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MUSIC III / COMPOSITIONS


I. GUITAR {SOLO]

1. Toccata (1976)
2. Suite (1976/2004 & violin/guitar-2017)     
       aubade     
       romance     
       nocturne
3. Anasazi (1976/2004)     
       invocation     
       echo     
       dance
4. Homage (1976/2004)     
       praeambulum     
       theme     
       four variations
5. Pentatonic (1976)
6. African Sketches (1976)     
       paddler’s song     
       panther     
       night hunt     
       message     
       banana work song
7. Motet (1977)
8. Three Preludes (1977)
9. Triptych (1977)     
       introduction     
       mazurka-mosaic     
       postlude
10. Metaphors (1977)     
       chant     
       fragments     
       dust
11. Myth Music 1 (1978)      
       spiral      
       phase
12. Mosaic 1 (1979)
13. Two Preludes (1979)
14. Dance (1980)
15. Three Desert Sketches (1985)       
       prelude       
       scherzo       
       toccata
16. Taranta (1986)
17. In Memoriam (1996/2004)
18. Solstice (2004)      
       prelude      
       reverie      
       postlude
19. Equinox  (2004)
20. Chant (1987/2004)
21. Five Meditations (2005)
22. Lament for B (2006)
23. Natura (2006)
24. Walking the Milky Way (2006)
25. Capriccio (2007)
26. Reverie (2008)
27. In the Deep (2008)
28. Mandala (2008-2009)
29. Lion’s Dream (2008-2016)
        A Meditation on Richard I (1157-1199)
30. Cantiga (2009)
31. Homage II: Four Elegies (2010)
32. Fantasia (2010)
33. Labyrinth (2010)
34. Sun Above Clouds (2010 & 2017 w/cello))
35. Merlin's Gift (2010)
36. Stelae [In Memoriam] (2011)
        for Phons Van Vlijmen
37. Apparition (2011)
38. Arktos [Journey of the Bear] (2011)
        for guitar or bass guitar
39. Appalachia [7 Songs] (2012)
40. Hymn to the Muse (2013)
        [Variations on an Ancient Theme]
41. Ancient Redwood Speak (2014)
       or guitar or bass guitar
42. In Memoriam [Mother] (2014)
43. Song for Sara [In Memoriam] (2015)
44. Elegy (2016)
        {In Memory of the Castle]
45. Sanctuary of Stone (2016)
        [for the Old Stone House]
46. Mirage (2016)
47. In Memoriam (Postlude for Jim Smith) (2016)
48. Meditations (2017) bass guitar
49. Songlines (2017)
50. Mbira II (2017)
51. Chant II (2004/2018) [bass guitar]
52. Impromptus: 1. Epiphany (2018)
53. Cantare (2018)
54. Tarantas (2018)    Jose Ramirez II, flamenco guitar (1949)
55. Sunscape [for Bert]  C. F. Martin, guitar (1850)
56. Moonscape (2018/2019)
57. Meta (2019)
58. Blue Note (2019)


II. NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE

1. Birdspeak (2009)
     [NAF or Gemshorn]
2. Mosaic Songs (2009)      [NAF + Flute or Violin] 3. Meditations (2009-2010)
     Birds in the Wind
     Kokopelli's Dance
     Raven's Call
     Fragments
     Ancient Song
     Sun Through Clouds
     Tatangayayatu Tokiyuyuwintani
4. 15 Traditional Songs (2009-2010)
5. Meditation II (2010)
     [NAF or Gemshorn + Tibetan Bowls]
6. Bearaven (2010)
           NAF, Flute, Clarinet, Cello
     Flight
     Calling
     Old Song
     Treetops
7. Tecciztecatl / Old Moon God (2011)
     [NAF, Flute, Clarinet]
8. Hidden Spring (2011)
     [NAF + Flute]
9. Memorias (2012)
     Under the Oaks
     Into the Tree
     Where the Lions Rest
     Lagoon Reflections
     Bamboo Forest/Exotic Birds
     Into the Woods
10. 10 Ishi Songs (2013)
11. Kiva I + Kiva II (2015)
     [NAF, Alto Flute, or NAF + Alto Flute]
12. 5 Songs from Native America (2016)
         violin, alto recorder, guitar, cello
     Sun Dance Chant
     Prancing They Come
     Song of Sitting Bull
     In a Sacred Manner I Live
     The Earth Only Endures
13. Treespeak (2017)
        [5-holed NAF]
14. Dharma Sky (2017/2018)
        [6-holed NAF]
15. Eagletalk (2018)  eagle bone flute
16. 5 Songs from the Mandan (2019) [6=holed NAF]


III. GUITAR PLUS

1. Five Songs (1976/2004) w/voice or clarinet & talking drum     
      five black crows           
      ghosts and shadows           
      oh witch     
      the sky at night     
      death rite
2. Rites-Images (1977/2008) w/voice or clarinet & drum     
      crane                                    
      wind                                
      swamp     
      magnolia                                                   
3. Landscape (1983) w/flute
4. Mosaic 4 (1984) w/3 guitars
5. Pentatonic (1984/2017) w/flute & w/cello
6. Equinox (2004) w/violin
7. Solstice (2004) w/violin or clarinet
8. Lament for B (2006) w/string quartet
9. Luna Groove (2007) w/clarinet
10. Song of Orpheus (2008) w/violin. clarinet, cello
11. Shadows Falling (2008)
     w/ cl, violin, chorus, guitar, cello
12. Ballad for Blackbeary, My Dog (2010)
     w/ violin, voice, guitar
13. Cantiga (2013)
     w/ voice, violin, guitar, cello 14. Tryptych (2014)
     w/ fl, violin, guitar
15, Stone People (2015)
16. Canticum (2012) voice, violin, cello, guitar
17. Four Elegies (2010) violin, guitar
18. Four Nature Songs      cello, guitar
       Sundance
       Prancing They Come
       Chant
       In a Sacred Manner
19. Anasazi (1979/2018)         fl, guitar
       Invocation
       Kiva Echo
       Migration
20. Olde Song II        fl, Bb clar, cello, guitar
21. Kiva II  (2016)             native fl, alto flute
22. Rites  (1979/2018)            clarinet in A, guitar
       Crane
       Wind
       Swamp
       Magnolia
23. Stark Marionettes  (1979/2018)   fl, guitar
       Prelude
       Dance
       Dialogue
       Play
       Monologues (A + B)
       Postlude
24. Totem Song (2017)  clarinet in A, guitar
25. Sirius (2017)  native flute in D, Bb clarinet
26. Dialogue (2016) cello/guitar & bassoon/guitar
27. Mbira (2017) fl, guitar, mbira
28. Chakatanga (2015)
                for fl, clar, 2 cello, talking drum


IV. RECORDER AND EXOTIC WINDS

1. Estampie (1977/2008) recorder(fl.) or clarinet w/drum ostinato
2. Stark Marionette (a narrative) (1977)
     fanfare
     dance
     falling
     pursuit
     strangled
     to darkness
3. Myth Music 2 (1978) gemshorn or NAF     
       echoing     
       calling
4. Quetzalcoatl (1978) mayan flute     
       circling-cries     
       journey
5. Myth Music 4 (1979) recorder  
6. Natura (2006) recorder(fl.) clarinet, violin, cello
7. Estampie (2008) recorder, 2 violins, clarinet, cello, guitar, steel drums, Tibetan bell
8. Birdspeak (2009) gemshorn
9. Olde Song (2012) fl, v, cello, clar, guitar
10. Medieval Irish Melodies
      Hodie Cantandus                      sop. gemshorn
      Caniad Pibau Morfydd             bird native flute
      Cunctipotens Genitor Deus    alto gemshorn
      Kaniad Marwnad Ifan               Bearaven native flute
      Gabriel from Heven-King         Bird native flute
11. Carolingian I (2018)      gemshorn
12. Double Star [Occultations] rec. duo or 2 woodwinds

V. ETHNIC INSTRUMENTS

1. Afar (2004)  guitar, 25 ethnic instruments, synthesizer     
       pleiades     
       sirius     
       castor and pollux     
       corona borealis     
       capricornus (pan)     
       andromeda     
       orion (osiris)
2. Zephr (2009) Tibetan bowls/bell, Chinese gong, glockenspiel, marimba, mbira, medieval harp, bowed psaltery, Navajo toy
3. In Space (2010)
     for bowed psaltery
4. Mbira (2016) Flute + Guitar + Mbira
5. Rhythm I (2016) fl, cl, marimba, talking drum, cello                                                              

VI. ORCHESTRA / STRINGS

1. Suite Pastoral (2006) strings
2. Natura (2008-2009) orchestra       
       West/water       
       East/earth       
       North/air       
       South/fire

VII. PERCUSSION

1. Myth Music 3 (1978)  talking drum, recording     
       space     
       lines     
       massage
2. Mosaic 2 (1979)   talking drum, recording
3. Mosaic 3 (1980) dombec drum                        

VIII. ELECTRONICS (W/DANCERS)

1. Atchafalaya (1979) gong, swamp sounds, bull roarer, electronics
2. Maya (1980) pre-columbian whistles, gourd rattles. bamboo flute, electronic tape-loop

IX. ARRANGEMENTS

1. Prelude (1983-Carlos Chavez/1937)
2. Irish Ballad (2006-19th c. trad.)
3. Falsetas (2007-trad.)
4. Irish Songs  Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738) fl, guitar
       The Rising Sun
       Irish Ballad
       O’Carolan’s Dream
       O’Carolan’s Farewell
       O’Carolan’s Receipt      



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