Normand Lockwood (March 19, 1906 – March 9, 2002) was an American composer born in

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. He studied composition at the

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from 1921–1924, and then traveled to

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and studied composition under

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from 1925 to 1926, and during this time he also had composition lessons with

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in Paris. He won a

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in 1929 that allowed him to continue his work in Rome. He was a National Patron of

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Professorships

Lockwood returned to America in 1932, becoming an associate professor of composition and theory at

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, and won

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in both 1943 and 1944. He taught at

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and the Sacred School of Music from 1945–1953,

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from 1953–1955,

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from 1955–57,

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from 1957–1959, and

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from 1960–1961. He was Composer-in-Residence at the

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, Colorado from 1961 until becoming Professor Emeritus in 1974. He died in Denver, Colorado on March 9, 2002, ten days short of his 96th birthday.''Guide to the Norman Lockwood Collection.'' http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/amrc/ead/html/lock.html Retrieved Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Important works

Lockwood composed works in many forms, but he was most well known for his choral works, which were mostly based on religious texts. He also composed operas, orchestral symphonies and suites, and instrumental and vocal chamber music.

Choral

*''The Birth of Moses'', 1947 *''The Closing Doxology'', 1952 *''Prairie'' (setting of

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writings), 1953

Opera

*''The Scarecrow'' (1945) *''Early Dawn'' (1961) *''Wizards of Balizar'', 1962 *''The Hanging Judge'', 1964 *''Requiem for a Rich Young Man'', 1964

Orchestral

*''Symphony (1941)'' *''Concerto for organ, trumpets (2), trombones (2)'' (1951)

Chamber

*''Trio'' (flute, viola and harp). 1939 *''String Quartet No.3'' (published 1948) *''To Margarita Debayle'' (voice and piano), 1977 *''Trio'' (violin, cello, and piano), 1984 *''Psalms 17 & 114'' (mezzo-soprano and organ), 1985

The Normand Lockwood Collection

The Normand Lockwood Collection is located in the American Music Research Center archives of the University of Colorado at Boulder and contains materials dated from 1921–1996. The collection size is 112 linear feet, and it contains many of his original scores, personal records, correspondence, student compositions, and audio recordings.

Notes

External links

Interview with Normand Lockwood
February 12, 1986
American Composers Alliance page
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