Roger Sessions
About Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions (28 December 1896 – 16 March 1985) was an American composer, critic and teacher of music. Born in Brooklyn, New York to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution, Sessions studied music at Harvard University from the age of 14. There, he wrote for and subsequently edited the Harvard Musical Review. Graduating at age 18, he went on to study at Yale University under Horatio Parker and Ernest Bloch before teaching at Smith College.
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No. 3. Scherzo: Allegro
No. 2. Dialogue: Andante
String Quintet: II. Adagio ed espressivo
Canons (to the memory of Stravinsky)
I. Movimento tranquillo
No. 4. Berceuse: Lento e dolce
From My Diary: I. Poco adagio
Six Pieces for Violoncello: Berceuse Lento e dolce
From My Diary: II. Allegro con brio
From My Diary: IV. Allegro pesante
II. Adagio molto
I. Tempo moderato
String Quintet: I. Movimento Tranquillo
From My Diary: III. Larghissiimo e misterioso
From My Diary: III. Larghissimo e misterioso
No. 1. Prelude: Allegro energico
String Quartet No. 2 (1951): I. Lento
String Quintet: III. Allegro appassionato
String Quartet No. 2 (1951): II. Allegro Appassionato, Alla Breve
Symphony No. 4: I. Burlesque
Six Pieces for Violoncello
String Quartet No. 1 In E Minor: I. Tempo Moderato
Symphony No. 3: II. Allegro, un poco ruvido
No. 5. Fantasy: Con fantasia
String Quartet No. 2 (1951): IV. Presto
String Quartet No. 2 (1951): III. Andante Tranquillo
6 Pieces: No. 5. Fantasy: Con fantasia
Symphony No. 4: II. Elegy
Symphony No. 2: II. Allegretto capriccioso
Symphony No. 1: I. Giusto
Symphony No. 1: II. Largo
6 Pieces: No. 2. Dialogue: Andante
Symphony No. 3: I. Allegro grazioso e con fuoco
Rhapsody For Orchestra
II. Adagio ed espressivo
6 Pieces: No. 3. Scherzo: Allegro
6 Pieces: No. 1. Prelude: Allegro energico
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor: III. Vivace molto
Symphony No. 3: III. Andante sostenuto e con affetto
6 Pieces: No. 4. Berceuse: Lento e dolce
String Quartet No. 2 (1951): V. Adagio
Symphony No. 2: IV. Allegramente
Symphony No. 3: IV. Allegro con fuoco
Waltz for Brenda
Six Pieces for Violoncello: Prelude Allegro energico
String Quartet No. 1 in E minor: II. Adagio molto
Symphony No. 1: III. Allegro vivace
6 Pieces: No. 6. Epilogue: Adagio molto
Symphony No. 4: III. Pastorale
Symphony No. 5 (I. Tranquillo/II. Lento/III. Allegro deciso)
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