A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Thomas Pasatieri

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October 20, 1945: Thomas Pasatieri is born in New York, the son of a truck driver.
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August 20, 1965: The Women, a chamber opera by Thomas Pasatieri (19) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Aspen, Colorado.
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March 16, 1966: La Divina, a comic opera by Thomas Pasatieri (20) to his own words, is performed for the first time, at the Juilliard School, New York.
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November 18, 1967: Padrevia, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (22) to his own words after Boccaccio, is performed for the first time, at Brooklyn College, New York.
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April 7, 1971: Calvary, a chamber opera by Thomas Pasatieri (25) after Yeats, is performed for the first time, in St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Seattle.
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February 14, 1972: The Trial of Mary Lincoln, a television opera by Thomas Pasatieri (26) to words of Bailey, is performed for the first time, over the airwaves of television station WGBH, Boston.
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March 2, 1972: Black Widow, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (26) to his own words after Unamuno, is performed for the first time, in Seattle.
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March 5, 1974: The Seagull, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (28) to words of Elmslie after Chekhov, is performed for the first time, in Houston.
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July 27, 1974: Signor Deluso, a comic opera by Thomas Pasatieri (28) to his own words after Molière, is performed for the first time, in Wolf Trap, Vienna, Virginia.
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August 3, 1974: The Penitentes, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (28) to words of Bailey, is performed for the first time, in Aspen, Colorado.
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March 30, 1976: Ines de Castro, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (30) to words of Stambler, is performed for the first time, in Baltimore.
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October 1, 1976: Washington Square, a chamber opera by Thomas Pasatieri (30) to words of Elmslie after James, is performed for the first time, in Detroit.
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October 9, 1980: Before Breakfast, a dramatic monologue by Thomas Pasatieri (34) to words of Corsaro after O’Neill, is performed for the first time, in New York.
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February 15, 1981: The Goose Girl, a children’s opera by Thomas Pasatieri (35) to his own words after the Brothers Grimm, is performed for the first time, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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April 6, 1983: Maria Elena, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (37) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Tucson, Arizona.
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March 13, 1986: Three Sisters, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (40) to words of Elmslie after Henry James, is performed for the first time, in Columbus, Ohio.
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August 6, 1988: Sieben Lehmannlieder, a cycle for voice and piano by Thomas Pasatieri (42) to words of Lotte Lehmann, is performed for the first time, in Santa Barbara, California.
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January 17, 1999: Three Poems of Oscar Wilde for baritone and piano by Thomas Pasatieri (53) is performed for the first time, in New York.
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May 10, 2004: Letter to Warsaw, a cycle for soprano and chamber orchestra by Thomas Pasatieri (58) to words of Braun, is performed for the first time, in Seattle. The work is a memorial to holocaust musicians.
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April 21, 2007: Concerto for Piano no.3 by Thomas Pasatieri (61) is performed for the first time, in the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
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June 2, 2007: Frau Margot, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (61) to words of Corsaro, is performed for the first time, in Fort Worth, Texas.
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August 3, 2007: The Hotel Casablanca, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (61) to his own words, is performed for the first time, in Cowell Theatre, San Francisco.
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September 14, 2008: Lady Macbeth, a monodrama after Shakespeare for soprano and piano by Thomas Pasatieri (62) is performed for the first time, in Dallas. Also premiered is Pasatieri’s Rhapsody for double bass and piano.
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May 20, 2009: Concerto for Harpischord by Thomas Pasatieri (63) is performed for the first time, in Merkin Concert Hall, New York.
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March 7, 2010: The Daughter of Capulet, a monodrama by Thomas Pasatieri (64), is performed for the first time, at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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December 16, 2010: God Bless Us, Everyone!, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (65) to words of Capasso and Van Horn, is performed for the first time, in New York.
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July 23, 2011: The Family Room, a chamber opera by Thomas Pasatieri (65) to words of Malfitano, is performed for the first time, in McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey.
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September 23, 2011: Symphony by Thomas Pasatieri (65) is performed for the first time, in Lexington, Kentucky.
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December 16, 2011: Bel Canto Songs for voice and piano by Thomas Pasatieri (66) to words of Blake are performed for the first time, in Morgan Library, New York.
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November 8, 2012: The Martyrs, an opera by Thomas Pasatieri (67) to words of Malfitano, is performed for the first time, in New York.
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March 16, 2013: In the Light of Angels, a cantata by Thomas Pasatieri (67), is performed for the first time, in the First Church of Christ, Glastonbury, Connecticut.
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March 28, 2014: Symphony no.2 by Thomas Pasatieri (68) is performed for the first time, in Lexington, Kentucky.
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May 17, 2014: Symphony no.3 by Thomas Pasatieri (68) is performed for the first time, in Seattle.