Carol E. Barnett

Carol Edith Barnett (born 23 May 1949) is an American composer. She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and studied at the University of Minnesota with Dominick Argento and Paul Fetler (composition), Bernard Weiser (piano) and Emil J. Niosi (flute). She graduated with a bachelor's degree in music theory and composition in 1972 and a masters in theory and composition in 1976.^[1]

After completing her education, Barnett went on the road, playing keyboard and singing background vocals with Mexican guitar player Ben Peña, worked as a freelance music copyist (1976-1997), and played in the Children's Theatre pit and various community orchestras (1980-2016).

She married Minnesota Orchestra violist John Tartaglia in 1985.

Barnett was composer-in-residence with the Dale Warland Singers from 1991 to 2001,^[2] and an adjunct instructor in music theory and composition at Augsburg College in Minneapolis from 2000 to 2015.

She was awarded the 2003 Nancy Van de Vate International Prize for Opera for her chamber opera, Snow,^[3] and her music theater work Meeting at Seneca Falls was featured at the 2006 Diversity Festival in Red Wing, MN. The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, commissioned in 2006 by VocalEssence and written with Marisha Chamberlain, had its Carnegie Hall debut in February 2013, and has become a favorite across the country.

Barnett is a charter member of the American Composers Forum. She resides in Minneapolis and works as a freelance composer.^[4]

Works

Works include:^[4]

American Kaleidoscope (orchestra) 2010
An American Thanksgiving (SATB divisi) 2003
Angelus ad virginem (SATB divisi) 2010
Aprile/April (SATB divisi) 1997
Bega (SATB divis, piano) 2011
By and By (SATB divisi) 1995
Children of the Heavenly Father (SATB) 2000
Children’Songs SATB, clarinet, piano) 1996
Christmas Eve, Bells (SATB divisi) 1991
Cinco Poemas de Bécquer SATB divisi, soprano recorder, guitar, wind chimes) 1979
Cindy (SATB divisi, piano or guitar)
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra 1985
Coy Pond Suite (big band) 2014
Cyprian Suite (concert band) 2002
Cyprus: First Impressions (alto flute, strings) 2000
Dance and Sing (SATB, piano) 1991
Dance of Zálongo (SA, SATB, claves, piano) 1998
The Darkling Thrush (SATB divisi, string quartet) 2017
The Day of Hope (women's chorus, oboe, percussion, harp) 2004
Deep River (SATB divisi) 1994
An Elizabethan Garland (SATB divisi) 1994
Epigrams, Epitaphs SATB, 4-hand piano) 1986
Four Chorale Meditations (violin) 1982
Franklin Credo (SATB) 1996
God Bless the Young Folk (SATB, piano) 2008/2017
Golden Slumbers (SATB divisi) 1994
Great Day (SATB divisi) 2005
Hodie (SATB divisi) 1998
I Sing the Birth (SATB divisi, percussion) 2003
Ithaca (baritone, guitar) 2001
The King of Yellow Butterflies (SATB divisi) 1993
The Last Invocation (SATB divisi) 1988
Little Potato (arrangement of the Malcolm Dalglish tune; SATB divisi) 1989
Many Songs I’ve Heard: Melodies From Eastern Europe (2 pianos) 2012
March to Glory: “Draw Me Nearer” (organ) 2013
Marian Variants (concert band) 2008
Meeting at Seneca Falls (soprano, mezzo, baritone, narrator, small instrumental ensemble) 1998
Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum (SATB, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass) 2017
Most Holy Night (SATB divisi) 2016
Musica, Dei donum optimi (SATB divisi) 2016
My People Are Rising (SA, violin, doumbek) 2017
My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord (SATB divisi) 2001
Mythical Journeys (flute, guitar) 1991
Near Odessa (SA, piano) 2013
Nocturnes for Chamber Orchestra 1980
Oh, Yes! (SATB divisi) 1996
One Equal Music (TTBB divisi) 2001
Overture to a Greek Drama (orchestra) 1994
Piano (After D.H. Lawrence) 1996
Pilot Me (SATB divisi) 2003
Praise (organ, steel pan or marimba) 2007
Prelude and Romp (concert band) 2008
Red River Valley (SATB divisi, oboe, harp) 1991
Remember the Ladies (SA, piano) 2011
Requiem for Treble Voices (SSA) 1981
Safe in the Arms of Jesus (SATB divisi) 2004
Sappho Fragments (mezzo-soprano, soprano sax, vibraphone/marimba, bass) 2007
Shaker Suite: Canterbury (woodwind quintet) 2014
Shepherds, Rejoice! (SATB) 2012
Sonata for Horn and Piano 1973
Song of Perfect Propriety (SSA, piano) 2006
A Spiritual Journey (SATB, jazz band, chamber orchestra) 1997
Steal Away (SATB divisi) 1995
String Quartet #1: Jewish Folk Fantasies 1986
Sumervar (chamber orchestra) 1988
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (SATB divisi) 1994
Swedish Lullaby (SATB, piano) 2012
Syncopated Lady (piano) 1993
Tagore's Lost Star (SATB divisi, harp) 2017
Tirana (concert band) 2005
A Tree Telling of Orpheus (SATB divisi) 2010
Variations, Oh Yes! (clarinet, piano) 2008
Variação (SATB divisi) 2000
Verba Ultima (SATB, soprano sax) 1999
Vignettes, After Pierides (flute, cello, piano) 2001
Veni Sancte Spiritus (SATB divisi) 2005
Voices (soprano, guitar) 1983
We Clasp the Hands (SSA, piano) 2016
Winter, Snow (SSA, piano) 2004
Wonder Where (SATB divisi) 1996
The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass (SATB, S/A/T soli, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass) 2006

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum CD (2017) VocalEssence
Treasures from the Archive CD (September 9, 2014) Navona, ASIN: B00MHIKUSU
Voices of Earth & Air: Works for Chorus CD (July 30, 2013) Navona, ASIN: B00DJSUNU2
Choral Currents CD (June 1, 2011) Innova
Zeitgeist: Here and Now CD (March 29, 2011) Innova
Christmas a Cappella: Songs from Around the World CD (September 9, 2008) Cedille Records, ASIN: B001E1BO86
The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass Audio CD (November 13, 2007) Clarion, ASIN: B000XLQGNQ
Piccolo Four Hands CD (2007) Piccalota Productions
Souvenirs De La France Profonde (Tour of Southwest France 2007) CD Yale Schola Cantorum, ASIN: B00G6SBM16
Cyprus: First Impressions CD (July 2, 2006) Innova, ASIN: B000FFP0BY
Harvest Home: Songs from the Heart CD (October 11, 2005) Gothic, ASIN: B000B8QFBY
Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers CD (2002) Innova
Cantate Hodie: Bach Choir of Pittsburgh CD (2002) Gothic
Orchestral Miniatures: Volume V Contemporary American CD (May 30, 2000) Mmc Records, ASIN: B00004TV6E
Syncopated Lady Audio CD (July 27, 1999) Capstone, ASIN: B00000JLD5
My Soul’s Delight CD (August 1, 1998) Concordia Recordings, ASIN: B00005YB83
Blue Wheat: A Harvest of American Folk Songs CD (Jan 1, 1996) Gothic
Heartbeats: New songs from Minnesota for the AIDS Quilt Songbook CD (January 1, 1980) Innova, ASIN: B000004AFA

References

^ Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2.
^ Newhouse, Brian. "The Dale Warland Singers Program Notes". Retrieved 22 January 2011.
^ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog.
^ ^a ^b Barnett, Carol. "Carol Barnett, Composer". www.carolbarnett.net. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[1] Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 2.

[2] Newhouse, Brian. "The Dale Warland Singers Program Notes". Retrieved 22 January 2011.

[3] Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog.

[:0-4] Barnett, Carol. "Carol Barnett, Composer". www.carolbarnett.net. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

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