Morten Lauridsen

Morten Lauridsen (born February 27 1943 in Colfax, Washington) is an American composer with Danish roots. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and attended Whitman College and the University of Southern California, where he studied advanced composition. He is a long-time professor and Chair of the Department of Composition at USC, and was also Composer in Residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1994 to 2001.

Choral works

• Ave Dulcissima Maria (2004, written for the Harvard Glee Club)
• Ave Maria (1997)
• Be Still, My Soul, Be Still
• A Winter Come (on poems by Howard Moss)
• I. When Frost Moves Fast
• II. As Birds Come Nearer
• III. The Racing Waterfall
• IV. A Child Lay Down
• V. Who Reads By Starlight
• VI. And What Of Love
• Les Chansons des Roses (1993) (settings of poems by Rainer Maria Rilke)
• I. En Une Seule Fleur
• II. Contre Qui, Rose
• III. De Ton Rêve Trop Plein
• IV. La Rose Complete
• V. Dirait-on
• Lux Aeterna (1997)
• I. Introitus
• II. In Te, Domine, Speravi
• III. O Nata Lux
• IV. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
• V. Agnus Dei
• Madrigali: Six "Firesongs" on Italian Renaissance Poems
• I. Ov'è, Lass', Il Bel Viso?
• II. Quando Son Piu Lontan
• III. Amor, Io Sento L'alma
• IV. Io Piango
• V. Luci Serene e Chiare
• VI. Se Per Havervi, Oime
• Mid-Winter Songs (on poems by Robert Graves)
• I. Lament for Pasiphae
• II. Like Snow
• III. She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep
• IV. Mid-Winter Waking
• V. Intercession in Late October
• Nocturnes (2005)
• I. Sa Nuit d'Été
• II. Soneto de la Noche
• III. Sure on this Shining Night
• O Magnum Mysterium
• Ubi Caritas et Amor