Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 - July 25, 1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. He wrote for music the theater, film, ballet and orchestra, but his greatest fame was for his two operas The Devil and Daniel Webster (1938) and The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956). August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Sydney Opera House: one of the worlds most recognisable opera houses and landmarks. ...

Moore was born in Cutchogue, Long Island, New York, and his ancestors can be traced back to the fist settlers arriving to Long Island. He went to the Hotchkiss School, where he met Archibald MacLeish. In 1917, he graduated from Yale University. He then served in the Navy as a lieutenant, after which he went to Paris where he studied with Nadia Boulanger and Vincent d'indy. In 1921, Moore went to Cleveland as Director of Music at the Cleveland Museum of Art, during which he studied with Ernest Bloch at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and performed in plays at the Cleveland Playhouse. In 1926, Moore joined the music faculty at Columbia University, where he remained until his retirement in 1962. In 1954 he was a co-founder, with Otto Luening and Oliver Daniel, of the CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.) record label. Apart from classical compositions, Moore also composed several popular songs whilst at Yale together with MacLeish and later in collaboration with John Jacob Niles. These songs were later published under the collective title "Songs my Mother never taught Me". The Cutchogue Public Library Cutchogue is a hamlet located in Suffolk County, New York (USA). ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... The Hotchkiss School is an independent, college preparatory boarding school located in Lakeville, Connecticut. ... Archibald MacLeish Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Yale redirects here. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979) was an influential composer, conductor, and music professor. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Cleveland Museum of Art Located in Clevelands University Circle, the Cleveland Museum of Art has a permanent collection of more than 40,000 objects. ... Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American Jewish composer. ... Located in the University Circle district of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, the Cleveland Institute of Music is one of the nations premier music conservatories. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Otto Luening (born June 15, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died September 2, 1996 in New York City) was an American composer and an early pioneer of electronic music. ... Oliver Daniel (1911-1990) was an American arts administrator, musicologist, and composer. ...

List of works

Stage works

• White wings, chamber opera (1935)
• The Headless Horseman, operetta (1936)
• The Devil and Daniel Webster, folk opera (1939)
• Giants in the Earth, opera (1950, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951)
• The Ballad of Baby Doe, opera (1956)
• Gallantry, a soap opera (1958)
• Wings of the Dove, opera (1961)
• Carrie Nation, opera (1966)

Orchestral works

• Four Museum Pieces (1923)
• Pageant of P.T. Barnum, suite (1924)
• Moby Dick, symphonic poem (1928)
• A Symphony of Autumn (1928)
• Overture on an American tune (1932)
• Village music, suite (1941)
• In memoriam (1943)
• Down East suite, also arranged for violin and piano (1944)
• Symphony no. 2 in A major (1945)
• Farm journal, suite (1947)
• Cotillion suite (1952)

Chamber works

• Violin sonata (1929)
• String quartet (1933)
• Quintet for woodwinds and horn (1942)
• Quintet for clarinet and strings (1946)
• Piano trio (1953)
• Three pieces for violin and piano

Film music

• Power in the Land (1940)
• Youth Gets a Break (1940)
• Bip goes to Town (1941)

External links

• The Ballad of Baby Doe web site