justinmerritton seeing weather-beaten trees for baritone & viola

On Seeing Weather-Beaten Trees

Is it plainly in our living shown,By slant and twist, which way the wind hath blown?

-Adelaide Crapsey

“… the highlight of

the year came Nov. 9

with Justin Merritt's

Five Preludes for

piano…” -Peter

Schimpf, Bloomington Independent

I n 2 0 0 0 c o m p o s e r 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 Indiana University.  He studied composition with Samuel Adler, Sven-David Sandström, Claude

Baker, Timothy Kramer, Don Freund, and 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

justinmerrit

“…demands an audience's

attention…Merritt's

piece was the standout.”

-Rob Hubbard,

Pioneer Press

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On Seeing Weather-Beaten Treesfor baritone & viola

Adelaide Crapsey Justin Merritt

Copyright 2002 (c) Justin Merritt (ASCAP)Published by JMKrause

All rights reserved

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other compositions by justinmerritt

! ............................................................... .................................................................Janus Mask! ! winds in 2s! ...........................................................................................................................River of Blood! winds in 2s

.......................................................................................................................................! Dervish! winds in 2s! ............................................................................................................................Lachryme! string orchestra

........................................................................................................................................! Corde natus! SATB! .....................................................................................................................................Lamentations! SATB

...............................................................................................................................................! Nativity! SATB...............................................................................................................................! Adoro Te Devote! SATB

..................................................................................................................! Fire Sermon! SSATB & orchestra...................................................................................................................................! Dissonance! song cycle

..............................................................................................................................! Dhammapada! song cycle.........................................................................! London Thoroughfare, 2AM! tenor, horn, violin, & piano

! May Evening in Central Park .........................................................................................! baritone & piano

............................................................................................................................................! 5 Preludes! piano................................................................................................................! Chaconne: Mercy Endures! piano

.........................................................................................................................................! Windchimes! piano...........................................................................................................................! Standard Deviation! violin

.....................................................................................................................................! Veloce! violin & piano..............................................................................................................................................! Coupling! organ

.................................................................................................................................! Drum Break! percussion

................................................................................................................................! Ravening! string quartet..................................................................................................................................! Invocation! 8 solo brass

..........................................! The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro! clarinet, violin, cello, & piano...............................................................................................................................! Trio ! violin, cello, & piano

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