Ben Weber

William Jennings Bryan "Ben" Weber (July 23, 1916 in St. Louis

Awards Weber was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1950. He received a Thorne Music Award in 1965. which was given to composers of “mature years and recognized accomplishments".

Compositions (in chronological order) op.1: Three songs for contralto and piano (texts by Robert Browning and Edward Short) (1936/40) o. op.: To a golden-haired girl, for voice and piano (text by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay) o. op. : Autumn o. op. : Legende for violin and piano op.2: Five Bagatelles for piano (4/1939) o. op.: Two pieces for clarinet and piano op.3: Pastorale and Scherzino for woodwinds op.4: Fantasie for violin and piano op.5: Violin sonata No.1 (1939) op.6: Three songs for soprano and piano (texts by Ben Weber and Rainer Maria Rilke) (1940) op.7: Lyric piece for string quartet (1940) op.8: Suite for piano op.9: Pastorale for violin and piano op.10: Lied des Idioten, for soprano and orchestra (text by Rainer Maria Rilke) op.11a: Variations for piano, violin, clarinet and cello (1941) op.11b: Concertino for violin, clarinet and cello op.12: String quartet No.1 op.13: Five pieces for cello and piano op.14: Divertimento for 2 solo celli op.15: Five songs for voice and piano (texts by Adelaide Crapsey) (1941) op.16: Violin sonata No.2 (1940–42, rev. 1943) op.17: Cello sonata No.1 (1941) o. op.: Piece (later called: Ballade) for oboe and orchestra (1943) op.18: Chorale and Variations for cello and piano o. op.: Ballade for cello and piano o. op.: Intermezzo for clarinet and piano op.19: String trio (1944) op.20: Wie kann ich bleich, for voice and piano (German text by Ben Weber) op.21: Sinfonia for cello and orchestra (1945) op.22: Variations for oboe and string quartet (1944) op.23: Three piano pieces (1946) op.24: String trio op.25: Fantasia (Variations) for piano op.26: Ballet: The Pool of Darkness, for flute, violin, trumpet, bassoon, cello and piano op.26a: Episodes for piano (Piano version of Ballet Pool of Darkness) (1957) op.27: Suite for piano No.2 (1948) op.28: Dance for cello op.29: Concert Aria after Solomon, for soprano, wind quintet, violin, cello and piano (text from the bible, song of Solomon) op.30: Sonata da camera for violin and piano op.31: Dance No.2 for cello op.32: Concerto for piano solo, cello and woodwind quintet op.33: Symphony in four movements on Poems of William Blake op.34: Two pieces for string orchestra (1950) op.35: String quartet No.2 op.36: Closing piece, for organ solo op.37: Colloquy, for brass septet op.38: Ballade for 2 pianos op.39: Serenade for harpsichord, flute, oboe and cello (1953) op.40: Four songs for tenor or soprano and cello (texts by Ezra Pound, Euenus, Hadrian, Bhāsa) op.41: Concerto for violin and orchestra (1954) (WP: 1973, Daniel Kobialka (violin), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (conductor)) op.42: Prelude and Passacaglis for orchestra (1954) op.43/1: Madrigal No.1 Ah, Dear Heart for SATB chorus (text by John Donne) op.43/2: Madrigal No.2 Sonnet to Orpheus for SATB chorus (text by Rainer Maria Rilke) op.44: Serenade for string quintet op.44a: New Adventures, for piano op.45: Concertino for flute, oboe, clarinet and string quartet (1956) op.46: Serenade for strings op.47: Rapsodie concertante for viola and small orchestra (1957) op.48: Three songs for soprano and strings (1958) (texts by Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke, Richard Dehmel) op.49: Humoresque for piano op.50: String quartet No.3 (1959) op.51: Chamber fantasie for solo violin and small ensemble (1959) op.52: Two songs for voice and piano (texts by John Dowland and Ausonius) op.53: Piano concerto (1961) op.54: The Ways, for voice and piano (text by Pauline Hanson) op.55: Nocturne for flute, celesta and cello (1963) op.56: Suite for piano four hands op.57: A bird came down the walk, for mezzo-soprano and piano (1963) (text by Emily Dickinson) op.58: Dolmen, for winds and strings (1964) op.59: Four songs (1966) op.60: The enchanted midnight, for orchestra (1967) op.61: Dramatic piece for violin and orchestra (1970) op.62: Sinfonia Clarion, for orchestra (1973) op.63: Two songs for voice and piano (text by J. Mayhall) op.64: Intermezzo for piano (1972) op.65: Variazioni quasi una fantasia for harpsichord (1974) op.66: Consort of Winds, for wind quintet (1974) op.67: Capriccio for cello and piano (1977) op.68: Ciaconna for piano (1979, incomplete)