Op.16a, high voice and piano - 1991
  • Three Songs on Poems of Thomas Hardy, Op.17, soprano and guitar - 1991
  • Looking for Mushrooms at Sunrise, Op.13, high voice & piano [W.S. Merwin] - 1991
  • Lillibullero, Op.8b for voice and guitar - 1990
    • Premiered in 1990 by CSU recital/ Lissauer, Fege.
  • Eleven Songs on Poems of William Blake, Op.9, high voice and piano - 1990
  • Four Songs on Poems by A.E. Housman (from A Shropshire Lad), Op.6 for tenor and piano - 1989 (Duration: 8')
    • Premiered in 1992 by CMSS/Rob Grandy, Hazel Zehner.
  • Two Miscellaneous Songs, Op.5 for med. voice & piano - 1989
  • Sailing for the Green Fields of Home, four songs for baritone & piano, Op.7 - 1989
  • Do You Believe This?, jazz ballad - 1987
  • Four Haiku on the seasons, Op.3 for med. voice & piano - 1986
  • Two Songs on poems by Carl Sandburg, Op.1a - 1985
  • Four Mystic Songs, Op.2a for baritone and piano - 1985
  • In Our House, jazz ballad - 1983
  • I Never Expected Anyone Like You, jazz ballad - 1963
  • Her Face Was In My Eyes, jazz ballad - 1963

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