Stuart Saunders Smith

Music Of Stuart Saunders Smith.

Also in series : Profiles of American composers. Forewords by Milton Babbitt, Herbert Bruen, Brian Ferneyhough, Ben Johnston. Many music examples, intervie with Smith, works list/discography, bibliography, index. Paperback ISBN 0935016171 $24.95 .

Book Of Horizons / Joseph Kubera, Piano. [CD]

Julius Eastman: Piano 2 -- Blue Gene Tyranny: The Drifter -- Stuart Saunders Smith: Fences, In Three Tragedies -- Michael Byron: Book Of Horizons.

Plot : Music For Unspecified Instrumentation. [CD]

The McCormick Percussion Group performs works by Johanna Beyer, Earle Brown, Herbert Brün, Robert Erickson, Stuart Saunders Smith, and James Tenney.

Theatrical Music For Solo Percussion / Lee Hinkle, Percussion. [CD]

…Aperghis: Le Corps à Corps For Zarb/Vocalist -- Daniel Adams: Of A Just Content For Vibraphone & Multiple Percussion/Vocalist -- Stuart Saunders Smith: The Authors For Marimba/Vocalist -- Lee Hinkle: Vibratissimo For Vibraphone/Vocalist -- Stuart Saunders Smith: Tunnels For Percussionist Actor.

Hawk - Version II : For Solo Soprano Saxophone (2007).

Smith originally composed this work for solo oboe. This transcription was prepared for Susan Fancher. An unmetered work comprised of complex rhythmic gestures.

Links No. 11 : For Three Vibraphones.

With performance notes and note by the publisher, Sylvia Smith (the composer's wife. Dedicated to the Univ. of Akron Percussion Dept. and to the players who make this composition live in their hands: Jeff Gram, Chris Leonard, Doug Patko.

Plenty : For Vibraphone.

This work was composed for Jonas Larsson and Berndt Thurner. The music consists of 34 fairly brief movements, each containing complex rhythmic expressions. With performance notes by Smith and Thurner.

In Bingham : For Solo Speaking Voice.

A spoken song cycle of seven songs for unaccompanied voice. Performance instructions indicate intonation, accent, expression intended by the composer. Smith claims that, as distinguished from a poem, "a speech song is to be performed rather than read silently as literature."

Minor : For Solo Violin (2001).

Composed for Rachel Koblyakov, who was only nine years old when she asked Smith to compose a work for her. The music is slow and unmetered, and almost tragic in nature. With a program note. Printed from manuscript on single-sided, unbound pages.

Pinetop : For Solo Piano.

Dedicated to Pinetop Smith. Composed for Paul Hoffmann in 1977.

Such Falling - Eight Arias : For Solo Xylophone (1988/2009).

With performance notes. Commissioned by Sylvia Smith. Premiered by Ian Kerr in Portland, Oregon, April 2010. A set of eight challenging and emotive pieces.

Blue Too : For Solo Drum Set (1981-83).

Links No. 4 (Monk) For Solo Vibraphone.

Links No. 11 : For Three Vibraphones.

And Points North : For Percussionist-Narrator.

Composed 1987-1990. With program notes and instrumentation by the composer.

Flight : For Flute And Piano (1978).

Hawk : For Solo Oboe (1990-91).

Reproduced from manuscript. Performance notes by the composer.

Thaw : For Unaccompanied Orchestra Bells.

Dedicated to Jonas Larsson. With performance instructions by the composer in the form of a letter, addressed to the performer, printed on the front cover!

Good Night : For Solo Marimba.

Written in 1992. Excellent encore piece or recital-ending work.

Each Moment An Ending : For Orchestra Bells, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Marimba, Chimes.

Written in 1993 for Percussive Rotterdam. Parts available separately, $45.00.

Links No. 9 (Mosque) : For Vibraphone.

With performance notes by the composer. Notes to the performer. Dedicated to Patti Cudd. Revised 1993-1994. Explanation of notation. Introduction by Rick Kurasz.

Links No. 7 : For Solo Vibraphone.

Composed in 1989 and subtitled New England Night Weave. With performance notes, and notes to the performer.

Polka In Treblinka : For Percussion Trio (1996).

Dedicated to Trio Algetic. Each musicians represents an aspect of the death camps of the Third Reich; embedded deep in Polka in Treblinka are two Chassidi songs in praise of the Torah. Performance note.

Wind In The Channel : For Tenor Recorder (1994).

Scored for one musician performing tenor recorder, voice (singing and speaking With performance notes; special notation. Dedicated to and requested by Julia Whybrow.