Fred Lerdahl
Alfred Whitford (Fred) Lerdahl (born March 10, 1943) is an American music theorist and composer. Best known for his work on musical grammar, cognition, rhythmic theory, and pitch space, he and the linguist Ray Jackendoff developed the Chomsky-inspired generative theory of tonal music. Lerdahl has written numerous orchestral and chamber works, three of which were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Music: Time after Time in 2001, String Quartet No. 3 in 2010, and Arches in 2011. He is a Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition at Columbia University.
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Top Tracks
- String Quartet No. 3
- String Quartet No. 2 (2010 Version)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1978 Version)
- The First Voices
- Fantasy Etudes
- Wake
- Imbrications
- No. 3, Scalar Rhythms
- No. 2, Cyclic Descent
- No. 1, Chasing Goldberg
- No. 2, —
- No. 1, —
- Piano Fantasy
- String Trio
- Quiet Music (Version for 2 Pianos)
- First String Quartet
- Give and Take
- Waves for Chamber Orchestra
- 3 Bagatelles: No. 3, —
- 3 Bagatelles: No. 2, —
Albums (15)
- Give and Take (2024)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 7 (2023)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. Six (2020)
- New Music with Guitar, Vol. 12 (2019)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 5 (2017)
- Lounge Lizards (2017)
- Mystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi's Chiacona (2013)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 3 (2011)
- American Music for Percussion, Vol. 2 (2011)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl & Edwin Dugger (2011)
- Lerdahl & Sollberger: Chamber Works (2010)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 2 (2008)
- Donald Martino & Fred Lerdahl: String Quartets (2007)
- Music of Fred Lerdahl (2007)
- Lerdahl: Waves; Druckman: Nor Spell Nor Charm; Bolcom: Orphée-Sérénade; Gandolfi: Points Of Departure (1992)
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