String Triptych

Ulysses Kay favored neoclassical tendencies in his works, featuring lyricism, contrapuntal textures, clear formal designs and a tonal, yet chromatic harmonic vocabulary, all of which are evident in his approachable and elegant String Triptych from 1988. Composed for the Missouri All-State High School String Orchestra, the piece features three contrasting movements, identified as “Lyric, “Cadence,” and “Finale.”

Ulysses Kay was a prolific composer, mentored by such distinguished pedagogues as William Grant Still, Howard Hanson, Paul Hindemith and Bernard Rogers. His numerous honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Prix de Rome prize and a Fulbright Scholarship for studies in Europe, and honorary doctorates from Lincoln College, Bucknell University, the University of Arizona and Illinois Wesleyan University.

 

 

Ulysses Kay favored neoclassical tendencies in his works, featuring lyricism, contrapuntal textures, clear formal designs and a tonal, yet chromatic harmonic vocabulary, all of which are evident in his approachable and elegant String Triptych from 1988. Composed for the Missouri All-State High School String Orchestra, the piece features three contrasting movements, identified as “Lyric, “Cadence,” and “Finale.” Ulysses Kay was a prolific composer, mentored by such distinguished pedagogues as William Grant Still, Howard Hanson, Paul Hindemith and Bernard Rogers. His numerous honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Prix de Rome prize and a Fulbright Scholarship for studies in Europe, and honorary doctorates from Lincoln College, Bucknell University, the University of Arizona and Illinois Wesleyan University.

Ulysses Kay favored neoclassical tendencies in his works, featuring lyricism, contrapuntal textures, clear formal designs and a tonal, yet chromatic harmonic vocabulary, all of which are evident in his approachable and elegant String Triptych from 1988. Composed for the Missouri All-State High School String Orchestra, the piece features three contrasting movements, identified as “Lyric, “Cadence,” and “Finale.”

Ulysses Kay was a prolific composer, mentored by such distinguished pedagogues as William Grant Still, Howard Hanson, Paul Hindemith and Bernard Rogers. His numerous honors and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Prix de Rome prize and a Fulbright Scholarship for studies in Europe, and honorary doctorates from Lincoln College, Bucknell University, the University of Arizona and Illinois Wesleyan University.