Fred Lerdahl

Waltzes, a cycle of twelve virtuoso waltzes for violin, viola, cello, and double bass, was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, where the first nine waltzes were premiered in 1981....

Chaconne (2016), for string quartet, was commissioned by the Daedalus Quartet to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The commission was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support...

My attraction to the two-piano medium goes back to 1962, when I was a freshman at Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod performed his Visions de l’amen there while on an Am...

My attraction to the two-piano medium goes back to 1962, when I was a freshman at Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod performed his Visions de l’amen there while on an Am...

My attraction to the two-piano medium goes back to 1962, when I was a freshman at Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod performed his Visions de l’amen there while on an Am...

My attraction to the two-piano medium goes back to 1962, when I was a freshman at Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod performed his Visions de l’amen there while on an Am...

The title refers to three instruments, three movements, and three ways of treating musical time. The tone of the work is serious yet as playful as the title suggests.The first movement, Ratios, opens...

The title refers to three instruments, three movements, and three ways of treating musical time. The tone of the work is serious yet as playful as the title suggests. The first movement, Ratios, opens...

Chaconne (2016), for string quartet, was commissioned by the Daedalus Quartet to celebrate its 15th anniversary. The commission was supported by New Music USA, made possible by annual program support...

My attraction to the two-piano medium goes back to 1962, when I was a freshman at Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod performed his Visions de l’amen there while on an Am...

My attraction to the two-piano medium goes back to 1962, when I was a freshman at Lawrence College in Wisconsin. Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod performed his Visions de l’amen there while on an Am...