Gloria Coates United States

Biography

Gloria Coates (October 10, 1938 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is an American composer formed in Chicago, Louisiana State University, New York's Cooper Union Art School and Columbia University. She has written 16 symphonies, 10 string quartets and numerous songs and chamber works which have been performed by leading orchestras and performers internationally. Her mentors were Alexander Tcherepnin and Otto Luening Since 1976 she has lived periodically in London, England and Munich, Germany; and from 1989 -1999 in New York.

Popular Songs

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  Symphony no. 2 "Illuminatio in Tenebris": II. Aurora Australis

  Symphony no. 2

  100 BPM
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  Symphony no. 7: Glass of Time

  Symphonies nos. 14, 1 and 7

  136 BPM
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  String Quartet no. 7 "Angels"

  String Quartets nos. 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8

  83 BPM
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  Time Frozen: II. I Go through Time

  Symphony no. 2

  82 BPM
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  Transitions: II. Mystical Plosives

  Symphony no. 15 / Cantata da Requiem / Transitions

  72 BPM

Discography

Symphony no. 15 / Cantata da Requiem / Transitions

2007

Symphonies nos. 14, 1 and 7

2006

String Quartets nos. 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8

2003

Symphony no. 2

1998