Kirke Mechem

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Born: 16 August 1925, Kansas (USA)
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[details ←] Birthdays / Round Numbers Op. 72 choral
[details ←] Blow Ye the Trumpet Trumpet, choral
[details ←] Two Christmas Ballads choral
[details ←] Two Christmas Ballads Piano, Guitar, choral
[details ←] American Trio choral
[details ←] Lydia’s Romance choral
[details ←] Kirke Mechem - Lydia’s Romance Vocal, choral
[details ←] Lydia’s Romance choral
[details ←] The Winds of May choral
[details ←] He’s Gone Away from ’American Madrigals’ choral
[details ←] Kansas Boys from ’American Madrigals’ Piano, choral
[details ←] Sing Unto The Lord A New Song Trumpet, choral
[details ←] To Music Piano, Organ, choral
[details ←] Blessed Are They Piano, Organ, choral
[details ←] Time choral
[details ←] To an Absent Love Piano, Vocal, choral
[details ←] Tartuffe Vocal, choral
[details ←] Blow Ye the Trumpet Trumpet, choral

Music

Publishers

Mechem’s compositions since 1980 have been published exclusively by G. Schirmer, New York (GS). Before 1980 his principal publishers were:

Note: G. Schirmer now publishes some Mechem works originally issued by other publishers. This catalog represents the publishers as of March, 2007.

Operas

Orchestral music

Chamber music

Piano solo

Songs (with piano)

Chorus and orchestra

(SATB unless otherwise noted. For timings of these pieces, see mixed chorus, shorter works)

Mixed chorus, extended works

(SATB unless otherwise noted. For timings of these pieces, see mixed chorus, shorter works)

Mixed chorus, shorter works

(SATB unless otherwise noted. Works not published separately are listed only under the titles of the sets to which they belong. See Extended Works)

Treble chorus

Men’s chorus

Unison chorus

Rounds, catches and canons

(Contribution by Kirke Mechem <kirkekirkemechem.com>.)

Biography

Kirke Mechem is a prolific composer with a catalogue of over 250 works. He enjoys an international presence, as ASCAP recently registered concert performances of his music in 42 countries. Born and raised in Kansas and educated at Stanford and Harvard Universities, Mechem conducted and taught at Stanford, and served as composer-in-residence for several years at the University of San Francisco. Mechem also lived in Europe, spending three years in Vienna where he came to the attention of Josef Krips, who later championed the composer’s symphonies as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. He was guest of honor at the 1990 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and was invited back for an all-Mechem symphonic concert by the USSR Radio-Television Orchestra in 1991.

He has been honored and recognized for his contributions from such organizations as: the United Nations; the National Endowment for the Arts; the National Gallery; the American Choral Directors Association; the Music Educators National Conference, and was presented with a lifetime achievement award from the National Opera Association.

Mechem’s compositions cover almost every genre, but vocal music is the core of his work. His three-act opera, Tartuffe, has been staged more than 300 times and performed in six countries. Songs of the Slave — a suite for bass-baritone, soprano, chorus and orchestra from his opera, John Brown — has toured to over 40 US cities. His extensive choral works have garnered him the title of “dean of American choral composers.” Upcoming opera premieres include: his comic opera, The Newport Rivals (an American update of Sheridan’s classic play, The Rivals), and the large-scale dramatic work based on American abolitionist John Brown, to celebrate Lyric Opera Kansas City’s 50th anniversary. Mechem is currently composing an opera based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

— G. Schirmer, Inc., 2007

(Contribution by Kirke Mechem <kirkekirkemechem.com>.)

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