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Babbitt, Milton Benjamin, George Berg, Alban Berio, Luciano Boulez, Pierre

Babbitt, Milton

Musical-theatrical works

•  Fabulous Voyage (musical, R. Childs, R. Koch, Babbitt), 1946

Orchestral and large ensemble

• Generatrix, 1935, inc., withdrawn

• Composition for Str Orch, 1940, withdrawn

• Sym., 1941, inc., withdrawn

• Into the Good Ground, film score, 1949, inc., withdrawn

• Relata I, 1965

• Relata II, 1968

• Ars combinatoria, small orch, 1981

• Conc. for Pf and Orch, 1985

• Transfigured Notes, str orch, 1986

• Conc. no.2, pf, orch, 1998 

Choral

• Music for the Mass I, SATB, 1940, withdrawn

• Music for the Mass II, SATB, 1941, withdrawn

• 4 Canons, female chorus, 1968 [after Schoenberg]

• More Phonemena, 12vv, 1978

• An Elizabethan Sextette, female chorus 6vv, 1979

• Glosses, boys' choir, 1988 
  

Vocal music

• Three Theatrical Songs, 1v, pf, 1946 [from musical Fabulous Voyage]

• The Widow's Lament in Springtime (W.C. Williams), S, pf, 1950

• Du (Stramm), song cycle, S, pf, 1951

• Vision and Prayer, S, pf, 1954, unpubd, unperf.

• 2 Sonnets (G.M. Hopkins), Bar, cl, va, vc, 1955

• Composition for Tenor and 6 Insts, T, fl, ob, vn, va, vc, hpd, 1960

• Sounds and Words, S, pf, 1960 

• Phonemena, S, pf, 1969-70

• A Solo Requiem (W. Shakespeare, Hopkins, G. Meredith, Stramm, J. Dryden), S, 2 pf, 1976-7

• The Head of the Bed (J. Hollander), S, fl, cl, vn, vc, 1982

• The Virginal Book, C, pf, 1988

• 4 Cavalier Settings (R. Herrick, T. Carew), T, gui, 1991

• Mehr 'Du' (Stramm), Mez, va, pf, 1991

• Quatrains, S, 2 cl, 1993

• No Longer Very Clear, S, fl, cl, vn, vc, 1994 
  

Chamber music

• Str Trio, 1941, withdrawn

• Composition for 4 Insts, fl, cl, vn, vc, 1948

• Composition for 12 Insts, wind qnt, tpt, hp, cel, str trio, db, 1948, rev. 1954

• Str Qt no.1, 1948, withdrawn

• Composition for Va and Pf, 1950

• Ww Qt, 1953

• Str Qt no.2, 1954

• All Set, a sax, t sax, tpt, trbn, db, pf, vib, perc, 1957

• Sextets, vn, pf, 1966

• Str Qt no.3, 1969-70

• Str Qt no.4, 1970

• Arie da capo, fl, cl + b cl, pf, vn, vc, 1973-4

• Paraphrases, fl, ob + eng hn, cl, b cl, bn, hn, tpt, trbn, tuba, pf, 1979 

• Dual, vc, pf, 1980

• Str Qt no.5, 1982

• Groupwise, pic + fl + a fl, vn, va, vc, pf, 1983

• Four Play, cl, vn, vc, pf, 1984

• The Joy of More Sextets, vn, pf, 1986

• Fanfare, 4 hn, 4 tpt, 3 trbn, tuba, 1987

• Souper, spkr, fl, cl, vn, vc, pf, 1987

• Whirled Series, a sax, pf, 1987

• The Crowded Air, fl, ob, cl, bn, pf, mar, gui, vn, va, vc, db, 1988

• Consortini, fl, pf, vib, mar, vc, 1989

• Soli e Duettini, 2 gui, 1989

• Soli e Duettini, fl, gui, 1989

• Soli e Duettini, vn, va, 1990 

• Counterparts, 2 tpt, hn, trbn, tuba, 1992

• Septet, but Equal, 2 cl, cl + b cl, vn, va, vc, pf, 1992

• Fanfare for All, 2 tpt, hn, trbn, tuba, 1993

• Str Qt no.6, 1993

• Accompanied Recitative, s sax, pf, 1994

• Arrivals and Departures, 2 vn, 1994

• Triad, cl, va, pf, 1994

• Bicenquinquagenary Fanfare, 2 tpt, hn, trbn, tuba, 1995

• Pf Qt, 1995

• Qnt, cl, 2 vn, va, vc, 1996

• When Shall We Three Meet Again?, fl, cl, vib, 1996 
  

Solo piano

• 3 Compositions for Pf, 1947

• Duet, 1956

• Semi-Simple Variations, 1956

• Partitions, 1957

• Post-Partitions, 1966

• Tableaux, 1972

• Minute Waltz (3/4 ± 1/8), 1977

• Playing for Time, 1977

• My Complements to Roger, 1978

• About Time, 1982

• Don, pf 4 hands, 1981

• Canonical Form, 1983

• Playing for Time, 1983

• It Takes Twelve to Tango, 1984

• Lagniappe, 1985

• Overtime, 1987

• In his Own Words, spkr, pf, 1988

• Emblems (Ars Emblematica), 1989

• Envoi, pf 4 hands, 1990

• Preludes, Interludes and Postlude, 1991

• Tutte le corde, 1994 

Solo instrumental

• My Ends are my Beginnings, cl, 1978

• Melismata, vn, 1982

• Sheer Pluck (Composition for Gui), 1984

• Homily, snare drum, 1987

• Beaten Paths, mar, 1988

• Play it Again Sam, va, 1989

• None but the Lonely Flute, fl, 1991

• Around the Horn, hn, 1993

• Manifold Music, org, 1995

 

Electo-acoustic music

• Composition for Synthesizer, 4-track tape, 1961

• Vision and Prayer (D. Thomas), S, 4-track tape, 1961

• Ensembles for Synthesizer, 4-track tape, 1962-4

• Philomel (Hollander), S, 4-track tape, 1964

• Correspondences, str orch, tape, 1967

• Occasional Variations, 4-track tape, 1971

• Concerti, vn, small orch, tape, 1974-6

• Phonemena, S, tape, 1975

• Reflections, pf, tape, 1975

• Images, sax, tape, 1979 

Principal publishers

• Associated

• Boelke-Bomart

• Peters