#  Fred Lerdahl 

 

 



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[(This composer has multiple commissions - click here to view all)](/people/fred-lerdahl)

Title: *Inner Life*  
Commission: 2020  
Completed: 2021  
Instrumentation: Two pianos  
Premiere Location: November 9, 2022 at Bezanson Recital Hall in University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA  
Premiere Ensemble: Steven Beck, Quattro Mani  
  
Title: *Arches*  
Commission: 2005  
Completed: 2010  
Instrumentation: cello and chamber ensemble  
Premiere Location: Miller Theater, Columbia University  
Premiere Ensemble: Anssi Karttunen and the Argento Ensemble  
Notes: Dedicated to Anssi Karttunen.

Title: *Quiet Music*  
Commission: 1993  
Completed: 1994  
Instrumentation: orchestra  
Premiere Location: New York  
Premiere Ensemble: American Composers Orchestra  
Notes:

Title: *Beyond the Realm of Bird*  
Commission:   
Completed: 1982  
Instrumentation: soprano and chamber orchestra  
Premiere Location: New York, 1982  
Premiere Ensemble: Elsa Charleston and the Chicago Contemporary Ensemble  
Notes: Co-commissioned with the University of Chicago for Paul Fromm’s 75th birthday.

Title: *Chromorhythmos*  
Commission: 1972  
Completed: 1974  
Instrumentation: orchestra  
Premiere Location: Tanglewood Music Center, MA 1974  
Premiere Ensemble: Gunther Schuller, conductor  
Notes: Renamed *Chords*.

Fred Lerdahl’s music has been commissioned and performed by major chamber ensembles and orchestras in the United States and around the world, and he has been resident composer at leading institutions and festivals. He studied at Lawrence, Princeton, and Tanglewood and taught at UC/Berkeley, Harvard, Michigan, and Columbia, where he was Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition from 1991 to 2018. Three of his works—*Time after Time*, the Third String Quartet, and *Arches*—were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in music. His music is published by Schott Music Corporation and has been widely recorded for various labels, including Bridge Records, which is producing an ongoing series of his music. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [1972](/commissiondate/1972) [1993](/commissiondate/1993) [2005](/commissiondate/2005) [2020](/commission-date/2020)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [1974](/completiondate/1974) [1982](/completiondate/1982) [1994](/completiondate/1994) [2010](/completiondate/2010)
- ## Composer
    
     [Lerdahl, Fred](/composer/lerdahl-fred)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)