Works
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Orchestral Works
Full Orchestra
QUANTUM QUIRKS OF A QUICK QUAINT QUARK (1991) 5:00
OUT OF SHADOWS AND SOLITUDE (1985) 16:00
SPECTRAL CHIMES/ENSHROUDED HILLS (1980) 25:00
for Three Orchestral Quintets and Orchestra
BLACKBERRY VINES AND WINTER FRUIT (1976) 13:00
FRAGMENTS (1978) 6:00
BIRD OF YEARNING (1967) 27:00 complete, 15:00 concert ver.
ABYSS (1964) 20:00
EIGHT PIECES FOR ORCHESTRA (1961) 7:00
VARIATIONS ON A SARABANDE (1959) 8:30
Piano and Orchestra
VARIATIONS AND INTERLUDES ON THEMES FROM MONTEVERDI AND BACH (1992) 42:00
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND I* (1974) 29:00
CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND VIOLAS, CELLOS AND BASSES (1955) 21:00
Chamber and String Orchestra
KYRIE (2004) 8:00
DUSSELDORF CONCERTO (1982) 20:00
ARIA AND TOCCATA FOR VIOLA AND STRINGS (1957) 10:00
LAMENT (1956) 10:00
Vocal
Solo Voice and Piano
WILD MOON (2009) 2:00
Text: Phyllis Roberts; Tenor
TWO SONNETS (2007) 5:00
Text: Wm. Shakespeare; Tenor
GOAT SONGS (2006) 8:30
Text: Marcia Slatkin;Six Songs for Medium Voice
ERIN ODYSSEY (2000) 8:00
Text: Marga Richter; Fourteen Limericks for Medium Voice
SARAH DO NOT MOURN ME DEAD (1995) 7:30
Text: Major Sullivan Ballou; Medium Voice
SIEBEN LIEDER (1985) 22:00
Text: Francisco Tanzer; (Bb-A)
LAMENT FOR ART O'LEARY (1983) 24:00
Text: Eileen O'Leary; Soprano
INTO WHAT UNKNOWN CHAMBER (1950/1983) 3:00
Text: Phyllis Roberts; Medium Voice
SHE AT HIS FUNERAL (1954) 3:00
Text: Thomas Hardy; Soprano
TWO CHINESE SONGS (1953) 3:00
Soprano
TRANSMUTATION (Song Cycle) (1949) 11:00
Chinese poems translated by H. Hart; Soprano
JABBERWOCKY (1941) 2:45
Text: L. Carroll; Singer/Narrator
Voice and Instruments
THREE SONGS OF CELEBRATION (2005) 6:00
Text: Phyllis Roberts; Tenor and Flute (Picc./Alto Flute)
BYE-BYE BAKE SHOPPE (2005) 7:00
Text: Elisabeth T. Raine; Narrator and String Quartet
DEW-DROPS ON A LOTUS LEAF (2002) 45:00
Text: Ryokwan (trans. Jakob Fischer); Counter-Tenor
(Tenor or Contralto) and String Quartet or Piano
TESTAMENT (2001) 18:00
Text: Anne M. Lindbergh; Contralto, English Horn, Piano
Choral
INTO MY HEART (1990) 18:30
Texts by Frost, Housman, Martin, Schurr, Skelly, and
Whitman; SATB, Chamber Ensemble, or Piano
Four-Hands; (Bb-A)
THREE SONGS ON POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON (1982) 7:00
SSAA
1. God made a little Gentian
2. I like to see it lap the miles
3. 'Twas just this time, last year, I died
DO NOT PRESS MY HANDS (1981) 5:00
Text: Gabriela Mistral; SSATTB
TO WHOM? (1980) 6:00
Text: Virginia Wolf; SATB
SEEK HIM (1965) 4:30
Text from Amos; SATB
THREE CHRISTMAS SONGS (1964) 10:00
SA-Women's or Children's Voices
Two Flutes or Piano
CHRISTMAS SONG (1st of above group) 3:00
Piano accompaniment
PSALM 91 (1963) 3:50
SATB
THREE SONGS OF MADNESS AND DEATH (1955) 6:00
Text: John Webster; SATB
Opera
RIDERS TO THE SEA (1996) 58:00
Chamber Opera in One Act, Libretto: John M. Synge
Band
COUNTRY AUCTION (1976) 3:00
Solo and Chamber Music
Solo Piano
Complete Works for Solo Piano available for purchase from Carl Fischer Website.
*SHREWSBURY: Summer of 2011 Suite for Piano (2011) 13:00
*SOLILOQUY (2010) 12:00
*FOUR MINIATURES (2007)
Homage J.S. Bach 2:00
March Berserk 1:37
Valse Melancolique 1:40
Toccatina 2:45
*REGRETS (2005) 2:20
GRAVE for Piano (2005) 2:30
*THREE IMPROVISATIONS for Piano (2004) 13:15
AIR #1 (2003) 2:45
*PRELUDE FOR PIANO (in memoriam) (1993) 3:30
*QUANTUM QUIRKS OF A QUICK QUAINT QUARK No.3 (1993) 5:00
*EXEQUY (1980) 2:00
*REQUIEM (1978) 21:00
*RAGA MARWA (1974)
*REMEMBRANCES (1977) 3:50
SHORT PRELUDE IN BAROQUE STYLE (1974) 2:00
*FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD GONE BEFORE
*RING AROUND THE ROSIE (1972)
*ELEPHANTS AND VIOLETS (1972)
*THE DANCERS (1968)
*THE LOST PEOPLE (1968)
*FRAGMENTS (1963) 5:00
*EIGHT PIECES FOR PIANO (1961) 6:30
*SONATA FOR PIANO (1954) 21:00
*TWO SHORT SUITES FOR YOUNG PIANISTS (1953)
*NOCTURNE FOR SARA LEE (1953)
*DREAM ANDANTE (1945)
*BALLET OF THE PIXILATED PENGUINS (1944) 5:00
*Pieces that are included in Complete Works for Solo Piano
Piano Four-Hands
NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S FOUR-HAND PIECE (2006) 5:00
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY LATIMER (1952/1964) 9:00
Two Pianos
MELODRAMA (1953/1958) 16:00
Organ
QUANTUM QUIRKS OF A QUICK QUAINT QUARK No.2 (1992) 5:00
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY NEITHART VON REUNTHAL (1974) 13:00
Harpsichord
SHORT PRELUDE IN BAROQUE STYLE (1974) 2:00
SOUNDINGS (1965) 9:00
Strings
Violin
TWO DUETS FOR TWO VIOLINS
PAVANNE
TAG FOR TWO
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND II (1971) 15:00
for Violin and Piano
SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (1964) 9:00
Viola
DARKENING OF THE LIGHT (1961) 9:00
for Solo Viola
ARIA AND TOCCATA (1957) 10:00
for Viola and Piano
Cello
QHANRI (snow mountain)--Tibetan Variations for Cello and Piano (1988) 29:00
DARKENING OF THE LIGHT (1976) 9:00
for Solo Cello
Piano Trio
LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND III (1979) 26:00
for Piano, Violin and Cello
Piano Quartet
SEACLIFF VARIATIONS (1984) 18:00
for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
String Trio
THRENODY (2006) 8:00
for Violin, Viola and Cello
String Quartet
RICERCARE (1958) 4:00
STRING QUARTET NO. 2 (1958) 16:00
String Quintet
KYRIE for String Quintet (2004) 8:00
Guitar
SERENADE (2010) 8:00
for Guitar and Piano
Woodwinds
Oboe
GYGUE (2012) 1:30
for Two Oboes
ODE TO THE GRAND CANYON (2011) 3:00
for Two Oboes
PASTORALE (1975) 4:00
for Two Oboes
Clarinet
SUMMER REVERIES ON A MOUNTAINSIDE (2009) 12:00
for Solo Clarinet
SONORA (1981) 10:00
for Two Clarinets and Piano
SONATA FOR CLARINET AND PIANO (1948) 11:00
Ensemble
AIR #2 (2003) 2:45
for Oboe and Bassoon
Brass
Trombone
ONE FOR TWO AND TWO FOR THREE (1947/1974) 5:00
for Trombone Duet and Trio
Brass Quartet
RICERCARE (1958) 4:00
for 2 Trumpets; Trombone (or Fr. Horn); Trombone (or Tuba)
Mixed Ensembles
FANDANGO FANTASY (2007) 9:30
for Piano, Violin, Cello, Clarinet
SERENADE (2007) 8:00
for Flute, Perussion, Harp
TRIO (2006)
for Alto Sax, Bar. Horn, and Piano
DIVERS (DIVERSE) DIVERTIMENTO (2005) 20:00
for Flute, Oboe (English Horn), Guitar
Excerpted Movements:
GRAVE (2005) 2:30
AIR #3 (2004) 2:45
ELEGY (1994) 3:30
for Violin (or Flute), Piano (or Guitar), Cello (optional)
EXEQUY (1983) 2:00
for Oboe, Clarinet, Cello and Piano
DÜSSELDORF CONCERTO (1982) 20:00
for Solo Flute; Solo Viola; Solo Harp; Timp./Perc. (1), and Str. Quintet