Richard Swift
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For the contemporary American singer / songwriter Richard Swift, see Richard Swift (musician)
Richard Swift (b. Middlepoint, OH, 24 September 1927; d. Davis, CA, 8 November 2003) was an American composer and music theorist.
[edit] Compositions (selective list)
- String Quartet no.1 (1955)
- Serenade Concertante for piano and wind quintet (1956)
- Eleven Stravaganzas for instrumental ensemble (1956–95)
- String Quartet no.2 (1958)
- The Pleasures of Merely Circulating for band (1959)
- Piano Concerto no. 1 (1961)
- String Quartet no.3 (1964)
- The Trial of Tender O’Shea opera in 1 scene (1964)
- Violin Concerto (1968)
- Symphony (1970)
- String Quartet no.4 (1973)
- Mein blaues Klavier for piano (1978)
- String Trio no.2 (1979–80)
- Piano Concerto no.2 (1980)
- String Quartet no.5 (1982)
- Things of August for piano (1986)
- A Field of Light for eight instrumnts (1990)
