List of Works
available from Pembroke Music
ORCHESTRA
Chariots. Orchestral Rhapsody (1979) 15’
3 (picc.)/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. (3), hp.; str.
Score available for sale: PCB119
Concerto for Orchestra (1948) 18’
3/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. (3); str.
Danse Calinda. Ballet Suite (1941) 14’
2 (picc.)/1/e. hn./2/1; 2/2/2/0; timp., perc., pno.; str.
Portrait Suite (1948) 18’
2 (picc.)/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. (2), hp.; str.
Presidential Suite (1965) 12’
Picc./2/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc.; str.
or
Picc./2/2/2/2; 2/2/2/1; timp., perc.; str.
Reverie and Rondo (1964) 7’
Picc./2/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc.; str.
or
2/1/2/1; 2/2/2/1; timp., perc.; str.
Sinfonia in E (1950) 20’
2 (picc.)/2/2/2; 4/3/3/1; timp.; str.
Southern Harmony. Four Aspects for Orchestra (1975) 20’
Picc./2(2 dbl. picc. 2)/2/e. hn.(opt.)/2/b. cl./2/cbn (opt.).; 4/3/3/1; timp. perc. (2); str.
Score available for sale: PCB 107
Symphony No. 1 (1967) 24’
Picc./2/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc.; str.
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Suite from “The Quiet One” (1948) 16’
1/1/1/1; 1/1/1/0; perc., pno. (cel.); str.
From the score for the film, The Quiet One
STRING ORCHESTRA
String Triptych (1987) 5’
String orchestra
SOLO INSTRUMENT(S) AND ORCHESTRA OR STRING ORCHESTRA
Ancient Saga. A Design for Modern Dance (1947) 8’
Solo piano; string orchestra
Aulos (1978) 14’
Solo flute; 2 horns; perc.; str.
Flute and piano reduction available for sale: PCB112
Pieta (1950) 7’
Solo english horn; string orchestra
English horn and piano reduction available for sale: PCB113
Quintet Concerto (1974) 17’
Solo brass quintet (1/2/1/b. trb. or tba.); 3 (picc.)/2/2/b. cl./2; 3/1/1/1; timp., perc.; str.
NARRATOR AND ORCHESTRA
The Western Paradise (1975) 16’
Narrator; picc./2/2/e. hn./2/b. cl./2/cbn.; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc. (3), hp.; str.
Text: Donald Dorr
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA (with and without soloists)
Inscriptions from Whitman. A Cantata (1964) 25’
SATB chorus; 2 (picc.)/2/2/3; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., hp.; str.
Text: poetry of Walt Whitman
Once There Was a Man. A Covenant for Our Time (1969) 17’
Narrator; SATB chorus; picc./2/2/2/b. cl./2; 4/3/3/1; timp., perc., hp.; str.
Text: Randal Caudill
Song of Jeremiah. A Cantata (1948) 20’
Solo baritone voice; SSA chorus; 2/2/2/2; 2/2/2/1; timp., perc. pno., hp.; str.
BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE
Concert Sketches (1965) 10’
Picc., fl.(2), ob.(2), e.hn., Ebcl., cl.(3), a.cl., b.cl., cb.cl., bn.(2), a.sax.(2), t.sax., b.sax.; hn.(4), cor.(3), trp.(2), trb.(3), bar.(2), tba.; timp., perc.(4); cb.
Prologue and Parade (1978) 8’
Picc., fl.(2), ob., Ebcl., cl.(3), a.cl., b.cl., bn., a.sax.(2), t.sax., b.sax.; hn.(2), cor.(3), trb.(3), bar.(2), tba.; timp., perc.; cb.
DRAMATIC WORKS
The Boor. An Opera in One Act (1955) 40’
Solo Soprano, Tenor and Baritone voices; 1/1/1/1; 1/1/1/0; timp., perc., pno.; str.
Libretto, based on the play by Anton Chekov, by the composer
The Capitoline Venus. Opera in One Act (1970) 45’
Solo Soprano, Tenor (2), Baritone (3) and Bass (2) voices; 1/1/2/1; 1/1/1/0; perc.; str.
Libretto, based on a story by Mark Twain, by Judith Dvorkin
Frederick Douglass. Opera in Three Acts (1980-85) Full Evening
Solo Soprano (4), Mezzo-soprano, Tenor (4), Baritone (2), Bass-baritone, Bass voices; SATB-Double Mixed Chorus, SSA Chorus, SA Children’s Chorus; 2/2/2/2; 4/3/3/0; timp., perc., hp., mand.; str.
Libretto by Donald Dorr
Jubilee. Opera in Three Acts (1976) Full Evening
Solo Soprano (3), boy Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor (3), Baritone (3), Bass (3) voices; SATB Chorus; 2/2/2/2; 4/2/3/1; timp., perc., str.
Libretto, based on the novel Jubilee by Margaret Walker, by Donald Dorr
The Juggler of Our Lady. Opera in One Act (1956) 50’
Solo Soprano, boy Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor (3), Baritone (3), Bass (5) voices; SATB Chorus; 1/1/2/1; 1/1/1/0; timp., perc. (2), hp; str.
Libretto by Alexander King (based on the medieval French legend, Le Tombeau de Notre Dame)
CHAMBER MUSIC
Facets (1971) 11’
Piano; woodwind quintet
Five Portraits (1972) 15’
Violin and Piano
Five Winds: Divertimento for Woodwind Quintet (1984) 12’
Woodwind quintet
Heralds (1968) 1’
Trp. (4), trb. (4)
Heralds II (1974) 1’
Trp. (3)
Partita in A (1950) 5’
Violin and Piano
Serenade No. 3 (1960) 10’
String quartet
String Quartet No. 2 (1956) 18’
String quartet
String Quartet No. 3 (1961) 15’
String quartet
Tromba (1983) 10’
Trumpet and Piano
SOLO INSTRUMENT
Guitarra: A Suite for Solo Guitar (1973) 12’
Solo Guitar
Organ Suite No. 1 (1959) 8’
Solo Organ
Pantomime-Fantasy (1987) 5’30”
Solo Clarinet
Prelude for Unaccompanied Flute 1’
Solo Flute
Second Nocturne for Piano 5’
Solo Piano
Two Impromptus (1992) 5’
Solo Piano
CHORAL MUSIC (with Keyboard accompaniment or a cappella)
Epigrams and Hymns 6’
SATB Chorus and Organ
Available for sale: PCB100
Festival Psalms (1984) 6’
Solo Baritone voice; SATB Chorus; piano
Pentagraph – 5 Pieces for Treble Voices 6’
SSA Chorus, a cappella
Available for sale individually (Arc.):
1. The Miller’s Song – PC1011
2. King Arthur – PC1012
3. To Be or Not To Be – PC1013
4. The Flamingo – PC1014
5. The Monkey’s Glue – PC1015
VOCAL MUSIC
Fugitive Songs. Cycle of Eight Songs (1950) 18’
Mezzo-soprano and Piano
Texts by: Elsa Barker, Witter Bynner, Hermann Hagedorn, Lizette W. Reese, Cole Young Rice, Ridgely Torrence, Florence Wilkinson
Jersey Hours (1979) 12’
Solo high voice and Piano or Harp
Text by Donald Dorr
Three Pieces after Blake (1952) 14’
Solo high voice; 1(picc.)/1/2/1; 2/2/1/0; perc.; str.
Text: William Blake
Piano/vocal score available for sale: PCB106 (Arc.)
Triptych on Texts of Blake (1952) 14’
Solo Soprano voice; violin, violoncello, piano
Text: William Blake
Piano/vocal score available for sale: PCB106 (Arc.)
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