title: Morton Gould
text: # Morton Gould
  
  Morton Gould (New York, 10 febbraio 1913 – Orlando, 21 febbraio 1996) è stato un compositore, pianista e direttore d'orchestra statunitense.
  
  ## Biografia
  
  Nato a New York, viene considerato un bambino prodigio quando a sei anni scrive le sue prime opere. Si è formato presso la Juilliard School. Durante la grande depressione ha lavorato come pianista in teatro. Dopo l'apertura della Radio City Music Hall, è diventato qui pianista. Ha lavorato anche in radio, presso la WOR (AM), e poi in televisione.
  
  Ha composto e/o musicato diverse piece per Broadway tra cui Billion Dollar Baby e Arms and the Girl. Inoltre, per quanto riguarda le colonne sonore, ha realizzato tra l'altro quelle di Delightfully Dangerous (1945), Cinerama Holiday (1955) e Windjammer (1958).
  
  Ha lavorato con le orchestre di tutti gli Stati Uniti, dal momento che i suoi lavori sono stati commissionati dalla Biblioteca del Congresso, dalla Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, dall'American Ballet Theatre, dal New York City Ballet e dal comitato dello United States Bicentennial.
  
  Tra i riconoscimenti che ha ricevuto vi sono il Grammy Award alla carriera (2005), l'inserimento nella American Academy of Arts and Letters e il Pulitzer Prize for Music.
  
  ## Opere
  
  * Abby Variations (piano) (1964)
  * A Capella (1987)
  * Adeste Fidelis
  * American Ballads, Settings of American Tunes for Orchestra (1976)
  * American Caprice
  * American Salute (1942)
  * American Sing: Settings of Folk Songs (1984)
  * American Symphonette no 2 (1939)
  * American Youth March
  * Americana
  * The Anniversary Rag (piano) (1994)
  * Apple Waltzes (In Tribute to George Balanchine) (7 movements from Audubon) (1969)
  * At the Piano (1964)
  * Audubon (Birds of America) (1969)
  * Ballad for Band (1946)
  * Battle Hymn (1950)
  * Benny's Gig (1962)
  * Big City Blues (1950)
  * Boogie Woogie Etude (for piano and orchestra) (1943)
  * Buckaroo Blues (1954)
  * Burchfield Gallery (1978–1979)
  * Café Rio (1957)
  * Calypso Souvenir (1964)
  * Celebration Strut for Orchestra (1981)
  * 'Cellos (1984)
  * Centennial Symphony, Gala for Band (1983)
  * Cheers! — A Celebration March (1979)
  * Christmas Time (1992)
  * Cinerama Holiday: Suite (1955)
  * Classical Variations on Colonial Themes (1984)
  * Columbia: Broadsides for Orchestra (1967)
  * Come Up From the Valley, Children (1964)
  * Concertette for Viola and Band (1943)
  * Concerto Concertante (for violin and orchestra) (1981–1982)
  * Concerto for Flute (1984)
  * Concerto for Orchestra (1944)
  * Concerto for Piano (1938)
  * Concerto for Viola (1943)
  * Cowboy Rhapsody (1943)
  * Dance Gallery
  * Dance Variations for Two Pianos & Orchestra (1953)
  * Dancing Days (1966)
  * Declaration: Suite (1956)
  * Derivations for Solo Clarinet and Band (1955)
  * Deserted Ballroom (1936)
  * Dialogues (for piano and orchestra) (1958)
  * Diversions: for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra (1990)
  * Dixie (1949)
  * Dramatic Fanfares from CBS-TV documentary “World War I” (orchestra) (1964)
  * Duo for Flute and Clarinet (1982)
  * Fall River Legend (1947)
  * Family Album: Suite (1951)
  * Fanfare for Freedom (1942)
  * Festive Fanfare (1991)
  * Festive Music (1964)
  * Flares and Declamations (1987)
  * Flourishes and Galop (1983)
  * Folk Suite (1941)
  * Formations (1964)
  * Foster Gallery (1939)
  * Ghost Waltzes (piano) (1991)
  * Global Greetings for Symphonic Band (1994)
  * Guajira (for clarinet and orchestra) (1949)
  * Hail to a First Lady (1991)
  * Hamma'ariv aravim (1947)
  * Harvest (1945)
  * Holiday Music (1947)
  * Holocaust: Suite (from the NBC-TV series) (1978)
  * Home for Christmas
  * A Homespun Overture (1939)
  * Hoofer Suite (for Tap Dancer and Orchestra) (1956)
  * Hosedown: A Firefighter Fable (1995)
  * Housewarming (1982)
  * I'm Old Fashioned, The Astaire Variations (1983)
  * Interplay (American Concertette) (for piano and orchestra) (1945)
  * Inventions (for Four Pianos and Orchestra)(1953)
  * It's A Living
  * Jeeps and Peeps (1944)
  * Jekyll and Hyde Variations (1956)
  * Jericho
  * Jingle Bells (1952)
  * The Jogger and the Dinosaur (for rapper and orchestra) (1992)
  * Latin-American Symphonette (Symphonette No. 4) (1940)
  * Lincoln Legend (1942)
  * Main Street March
  * Main Street Waltz
  * Mini-Suite for Band (1968)
  * Minstrel Show (1946)
  * Minute-Plus Waltz/Rag (1990)
  * New China March
  * No Longer Very Clear (for baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano) (1994)
  * Notes of Remembrance (1989)
  * Of Time and the River (1945)
  * Parade (for Percussion) (1956)
  * Patterns (piano) (1984)
  * Philharmonic Waltzes (1948)
  * Pieces of China (piano) (1985)
  * Prelude and Toccata
  * Prisms (1962)
  * Quotations (1983)
  * Rag Waltz (piano) (1984)
  * Recovery Music (for Clarinet) (1984)
  * Red Cavalry March
  * Rhythm Gallery (1959)
  * Saint Lawrence Suite for Band (1958)
  * Salutations (1966)
  * Santa Fé Saga (1956)
  * Serenade of Carols (1949)
  * Show Piece for Orchestra (1954)
  * Something To Do—Labor Cantata (1976)
  * Sonata No. 1 (piano) (1930)
  * Sonata No. 2 (piano) (1932)
  * Sonata No. 3 (piano) (1936)
  * A Song of Freedom (1941)
  * Soundings (1969)
  * Spirituals in Five Movements (1941)
  * Spirituals for String Orchestra and Harp (1959)
  * StringMusic (1995)
  * Suite (for Cello and Piano) (1981)
  * Suite (for Violin and Piano) (1945)
  * Symphonette No. 3 (Third American Symphonette)
  * Symphonette No. 4 (Latin-American Symphonette) (1933)
  * Symphonic Serenade (195?)
  * Symphony No. 1 (1943)
  * Symphony No. 2 "Symphony on Marching Tunes" (1944)
  * Symphony No. 3 (1946)
  * Symphony No. 4 "West Point" (1952)
  * Symphony of Spirituals (1975)
  * Tap Dance Concerto (1952)
  * Ten for Deborah (piano) (1965)
  * There Are (No) Children Here (1996)
  * Troubadour Music (1969)
  * Tuba Suite (1971)
  * Two for Chorus (1966)
  * Two Pianos (1987)
  * Venice for Double Orchestra and Brass Choirs (1967)
  * Vivaldi Gallery for String Quartet and Divided Orchestra (1968)
  * Windjammer (1958)
  * World War I: Selections (Musica per serie TV CBS) (1964)
  * Yankee Doodle (1945)
  