Oleg Felzer Explained

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

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

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

External links

• Oleg Felzer scores and sound recordings, 1960-1998 Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts