Stars, Stripes, Batons and Circuits: American Music For Orchestra and Electronics
- DONALD MACINNES (b. 1923)
- Intersections for orchestra and tape (1963 rev 1968) [7′]
- STEVE MACKEY (b. 1956)
- Deal, for electric guitar, optional drummer and chamber orchestra (1996)
- Tuck and Roll, concerto for electric guitar and orchestra (2000)
- TOD MACHOVER (b. 1953)
- Light, for chamber orchestra and computer electronics (1979) [32′]
- Spectres parisiens, for chamber orchestra and electronics (1983-4) [25′]
- Hyperstring Trilogy, for hypercello, hyperviola, hyperviolin, and chamber orchestra (1991-3, rev. 1996/7)
- Sparkle (World Premiere, ACO Commission, 2001)
- INGRAM MARSHALL (b. 1942)
- Spiritus, for 4 amplified flutes, percussion, harpsichord and string orchestra (1983) [18′]
- A Peaceable Kingdom, for chamber orchestra including electric keyboard and tape (1990) [16′]
- Kingdom Come, for orchestra with digital audio tape (1997) [16′]
- RONALD MAZUREK
- Alleluia, for Chamber Orchestra and Tape (9:58)
- BARTON McLEAN (b. 1938)
- Voices of the Wild [movt 2: Primal Spirits], McLean Mix, synth, orch, 1987 [movt 1 by P. McLean]
- PRISCILLA McLEAN (b. 1942)
- A Magic Dwells, for orchestra and tape (1986) [15′]
- Voices of the Wild, for orchestra including electronic instruments (1988) [14′]
- JOHN MELBY (b. 1941)
- Concerto for Computer-Synthesized Tape and Orchestra (1987) [19′]
- STEPHEN MONTAGUE (b. 1943)
- Voussoirs, for large orchestra and tape (1972) [28′]
- Sound Round, for orchestra and digital tape delay (1973) [20′]
- CARMAN MOORE (b. 1936)
- The American Nebula, cantata for chorus and orchestra including saxophones, synthesizer and electric guitar (1976) [35′]
- RICHARD MORYL (b. 1929)
- Balloons, for orchestra including transistor radios (1971) [14′]
- Loops, for antiphonally arranged homogeneous groups of instruments and tape (1973) [variable duration]
- THEA MUSGRAVE (b. 1928)
- Rainbow, for orchestra including synthesizer (1990) [12′]
- VACLAV NELHYBEL (1919-1996)
- Sine nomine, for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra, organ and tape (1968) [10′]
- Concerto Sprititoso No. 4, for solo medium voice, solo string quartet, orchestra and tape (1977) [20′]
- RON NELSON (b. 1929)
- What is Man?, oratorio for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra, organ and tape (1967) [57′]
- Trilogy – JFK – MLK – RFK, for soprano solo, orchestra and tape (1969) [26′]
- RICHARD PEASLEE (b. 1930)
- October Piece, for solo rock group (employing electrified instruments) and orchestra (1974) [15′]
- RONALD PERERA (b. 1941)
- The Saints: Three Pieces for Orchestra, for orchestra including saxophones, audience participation and tape (1990) [9′]
- MEL POWELL (1923-1998)
- Immobiles, for orchestra and/or tape (1967) [12′]
- STEVE REICH (b. 1936)
- The Four Sections, for orchestra including two synthesizers (1987) [25′]
- ROGER REYNOLDS (b. 1934)
- “Between”, for orchestra with function generator, ring modulator and sound distribution device (1968) [17′]
- Archipelago, for orchestra with amplified harpsichord plus 4- or 8-channel tape (1982) [32′]
- Transfigured Wind II, for orchestra and tape (1984) [35′]
- The Dream of the Infinite Rooms, for orchestra and 4-channel tape (1986) [20′]
- Symphony (Vertigo), for orchestra and computer-generated 4-channel tape (1987) [22′]
- MARGA RICHTER (b. 1926)
- Landscapes of the Mind I – Piano Concerto, for piano and orchestra including electric guitar, electric bass guitar, and electric sitar or synthesizer (1974) [29′]
- JOHN RINEHART (b. 1937)
- Passages, for soprano solo, orchestra and tape (1976) [9′]
- Tombeau for Orchestra, with tape (1986) [20′]
- Double Concerto, for 2 violins, orchestra and tape (1991) [20′]
- NEIL ROLNICK (b. 1947)
- Real Time, for orchestra including synthesizer (1983) [14′]
- Drones and Dances, for orchestra including synthesizer (1987) [15′]
- DAVID ROSENBOOM (b. 1947)
- How much better if Plymouth Rock had landed on the Pilgrims, for variable ensembles including keyboards, just-tuned instruments, Neurona electronic system, computer assisted electronic instruments, birds and outdoor environments (1972) [duration variable]
- LEONARD ROSENMAN (b. 1924)
- Threnody on a Song of Karol Rathaus, for orchestra including alto saxophone, electric guitar and electric bass guitar (1971) [23′]
- MIKLOS ROZSA (1907-1995)
- Spellbound – film score for orchestra including theremin (1945)
- Spellbound Concerto, for piano and orchestra including theremin, based on film score (1946) [10′]
- The Lost Weekend – film score for orchestra including theremin (1945)
- The Red House – film score for orchestra including theremin (1947)
- ANNA RUBIN (b. 1946)
- Freedom, Sweet and Bitter, for orchestra and tape (1987) [10′]
- DARYL RUNSWICK
- Six Episodes forming a Threnody, string orchestra and tape (1996)
- LOREN RUSH (b. 1935)
- The Cloud Messenger, for orchestra including harpsichord and electric guitar (1970) [18′]
- Song and Dance, for orchestra and tape (1975) [22′]
- WILLIAM RUSSO (b. 1928)
- Three Pieces for Blues Band and Orchestra, including electric guitar and electric bass guitar (1960) [24′]
- MICHAEL SAHL (b. 1934)
- Concerto for Electric Violin and Orchestra (1974) [22′]
- HOWARD SANDROFF (b. 1949)
- Concerto for Electric Wind Instrument and String Orchestra {Yamaha Digital Wind Controller WX=7} (1988) [16′]
- PETER SCHICKELE (b. 1935)
- A Zoo Called Earth, for orchestra and tape (1977) [14′]
- JOSEPH SCHILLINGER (1895-1943)
- First Airphonic Suite, for theremin and orchestra (1929)
- PAUL SCHOENFIELD (b. 1947)
- Four Parables, for piano and orchestra including synthesizer (1983) [25′]
- MAX SCHUBEL (b. 1932)
- Overfeed, for orchestra and tape {performers also use transistor radios} (1973) [14′]
- ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ (b. 1936)
- Music for Orchestra, includes tape (1965) [7′]
- Magic Music, for orchestra, piano and pre-recorded sounds (1967) [12′]
- Island, for orchestra and pre-recorded natural sounds (1970) [12′]
- Dream Overture, for orchestra, 2 tapes, phonodisc and optional lights (1972) [11′]
- The Harmony of Maine, for Arp 2600 synthesizer and orchestra (1975) [18′]
- Telly, for 5 woodwinds or brass, 4 percussionists, 3 TVs and tape (1972)
Zebra, for orchestra and tape (1981) [9′] - FRANCIS SCHWARTZ (b. 1940)
- Yo Protesto, for orchestra and tape (1974) [11′]
- ROBERT LEIGH SELIG (1939-1984)
- Concerto for Rock Group and Orchestra, including electric guitar and electric bass guitar (1969) [28′]
- JAMES SELLARS (b. 1943)
- Concertorama, for solo piano doubling on synthesizer and an orchestra including electronic drums (1984) [25′]
- The Music Machine, for orchestra including synthesizer (1990) [23′]
- RALPH SHAPEY (b. 1921)
- Songs of Eros, for soprano solo, solo string quartet, orchestra including saxophones and tape (1975) [30′]
- The Covenant, for soprano solo, chamber orchestra and 2 two-track tapes (1977) [45′]
- CHARLES SHERE (b. 1935)
- Tongues, for improvising poet “speaking in tongues”, orchestra, tape and live electronics (1978) [28′]
- EZRA SIMS (b. 1928)
- Night Piece, for orchestra and electronic sounds (1990) [15′]
- GARY SMART (b. 1943)
- Del Diario de un Papagayo, for chamber orchestra and tape of pre-recorded parrot (1973) [9′]
- ROBERT STERN (b. 1934)
- Carom, for orchestra and tape (1971) [8′]
- ERIC STOKES (1930-)
- On the Badlands – Parables, for orchestra and tape (1972) [13′]
- MORTON SUBOTNICK (b. 1933)
- Play! No. 2, for orchestra and tape (1964) [12′]
- Laminations, for orchestra and tape (1965)
- Laminations no.2, for chamber orchestra and electronics (1969)
- Two Butterflies, for orchestra with amplification (1974) (14′)
- Before the Butterfly, for amplified instruments and orchestra (1975) [20′]
- In Two Worlds (Saxophone Concerto), for alto saxophone doubling on a Yamaha WX7 wind controller, chamber orchestra and computer (1987) [35′]
- A Desert Flowers, for orchestra and computer (1989) [25′]
- ELIAS TANENBAUM (b. 1924)
- Parallel Worlds, for orchestra and tape (1979) [14′]
- Kaleidoscope, for string orchestra and tape (1986) [18′]
- Columbus, for orchestra and tape (1991) [27′]
- DIANE THOME (b. 1942)
- The Ruins of the Heart, for soprano solo, orchestra and tape (1990) [18′]
- The Palaces of Memory, for chamber orchestra and tape (1993)
- MICHAEL TORKE (b. 1961)
- Adjustable Wrench, for chamber orchestra including synthesizer (1987) [11′]
- Ash, for orchestra including synthesizer (1988) [16′]
- Black and White, for orchestra including electric bass guitar and sampling synthesizer (1988) [24′]
- HARRY TRYTHALL (1930-)
- Chroma I, for orchestra, tape, electronic sounds and lights (1970) [12′]
- Cindy the Synth {formerly titled Minnie the Moog}, for orchestra including synthesizer (1974) [15′]
- VLADIMIR USSACHEVSKY (1911-1990)
- Colloquy, for orchestra and tape (1976)
- Divertimento {formerly Celebration} for solo EVI, for orchestra and tape (1981) [13′]
- EDGARD VARÈSE (1883-1965)
- Ecuatorial (prayer from Popol Vuh of Maya Quiché, trans. Father Jimines), for chamber ensemble including 2 ondes martenots (1932-4)
- Déserts, for wind and percussion ensemble and 2-track tape (1950-54)
- DAVID WARD-STEINMAN (1936-)
- Antares, for orchestra including synthesizer and tape (1971) [10′]
- Elegy for Astronauts, for orchestra and tape (1986) [10′]
- DONALD WHEELOCK (b. 1940)
- Dreams Before a Sacrifice, for amplified mezzo-soprano, and orchestra including amplified harp and amplified piano (1981) [35′]
- OLLY WILSON (b. 1937)
- Akwan, for solo piano doubling on electric piano and orchestra including an additional group of amplified strings (1972) [16′]
- BEATRICE WITKIN (1916-)
- Reports from the Planet of Mars, for orchestra and tape (1978) [8′]
- MAURICE WRIGHT (b. 1949)
- Stellae, for orchestra and tape (1978) [15′]
- RANDALL WOOLF
- My Insect Bride, for chamber orchestra including Hohner Clavinet with distortion [12′]
- HEE HAW, for chamber orchestra and sampler (1999) [8′]
- Stones, for soprano, chamber orchestra and sampler [6′]
- Where The Wild Things Are, for chamber orchestra including electric guitar, electric bass guitar, electric violin, Kurzweil PC88 and sampler (1997) [40′ (complete); 15′ (suite)]
- CHARLES WUORINEN (b. 1938)
- Orchestral and Electronic Exchanges, for orchestra and tape (1965) [15′]
- The Celestial Sphere, oratorio for chorus, orchestra and tape (1980) [60′]
- Bamboula Squared, for orchestra and quadraphonic tape (1984) [17′]
- Five: Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra (1987) [21′]
- RAUL YA—EZ (b. 1973)
- Concerto for Turntable {for DJ Radar} (2001)
- JAMES YANNATOS (b. 1929)
- Ritual Images, for orchestra and tape [17′]
- FRANK ZAPPA (1940-1993)
- I’m Stealing the Room, for orchestra including electric guitar (1972) [3′]
- Penis Dimension, for orchestra including electric guitar (1972) [5′]
- Mo ‘n’ Herb’s Vacation, for orchestra including electric bass guitar (1979) [28′]
- Sinister Footwear, for orchestra including Moog synthesizer (1981)
From Stars, Stripes, Batons and Circuits: American Music For Orchestra and Electronics
by Elliott Schwartz
© 2001 NewMusicBox