Listen

With faint dry sound,

Like steps of passing ghosts,
The leaves, frost-crispd, break from the
trees
And fall.
Triad
These be
Three silent things:
The falling snowthe hour
Before the dawnthe mouth of one
Just dead.
-Adelaide Crapsey

premiered by
Chia-Wei Lee, Qian Jun, &
Eleanor Niemesto

the
highlight of
the year
came Nov. 9
with Justin
Merritt's
Five
Preludes for
piano
-Peter
Schimpf,
Bloomington
Independent

justinmerrit

November Night
In 2000 composer Justin
Merritt (bn. 1975) was the
youngest-ever winner of the
ASCAP Foundation/Rudolph
Nissim Award for Janus Mask.
He is also the winner of a host
of other awards including the
2008-09 Copland Award, the
2008 Minnesota Orchestra
Composer Institute Prize for
River of Blood, and the 2006
Polyphonos Prize

He received his Bachelors

from Trinity University and
his
Masters
and
Doctorate
from
demands
Indiana
University.
an audience's
He
studied
attention
composition
with
Merritt's
Samuel Adler, Svenpiece was the
David
Sandstrm,
standout.
Claude
B a k e r,
-Rob
Timothy Kramer, Don
Hubbard,
Freund,
and
Pioneer Press
electronic
and
computer music with
Jeffrey Hass. He is currently Assistant
Professor of Composition at St. Olaf
College.
He resides in Northfield,
Minnesota with his wife Yuedong and
their children Cullen Fang Ouxiang and
Molly Fang Qinghe.
Several times I wrote "Wow!" next to
a work being played...
-Peter Jacobi, Herald Times

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Dur: ca. 1 min.

for Chia-wei Lee

November Night
for baritone, clarinet, & harp

Adelaide Crapsey

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Copyright 2008 Justin Merritt (ASCAP)

Published by Moon East
All rights reserved
www.mooneast.com

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Dur: ca. 1 min.

Score in C

for Chia-wei Lee

Triad

for baritone, clarinet, & harp

Adelaide Crapsey

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Justin Merritt

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Copyright 2008 Justin Merritt (ASCAP)

Published by Moon East
All rights reserved
www.mooneast.com

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Standard Deviation!.............................................................................................violin
Bar for Hans Sachs!.................................................................................................flute
Veloce!.......................................................................................................violin & piano
Coupling!................................................................................................................organ
Drum Break!...................................................................................................percussion

chamber

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Janus Mask!..................................................................................................
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winds in 2s
River of Blood!.............................................................................................winds in 2s
Dervish!.........................................................................................................winds in 2s
Lachryme!..............................................................................................string orchestra
Monster!........................................................................................................winds in 3s

A Gauze of Misted Silver!..........................................................string quartet & harp

Ravening!..................................................................................................string quartet
Invocation!....................................................................................................8 solo brass
The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro!............clarinet, violin, cello, & piano
Trio!.................................................................................................violin, cello, & piano

piano

5 Preludes!..............................................................................................................piano
Chaconne: Mercy Endures!..................................................................................piano
Rococo Suite!..........................................................................................................piano
Sierpinski Gasket!..................................................................................................piano
Windchimes!...........................................................................................................piano
Hive!...................................................................................................4 pianos, 16 hands

vocal

other compositions by justinmerritt

Dissonance!.....................................................................................................song cycle
Steps Into Stillness!........................................................................................song cycle
Dhammapada!................................................................................................song cycle
London Thoroughfare, 2AM!...........................................tenor, horn, violin, & piano
May Evening in Central Park...........................................................
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baritone & piano

Corde natus!..........................................................................................................SATB
Lamentations!.......................................................................................................SATB
Hay Das!......................................................................................................SMsATBrB
Nativity!.................................................................................................................SATB
Adoro Te Devote!.................................................................................................SATB
Fire Sermon!....................................................................................SSATB & orchestra

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