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With his first wife, pianist Barbara Shearer (1936\u20132005), Shearer’s performances included art songs, some of which were his own. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1972, and at the Mozarteum in  Salzburg, Austria where he received diplomas in concert singing and opera. He taught voice in Special Programs at the University of California at Berkeley.[1]Among his composition teachers were Fred Lerdahl, Seymour Shifrin, Andrew Imbrie and Max Deutsch, with whom he studied in Paris. He has received many awards in music, including the Rome Prize Fellowship, the Aaron Copland Award, the Sylvia Goldstein Award, a Charles Ives Scholarship, residencies at the MacDowell Colony, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.Table of ContentsMusical style[edit]Recent works[edit]Opera[edit]Instrumental works[edit]Choral works[edit]Vocal works[edit]Discography[edit]References[edit]Musical style[edit]When asked about his musical style in the discussion preceding the 2009 premiere of his opera The Dawn Makers, Shearer answered that it varies according to the demands of the medium. Critics also describe it variously. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music observes that Shearer\u2019s music, “though it recalls postwar serialism in its rhythms and textures, relies on traditional counterpoint and on tonal centers.”[2]  Its lyric quality is frequently cited: Jeff Rosenfeld, reviewing Shearer\u2019s Outbound Passenger, found the music “tuneful and harmonious;”[3]  and of Shearer\u2019s cantata King Midas, critic Robert Commanday wrote, \u2018The singing lines are fluid and supple, animated, alive; the harmony and scoring for a quintet of instruments and percussion battery (two players), rich but delicately so.”[4]  In the British periodical Opera, Allan Ulrich wrote that the score of Shearer\u2019s chamber opera The Dawn Makers has “genuine personality. The hour-long opera abounds in extended ariosos and bravura outbursts and unfurls in a conservative idiom, spiced with dissonances which neatly evade the neo-Romantic pitfalls that prevail in American opera circles.”[5]  Of the same work, Thomas Busse wrote in San Francisco Classical Voice, “The music\u2019s greatest strength was its singability, attributable to the composer\u2019s being a vocalist himself. I would describe Shearer\u2019s eclectic style as more declamatory than lyrical.”[6] Of Shearer’s opera Middlemarch in Spring[7] Janos Gereben wrote in the San Francisco Examiner, “Shearer’s music is pleasantly dissonant, with a sound that sticks in the ears and memory. It’s ambiguous music, seemingly wondering [sic] between keys, but landing securely each time.”[8]Recent works[edit]Opera[edit]Einstein at Princeton (2022), opera in one act on a libretto by Claudia StevensProspero’s Island (2021), opera in two acts on a libretto by Claudia Stevens after Shakespeare’s The TempestJackie at Vassar (2019), opera in one act on a libretto by Claudia StevensHowards End, America (2018), opera in three acts on a libretto by Claudia Stevens after the novel by E. M. ForsterCirce’s Pigs (2016), chamber opera in one act on a libretto by Claudia StevensKissing Marfa (2015), comic opera in one scene on a libretto by Claudia Stevens based on a short story by Anton ChekhovMiddlemarch in Spring (2014), chamber opera in two acts on a libretto by Claudia Stevens after the novel by George EliotRiddle Me (2010), chamber opera in one act on a libretto by Claudia StevensA Very Large Mole (2009), chamber opera in one act on a libretto after Franz Kafka by Claudia StevensThe Dawn Makers (2008), chamber opera in one act on a libretto by Claudia StevensThe Goddess (1997), opera in four acts on a libretto by the composer after the screenplay by Satyajit RayInstrumental works[edit]Duo (2022) for violin and celloImpossible Marriage (2022) for clarinet, violin and pianoEastbound Traveler (2021) for mixed quartetOctober (2020) for brass quintetEarly Start (2019) for flute, cello and pianoThinking Thoughts (2019) for violin and pianoSea Critter (2016) for piano soloRoad Piece (2015) for brass trio and percussionIntermezzo (2014) for clarinet soloFootloose (2013) for flute, violin and guitarRoundelay (2011) for oboe, clarinet and bassoonRiff on a Verse (2011) for violin and percussionTerrains (2010) for piano and string trioForthrights and Meanders (2009) for violin, cello and pianoSoliloquy (2009) for viola soloBagatelles (2006) for flute and clarinetMemory Beams (2005) for violin and guitarChoral works[edit]Roman\u00e7 de matinet (2012) for mixed chorus SATBListen. Put on Morning (2011) for mixed chorus SSATBThe Holy Innocents (2011) for mixed chorus SSAATTBBHymn to Gaia (2010) for mixed chorus SATB and chamber ensembleOrpheus in the Underworld (2010) for men\u2019s chorus TTBBSongs of the Moment (2007) for women\u2019s chorus SSAAVocal works[edit]Strange Gifts (2022) for baritone and pianoFrom Spell to Trance (2021) for soprano and pianoThe River-Merchant\u2019s Wife (2018) for soprano, flute, viola and pianoPsalm, Lament and Aubade (2018) for soprano, clarinet and pianoNovember Gold (2017) for medium voice and pianoStories Wind Told to Grass (2015) for mezzo soprano, flute, cello and pianoThe Leaves of Another Year (2014) for baritone, clarinet and guitarNight Songs II (2009) for mezzo soprano, viola and pianoLearning the Elements (2007) for mezzo soprano, clarinet, cello and pianoNight Songs (2005) for medium voice, clarinet\/bass clarinet, viola and harpHow Poems Are Made (2006) for soprano and pianoSecrets (2003) for mezzo soprano, flute, cello and pianoDiscography[edit]Five Poems of Wallace Stevens, “Dimensions,” CRS 8944Nude Descending a Staircase, “I Have Had Singing”, Chanticleer Records CR 8810Mushrooms, “With a Poet\u2019s Eye”, Chanticleer Records CR 8804The Illusion of Eternity, “The Anniversary Album 1978-1988,” Chanticleer Records CR 8804References[edit]^ “University of California at Berkeley, profile”. Archived from the original on 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2013-08-07.^ Randel, Don (1996). Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. pp.\u00a0831. ISBN\u00a00674372999.^ Rosenfeld, Jeff. “Playing with Expectations”. San Francisco Classical Voice. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved Oct 19, 2004.^ Commanday, Robert (April 25, 1991). “Baritone Strikes Gold for Himself”. San Francisco Chronicle.^ Ulrich, Allan (July 2009). Opera: 845.{{cite journal}}:  CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)^ Busse, Thomas. “Here Comes the Dawn”. San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 10 February 2009.^ Kosman, Joshua, “Opera Review: ‘Middlemarch in Spring’ is a Sunny Romp,”, San Francisco Chronicle, March 21, 2015^ Gereben, Janos, “Middlemarch–literature’s gift to opera,” San Francisco Examiner, March 20, 2015  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/allen-shearer-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Allen Shearer – Wikipedia"}}]}]