David Woodard
David James Woodard (/ˈwʊdɑːrd/ (help·info); born 6 Apryle 1964) is an American conductor, componer an orchestrator.[1][2][3]
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Born | David James Woodard 6 Apryle 1964 Santa Barbara, Californie, Unitit States |
Citizenship | American Canadian |
Alma mater | New School for Social Research |
Thrift | Conductor |
Hauf-marrae(s) | Sonja Vectomov |
Bairns | 2 |
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Bairnheid an Early Life
eeditDavid Woodard grew up in Santa Barbara, Californie, the youngest wean o a Canadian Mennonite mither, pairt o the Kleine Gemeinde, an an American Hussite faither. His parents ran a public relations business. Woodard wis educated privately an at The New School for Social Research.[4]:34–41
Prequiems
eeditDurin the 1990s, Woodard coined the term prequiem, a portmanteau o wirds preemptive an requiem, for describin his Buddhist practice o composin dedicated music tae be played durin or just afore the daith o its subject.[4]
Oklahoma Ceety bomber Timothy McVeigh asked Woodard tae conduct a prequiem Mass on the eve o his 2001 execution in Terre Haute, Indiana. Acknowledgin McVeigh's terrible deed, yet intendin tae provide comfort, Woodard consented by premierin the coda section o his composition Ave Atque Vale wi a local brass band at St. Margaret Mary Church, near the federal preeson in Terre Haute, afore an audience that included the followin mornin's witnesses. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein an later Cardinal Roger Mahony petitioned Pape John Paul II tae bless Woodard's muisic score.[5][6][7]:37
References
eedit- ↑ Epstein, J., "Rebuilding a Home in the Jungle" Archived 2016-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mairch 2005.
- ↑ Allen, M., "Décor by Timothy Leary", The New York Times, 20 Januar 2005.
- ↑ Woodard, D., "Musica lætitiæ comes medicina dolorum", Der Freund, Nr. 7, Mairch 2006.
- ↑ a b Woodard, D., "Musica lætitiæ comes medicina dolorum", trans. S. Zeitz, Der Freund, Nr. 7, Mairch 2006, pp. 34–41.
- ↑ Carpenter, S., "In Concert at a Killer's Death", Los Angeles Times, 9 Mey 2001.
- ↑ Vloed, K. van der, "David Woodard", Requiem Survey, 5 Februar 2006.
- ↑ Wall, J. M., "Lessons in Loss", The Christian Century, 4–10 Julie 2001, p. 37.
Soorces
eedit- Kracht, C., & D. Woodard, Five Years (Hanover: Wehrhahn Verlag, 2011)
- Tenaglia, F., Momus—A Walking Interview (Milan: Noch Publishing, 2015)
- Allen, B., Pelican (Lunnon: Reaktion Books, 2019)
- Chandarlapaty, R., Seeing the Beat Generation (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2019)
- Deaglio, E., Cose che voi umani (Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2021)
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