Oleg Felzer (born 1939 in Azerbaijan – died 1998 in New York)[1] was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer and teacher. He taught at the Baku Conservatory for many years before coming to New York City from Baku in 1989.[2] His pieces have been commissioned by the Continuum Ensemble and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

List of works

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Oleg Felzer's works in 1960-1998 is listed in Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings.[3]

  • And Harold Again, for viola solo and chamber orchestra, dedicated to Berlioz (1982)
  • Autographs on the Silhouettes, for violin, cello and piano (1987)
  • Children Suite, for orchestra (1978)
  • Dialogue, for viola, piano and orchestra (1970)
  • Five Bagatelles, for piano (1986)
  • Five Tanka, for tenor and chamber orchestra (lost) or for tenor and piano (1967)
  • Four Diary Pages, for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Nieuw Ensemble (1994)
  • Four Piano Pieces, Op. 1, (1960-1962)
    • Watercolor, Etude, Imprint, March (lost)
  • Four Songs (1969)
    • Bird, Red Bird also for piano
  • The House That Jack Built, for mixed chorus and piano (1981-1982) and for children's chorus (1985)
  • In Memoriam of Dmitri Shostakovich, for orchestra (1977)
  • Intermezzo, for violin and piano (1961)
  • Interrupted Song, sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1998)
    • Completion by Faradzh Karayev exists
  • Jubilatio, for violin, viola and piano (1979, 1983) and for violin, viola and strings (1991)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1974)
  • Pieces for Chamber Ensembles, Installment 1 (1980)
  • Playing Bossa Nova, for two pianos (undated)
  • Polyphonic Suite, for piano (1965)
  • Prelude and Fugue, for organ (1970)
  • Procession and Stroll, for orchestra (1976, 1978)
  • Protect Your Sons, for bass or baritone, chorus and piano (1972)
  • Sinfonia, for chamber orchestra (1966, 1972)
  • Sofia Waltz, for two pianos (1981)
  • Sonata for Harp (1985)
  • Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1993)[4]
  • Sonata Partita, for organ (1976)
  • Sonata for Violin Solo (1978)
  • Sonata for Solo Viola (1986)
  • Sonatina, or Piano Sonata No. 1 (1963)
  • Strange Story, for piano (1962)
  • String Quartet (1968)
  • Symphony No. 2, for viola, piano and orchestra (lost) and for piano solo (1970)
  • Three Pieces, for flute and guitar (1978, 1987)
  • Touching Waltz And Postlude, for piano (1988)
  • Two Pastorales, for flute and piano (1978) and for flute, cello and piano (1979)
  • Two Pieces for Piano: Procession and Stroll (1976)
  • Veshomru II, for recorder and two violins (1991)
  • Vestige, for clarinet, violin and piano (1993)[5]
  • What Are Years?, for chorus, poem by Marianne Moore (1994)
  • Woe From Wit, musical, libretto based on the play by Alexander Griboyedov (1979)
  • Zaboul, for chamber orchestra (1996)

References

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  1. ^ "UMBC Presents Contemporary Music Ensemble Continuum". UMBC. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  2. ^ "The Brain Trust". New York Magazine. July 22, 1991. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 16 Feb 2021.
  4. ^ "CONTINUUM at the Knitting Factory". Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ "UMBC Presents Contemporary Music Ensemble Continuum in Concert". UMBC. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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