b. 1956
Tom Cipullo
Tom Cipullo is best known as a composer of vocal music. His song cycles set the poetry of American composers, from Emily Dickinson to Billy Collins.
Photo: Tom Cipullo, https://tomcipullo.net/
Audio
“Desire” (from “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House”)
Matthew Morris (baritone) & Sungha Lee (pianist)2:55
“Touch Me” (from “Late Summer”)
Ju Hyeon Han (soprano) & Mark McNeill (piano)4:08
“How to Get Heat Without Fire” (from “How to Get Heat Without Fire”)
Meredith Lustig (soprano) & Liza Stepanova (piano)5:22
“The Pocketbook” (from “How to Get Heat Without Fire”)
Sharon I-Chun Cheng (soprano) & Mark McNeill (piano)4:38
About
Tom Cipullo studied at Hofstra University and Boston University, under the direction of David Del Tredici, Elie Siegmeister, and Albert Tepper. He founded the organization Friends & Enemies of New Music.
Cipullo’s first opera, Glory Denied, premiered in 2006. The opera is about “America during the Vietnam War, based on the true story of Colonel Jim Thompson, America’s longest-held prisoner of war.”
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Tom Cipullo Official Website
tomcipullo.netDissertation
search.proquest.com/docview/894334839Songs
A Clear Midnight2009Tom CipulloWalt WhitmanAmerica 19682008Tom CipulloRobert HaydenAnother Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsAnother Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House1998 · Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsAs Summer Into Autumn Slips2001 · Late SummerTom CipulloEmily DickinsonBy the Waters of Babylon1982 · Bitter for SweetSimon SargonChristina RossettiBy the Waters of Babylon2009Tom CipulloAnonymousCancer1998 · Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsCrickets2001 · Late SummerTom CipulloWilliam HeyenDawn2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloPaul Laurence DunbarDesire1998 · Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsEmbrace1998 · Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsFlames1998 · Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsFrederick Douglass2008 · America 1968Tom CipulloRobert HaydenHey Nonny No2008 · America 1968Tom CipulloRobert HaydenHow to Get Heat Without Fire2000Tom CipulloMarilyn KalletHow to Get Heat Without Fire2000 · How to Get Heat Without FireTom CipulloMarilyn KalletI Hear America Singing2008Tom CipulloWalt WhitmanIce Storm2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloRobert HaydenIncident2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloCountee CullenInsomnia2009Tom CipulloDana Gioia, Howard Moss, Walt WhitmanInsomnia2009 · InsomniaTom CipulloDana GioiaLate Summer2001Tom CipulloEmily Dickinson, William Heyen, Stanley KunitzMonet’s Water Lilies2008 · America 1968Tom CipulloRobert HaydenOn Being Brought From Africa to America2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloPhillis WheatleyPersonal2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloLangston HughesPutting Down the Cat1998 · Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the HouseTom CipulloBilly CollinsSaying Goodbye2000 · How to Get Heat Without FireTom CipulloMarilyn KalletThe Late Singer2009 · SingingTom CipulloWilliam Carlos WilliamsThe Pocketbook2000 · How to Get Heat Without FireTom CipulloMarilyn KalletThe Point2008 · America 1968Tom CipulloRobert HaydenThe Point2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloRobert HaydenThe Sousaphonist2009 · SingingTom CipulloRobin BehnThose Winter Sundays2008 · America 1968Tom CipulloRobert HaydenTouch Me2001 · Late SummerTom CipulloStanley KunitzThe Whipping2008 · America 1968Tom CipulloRobert HaydenWhy I Wear My Hair Long2000 · How to Get Heat Without FireTom CipulloMarilyn KalletYet Do I Marvel2000 · Climbing: Poems by African-AmericansTom CipulloCountee Cullen
Video
Records
2013
The Three-Paneled Mirror
Christopher Berg, Tom Cipullo, Richard Pearson Thomas
Sheet Music
America 1968
Tom Cipullo
1. Monet's Water Lilies
2. Hey Nonny No
3. The Point
4. The Whipping
5. Those Winter Sundays
6. Frederick Douglass
2. Hey Nonny No
3. The Point
4. The Whipping
5. Those Winter Sundays
6. Frederick Douglass
Late Summer
Tom Cipullo
1. Crickets
2. As Summer Into Autumn Slips
3. Touch Me
2. As Summer Into Autumn Slips
3. Touch Me