Robert Boury

Robert Boury

Robert Boury (born December 28, 1946 – died June 17, 2023) was an American composer and pianist. He was part of the revival of ragtime led by William Albright and William Bolcom in the late sixties. Boury composed many types of instrumental works and in a variety of medias and genres, such as solo/duet piano works, art songs, both comic opera/opera seria, choral works, ragtime works, orchestral works and elect acoustic pieces.

Boury joined the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1981 as a resident composer and music theory and composition professor. His commissioned work, To Dream Again, which contains four songs from Shakespeare's The Tempest, was given its first performance in the summer of 2003 at the 100th Anniversary Convention of Sigma Alpha Iota, in Dearborn, Michigan. In 2004, the university commissioned him to create a work in honor of the opening of the Clinton Library in Little Rock.

To Dream Again, op. 56 (S, pf), 2002. Song cycle.Published by Peters

Compositions

Piano

• WoO 1 Sonata for Piano (1965)
• WoO 4 Fantasy, Ostinato and Fugue for Piano (1968)
• Op. 1 Blues, Rags and Stomps (1970–1973), Book I & II
• Op. 2a Suite for Piano (1974)
• Op. 3 Hats'n Horns (1974)
• Op. 4 Two Beguines (1975) for two pianos, four hands
• Op. 10d Duelin' Pianos (1973) for two pianos, four hands
• Op. 15 Beautiful Ohio (1980)
• Op. 19 The Mice Will Play (1981) for one piano, eight hands
• Op. 20 Portrait of Chopin (1985)
• Op. 53 Sonatina (2000)
• Op. 60 12 Secret Designs for Piano (2006)
• Op. 61 Three Poetics (2006)
• Op. 62 Cherokee Months (2007)
• Op. 63 Three Lost Waltzes (2008)
• Op. 64 From Dictionary of Angels (2009)

Vocal

• WoO 2 Four Songs on Death (1966) for mezzo-soprano and piano
• WoO 3 Three Serious Songs (1967) for soprano and piano
• Op. 5 American Names (1979) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 6 Trying to Pray (1980) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 7 Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1980) for voice, narrator, wood wind and piano, Song cycle.
• Op. 8 The Branch Will Not Break (1981) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 9 Nonsense Songs (1983) for voice and piano
• Op. 11 A Field Guide to the Birds (1983) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 12 Flower Songs (1983) for voice and piano
• Op. 17 Five Love Songs (1984) for voice and piano
• Op. 18 Two Prayers (1984) for voice
• Op. 23 Just Before Dawn (1985) for voice, cello and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 24 Two Peace Songs (1985) for voice and piano
• Op. 25 Spring Songs (1985) for voice and piano/guitar
• Op. 26 Song of the Silver Pine (1986) for voice and piano
• Op. 26a Song of the Silver Pine (1986) for voice, clarinet, strings and piano
• Op. 27 A Bowlful of Rhinos (1985) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 28 Two Love Songs (1985) for voice, flute, clarinet and piano
• Op. 29 The American Sublime (1987) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 30 Sleeping in the Forest (1987) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 31 The Region November (1987) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 32 Carnations (1988) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 33 In the Midst of Winter (1988) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 34 Elegies (1980–90) for voice and piano
• Op. 40 November by the Sea (1991) for voice and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 44 Three Love Songs (1996) for baritone and piano
• Op. 46 New Folk Songs (1998) for soprano and piano/guitar, Collection of songs
• Op. 47 The Tree of Night (1998) for voice and piano, Two songs
• Op. 49 Chinese Songs (1998) for mezzo-soprano and piano, Three songs
• Op. 50 Three Wishes (1999) for soprano and piano, Three songs
• Op. 56 To Dream Again (2002) for soprano and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 57 Domination of Black (2003) for mezzo-soprano and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 58 Of History and Hope (2004) for mezzo-soprano, choir and piano, Song cycle
• Op. 59 Nativity Songs (2009) for soprano and piano, Song cycle

Choral

• Op. 3a The Mathematician (1986) for children choir and narrator
• Op. 13 Good Friday Cantata (1984) for SATB, soprano and tenor solos with piano/organ accompaniment
• Op. 13a Three Sacred Pieces (1984) for SATB with piano/organ accompaniment
• Op. 14 American Madrigals (1980–4) for women's chorus, guitar, oboe with piano/harp accompaniment
• Op. 38 Motets (1990) for unaccompanied SATB chorus
• Op. 43 For the Governor (1992) for unaccompanied chorus, Three hymns

Opera

• Op. 35 Bowl, Cat, Broomstick (1988), 1 act
• Op. 37 Cedar Tree and River-water (1990), 1 act
• Op. 42 Maggie (1991), Ragtime musical

Orchestral

• WoO 5 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1967)
• WoO 7 Summer Music (1968)
• WoO 9 Grylli (1971)
• WoO 10 The Alligator Bride (1972)
• Op. 2 A Toy Symphony (1974)
• Op. 10 Frontier Overture (1976)
• Op. 10a Folk Symphony (1983)
• Op. 10b Folk Symphony (1984), string orchestra
• Op. 15a Three Pastorales (1980) English horn and string orchestra

Chamber and instrumental

• WoO 6a Sonata for Solo Cello (1968)
• WoO 6b Sonata for Two Cellos (1968)
• WoO 11 Migration (1986) for flute, oboe and piano
• Op. 7a Ten Bagatelles (Butterflies of North America) (1988) for saxophone quartet Score: Encora Music Press
• Op. 7b Ten Bagatelles (Butterflies of North America) (1988) for woodwind quintet
• Op. 10c String Quartet (1984)
• Op. 15 Beautiful Ohio (1980) for English horn and string quartet
• Op. 15b Fantasia and Mimesis (1985) for cello and ensemble
• Op. 16 Piano Trio (1983) for piano, violin and cello
• Op. 16a Duo (1983) for flute and piano
• Op. 21 Celebrations (1981) for brass ensemble
• Op. 22 Ballade (1985) for cello/tenor saxophone and piano, Score: Encord Publications, 1995. Recording: Gasparo (GSCD-274), 1989.
• Op. 36 Country Caprices (1988) for two violas
• Op. 36a Country Caprices (1988) for two violins
• Op. 36b Country Caprices (1988) for two cellos
• Op. 36c Country Caprices (1988) for bassoon and cello
• Op. 36d Country Caprices (1988) for oboe and violin
• Op. 39 Two Blues (1970–1986) for violin and piano
• Op. 45a Poem (1988) for flute and piano
• Op. 45b Poem (1988) for flute, oboe and piano
• Op. 45c Poem (1988) for cello and piano
• Op. 45d Poem (1988) for tenor saxophone and piano
• Op. 48 Hymns to the Night (1998) for narrator and piano trio
• Op. 51 Lives of the Great Butterflies (1999) for two alto recorders and tenor recorder
• Op. 55a Ballade No. 2 (2001) for trumpet, oboe and piano
• Op. 55b Sonata-Ballade (2002) for cello and piano

Electroacoustic

• WoO 8 Honk for Piano and Tape (1970)

References

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