Editing Frederic Rzewski (section)

== Career ==
In 1966, Rzewski co-founded [[Musica Elettronica Viva]] with [[Alvin Curran]] and [[Richard Teitelbaum]] in [[Rome]]. Musica Elettronica Viva conceived music as a collective, collaborative process, with improvisation and live [[electronic instrument]]s prominently featured. In 1971, he returned to New York from Italy.<ref name="Grove">"Frederic Rzewski", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980.</ref>

In 1977, Rzewski became Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in [[Liège]], Belgium, then directed by [[Henri Pousseur]]. Occasionally, he taught for short periods at schools and universities throughout the U.S. and Europe, including [[Yale University]], the [[University of Cincinnati]], the [[California Institute of the Arts]], the [[University of California, San Diego]], the [[Royal Conservatory of The Hague]], and [[Trinity College of Music]], London.<ref name="Grove" />

Many of Rzewski's works were inspired by [[secular]] and socio-historical themes, show a deep political conscience and feature improvisational elements. His better-known works include ''[[The People United Will Never Be Defeated!]]'' (36 variations on the [[Sergio Ortega (composer)|Sergio Ortega]] song "[[El pueblo unido jamás será vencido]]"); ''Coming Together'', a setting of letters from [[Sam Melville]], an inmate at [[Attica State Prison]], at the time of [[Attica Prison riots|the riots there]] (1972); ''North American Ballads'' (I. ''Dreadful Memories''; II. ''Which Side Are You On?''; III. ''Down by the Riverside''; IV. ''Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues'') (1978–79); ''Night Crossing with Fisherman''; ''Fougues''; ''Fantasia'' and ''Sonata''; ''The Price of Oil'', and ''Le Silence des Espaces Infinis'', both of which use graphical notation; ''Les Moutons de Panurge''; and the ''Antigone-Legend''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rzewski, Frederic|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000024218|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=Grove Music Online|year=2001|language=en|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24218|isbn=978-1-56159-263-0|last1=Murray|first1=Edward}}</ref> Rzewski's later compositions include ''[[Nanosonatas]]'' (2006–2010) and ''Cadenza con o senza Beethoven'' (2003), written for [[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto]]. Rzewski played the solo part in the world premiere of his piano concerto at the 2013 [[BBC Proms]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/enprzc |publisher=[[BBC]] |title=Prom 50: White, Barry, Rzewski, Feldman |access-date=February 21, 2021 |date=August 19, 2013}}</ref>