
Gloria Coates (October 10, 1933 in Wausau, Wisconsin - August 19, 2023 in Munich, Germany) was an American composer formed in Chicago, Louisiana State University, New York's Cooper Union Art School and Columbia University. She wrote 16 symphonies, 10 string quartets and numerous songs and chamber works which have been performed by leading orchestras and performers internationally. Her mentors were Alexander Tcherepnin and Otto Luening . From 1976 she lived periodically in London, England and Munich, Germany; and from 1989 -1999 in New York.
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Symphony No. 4, "Chiaroscuro": III. Dream sequence
IV. Refracted Mirror Canon for 14 Lines
Protestation Quartet
String Quartet No. 1 (1966) 'P
String Quartet No. 6: 1- Still
Violin Solo Sonata: III. Berceuse
Mirror Canon
Symphony No. 1, "Music on Open Strings": I. Theme and Transformation
Symphony No. 1, "Music on Open Strings": IV. Refracted Mirror Canon for 14 Lines
Grave
III. The Lonesome Ones: Homage to Otto Luening (1900-1996)
String Quartet No. 7, "Angels"
Symphony No. 1, "Music on Open Strings": II. Scherzo
Symphony No. 4, "Chiaroscuro": I. Illumination
Symphony No. 7, "Dedicated to those who brought down the Wall in peace": II. Glass of Time
Symphony No. 14, "Symphony in Microtones": III. The Lonesome Ones: Homage to Otto Luening (1900-1996)
Symphony No. 7, "Dedicated to those who brought down the Wall in peace": III. Corridors of Time
Symphony No. 4, "Chiaroscuro": II. Mystical plosives
Mystical Plosives
Dream Sequence
Symphony No. 14, "Symphony in Microtones": I. Lamentation: Homage to Supply Belcher (1750-1836)
String Quartet No. 2: Grave
Symphony No. 14, "Symphony in Microtones": II. Jargon: Homage to William Billings (1746-1800)
String Quartet No. 4: II. Adagio molto con espressione
Glass of Time
String Quartet No. 8: II. In Falling Timbers Buried
Symphony No. 1, "Music on Open Strings": III. Scordatura (tuning while playing)
String Quartet No. 5: Through Time
Piano Quintet: IV. A Something So Transporting Bright
Corridors of Time
Symphony No. 7, "Dedicated to those who brought down the Wall in peace": I. Whirling of Time
String Quartet No. 8: III. Prayer
String Quartet No. 4: I. Molto sostenuto espressivo
Scherzo
Scordatura
Refracted Mirror Canon for Fourteen Lines
Symphony No. 15, "Homage to Mozart": III. What Are Stars?
String Quartet No. 8: I. On Wings of Sound
String Quartet No. 6: Still
String Quartet No. 5: In the Fifth Dimension
String Quartet No. 4: III. Allegretto scherzando
String Quartet No. 3: I. Marcato
Symphony No. 1, "Music on Open Strings": III. Scordatura
String Quartet No. 3: II. Mirror Canon
String Quartet No. 3: III. Agitato
String Quartet No. 5: Through Space
Piano Quintet: I. Invisible as Music
String Quartet No. 6: Evanescence
String Quartet No. 7: String Quartet No. 7, "Angels"
Symphony No. 7, "Dedicated to those who brought down the Wall in peace": I. Whirligig of Time
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