Birth Chart
David Del Tredici
Sun Pisces
Moon Taurus
Ascendant Virgo
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Pisces - 26°02' - in house 7
↣ Moon in Taurus - 23°49' - in house 9
↣ Mercury in Pisces - 18°18' - in house 7
↣ Venus in Taurus - 03°40' - in house 9
↣ Mars in Sagittarius - 01°09' - in house 4
↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 22°13' - in house 5
↣ Saturn in Pisces - 25°20' - in house 7
↣ Uranus in Taurus - 07°11' - in house 9
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 17°22' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 26°37' - in house 11 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Sagittarius - 18°52' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Virgo - 10°58' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Gemini - 08°14' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Virgo - 04°37'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 7
↣ Moon in house 9
↣ Mercury in house 7
↣ Venus in house 9
↣ Mars in house 4
↣ Jupiter in house 5
↣ Saturn in house 7
↣ Uranus in house 9
↣ Neptune in house 1
↣ Pluto in house 11
↣ North Node in house 4
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon sextile (2°14' applying)
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (7°44' applying)
↣ Sun and Mars trine (5°07' applying)
↣ Sun and Jupiter sextile (3°49' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn conjunction (0°42' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune opposition (8°40' separating)
↣ Sun and Pluto trine (0°34' applying)
↣ Moon and Mercury sextile (5°30' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars opposition (7°21' applying)
↣ Moon and Jupiter trine (1°36' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Saturn sextile (1°32' applying)
↣ Moon and Neptune trine (6°27' separating)
↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (2°48' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven parallel
↣ Mercury and Jupiter sextile (3°55' applying)
↣ Mercury and Saturn conjunction (7°02' applying)
↣ Mercury and Neptune opposition (0°56' separating) antiparallel
↣ Mercury and North Node square (0°34' applying)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant opposition (7°20' applying) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Mars antiparallel
↣ Venus and Uranus conjunction (3°32' applying)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (0°57' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn trine (5°49' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto trine (4°33' separating)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°28' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven opposition (7°04' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (3°07' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune trine (4°51' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (4°24' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Neptune opposition (7°58' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (1°16' applying)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°35' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (3°47' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node square (1°30' applying)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant conjunction (6°24' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node antiparallel
Birth data
- Chart date
- 16/03/1937
- Chart time
- 17:00
- Date and time quality
- C Rectified from approximate time what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Santa Rosa (CA), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 38°26' North · 122°43' West
- Time zone
- 08:00 West
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About
David Del Tredici was an American composer recognized for his contribution to musical neo‑romanticism and for celebrating personal and literary themes in his work. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music, he also received Guggenheim and Woodrow Wilson fellowships and was described by critics as one of the most flamboyant composers operating outside the traditional circuit. His output includes orchestral works, song cycles and an opera, often inspired by authors such as Lewis Carroll and James Joyce.
Trained at the University of California, Berkeley, and holding a master’s degree from Princeton, Del Tredici moved among German expressionism, serialism and a return to tonality, pursuing dramatic and narrative expression. He worked with figures such as Aaron Copland and held important institutional roles, including Composer‑in‑Residence at the New York Philharmonic (1988–1990) and teaching positions at Harvard, Juilliard, Yale and other schools.
Among his most notable pieces is In Memory of a Summer Day (part of Child Alice), which earned him the Pulitzer and was adapted for ballet by companies including the National Ballet of Canada. His collaborations include performances conducted by Leonard Bernstein and commissions from major orchestras, as well as works that engage with popular music and themes from the gay experience, which are frequently celebrated in his oeuvre.
Del Tredici remained active until the end of his life and left a legacy as a composer who reconciled expressive density with a renewed embrace of tonality in the contemporary repertoire.
