Christopher Rouse (composer)

Rouse was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Christopher Rouse Jr., a salesman at Pitney Bowes, and Margorie or Margery Rouse, a radiology secretary.{{cite news |last1=Oxenden |first1=McKenna |last2=Campbell |first2=Colin |date=September 22, 2019 |title=Baltimore composer Christopher Rouse, 70, winner of Pulitzer Prize and three Grammy Awards, dies |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bs-fe-christopher-rouse-dies-20190922-gw3upiqt55d5ba7uhm6gacahfq-story.html |work=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore |access-date=September 29, 2019}} He studied with Richard Hoffmann at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, graduating in 1971. He later completed graduate degrees under Karel Husa at Cornell University in 1977. In between, Rouse studied privately with George Crumb.

Early recognition came from the BMI Foundation's BMI Student Composer Awards in 1972 and 1973. Rouse taught at the University of Michigan from 1978 to 1981, where he was also a Junior Fellow in the university's Society of Fellows and at the Eastman School of Music from 1981 to 2002. Beginning in 1997, he taught at the Juilliard School.

Rouse's Symphony No. 1 was awarded the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award in 1988,{{cite journal |last=Valdes |first=Lesley |title=Christopher Rouse Symphony Wins A $5,000 Prize |journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer |publisher=Philadelphia Media Network |date=November 1, 1988 |url=http://articles.philly.com/1988-11-01/news/26245696_1_prize-performances-baltimore-symphony |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402085936/http://articles.philly.com/1988-11-01/news/26245696_1_prize-performances-baltimore-symphony |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=March 4, 2015}} and his Trombone Concerto was awarded the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Music.{{cite web |last=Snow |first=Shauna |title=The Pulitzers |work=Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 1993 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-16-ca-23499-story.html |access-date=March 4, 2015}} In 2002, Rouse was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Also in that year, he won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition for his Concert de Gaudí.{{cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Molly |title=A Rousing Night At The Grammy Awards |work=NewMusicBox |date=February 28, 2002 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/A-Rousing-Night-at-the-Grammy-Awards/ |access-date=May 15, 2015}} In 2009, Rouse was named Musical America's Composer of the Year{{cite web |last=Horsley |first=Paul |title=Composer of the Year 2009 |work=Musical America |date=2009 |url=http://www.musicalamerica.com/features/?fid=148&fyear=2009 |access-date=March 24, 2015}} and the New York Philharmonic's Composer-in-Residence in 2012.{{cite web |last=Maloney |first=Jennifer |title=Rouse Named Next N.Y. Philharmonic Composer-in-Residence |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 22, 2012 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/02/22/rouse-named-next-n-y-philharmonic-composer-in-residence/ |access-date=March 4, 2015}} Rouse also served as Composer-in-Residence with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1985–88), the Tanglewood Music Festival (1997), the Helsinki Biennale (1997), the Pacific Music Festival (1998), and the Aspen Music Festival (annually since 2000).

His notable students included Kamran Ince, Marc Mellits, Michael Torke, Lawrence Wilde, Nico Muhly,{{cite magazine |last=Ross |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Ross (music critic) |title=The Long Haul: Nico Muhly's first two operas. |magazine=The New Yorker |date=November 28, 2011 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/28/the-long-haul |access-date=May 23, 2015}} Robert Paterson, Jeff Beal, Jude Vaclavik, Kevin Puts, D. J. Sparr, and Joseph Lukasik.

Rouse died on September 21, 2019, from complications of renal cancer in Towson, Maryland at the age of 70.

Rouse was married twice, first to Ann (née Jensen) in 1983 and then to Natasha (née Miller) in 2016.{{cite news |last=Nagle |first=Jeanne M. |date=24 December 1999 |title=Christopher Rouse: A master in the classical composer's trade |url=https://rbj.net/1999/12/24/christopher-rouse-a-master-in-the-classical-composers-trade/ |work=Rochester Business Journal |location=Rochester |access-date=27 September 2019}} Rouse had four children: Angela, Jillian, Alexandra, and Adrian.

Rouse was a neoromantic composer. Some of his works were predominantly atonal (Gorgon, Concerto for Orchestra) while others are clearly tonal (Karolju, Rapture, Supplica). Most often he sought to integrate tonal and non-tonal harmonic worlds, as in his concerti for flute, oboe, and guitar. All of his music was composed, in his words, "to convey a sense of expressive urgency." Rouse was praised for his orchestration, particularly with percussion.{{cite web |last=Swed |first=Mark |title=A percussionist cavorts alongside 'The Planets' |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 16, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-16-et-bowl16-story.html |access-date=March 30, 2015}} He often quoted other composers' works (e.g., his Symphony No. 1, composed in 1986, incorporates quotations of Bruckner and Shostakovich).Rouse, Christopher. [http://www.christopherrouse.com/sym1press.html Symphony No. 1: Program Note by the Composer]. 1986. Retrieved March 4, 2015.{{cite web |last=Allen |first=David |title=The Rock Beat of His Youth, Echoing Again in August Precincts: Rouse's World Premiere and Batiashvili Plays Brahms |work=The New York Times |date=October 10, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/arts/music/rouses-world-premiere-and-batiashvili-plays-brahms.html |access-date=March 24, 2015}}

Rouse's oldest extant works are two brief pieces for percussion ensemble, both inspired by mythological subjects: Ogoun Badagris (1976, Haitian) and Ku-Ka-Ilimoku (1978, Polynesian); a later percussion score inspired by rock drumming, Bonham was composed in 1988.

The death of Leonard Bernstein in 1990 was the first in a series of deaths that made a profound impression on Rouse, and his Trombone Concerto (1991) became the first score of his so-called "Death Cycle," a group of pieces that all served as reactions to these deaths.{{cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Rothstein |title=Review/Music; A Mournful but Thunderous Trombone Concerto |work=The New York Times |date=January 1, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/01/arts/review-music-a-mournful-but-thunderous-trombone-concerto.html |access-date=May 23, 2015}} These scores memorialized William Schuman (Violoncello Concerto—1992),{{cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Rothstein |title=Review/Music; Cello Piece Pays Tribute To Departed Composers |work=The New York Times |date=January 28, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/28/arts/review-music-cello-piece-pays-tribute-to-departed-composers.html |access-date=May 15, 2015}} the James Bulger murder (Flute Concerto—1993),{{cite journal |last=Tumelty |first=Michael |title=Rouse's flute concerto is a perfectly formed arc |journal=The Herald |publisher=Newsquest |date=October 4, 2014 |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/opinion/rouses-flute-concerto-is-a-perfectly-formed-arc.25448989 |access-date=March 29, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Maddock |first=Stephen |title=Rouse: Symphony No. 2; Flute Concerto; Phaethon |work=BBC Music Magazine |date=January 20, 2012 |url=http://www.classical-music.com/review/rouse-0 |access-date=March 29, 2015}} the composer Stephen Albert (Symphony No. 2—1994),{{cite journal |last=Wigler |first=Stephen |title=Four not-so-easy pieces, played well |journal=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 3, 1997 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1997/05/03/four-not-so-easy-pieces-played-well/ |access-date=March 29, 2015}} and Rouse's mother (Envoi—1995).{{cite web |last=Tucker |first=Dan |title=Repin's Ability Lacks Conviction |work=Chicago Tribune |date=August 14, 1999 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/08/14/repins-ability-lacks-conviction/ |access-date=May 17, 2015}} After Envoi he purposely set out to compose scores that were more "light infused", works intended to take on a less dark cast; pieces from this second half of the 1990s include Compline (1996), Kabir Padavali (1997), the Concert de Gaudí (1999),{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Smith (journalist) |title=Guitar Sharon Isbin, guitarist. Concertos by... |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 31, 2001 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2001-05-31-0105310167-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612231116/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-05-31/entertainment/0105310167_1_sharon-isbin-christopher-rouse-tan-dun |url-status=live |archive-date=June 12, 2015 |access-date=June 11, 2015}} Seeing (1998),{{cite journal |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Kozinn |title=MUSIC REVIEW; A Bit of Adventuring In a Pianist's Repertory |journal=The New York Times |date=May 10, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/10/arts/music-review-a-bit-of-adventuring-in-a-pianist-s-repertory.html |access-date=July 10, 2015}} and Rapture (2000).{{cite web |last=Druckenbrod |first=Andrew |title=Classical Music Preview: Gloomy composer Christopher Rouse turns toward the light with 'Rapture' |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=May 5, 2000 |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000505rouse5.asp |access-date=March 24, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713064442/http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000505rouse5.asp |url-status=dead }}

Beginning in 2000, Rouse created works of varying moods, from his thorny Clarinet Concerto (2001) to his rock-infused The Nevill Feast (2003) to his romantic Oboe Concerto (2004).{{cite web |last=Rhein |first=John von |title=Composer Rouse and CSO are full of sonic audacity |work=Chicago Tribune |date=May 19, 2001 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2001/05/19/composer-rouse-and-cso-are-full-of-sonic-audacity/ |access-date=March 24, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Steve |title=Shifting Gears to Explore the Realm of the Oboe: Liang Wang Performs Christopher Rouse's Oboe Concerto |work=The New York Times |date=November 17, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/arts/music/liang-wang-performs-christopher-rouses-oboe-concerto.html |access-date=March 24, 2015}} The most significant piece from these years was his ninety-minute Requiem, composed over 2001 and 2002.{{cite web |last=Swed |first=Mark |title=At long last, a fitting American Requiem |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 27, 2007 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-27-et-requiem27-story.html |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Fonseca-Wollheim |first=Corinna Da |title=A Festive Curtain Raiser, Yes, But One With Somber Hues: New York Philharmonic Opens Spring for Music |work=The New York Times |date=May 6, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/arts/music/a-celebration-of-orchestral-excellence-at-spring-for-music.html |access-date=March 4, 2015}} Rouse himself referred to the Requiem as his best composition.{{cite web |title=New York Philharmonic Plays Rouse's Requiem |work=WQXR-FM |date=May 5, 2014 |url=http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/new-york-philharmonic-plays-rouses-requiem/ |access-date=March 5, 2015}} Major compositions of more recent vintage included his Concerto for Orchestra (2008),{{cite web |last=Oteri |first=Frank J. |title=Christopher Rouse: Going to Eleven |work=NewMusicBox |date=July 1, 2008 |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/christopher-rouse-going-to-eleven/ |access-date=April 22, 2015}} Odna Zhizn (2009),{{cite web |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Kozinn |title=Finding Emotions Stark and Intimate in Works New and Familiar |work=The New York Times |date=February 11, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/arts/music/12jupiter.html |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Puckett |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Puckett |title=Guest blog post: composer Joel Puckett on Christopher Rouse's 'Odna Zhizn' |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=August 19, 2010 |url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2010/08/guest_blog_post_composer_joel.html |access-date=May 3, 2015}} Symphony No. 3 (2011),{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tim |author-link=Tim Smith (journalist) |title=BSO gives East Coast premiere of sensational symphony by Christopher Rouse |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 9, 2012 |url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/classicalmusic/2012/11/bso_gives_east_coast_premiere.html |access-date=March 4, 2015}} Symphony No. 4 (2013),{{cite web |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Tommasini |title=A Work Is Rushed to a Debut, by Design: Christopher Rouse and EarShot Premieres From Philharmonic |work=The New York Times |date=June 6, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/arts/music/christopher-rouse-and-earshot-premieres-from-philharmonic.html |access-date=March 4, 2015}} Thunderstuck (2013), Heimdall's Trumpet (a trumpet concerto—2012),{{cite web |last=Rhein |first=John von |title=World ends with a jazzy bang in Rouse concerto for CSO's Martin |work=Chicago Tribune |date=December 22, 2012 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/12/22/world-ends-with-a-jazzy-bang-in-rouse-concerto-for-csos-martin/ |access-date=March 4, 2015}}{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Lawrence A. |title=CSO's Christopher Martin scales the heights in Rouse's rousing trumpet concerto |work=Chicago Classical Review |date=December 21, 2012 |url=http://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2012/12/csos-christopher-martin-scales-the-heights-in-rouses-rousing-trumpet-concerto/ |access-date=March 13, 2015}} Organ Concerto (2014), Symphony No. 5 (2015), Bassoon Concerto (2017), and Berceuse Infinie (2017).

In late 2006, Rouse composed the wind ensemble piece Wolf Rounds, which premiered in Carnegie Hall March 29, 2007.{{cite web |last=Guy |first=Kingsley |title=Frost winds to lift Wolf Rounds |work=Sun-Sentinel |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=April 15, 2007 |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2007-04-15/features/0704120664_1_wolf-rounds-carnegie-hall-work-ethic |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092118/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2007-04-15/features/0704120664_1_wolf-rounds-carnegie-hall-work-ethic |url-status=dead }}

Excerpts from Symphonies 1, 2 and 4, and Concerto per corde were used as the soundtrack to William Friedkin's 2017 film The Devil and Father Amorth.{{Citation|title=The Devil and Father Amorth (2017) – IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6883152/fullcredits|access-date=2019-05-17}}

• Gorgon (1984)
• commissioned by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, who premièred the work under David Zinman (to whom the work is dedicated) on November 15, 1984.
• Phantasmata (1981/85)
• commissioned by the Saint Louis Symphony with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts; premièred by the Saint Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin at Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 25, 1986.
• Phaethon (1986)
• commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra, who premièred the work under Riccardo Muti at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, Pennsylvania on 98 January 1987.
• Symphony No. 1 (1986, awarded the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award in 1988)
• commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony (for whom Rouse served as composer-in-residence 1986–88), who gave the work's première under David Zinman at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland on January 21, 1988.
• Iscariot (chamber orchestra, 1989)
• co-commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the New Jersey Symphony. Premièred by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra under John Adams at the Ordway Theater, Saint Paul, Minnesota on October 27, 1989.
• Concerto per Corde (string orchestra, 1990)
• commissioned by Absolut Vodka; premièred by the American Symphony Orchestra under Catherine Comet at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City on November 28, 1990.
• Symphony No. 2 (1994)
• commissioned by the Houston Symphony, who premièred the work under Christoph Eschenbach (to whom the work is dedicated) at Jones Hall, Houston, Texas on March 4, 1995.
• Envoi (1995)
• dedicated to the memory of Rouse's mother. Commissioned by the Atlanta Symphony, who premièred the work under Yoel Levi at Atlanta Symphony Hall on May 9, 1996.
• Rapture (2000)
• commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony, who premièred the work under Mariss Jansons (to whom the work is dedicated) at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 5, 2000.
• The Nevill Feast (2003)
• commissioned by the Boston Pops Orchestra, who premièred the work under Keith Lockhart on May 7, 2003.
• Friandises (ballet, 2005)
• jointly commissioned by New York City Ballet and the Juilliard School. Premièred by the New York City Ballet at the New York State Theater in Lincoln Center, NY on February 10, 2006.
• Concerto for Orchestra (2007–08)
• commissioned by the Cabrillo Music Festival; premièred by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra under Marin Alsop (to whom the work is dedicated) at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in Santa Cruz, California on August 1, 2008.
• Odna Zhizn (2009)
• commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, who premièred the work under Alan Gilbert at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City on February 10, 2010.
• Symphony No. 3 (2010–11)
• commissioned by the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Singapore Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, and the Saint Louis Symphony, who gave the work's world première under David Robertson at Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, Missouri, on May 5, 2011.
• Prospero's Rooms (2012)
• commissioned by the New York Philharmonic; premiered on April 17, 2013, by the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert in Avery Fisher Hall, New York
• Symphony No. 4 (2013)
• commissioned by the New York Philharmonic; premiered by the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert on June 5, 2014, in Avery Fisher Hall, New York
• Supplica (2013)
• commissioned by the Pittsburgh and Pacific Symphony Orchestras; premièred April 4, 2014 by the Pittsburgh Symphony under Juraj Valcuha in Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Thunderstuck (2013)
• commissioned by the New York Philharmonic; premièred by the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert on October 9, 2014, in Avery Fisher Hall, New York
• Symphony No. 5 (2015)
• commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony, and the Aspen Music Festival; premièred by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden on February 9, 2017.
• Berceuse Infinie (2016)
• commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; premièred by it under Marin Alsop on November 30, 2017.
• Symphony No. 6 (2019)
• commissioned by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; premièred posthumously by it under Louis Langrée at Music Hall, Cincinnati, on 18 October 2019.[http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/Rouse-Unveils-Dark-Introspective-Sixth-Symphony/101440&LangID=1 Rouse Unveils Dark, Introspective Sixth Symphony: Boosey & Hawkes]

• Violin Concerto (1991)
• commissioned by the Aspen Music Festival for violinist Cho-Liang Lin (to whom the work is dedicated), who premièred the work with the Aspen Festival Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin in Aspen, Colorado on July 12, 1992.
• Trombone Concerto (1991, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1993)
• commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its principal trombonist, Joseph Alessi; the work was premièred by those forces under Leonard Slatkin at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, on December 30, 1992.
• Violoncello Concerto (1992–93)
• commissioned by Betty Freeman; premièred by Yo-Yo Ma with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under David Zinman at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA on January 26, 1994.
• Flute Concerto (1993)
• premièred by Carol Wincenc and the Detroit Symphony under Hans Vonk at Detroit Orchestra Hall, Michigan on October 27, 1994.
• Der gerettete Alberich (Percussion Concerto, 1997)
• co-commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony; premièred by Evelyn Glennie (to whom the work is dedicated) with the Cleveland Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnanyi
• Seeing (Piano Concerto, 1998)
• commissioned by Lillian Barbash for Emanuel Ax and the New York Philharmonic, who gave the work's première under Leonard Slatkin at Avery Fisher Hall, New York City on May 6, 1999.
• Concert de Gaudí (Guitar Concerto, 1999; guitarist Sharon Isbin's recording with the Gulbenkian Orchestra won a GRAMMY Award in 2002 for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, and a 2002 Echo Klassik Award for Best Concert Recording.)
• co-commissioned by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchester and the Dallas Symphony; written for guitarist Sharon Isbin, who gave the work's première with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orchester under Christoph Eschenbach in Hamburg on January 2, 2000, and the US premiere with the Dallas Symphony on March 2, 2000.
• Clarinet Concerto (2000)
• commissioned by the Chicago Symphony with funding provided by the American Institute for Music; premièred by Larry Combs with the Chicago Symphony under Christoph Eschenbach at Symphony Center, Chicago, Illinois on May 17, 2001. The work is dedicated to fellow composer Augusta Read Thomas.
• Oboe Concerto (2004)
• commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra in 2004; premièred by Basil Reeve with the Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 5, 2009.
• Heimdall's Trumpet (Trumpet Concerto, 2012)
• commissioned by the Chicago Symphony; world première given by Christopher Martin and the Chicago Symphony under Jaap van Zweden at Symphony Center, Chicago on December 20, 2012.
• Organ Concerto (2014)
• commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the National Symphony Orchestra; world première given by Paul Jacobs and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nézet-Séguin on November 17, 2016.
• Bassoon Concerto (2017)
• commissioned by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; première given by Andrew Cuneo and St. Louis Symphony under Cristian Măcelaru on November 16, 2018.{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Sarah Bryan |title=Concert review: An exciting all-American program from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=November 16, 2018 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/culture-club/concert-review-an-exciting-all-american-program-from-the-st/article_ff1d39a9-0f4c-5881-89ba-6042476f9223.html |access-date=September 22, 2019}}

• Karolju (1990), for S.A.T.B. chorus & orchestra
• commissioned by the Baltimore Symphony with support from the Barlow Endowment and the Guggenheim Foundation; premièred by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by David Zinman on November 7, 1991. The work is dedicated to the composer's daughter, Alexandra.
• Kabir Padavali ("Kabir Songbook", 1997–98), for soprano solo & orchestra
• 28-minute work, written for soprano Dawn Upshaw and commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, who premièred the work with Upshaw under David Zinman in Minneapolis on January 6, 1999. The piece is dedicated to the composer's son, Adrian.
• Requiem (2001–02), for baritone solo, children's choir, S.A.T.B. chorus & large orchestra
• 90-minute work, commissioned by Soli Deo Gloria; premièred by the Los Angeles Master Chorale & Orchestra with the Los Angeles Children's Chorus and baritone soloist Sanford Sylvan under Grant Gershon at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California on March 25, 2007.

• Wolf Rounds (2007)
• commissioned by the Frost Wind Ensemble of the University of Miami, who gave the work's première conducted by Gary Green (to whom the work is dedicated) at Carnegie Hall, New York City on March 29, 2007.
• Thor (1981); withdrawn{{ cite journal | last=Shulman | first=Laurie | title=Christopher Rouse: An Overview | journal=Tempo | issue=199 | pages=2–8 | publisher=Cambridge University Press| date=January 1997 | doi=10.1017/S0040298200005532 | jstor=945524 | s2cid=144315586 }}

• Ogoun Badagris (percussion ensemble, 1976)
• Quattro Madrigali (eight-voice choir, 1976)
• Ku-Ka-Ilimoku (percussion ensemble, 1978)
• Rotae Passionis (mixed ensemble, 1982)
• String Quartet No. 1 (1982)
• Lares Hercii (violin and harpsichord, 1983)
• Artemis (brass quintet, 1988)
• Bonham (percussion ensemble, 1988)
• String Quartet No. 2 (1988)
• Compline (flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet, 1996)
• Rapturedux (cello ensemble, 2001)
• String Quartet No. 3 (2009)

• Little Gorgon (piano, 1986)
• Ricordanza (cello, 1995)
• Valentine (flute, 1996)
• Mime (snare drum, 1997)

{{Reflist|30em}}

• Shulman, Laurie. 1997. "Christopher Rouse: An Overview" Tempo, new series, no. 199:2–8
• Shulman, Laurie. 2001. "Rouse, Christopher (Chapman)". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
• Slonimsky, Nicolas, Laura Kuhn, and Dennis McIntire. 2001. "Rouse, Christopher (Chapman)". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, edited by Nicolas Slonimsky and Laura Kuhn. New York: Schirmer Books.

• {{official website}}
• [http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/rousec.htm Christopher Rouse at the Living Composers Project]
• [http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/composer_main.asp?composerid=2720 Christopher Rouse's page at Boosey & Hawkes] (publisher): biography, works list, recordings and performance search.
• [http://www.boosey.com/podcast/Rouse-on-Rouse/100190 Documentary: Rouse on Rouse]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061001185423/http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=74 Art of the States: Christopher Rouse]}} three works by the composer
• [http://www.bruceduffie.com/rouse.html Interview with Christopher Rouse] by Bruce Duffie April 29, 1994
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160318051604/http://themusicalist.net/christopher-rouse/ Interview on The Musicalist Podcast] by Phil Oliver June 27, 2014

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