Morten Lauridsen
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Morten Lauridsen (born February 27 1943 in Colfax, Washington) is an American composer with Swedish roots. He grew up as the son of Swedish immigrants in Portland, Oregon. He attended Whitman College and the University of Southern California, where he studied advanced composition. A long-time professor and Chair of the Department of Composition at USC, he has been Composer in Residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale since 1994.
His five-movement work Lux Aeterna (1997) for chorus and orchestra has become quite popular in the United States, with numerous performances, recordings and radio broadcasts.
Choral works
- Ave Maria
- A Winter Come
- Be Still, My Soul, Be Still
- Les Chansons des Roses
- I. En Une Seule Fleur
- II. Contre Qui, Rose
- III. De Ton Rêve Trop Plein
- IV. La Rose Complete
- V. Dirait-on
- Lux Aeterna
- I. Introitus
- II. In Te, Domine, Speravi
- III. O Nata Lux
- IV. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
- V. Agnus Dei
- Madrigali: Six "FireSongs" on Italian Renaissance Poems
- I. Ov'è, Lass', Il Bel Viso?
- II. Quando Son Piu Lontan
- III. Amor, Io Sento L'alma
- IV. Io Piango
- V. Luci Serene e Chiare
- VI. Se Per Havervi, Oime
- Mid-Winter Songs
- I. Lament for Pasiphae
- II. Like Snow
- III. She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep
- IV. Mid-Winter Waking
- V. Intercession in Late October
- Nocturnes (2005)
- I. Sa Nuit d'Été
- II. Soneto de la Noche
- III. Sure on this Shining Night
- O Magnum Mysterium
- Ubi Caritas et Amor