Alan Mauritz Swanson

Alan Mauritz Swanson (born Chicago, Illinois October 29, 1941) is an American composer and academic who lives in the Netherlands. He took his BA (1963) and MA (1965) at Indiana University and his PhD at the University of Chicago (1973). In between he studied at Stockholm University. As an academic, he taught at Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois), Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah), and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and came to specialize in the theatre and opera of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Trained as a singer, many of his early compositions are for voice, but recent work has tended to be varied in form: string quartets, a viola concerto, a partita for piano, and others. In 2006, he was honored for his academic and community work by being appointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. Partial works list Vocal Choral * 1970: Prairie Conversation 2 voices Alto, Baritone * 1970: Carol “Child, sleeping, do not wake” Trebles, solo instrumental * 1971: Magnificat Choir SATB * 1975: God is gone up SSA, Triangle * 1980: Good Shepherd Variations for Choir, SSA * 1980: Preliminary Look at Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty” Baritone solo * 1986