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Solo voice with instruments
1972 Dates blog post Soprano, clarinet (bass cl, alto cl, Ebcl), vn (vla), perc (mar, vbr) printed score [FPM] (Gertrude Stein) 1973 Classify combs... audio Soprano (or tenor) and viola score pdf (Marcel Duchamp) 1973 Ground glass... audio Soprano and piano score pdf (Duchamp) 1975 Dirt and not copper Tenor, bassoon, trombone (Stein) 1975 The White Hunter Tenor, piano, bassoon and trombone (Stein) 1983 Three Songs from Tender Buttons: A Carafe blog post Soprano and violin score: pdf, printed [FPM] (Stein) 1983 Certain Phenomena of Sound High soprano (b (or g#)-c’’’ (or e’’’)) and violin (Wallace Stevens) 1986 Bride Arias Soprano, violin, piano; optional snare drum, contrabass printed score [FPM] (Duchamp) 1989 Three Songs from Tender Buttons: Suppose an Eyes blog post Soprano, violin, piano score: pdf, printed [FPM] (Stein) 1989 Three Songs from Tender Buttons: Rhubarb blog post audio Soprano, violin, piano score: pdf, printed [FPM] (Stein) 1997 Three More Stein Songs: Red Roses blog post audio Soprano, bass clarinet, piano printed score [FPM] (Stein) 1997 Three More Stein Songs: It Was Black, Black Took blog post audio Soprano, violin, bass clarinet, piano printed score [FPM] (Stein) 1997 Three More Stein Songs: You Can Only Say What You Know blog post ( see also Tongues, for orchestra) Soprano, violin, bass clarinet, piano printed score [FPM] (Stein) 2003 Two Rakosi Songs: Cenozoic Time; Riddle blog posts 1 2 Voice, violin, drum printed score [FPM] (Carl Rakosi) 2009 Four Harrison Songs blog post Tenor or soprano, accordion score: pdf, printed [FPM] (Lou Harrison)
Chorus
1985 Requiem with Oboe Eight voices (SSAATTBB) (or double chorus) and solo oboe (Stevens, and the ordinary)
Solo piano
1964 Three Pieces for Piano blog post score: pdf, printed [FPM] 1965 For Piano November 1965 blog post audio score: pdf, printed [FPM] 1975 Five Pieces after Handler of Gravity audio score: pdf, printed [FPM] 1989 Sonata: Bachelor Machine audio score: pdf, printed [FPM], printed [Lulu] 1996 Seven Bagatelles score: pdf, printed [FPM] 2004 Lullaby and Finale blog post audio score pdf 2006 Sonata 2: compositio ut explicato (Composition as Explanation) blog post audio score: pdf, pdf with text, printed [FPM], printed or ebook [Lulu]
Chamber
1964 [1965?] Two pieces for celli audio For two cellos 1965 Ces désirs du quatuor blog post audio (m4a) For any four musicians 1969 Screen blog posts 1 2 audio
audio 2 (with variations)For four to six strings score pdf 1970 Bachelor Apparatus For pairs of winds 1971 En Balançant blog post audio For 2 or 3 pairs of strings score pdf 1971 Vie Lactée [sic] blog post audio For 4-6 strings score pdf 1971 Handler of Gravity For organ with optional chimes and glockenspiel score pdf 1972 Parergon to Wind Quintet: Flute For unaccompanied flute 1974 Tender of Gravity For fl-pic, o-eh, cl-bass cl, bn, harmonium, vn, vla, vc, vb printed score [FPM] 1974 Parergon to woodwind quintet: trio English horn, bass clarinet, bassoon 1974 Classify combs... violin and viola (2d version, without voice) 1974 Ground Glass... flute, violin, cello, piano (2nd version, without voice) 1981 Rose video (performed by Tom Rose, August 2020) For clarinet (in A), unaccompanied 1996 Trio for Violin, Piano, and Percussion audio
recording (Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio, Other Minds Records): audio excerpt (YouTube)Violin, piano, percussion printed score [FPM] 1996 David Sheinfeld at Ninety Unaccompanied violin score pdf 2015 Carel audio (m4a) For 4 oboes score pdf
Orchestra
1964 Small Concerto for piano and orchestra blog post audio movement 1
audio movement 2
audio movement 32(alto fl)-2(eh)-2(bass cl)-2/4(2 Wagner tubas optional)-2-2-1/harmonium/strings; solo piano score: pdf, printed or ebook [Lulu] 1967 Nightmusic blog post audio
commercial LP: 1750 Arch Records S-1792 (1982; Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra/Kent Nagano)2-0-2-0/2-0-0-2 (Wagner tubas)/guitar, harp, piano, celesta, 2perc/0-7-6-6-, with solo violin, English horn and bass tuba 1968 From Calls and Singing blog post 2-1-2-2/2-2-0-0/timp/strings score: pdf, printed [FPM] 1976 Music for Orchestra (Symphony) pic-2-2-2/4-2-3-1/2perc-timp-harp-(mandolin) strings 1978 Ballet: Handler of Gravity blog post 3-2(eh)-2-2(cbn)/4-2-3-1/pno/hrp/1perc/timp/strings printed score [FPM] 1978 Tongues For poet (speaking in tongues) and chamber orchestra: pic-fl, ob-eh, cl-bass cl, bn, horn(-Wagner tuba), trumpet, trombone, pno, harp, 1 perc, live electronics, vn, vla, vc, cb, prerecorded tape 1985 (rev. 1989) Concerto for Violin with Harp, Percussion, and Small Orchestra audio solo violin; 2-2-2-2/2-2-2 (tuba opt.)/harp, piano, 2 perc, timp/strings score: pdf, printed [FPM]
printed [Lulu]1988 Symphony in Three Movements blog post audio movement 1
audio movement 2
audio movement 33(p)-3(eh)-eh-2(bcl)-bcl-3(cbn)/4-3-4-(tba opt)/h/pno/timp/3/12-12-8-8-6 score: score pdf, printed [FPM]
Stage
1980 The Box of 1914
Chamber opera in one act. Libretto by Marcel Duchamp. Soprano (b-bflat’’), tenor (c (or Bb) -b flat’), dancer, narrator; 1(p)-1(eh)-1(alto cl) -1/1-1-1-0/2perc, hrp, pno/vn-vla-vc-cb/taped sounds1984 The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even
Opera in three acts. Libretto by Marcel Duchamp. For dramatic soprano, lyric soprano, mezzo-soprano, heldentenor, lyric tenor, and baritone soloists, chorus, and orchestra: 2-2-2-2; 4-2-3-1; 2 percussion, harp, piano; strings (minimum 8-6-5-5-2)
Bride arias printed score [FPM] photographs blog post interview (CS on the opera) about the 1984 and 1994 stagings with photos1987 Ladies Voices
Chamber opera in five acts. Libretto by Gertrude Stein. For three sopranos, woodwind quintet and percussion (trap set, antique cymbal, tubular chime)
printed score [FPM] blog post1989 I Like It to Be a Play
Chamber opera in one act. Libretto by Gertrude Stein. For tenor, baritone, bass; string quartet
printed score [FPM]
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