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Del Tredici David
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Acrostic Song for flute and piano
Acrostic Song for flute and piano
D. Del Tredici: "Acrostic Song" for flute and piano was written in 1979, as an arrangement from the last aria of "Final Alice" (1976), a series of elaborate arias for amplified soprano/narrator, folk group and orchestra which were composed over the course of 25 years. The work reflects the last two chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol. The Acrostic Song is the most popular part of "Final Alice".
The piece is an instrumental setting of the lullaby-like epilogue from Final Alice. The poem is an acrostic whose initial letters spell out the name of the "real" Alice: Alice Pleasance Liddell.
The work represents Del Tredici’s definitive transition to Neo-Romanticism. He famously noted that he could not imagine setting Carroll’s text to dissonant music, leading him to rediscover a tonal musical language that could project the "human dimension" and "implied love story" of the author and his muse
The flute and piano arrangement was dedicated to Carol Wincenc. It was premiered on February 12, 1985, at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City by Carol Wincenc and Samuel Sanders at the piano.
In 1979, Del Tredici was at the height of his "Alice period." Following the massive success of Final Alice (1976), which had revitalized public interest in tonal orchestral music, he was deeply immersed in his next major project, Child Alice.
The success of the Acrostic Song melody led the composer to create multiple arrangements in the late 1970s and early 1980s for various ensembles, including wind band, chorus, and guitar, to satisfy performers' interest in the standalone tune.
Del Tredici David
David Del Tredici (1937–2023) was an American composer famously dubbed the "father of the Neo-Romantic movement" for his pivotal shift from atonal modernism back to lush, melodic tonality.
Born in Cloverdale, California, Del Tredici grew up in a household with little musical history. His father, Walter, was an accountant, and his mother, Helen Ann, was a schoolteacher. He did not begin piano studies until age 11, initially taking lessons from a nun at a private school before studying with Bernhard Abramowitch. He was quickly recognized as a prodigy, making his debut with the San Francisco Symphony at age 16.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley. He subsequently moved to Princeton University, where he studied with Roger Sessions and Earl Kim, receiving his Master of Fine Arts in 1964.
Though he initially intended to be a concert pianist, a discouraging critique at the Aspen Music Festival in 1958 led him to seek guidance from Darius Milhaud, who encouraged him to pursue composition.
Influenced by his friend Aaron Copland, and inspired by literature (James Joyce, Lewis Carroll), Del Tredici created works celebrating "gayness". He won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize in Music for In Memory of a Summer Day, part of his massive "Alice" cycle based on Lewis Carroll’s works. Among his other most noteworthy works are "In Memory of a Summer Day" (part one of Child Alice), and Tattoo for orchestra, commissioned by the Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Del Tredici held faculty positions at Harvard and Boston University before becoming a Distinguished Professor at the City College of New York, where he taught for over 30 years.