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Norma Wendelburg

Norma Ruth Wendelburg (March 26, 1918 – July 26, 2016) was an American composer, Fulbright scholar, pianist and teacher.[1]

Norma Wendelburg
Born
Norma Ruth Wendelburg

(1918-03-26)March 26, 1918
Stafford, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2016(2016-07-26) (aged 98)
Education
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Life

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Wendelburg was born in Stafford, Kansas, and won a scholarship to Bethany College (Kansas) where she received a B.M. degree. Wendelburg received a M.M. degree from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Ross Lee Finney and Homer Keller,[2] and piano with John Kollen. In 1948, she received a fellowship from the Wellesley Composers Conference and Chamber Music Center, where she studied with Otto Luening and Ingolf Dahl.[3] She attended the Tanglewood Music Center in 1953 on scholarship and studied with Carlos Chavez. As a Fulbright scholar from 1953 to 1955, Wendelburg studied with Cesar Bresgen at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and with Karl Schiske at the Academy of Music in Vienna.[3][4] She received her Ph.D. from Eastman School of Music in 1969,[5] where she held a research fellowship and studied with Wayne Barlow and Bernard Rogers.[6]

Wendelburg belonged to the music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota[7] and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). She received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Huntington Hartford Foundation.[8]

Over the years, Wendelburg taught at Wayne State College (Nebraska); her alma mater Bethany College; Hardin-Simmons University (Texas); Southwest Texas State University; Dallas Baptist College;[9] and Iowa State Teacher's College (today known as the University of North Iowa). While teaching at Iowa State Teacher's College, she was named one of America's outstanding young composers by a committee that included composers Walter Piston and William Schuman.[10]

Compositions

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Chamber

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  • Affirmation (trombone and piano)[11]
  • Concenter (clarinet and piano; 1971)[12]
  • Andante and allegro (woodwind quartet; 1951)[11]
  • Echo and Narcissus (flute)
  • Fantasy (trumpet and piano)[13]
  • Festival Piece (brass and tympani; 1959)[14]
  • Five Duos for Flute and Clarinet[11]
  • Four Dances (three woodwinds; 1958)[11]
  • Monologue (violin and piano)[15]
  • Clarinet Sonata[16]
  • Sonatina (oboe and piano; 1951)[17]
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1952)[18]
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1956)[11]
  • Suite No. 1 (violin and piano; 1951)[15]
  • Suite No. 2 (violin and piano; 1964)[19]
  • To Nature (violin and piano suite; 1972)[6]
  • Trio for Brass[17]
  • Variants (percussion; 1972)[11]

Orchestra

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  • Clarinet Concerto[20]
  • Concert Piece (bassoon and string orchestra; 1952)[6]
  • Concertino (oboe and string orchestra; 1956)[21]
  • Galaxy (clarinet and orchestra)[22]
  • Poem (flute and string orchestra; 1947)[6]
  • Sinfonietta (1993)[3]
  • Symphony No. 1 (1967)[23]
  • Triptych (1961)[6]

Organ

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Piano

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  • American Fantasy (1976)[6]
  • Eight Sketches (1950)[6]
  • Six Preludes (1954)[11][6]
  • Sophisticated Daughter[6]
  • Teaching Pieces[6]
  • Transformations[6]

Vocal

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  • Alleluia (mixed chorus a capella; 1951)[6]
  • Apostles' Creed (mixed chorus and optional organ; 1962)[6]
  • Arise, O God, to Judge the Earth (Psalm 82; (mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • Blessed (mixed chorus, flute, trumpet and organ; 1976)[6]
  • Boating Song (words by Li Po; mixed chorus and piano; 1960)[6]
  • Chinese Cycle from the Book of Songs (women's chorus and orchestra; 1962)[6]
  • Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God (soloista, chorus, congregation and instruments; 1969)[6]
  • Delight in the Lord (Psalm 37; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • Doors of Heaven (words by Robert Nathan; mixed chorus a capella; 1957)[6]
  • Eve (words by Ralph Hodgson; women's chorus and piano; 1956)[6]
  • Great Stars of Our Time (voice and piano)[6]
  • Help, O Lord, All Godly Men (Psalm 12; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • Hymn (words by Stephen Crane; women's chorus and piano; 1953)[6]
  • If I Take the Wings of Morning (Psalm 139 mixed chorus and flute; 1971)[6]
  • It is Good (Psalm 92; women's chorus and organ or piano; 1973)[6]
  • (The) Lord Reigns Over Us (Psalm 93; women's chorus and organ; 1973)[6]
  • Lord, Your Blessing Please (Psalm 67; mixed chorus and organ; 1973)[6]
  • My Lord, Chastise Me Not in Anger (Psalm 6; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • My Prayers, Like Incense Rising (Psalm 141; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • O God, We Wait Upon You Now (Psalm 130; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • O How I Love Thy Word (Psalm 117; women's or mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973)[6]
  • Setting of Psalm 13 (mixed chorus and optional organ; 1955)[6]
  • Setting of Psalm 83 (mixed chorus a capella; 1961)[6]
  • Promised Gifts (Psalm 85; tenor, mixed chorus, congregation, trumpet and organ)[6]
  • Setting of Psalm 100 (mixed chorus and woodwind quintet; 1971)[26]
  • Praise the Lord (Psalm 146; mixed chorus and optional organ; 1973) [6]
  • Setting of Psalm 147 (mixed chorus and organ or piano)[6]
  • Praise the Lord of Creation (Psalm 148; mixed chorus and organ; 1973)[6]
  • Silent Night (by Joseph Mohr; arranged by Wendelburg for mixed chorus a capella; 1968)[6]
  • Song of the White Clouds (soprano, two flutes, and piano; 1969)[6]
  • Song on May Morning (words by John Milton; women's chorus a capella; 1956)[6]
  • Songs of William Blake (voice and piano; 1953)[27][6]
  • Stone Drums (1965)[6]
  • Three Miniatures (words by Rachel Field; women's chorus and piano; 1973)[6]
  • Three Songs (words by Betty Bird; 1971)[6]
  • Three Songs from Emily Dickinson[6]
  • Velvet Shoes (words by Elinor Wylie; women's chorus a capella; 1956)[6]
  • We Three Kings of Orient Are (by John Henry Hopkins Jr.; arranged by Wendelburg for mixed chorus and flute; 1972)[6]

References

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  1. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  2. ^ Pfitzinger, Scott (March 1, 2017). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5.
  3. ^ a b c Herman, Michael. "American Symphonies / A Discography Of CDs And LP / Norma Wendelburg / (b.1918)" (PDF). musicweb-international.com. p. 74. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Norma Ruth Wendelburg / 1918 – 2016 / Obituary". elliottmortuary.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Burns, Chris. "Composers Bureau – Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity". www.sai-national.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). "Wendelburg, Norma Ruth". International encyclopedia of women composers (2nd ed.). New York: Books & Music (USA).
  7. ^ Michiganensian. University of Michigan. 1947.
  8. ^ Wagner, Karin (2005). Fremd bin ich ausgezogen : Eric Zeisl : Biografie. Wien: Czernin. ISBN 3-7076-0070-X. OCLC 62900746.
  9. ^ Institute, American Biographical (1984). Two Thousand Notable Americans. American Biographical Institute. ISBN 978-0-934544-35-1.
  10. ^ Kansas Music Review. 1957.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h "Wendelburg, Norma – Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  12. ^ Richards, Melanie Ann (1993). A selected bibliography of music for clarinet and one other instrument by women composers (DMA document). The Ohio State University. ISBN 979-8-208-88863-6. ProQuest 304059199.
  13. ^ "Lukas Foss, Norma Wendelburg, Randall Snyder, Ned Rorem, Bradley Bombadier*, Robert Mueller (3) – American Music". Discogs. 1990. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  14. ^ OCLC 1114264856
  15. ^ a b "CRS LP Recordings – Contemporary Record Society". www.crsnews.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  16. ^ Women of Note Quarterly. Vivace Press. 1995.
  17. ^ a b "Performance History Search". archives.bso.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  18. ^ OCLC 48095226
  19. ^ N.Y.), American Music Center (New York (1990). AMC Newsletter. American Music Center, Incorporated.
  20. ^ OCLC 52007012
  21. ^ OCLC 789650791
  22. ^ "Kenneth Godel Music Preparation". Kenneth Godel Music Preparation. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  23. ^ OCLC 19936056
  24. ^ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  25. ^ Composers, American Women (1979). AWC News. American Women Composers, Incorporated.
  26. ^ "mixed ensemble | Lin Foulk Baird". www.linfoulk.org. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  27. ^ "Thou fair-haired angel of the evening (Blake) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)". www.lieder.net. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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