Yavelow - Smaller Musical Works
Yavelow - Smaller Musical Works
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VOCAL WORKS
Four Generals Marched off to War (1985)
- Mezzo-Soprano. Duration 5 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Modern Times Theater (New York).
- Text- from Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle".
- Premiere April 25 through May 19, 1985, NewYork, NY.
Grusha's Lullaby (1985)
- Mezzo-Soprano. Duration 4 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Modern Times Theater (New York).
- Text from Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle".
- Premiere April 25 through May 19, 1985, NewYork, NY.
Marching Song (1985)
- Bass and Baritone. Duration 5 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Modern Times Theater (New York).
- Text from Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle".
- Premiere April 25 through May 19, 1985, NewYork, NY.
The Candle (1985)
- Bass. Duration 6 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Modern Times Theater (New York).
- Text from Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle".
- Premiere April 25 through May 19, 1985, NewYork, NY.
Song of Injustice in Persia (1985)
- SATB Chorus. Duration 5 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Modern Times Theater (New York).
- Text from Brecht's "Caucasian Chalk Circle".
- Premiere April 25 through May 19, 1985, NewYork, NY.
The Torment (1977)
- Soprano and Piano. Duration 4 minutes.
- Text by T. S. Eliot.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
U.S.A. (1974)
- Mezzo-soprano and flag-draped Piano. (Text by the composer) Duration 4 minutes.
- Premiere: WGBH "Live Performance" Show (Susan Krueger) Boston, Massachusetts -- June 25, 1975.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Four Songs of Sappho (1971)
- Mezzo-soprano and Piano. Duration 6 minutes.
- Text from Sappho fragments.
- Awards: 1974 - Devora Nadworney Award.
- 1974 - Composers Forum (NY).
- Premiere: Donnell Library, NY, NY. (Susan Krueger) -- February 9, 1974.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
What Could She Say (to the Fantastic Fooley Bear)? (1971)
- Mezzo-soprano and Piano. Duration 4 minutes.
- Text by L. Ferlinghetti.
- Premiere: Deborah Lancmann at Boston University -- April 23, 1972.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
How Has It Escaped Me? (1970)
- Mezzo-soprano and Piano. Duration 4 minutes.
- Text by N. Porter.
- Premiere: Deborah Lancmann at Boston University -- April 23, 1972.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
CHAMBER WORKS
Ritual and Sabotage of the Twentieth Century (1982)
- Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano. Duration 20 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Williams College Trio.
- Premiere: Williams College -- April 15, 1983.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
After Satie (1980)
- Flute and Piano. Duration 5 minutes.
- Premiere: Fribourg, Switzerland -- October 27, 1980.
Stone Ground (1980)
- Cello and Piano. Duration 12 minutes.
- Composed during a Fellowship to the Centre Acanthes of the Milhaud Conservatory (Aix-en-Provence)
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Chut (1979)
- Contrabassist/Vocalist with slides from the book (same title) by P. Couratin. Duration 10 minutes.
- Commissioned by Joëlle Léandre.
- Composed at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, France.
- Premiere: Joëlle Léandre, Paris, France -- 1980.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Monday Morning Fantasy (1978)
- Woodwind Octet. Duration 12 minutes.
- Commissioned by the Paris American Academy for Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
- Premiere: Western Europe: Paris, France -- January 16, 1979.
- U.S.A.: Indiana University of Pennsylvania -- June, 1979.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Rencontrebassse (1978)
- Two Contrabasses with optional amplification. Duration 9 minutes.
- Premiere: Bibliothèque Internationale de Musique Contemporaine Concert at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France -- October 10, 1978.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Trio (1978)
- Clarinet, Cello, and Piano. Duration 6 minutes.
- Premiere: Western Europe: The Annex Players, Heidelberg, Germany -- December 29, 1977.
- Eastern Europe: The Annex Players at The Franz Liszt Academy -- January 3, 1978.
Multiples & Metaphase (1977)
- Brass Soloist and String Quartet. Duration 14 minutes.
- Composed during a MacDowell Colony Fellowship.
- Premiere: U.S.A.: Prima Vera String Quartet and Samuel Pilafian,
- Mannes College of Music (NY) -- July, 1977.
- Western Europe: The Jaros String Quartet and Ralph Hepola at the "Festival Musical du
- Château de Pourtalès," Strasbourg, France -- May 10, 1980.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Phi-Lings (1976)
- Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano. Duration 14 minutes.
- Composed during a MacDowell Colony Fellowship.
- Premiere: Harvard University Group for New Music -- May 29, 1976.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Rhythm & Blues (1975)
- Harp and Cello. Duration 6 minutes.
- Premiere: Ronald Feldman and Betsy Morse -- 1975.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
E-Prime (1974)
- Brass Quintet. Duration 20 minutes.
- Commissioned by The Empire Brass Quintet.
- Awards: 1975 - Victor Herbert A.S.C.A.P. Award (honorable mention).
- Premiere: The Empire Brass Quintet, Kresge Auditorium, MIT -- October 3, 1980.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
An Explanation of One Mechanical Man (1974)
- Clarinet and Cello often accompanied by slides. Duration 15 minutes.
- Commissioned by The Annex Players.
- Awards: 1975 - The New York Musicians' Club Prize -- "The Bohemians."
- Premiere: U.S.A.: Collage--The Contemporary Ensemble of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Museum of Fine Arts -- November 17, 1974.
- Eastern Europe: Musica Nova (Roumania) -- November, 1978.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Nero's Tomb (1974)
- Trombone Quartet. Duration 11 minutes.
- Awards: 1974 - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Prize.
- 1974 - National Brass Conference Award.
- 1974 - International Trombone Association Competition (finalist).
- 1975 - International Brass Conference, Montreux, Switzerland (honorable mention).
- Premiere: National Brass Symposium, Georgia State College -- February 21, 1975.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Soneptua (1973)
- String Quartet. Duration 15 minutes.
- Composed at the Windhover Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.
- Awards: 1974 - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Prize.
- 1974 - Victor Herbert A.S.C.A.P. Award.
- 1974 - Composers Forum.
- Premiere: Brookline Library Music Association -- December 6, 1973.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Dimension-L (1973)
- Bassoon, Trombone, Contrabass, and Piano. Duration 11 minutes.
- Awards:1973 - Carnegie Mellon Composition Competition (honorable mention).
- Premiere: Boston University -- December 11, 1973.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Moments (1973)
- Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon. Duration 12 minutes.
- Awards: 1974 - First Prize -- Shenandoah Conservatory Composition Competition.
- 1973 - Carnegie Mellon Composition Competition (honorable mention).
- Premiere: Shenandoah Conservatory Faculty Trio -- February 28, 1974.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Fanfare (1973)
- Two Trumpets and Three Timpani. Duration 2 minutes.
- Premiere: Boston Adventist Church -- November 11, 1973.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Trumpet Music (1972)
- Two Trumpets. Duration 8 minutes.
- Premiere: Tanglewood -- August 23, 1983.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Introspections (1971)
- 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello. Duration 15 minutes.
- Awards: 1973 - Carnegie Mellon Composition Competition (honorable mention).
- Premiere: Boston University (Jeff Cook conductor) -- April 23, 1972.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Quintet (1971)
- Clarinet and String Quartet. Duration 14 minutes.
- Premiere: Members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the University of Texas--Oct 23, 1983.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
String Quartet #1 (1970)
- String Quartet. Duration 17 minutes.
- Premiere: Boston University -- January 1971.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Nocturne (1970)
- Clarinet and Piano. Duration 6 minutes.
- Premiere: Boston University -- November, 1970.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
WORKS FOR SOLO INSTRUMENTS
Drones and Interpolations (1978)
- Pianist with Assistant. Duration 21 minutes.
- Commissioned by Yvar Mikhashoff.
- Composed at the Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Metaphase (1977)
- For Solo Instrument. Duration 7 minutes.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Three Multiples (1976)
- Piano. Duration 14 minutes.
- Premiere: South Shore Conservatory of Music, Massachusetts -- January 23, 1976.
Playing w/Myself (1974)
- Any Instrument and Tape Recorder. Duration (varies) circa 11 minutes.
- Film version exists as a multimedia piece with 16mm accompanying animation. Film by Mary Beams.
- Premiere: U.S.A.: Annex Players, Gallery 247, Salem, Massachusetts -- April 21, 1974
- Eastern Europe: Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary -- January 3, 1978.
- Western Europe: Francis Marie Uitti, Rome Italy -- 1981.
- Film version: Harvard University Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts "Loops" Program --May 15, 1976.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
I'll be Seeing You (1973)
- Piano. Duration 5 minutes.
- Awards: 1974 - Composers Forum (NY).
- Premiere: U.S.A.: Todd Welbourne, Boston, Massachusetts -- November 3, 1973.
- Eastern Europe: Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest, Hungary -- January 3, 1978.
- Western Europe: Bibliothèque Internationale de Musique Contemporaine Concert at the Cité des Arts, Paris, France -- October 10, 1978.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Four One Liners (1972)
- Piano. Duration 2 minutes.
- Premiere: Wellesley, Massachusetts -- December 11, 1972.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Seven Episodes (1972)
- Piano. Duration 6 minutes.
- Premiere: Leonard Lehrman, Basel, Switzerland -- November, 1980.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Yavelovelations (1972)
- Piano - Four Hands. Duration 12 minutes.
- Premiere: Boston University -- April 28, 1972.
- Publisher: American Composers Edition (ACE) NY, NY.
Seven Textures (1971)
- Piano. Duration 8 minutes.
Permutations of Silence
- Piano. Duration 6 minutes.
Image of the Riverside (1970)
- Piano. Duration 5 minutes.
- Premiere: Dallas, Texas -- April, 1984.
Three Sketches (1970)
- Piano. Duration 7 minutes.
Lunar Cycle (1970)
- Piano. Duration 15 minutes.
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