Dominick Argento
Born: 27th October 1927, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
Died: 20th February 2019, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A
Nationality: American
Dominick Argento was an American composer best known for his operatic and choral music. His compositions include the operas Postcard from Morocco, Miss Havisham's Fire, The Masque of Angels, and The Aspern Papers. His song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. Argento spent most of his time in Minnesota, where he taught at the University of Minnesota. Critics have described his style as blending tonal and atonal elements, sometimes incorporating twelve-tone techniques.
During the 1950s, Argento spent extended periods in both the United States and Italy, often working in Florence, where he spent some time each year.
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Further Reading: Argento
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Gil Rose on the Boston Modern Orchestra Project
24th Sep 2026
Recently hailed as 'the saint of American opera' by Gramophone, the intrepid conductor discusses the 'fascination with music of the recent past' which prompted him to found his own orchestra (and eventually record-label) three decades ago.
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All Works: Argento
- A Ring of Time (2)
- A Toccata of Galuppi's (1)
- A Water Bird Talk (1)
- Diaphenia (1)
- Elizabethan Songs (6) (4)
- Evensong - Of Love and Angels (1)
- From the Diary of Virginia Woolf (5)
- Giacomo Puccini (No. 6 from Letters from Composers) (1)
- I Hate and I Love (2)
- Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe (2)
- Letters from Composers (4)
- Postcard from Morocco (2)
- Reverie Reflections on a Hymn Tune (2)
- Royal Invitation (Homage to the Queen of Tonga) (1)
- Six Elizabethan Songs (8)
- Sleep (from Six Elizabethan Songs) (1)
- Songs About Spring (2)
- Sonnet No. LXIV (In memoriam 9/11/01) (1)
- Spring (from Six Elizabethan Songs) (4)
- The Andrée Expedition (3)
- The Dream of Valentino: Tango (1)
- To be Sung upon the Water (3)
- To be Sung upon the Water: Prologue - Shadow and Substance (1)
- Valentino Dances (3)
- Valentino Dances: excerpt (1)
- Valse Triste (2)
- Walden Pond (2)
- When Faces Called Flowers (No. 5 from Songs About Spring) (1)
- Winter (1)
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To Be Sung Upon the Water | Song cycles by Dominick Argento
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