Richard Peaslee

Richard Peaslee (June 13, 1930, New York NY – August 20, 2016) was a composer who worked in a variety of idioms, including chorus, orchestra, dance, and soundtracks for film and television, but he was most active as a composer for the theatre.[1]

Education

He received his undergraduate degree in Music Composition from Yale University, and after serving two years in the U.S. Army, received a master's degree from The Juilliard School, in addition to studying privately with Nadia Boulanger in Paris and William Russo in New York and London.[2]

Works

He had written the music for:

London

the Peter Brook / Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Marat/Sade, A Midsummer Night's Dream, US / Tell Me Lies and Antony and Cleopatra;
Peter Hall / National Theatre Animal Farm;
Terry Hands / RSC Tamburlaine the Great;
and the musical Moby-Dick.

New York City

Joseph Papp / New York Shakespeare Festival Richard III, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Troilus and Cressida and Antigone;
Martha Clarke and Music Theatre Group The Garden of Earthly Delights, Vienna Lusthaus, The Hunger Artist and Miracolo d'Amore;
Broadway Indians, Teibele and Her Demon, Frankenstein and Boccaccio;
children's / family theatre The Snow Queen, The Children's Crusade and Tanglewood Tales; and an opera, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Golden Fleece Ltd., The Composers Chamber Theater

Dance

Touch, commissioned and performed by the New York City Ballet
The Four Humours, commissioned and performed by the Pilobolus dance company

Film and television

His film scores include the Peter Brook films Marat/Sade (1967) and Tell Me Lies (1968). His music for television includes the Emmy-nominated score for Joseph Campbell/Bill Moyers series The Power of Myth, Claudia Shear’s Blown Sideways Through Life (American Playhouse), and Time/Life's Wild, Wild World of Animals.

Symphonic and jazz works

Peaslee's works have been performed by the Philadelphia, Detroit, Seattle, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, and Buffalo Symphony Orchestras; William Russo's London Jazz Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Stan Kenton and Ted Heath Orchestras and Gerry Mulligan.

Arrows of Time for Solo Trombone and Band was composed in 1993 for Joseph Alessi and the United States Army Band.

Awards

American Academy of Arts and Letters Marc Blitzstein award
Obie
Villager Award
NEA fellowships.
NYFA fellowships.

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References

"Richard Peaslee". schirmer.com. 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=181448064

External links

Richard Peaslee's website

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[1] "Richard Peaslee". schirmer.com. 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[2] ttp://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=181448064