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Schwartz Julia

(20. 08. 1963)

Schwartz Julia
Schwartz Julia
Neuhauserstr. 5
CH-8500 Frauenfeld (TG)
Schweiz


www.juliaschwartz.ch



Genre: Classical Music
Professional activity: Composers, Interpreters
Biography
* 20. 08. 1963.

Julia Schwartz was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA in 1963. She received early musical training from her parents, both professional musicians. After graduating from the Oberlin College Conservatory with a bachelor's degree in voice she continued her studies in voice and music theory in Munich and Zurich. Her compositional activity includes writing instrumental and vocal chamber music. She also develops, composes and realizes electronic collages for concert performance and experimental theater. She produced and conducted her verbatim theater piece, Freedom Papers, in 2019 in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Julia completed two Certificates of Advanced Studes in Choral Conducting between 2014 and 2016 and five CAS in Orchestral Conducting between 2016 and 2021, both at the Zurich University of the Arts. She is director of the Neuwerkchor in Constance, Germany, of Ars Vocalis Winterthur in Switzerland and of the Chorellen, also in Constance.

Source of the profile picture: Arthur Häberli

Work list

Wein-Walzer

Instrumentation: Chor oder Vokalquartett a cappella SATB

Texts: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Novalis, Friedrich Rückert, Friedrich Theodor von Vischer

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Whispers of Heavenly Death (1993-1994)
5 poems

Instrumentation: for high voice and piano

Texts: Walt Whitman

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript
Psalmen 9 & 33 (1994)

Instrumentation: for mixed a cappella choir

Duration: 3' 10"
Manuscript
Die Nacht (1994-1995)
4 poems

Instrumentation: for high or deep voice and piano

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

(please contact the composer for an unpublished recording)
Instrumentation: for high or low voice and piano

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Psalm 13 (1994/2007)

Instrumentation: for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin and organ (or piano)

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Zwei Reflexionen (1995)

Instrumentation: for soprano and violoncello

Texts: Rainer Maria Rilke

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1996)

(please contact the composer for an unpublished recording)

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
The Ruins of the Heart (1996)

Instrumentation: for mezzo-soprano, oboe and percussion (marimba, cymbals, tam tam, small drum)

Texts: Jelaluddin Rumi

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Drei Weihnachtslieder (1996)

Instrumentation: for high voice and piano

Duration: 5' 00"
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Drei mechanische Inventionen (1996)

Instrumentation: for oboe and violoncello

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Psalm 142 (1997)

Instrumentation: for mixed a-cappella choir

Duration: 3' 00"
Manuscript
Variations, Additions and Distractions (1997)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
8 Haikus (1997)

Instrumentation: for voice and piano

Texts: Julia Schwartz

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Color, Form and Dissolution (1998)

Instrumentation: for piano

(please contact the composer for a recording)

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
Lamento (1998)

Instrumentation: for female voice, tenor saxophone, congas and piano

Duration: 5' 30"
Manuscript
Die drei Spatzen (1998)

Instrumentation: for male choir or terzet and piano

Texts: Christian Morgenstern

Duration: 1' 40"
Manuscript
Der heroische Pudel (1998)

Instrumentation: for mixed choir or vocal quartet and piano

Texts: Christian Morgenstern

Duration: 2' 45"
Manuscript
Compression of the Elements (1999)

Instrumentation: for piano

(please contact the composer for an unpublished recording)

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Zwei Elementarphantasien (1999)

Instrumentation: for flute and soprano

Texts: Christian Morgenstern

1. Meeresbrandung
2. Die Flamme

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
Pentamotivo (1999)

Instrumentation: for solo violin

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Impasse (2000)

Instrumentation: for violin and piano

(please contact the composer for a recording)

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
Der Einsiedler (2000)

Instrumentation: for four-part female choir, flute, violin and four-handed piano

Texts: Joseph von Eichendorff

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
15 Vignettes (2000)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Songs of Love & Reflection (2001)
Song cycle

Instrumentation: for soprano and piano

Texts: Sara Teasdale

Nine songs.

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript
Taub Raum Stumm (2001-2002)
for a-cappella terzet

Instrumentation: for three-part female choir

Texts: Johanna Lier

(please contact the composer for a recording)

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
Spirals Unwinding (2002)

Instrumentation: for four-handed piano

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
Khanti (2002)

Instrumentation: for flute, violin and piano

Ausgabe für Flöte, Altflöte und Klavier erhältlich

(please contact the composer for a recording)

Duration: 6' 30"
Manuscript
Breaking Silence (2003)

Instrumentation: for mezzo soprano, clarinet in A and piano

Texts: Ron Butlin

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Wildrosen (2004-2005)

Instrumentation: for soprano and playback CD

Texts: Johanna Lier

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
Nachtbesuche (2004)

Instrumentation: for soprano, mezzosoprano, violin and piano

Texts: Friedrich Rückert

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
Aus den Schatten (2005)

Instrumentation: for clarinet in B, violoncello and piano

(please contact the composer for an unpublished recording)

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
A Precarious Paradise (2005)

Instrumentation: for trumpet in B and piano

Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Aurora Empor (2006)

Instrumentation: for panpipes, harp, viola and violoncello

(please contact the composer for a recording)

Duration: 11' 00"
Manuscript
Sieben Trifft Fünf (2008)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 7' 00"
Manuscript
Psalm 103 (2008)

Instrumentation: for soprano, alto, tenor, bass (solo or choral with solo parts), violin and piano

Duration: 9' 00"
Manuscript
Tre ombre in croce (2008)

Instrumentation: for mixed choir (SATB)

Text: Canto XVI, 1-90 from the Inferno by Dante Alighieri.

Duration: 11' 30"
Manuscript
Don Juan at 40 (2010)

Instrumentation: for baritone and piano

Texts: Ron Butlin

Duration: 9' 30"
Manuscript
Denkmal einer Stunde (2011)

Instrumentation: for soprano and piano trio

Texts: Friedrich Rückert

Duration: 14' 00"
Manuscript
Die Knigge-Kantate (2012)

Instrumentation: for vocal quartet (SATB) and piano

Texts: Ernst Meister, Rudolf Hans Fürrer, Julia Schwartz

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
HERSO (2012)

Instrumentation: for soprano and violin

Texts: Susana Gardner

Duration: 28' 00"
Manuscript
3 Bagatelles (2013)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 10' 30"
Manuscript
Don Juan at Forty (2013)

Instrumentation: for baritone and chamber orchestra (strings, each 1 flute, oboe, clarinet in B, contrabassoon)

Texts: Ron Butlin

Duration: 9' 30"
Manuscript
In Kraft des Herrn vertilge ich sie (2013)
Psalm 118

Instrumentation: for mixed choir, accordion and piano

Duration: 16' 00"
Manuscript
Shifting Accents (2014)

Instrumentation: for marimba, accordion and double bass

Duration: 4' 30"
Manuscript
Five Fjords (2014)

Instrumentation: for Voice, Violoncello and Piano

Texts: Zachary Schomburg

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Ich bin nicht tot (2014)

Instrumentation: für Gesang und Klavier

Texts: Georg Trakl, Franz Werfel und Else Lasker-Schüler

Duration: 15' 00"
Manuscript
Wind up & Unravel (2015)

Instrumentation: for String Quartet

Duration: 8' 15"
Manuscript
The Wind and the Weather (2015)

Instrumentation: für Chor a cappella SATB

Texts: Christian Morgenstern, Sara Teasdale & Paul Verlaine

(please contact the composer for a recording)

Duration: 13' 00"
Manuscript
Five Violin Duets (2015)

Duration: 14' 30"
Manuscript
Let me not to the marriage (2015)

Instrumentation: for Choir SATB and Strings

Texts: William Shakespeare

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Délice et Tendresse (2016)

Instrumentation: pour voix et piano

Texts: Paul Valéry

Duration: 8' 15"
Manuscript
A Tale of a Citizen and his Wife (2016)

Instrumentation: for Baritone and Piano

Texts: John Donne

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Sola caritate (2017)

Instrumentation: for Mezzo, Baritone and orchestra

Texts: Christoph Weber-Berg, Ernst Weber & Samuel Jakob

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
The Voyage of the Soul (2017)

Instrumentation: choir SATB

Texts: Walt Whitman

Duration: 1-2' pro Lied
Manuscript
A Melancholy Break (2018)

Instrumentation: for Alphorn and piano

Editions available for trumpet, violin or cello and piano

Duration: 5' 00"
Manuscript
Auf den Tod meiner kleinen Weckeruhr (2020)

Instrumentation: men's choir (3 part)

Texts: Christian Morgenstern

Duration: 2' 00"
Manuscript
Dante’s Dream (2020)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 11' 30"
Manuscript
Stolen Goods (2020)

Instrumentation: for string quartet

Duration: 8' 30"
Manuscript
Full Circles (2020)

Instrumentation: for Violoncello and Marimba (plus a few small percussion instruments)

Duration: 6' 00"
Manuscript
Aire de Nocturno (2020)

Instrumentation: high voice, flute, altoflute and piano

Texts: Federico Garcia Lorca

Duration: 4' 30"
Manuscript
Cells Emerging and Colliding (2021)

Instrumentation: for piano

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Wonders (2021)

Instrumentation: for mixed choir a cappella

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript
Auf der Welt allein (2021)

Instrumentation: for soprano, trumpet (B or C) and piano

Duration: 18' 00"
Manuscript
Lingua Franca (2021)

Instrumentation: Schüler-Streichorchester, var. Holzbläser, Schülerchor

Texts: Heinrich Heine

Duration: 5' 10"
Manuscript
an tagen wie diesen (2022)

Instrumentation: Chor (SABar.) & Klavier

Texts: Ruth Näf Berhnard

Duration: 12' 00"
Manuscript
Das Christkind im Wald (2022)

Instrumentation: Chor a cappella SATB

Texts: Anna Ritter

Ordering information for recording:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9378099--dormi-bel-bambin


Duration: 4' 00"
Manuscript
Ins Ungewisse (2022)

Instrumentation: Orgel

Duration: 10' 00"
Manuscript
Molten Blue (2022)

Instrumentation: Chor a cappella SATB

Texts: Edgar Allen Poe, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay

Duration: 8' 00"
Manuscript


Last updated: 2022-10-15 14:36:41