Chamber Music

A Bonnie Tune (2011) [3:30]

For Flute solo

Commissioned to celebrate Bonnita Boyd’s 35th Anniversary at the Eastman School of Music.

A Dozen for Two [11:00]

A duet for 2 violins (beginners)

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Acrostics (1985) [16:00]

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Buffalo, NY, April 16, 1985.

Aeolus, King of the Winds (1977) [14:00]

For Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Commission: the Aeolian Players

Premiere: New York City, 1978.

“Be Not Afraid: the Isle is Full of Noises” (1999) [9:00]

For Brass Quintet

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Commission: the American Brass Quintet

Premiere: August 20, 2000, Aspen, Colorado.

Bravura (2010) [4:00]

For Bass Trombone solo

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Jonathan Warburton, bass trombone.

Bridges to Span Adversity (1989) [5:00]

For Harpsichord

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Caccia for Two Flutes (2007) [3:30]

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Carol Wincenc for American Flute Association.

Premiere: American Flute Association, Pittsburgh, 2008.

Canto I (1970) [9:00]

For Trumpet

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Premiere: Allen Vizzuti, Rochester, NY, 1971.

Canto II (1970) [8:00]

For Bass Trombone

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Premiere: Thomas Everett, Buffalo, 1971.

Canto III (1976) [8:00]

For Violin

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Premiere: Zvi Zeitlin, New York, 1977.

Canto IV (1975) [7:00]

For Alto Saxophone

Publisher: Dorn Publications, Inc.

Premiere: Donald Sinta, 1975.

Canto V (1968) [10:00]

For Soprano, Flute, Violoncello, and Piano

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Commission: for opening of Interfaith Chapel, University of Rochester, 1969.

Canto VI (1971) [5:00]

For Double Bass

Publisher: O.G. Zimmerman

Premiere: Bert Turetzky, Oberlin College, 1972.

Canto VI A – (Actually Canto XVII) (2000) [5:00]

For Double Bass

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: J.B. Vandemark

Canto VII (1972) [8:00]

For Tuba

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Premiere: Cherry Beauregard, Rochester, NY, 1973.

Canto VIII (1973) [5:00]

For Piano

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Premiere: Bradford Gowen, Kennedy Center, Washington, 1973.

Canto IX (1976) [10:00]

For Timpani and Roto toms

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: John Beck, Eastman School of Music, 1978.

Canto X (1979) [7:00]

For Violoncello

Publisher: Samuel H. Adler

Premiere: University of Alabama, 1980.

Canto XI (1984) [6:00]

For Horn

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Verne Reynolds, Eastman School of Music, December, 1985.

Canto XII (1989) [10:00]

For Bassoon

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Canto XIII (1994) [6:00]

For Piccolo

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Commission: Jan Gippo

Canto XIV (1997) [12:00]

For Clarinet

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Commission: Franklin Cohen

Premiere: September, 1997, Cleveland, OH.

Canto XV (1997) [8:00]

For English Horn

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Thomas Stacy, January, 1998, New York, NY.

Canto XVI (2004) [6:00]

For Viola

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Randolph Kelly, Pittsburgh, November 2004.

Canto XVII (Also known as Canto VI A) (2000) [5:00]

For Double Bass

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: J.B. Vandemark

Canto XVIII (2009) [5:00]

For Accordian

Commission: The American Accordian Association

Premiere: City University of New York, 2009.

Canto XIX, (2009) [6:00]

For Oboe

Premiere: Jacqueline Leclair, Double Reed Convention, Oklahoma City, 2009.

Canto XX (2010) [5:00]

For Guitar

Publisher: Ludwig-Kalmus Music Masters

Premiere: Ricardo Iznaola, University of Denver, May, 2010.

Canto XXI (2010) [6:00]

For Harp

Publisher: Ludwig-Kalmus Music Masters

Premiere: June Han, Harp, Bowdoin International Music Festival, July, 2010.

Capriccio (1954) [1:00]

In the collection “New Music for Piano”

For Piano and Brass Quintet

Publisher: Lawson-Gould Music Publishers

Clarrion Calls (1995) [12:00]

For Trumpet and Organ

Publisher: Robert King Music Sales

Premiere: Keith Benjamin, trumpet, and Melody Turnquist, organ, Kansas City, September, 1996.

Close Encounters (1989) [10:00]

For Violin and Violoncello

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Commission: Joseph Swensen

Contrasting Inventions (1998) [6:00]

For Alto Saxophone and Tenor Saxophone

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Lawrence Gwozdz

Premiere: November, 1998

Deja Vu (1975) [10:00]

For 6 Recorders

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Diary of a Journey (1995) [15:00]

For Flute, Bassoon, and Violoncello

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: the Friends of the Library of the City of Phoenix.

Premiere: The Arpeggio Trio, Phoenix, AZ, April 21, 1996.

Divertissement (1999) [13:00]

For Violin and Marimba

Publisher: Unknown

Commission: Jacques and Michael Israeliewitch.

Premiere: Jacques and Michael Israeliewitch, July 31, 2000, Ottawa, Canada.

Double Portrait (1985) [10:00]

For Violin and Piano

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Commission: Cary Lewis and Ronald Neal in memory of Carroll Glenn and Eugene List.

Duo Sonata (1983) [16:00]

For 2 Piano

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Cardiff, Wales, Music Festival, March 7, 1984.

Epistrophe (1990) [12:00]

A sonata for Organ

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress

Commission: the University of Kansas

Fantasia on the Name Craighead (1980) [6:00]

For Organ

Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.

Commission: the AGO Rochester Chapter

Premiere: Mel Butler, September, 1980.

Festive Proclamation (1995) [4:00]

For Organ

Publisher: Vivace Press

Premiere: William Neil, organ, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C., November 9-11, 1995.

Five Movements (1963) [10:00]

For Brass Quintet

Publisher: Robert King Music Sales

Commission: Houston Brass Quintet

Four Composer Portraits (2001-02) [8:00]

For Piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Four Dialogues (1974) [10:00]

For Euphonium and Marimba

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Four Studies for Woodwinds (1965)

Published seperately as Flautning, Oboration, Clarinon, and Bassoonery

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Fragments from the Song of Songs (2005) [9:00]

For Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Berlin, Germany, June 14, 2005.

Gottschalkiana (1982) [10:00]

For Brass Quintet

Publisher: Samuel H. Adler

Premiere: The Canadian Brass, 1982.

Gradus Books I, II, & III (1979)

60 studies for piano

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Harobed [10:00]

Six Studies for flute or clarinet

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Hymnset (1983) [12:00]

Four Chorale Preludes

For Organ

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Premiere: Clair Rozier, Rochester, NY, May 3, 1984.

In Memory of Milton (2011) [6:00]

For Violin solo

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Michelle Ross, violin, Juilliard School of Music, April, 2011.

In Praise of Bach (2001) [7:00]

For Organ

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Cleveland, OH, June 23, 2003.

Into the Radient Boundaries of Light (1993) [8:00]

For Viola and Guitar

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: John Graham, viola, and Nicholas Golouses, guitar, Rochester, NY, January 24, 1994.

Intrada (1967) [5:00]

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Introduction and Capriccio [8:00]

For Zabaleta

For Harp

Publisher: Peer-Southern Music Company

Introit and Toccatina (1982) [7:00]

For Trumpet and Organ

Publisher: Robert King Music Sales

Premiere: Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer, and Barbara Harbach, November 12, 1982.

Line Drawings (1978) [8:00]

Publisher: Dorn Publications, Inc.

Premiere: The Sigurd Rascher Sax Quartet, Prague, 1978

L’Olam Vaed (1975) [7:00]

For Violoncello and Piano

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Madrigals (1986) [8:00]

For 6 Flute

Publisher: Peer-Southern Music Company

Meadowmountetudes [8:00]

For Violin

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Miscellany (1956) [11:00]

A seranade

For Mezzo-Soprano, English Horn, and String Quartet

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Nuptial Scene (1975) [10:00]

For Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Percussion, and Celeste.

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Commission: the City of Jerusalem

Premiere: Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, 1979.

Pasiphae (1987) [9:00]

For Percussion and Piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: James Avery and Steven Schick, Rochester, NY, March 16, 1988.

Pensive Soliloquy (1997) [5:00]

For Alto Saxophone and Piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: World Saxophone Congress, August, 1998, Valencia, Spain.

Piano Quintet (1999) [14:00]

For Piano and String Quartet

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: the American String Quartet

Piano Trio (1964) [18:00]

For Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Premiere: The Alma Trio, San Francisco, 1965.

Piano Trio No. 2 (1978) [21:00]

Publisher: Ludwig-Kalmus Music Masters

Premiere: The Western Arts Trio, Laramie, WY, 1979.

Porgy and Bess Rondo (1994) [14:00]

For Marimba (or Violin and Marimba, 2010)

Publisher: Keyboard Percussion Publishers

Commission: Leigh Howard Stevens

Ports of Call, A Suite for 2 Violin and Guitar (1992) [14:00]

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Trio Tiento

Primavera Amarilla (1993) [4:00]

For Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Bartok Ensemble, Santiago, Chile, July 15, 1993.

Quintalogues (1968) [12:00]

For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Marimba, and Vibraphone

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Rochester, NY, New York State Music Teachers’ Convention, November 8, 1986.

Reconciliation (1992) [14:00]

For Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, and Piano

Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Rochester, NY, 1993.

Reflection (1979) [3:00]

For Organ

Publisher: Hinshaw Music, Inc.

Romp [5:00]

For String Quartet

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Wolftrap for the Ying Quartet

Seven Epigrams (1966) [10:00]

For Piccolo, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and Bassoon

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Sonata (1989) [10:00]

For Oboe and Piano

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Sonata #2 (1956) [13:00]

For Violin and Piano

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Premiere: Marjory Harrel, violin, Brooks Smith, piano, Aspen, 1957.

Sonata #3 (1965) [16:00]

For Violin and Piano

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Premiere: Carroll Glenn, violin, Brooks Smith, piano, Town hall, New York, 1969.

Sonata #4 (1989) [18:00]

For Violin and Piano

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Commission: William Steck, concertmaster, the National Symphony

Sonata Breve (1963) [12:00]

For Piano

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Premiere: Steve Bardas, Fort worth, Texas 1964.

Sonata for Cello Solo (1968) [10:00]

For Lynn Harrell

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2004) [15:00]

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Sonata for Flute and Piano (2006) [14:00]

For Carol Wincenc and the 100th Anniversary of the Juilliard School

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Sonata for Harpsichord (1982) [11:00]

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Barbara Harbach, harpsichord, March 20, 1984.

Sonata for Horn and Piano (1947) [13:00]

Publisher: Robert King Music Sales

Sonata for Organ Solo (2003) [20:00]

For Stephen Tharp

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Sonata for Solo Flute (1981) [10:00]

For James Galway

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Premiere: Seattle, Washington, July, 1982.

Sonata for Viola and Piano (1984) [14:00]

For Atar Arad and Evelyn Brancant

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Rochester, NY, 1985.

Sonatina (1979) [15:00]

For Piano

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Premiere: Jeff Jacob, Carnegie Hall, 1980.

Soundings (1989) [10:00]

For Alto Saxophone and Piano

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Commission: John-Edward Kelley


String Quartet No. 3 (1953, rev. 1964) [24:00]

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Premiere: Dallas Symphony String Quartet, March 1964 (orig.). Welsh String Quartet, Cardiff, Wales, March 7, 1984 (rev.)

String Quartet No. 4 (1963) [23:00]

Publisher: Belwin Mills Pub. Corp.

Commission: the Fine Arts Quartet

Premiere: Fine Arts Quartet, Chicago, November, 1965.

String Quartet No. 5 (1969) [19:00]

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes

Commission: the Pro Arte Quartet

Premiere: Pro Arte Quartet, Madison, Wisconsin, 1970.

String Quartet No. 6 (1975) [20:00]

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Commission: the Fine Arts Quartet

Premiere: Chicago, November 6, 1976.

String Quartet No. 7 (1981) [19:00]

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Premiere: The Cleveland Quartet, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, March 5, 1983.

String Quartet  No. 8 (1990) [18:00]

Publisher: Ludwig Music Pub. Co.

Commission: the Pro Arts Quartet, Franciscan Chamber Players, Westbrook, and Ying Quartets.

String Quartet No. 9 (2009) [19:00]

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Esterhazy String Quartet in honor of their 40th Anniversary.

Premiere: Esterhazy Quartet, University of Missouri, December 2009.

The Feast of Weeks (1962) [4:00]

In the collection “Organ Music for Worship”

For Organ

Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.

The Lord of All (1962) [1:30]

In the collection “Organ Music for Worship”

For Organ

Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.

The Organ is King (2002)

A celebration and demonstration of the organ

Publisher: Wayne Leopold Editions

The Road to Terpsichore: A Suite of Dances (1988) [9:00]

For Piano

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Commission: the Music Teachers of California

The Sense of Touch (1981) [10:00]

8 pieces for piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: “Clavier” Magazine

Three Piano Preludes (2001) [9:00]

For Piano solo

Publisher: Carl Fischer, Inc.

Thy Song Expands My Spirit (1980) [3:30]

Written in tribute for Aaron Copland’s 80th Birthday

For Piano

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Premiere: Claudia Stevens, National Gallery, April 20, 1981.

Toccata, Recitation and Postlude (1959) [8:00]

For Organ

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Commission: Temple Emanu-El, New York City

Trio (Five Snapshots) (2001) [15:00]

For Violin, Viola and Cello

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Commission: Deutsches Streicher Trio

Triolet (1989) [9:00]

For Flute, Viola, and Harp

Publisher: C.F. Peters

Commission: Sigma Alpha Iota

Trumpetry (1983) [3:30]

A Fanfare

For 3 Trumpet

Publisher: Robert King Music Sales

Premiere: Barbara Butler, Charles Geyer, trumpets, Rochester, NY, October 1983.

Tubetudes [8:00]

For Tuba

Publisher: Southern Music Company

Two Meditations (1955, rev. 1964) [1:30]

For Organ

Publisher: Theodore Presser

Welcoming the Sabbath (1963) [3:00]

For Organ

Publisher: Transcontinental Music Pub. Co.

Wind Songs [14:00]

Four Organ Pieces

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress

Xenia (1971) [8:00]

For Organ and Percussion

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress

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