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Mark Abel (born 1948) is an American composer of classical music. His work — cast primarily as a flexible rethinking of the art song tradition — is marked by straightforward tonal language, striking vocal writing and avoidance of academic compositional techniques. Abel describes his idiom as a post-modern synthesis of classical and rock. He writes his own lyrics. ==Background== After a brief stay at Stanford University in the late 1960s, Abel was active on the New York rock scene during the 1970s and early ‘80s, leading his own groups, producing the influential bands The Feelies and The Bongos, and playing on albums of Tom Verlaine and former Left Banke mastermind Michael Brown. He returned to California in 1983 and worked in mainstream journalism for two decades, eventually becoming foreign editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He moved away from rock during that period, immersed himself in classical and gradually began developing his hybridized style. Four CDs of Abel's music have appeared in recent years. The self-released ''Journey Long, Journey Far'' 〔(Journey Long, Journey Far )〕 and ''Songs of Life, Love and Death''〔(Songs of Life, Love and Death )〕 attracted little notice. But ''The Dream Gallery'',〔(The Dream Gallery )〕 a 69-minute song cycle for seven soloists and chamber orchestra depicting the lives of imaginary archetypal Californians, caught the interest of pianist Carol Rosenberger, director of the Delos Productions label, leading to its recording by USC Thornton conductor Sharon Lavery〔(Sharon Lavery )〕 and the La Brea Sinfonietta. Delos’ release of ''Gallery'' in early 2012 began to bring Abel’s music to a wider audience. The record garnered considerable acclaim, with notices ranging from “profound and compelling”〔(Concerto Net Review )〕 and “not much like anything else out there, … most highly recommended”〔(Allmusic Review )〕 to “anyone who is interested in modern vocal music will want to own this disc.”〔(Fanfare Magazine )〕 In the fall of 2013, Abel's song “The Benediction” appeared on ''Stopping By'' 〔(Stopping By )〕 the debut CD of New York tenor Kyle Bielfield. The song, commissioned by Bielfield after hearing ''The Dream Gallery'', explores Abel's feelings about the uneasy state of socially divided America.〔(Stopping By Liner Notes )〕 Abel's second recording for Delos, ''Terrain of the Heart'',〔(Terrain of the Heart )〕 a collection of art song cycles for voice and piano, was released in February 2014. It features three recitalists from the Los Angeles classical scene — sopranos Jamie Chamberlin〔(Jamie Chamberlin )〕 and Ariel Pisturino,〔(Ariel Pisturino )〕 and pianist Victoria Kirsch.〔(Victoria Kirsch )〕 The record was praised as "art song at a high-water mark of invention" 〔()〕 and for its "emotional directness and stylistic unpredictability."〔()〕 The Journal of Singing〔()〕 called "The Dark-Eyed Chameleon" cycle "captivating and important," adding that it "holds its own" with some of the most revered tragic cycles of Schubert, Schumann and Mahler. Delos Productions announced〔()〕 November 2014 that Grammy-winning soprano Hila Plitmann had recorded Abel's cycle "The Palm Trees Are Restless," a setting of verses by Los Angeles poet Kate Gale, for future release. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Abel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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