Flute, Viola and Harp
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Flute
, viola
and harp
are the instruments of a chamber music
grouping that have become common through the establishment of ensembles that feature this set of instruments and have enjoyed new compositions written for the set. The first major composition written for the instruments was the Sonate pour flûte, alto, et harpe (1915) by Claude Debussy
; Debussy had set out to compose a set of chamber works for "diverse ensembles," as distinguished from more common groupings like string quartet
or piano trio
. Though other composers have written chamber works that feature harp, this set of instruments has gained a repertoire, which places it among other established genres of the twentieth century such as the "Pierrot ensemble
" (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, with frequently added percussion or voice).
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
and harp
Harp
The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
are the instruments of a chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
grouping that have become common through the establishment of ensembles that feature this set of instruments and have enjoyed new compositions written for the set. The first major composition written for the instruments was the Sonate pour flûte, alto, et harpe (1915) by Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
; Debussy had set out to compose a set of chamber works for "diverse ensembles," as distinguished from more common groupings like string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
or piano trio
Piano trio
A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...
. Though other composers have written chamber works that feature harp, this set of instruments has gained a repertoire, which places it among other established genres of the twentieth century such as the "Pierrot ensemble
Pierrot ensemble
A Pierrot ensemble is a musical ensemble comprising flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano, frequently augmented by the addition of a singer or percussionist, and/or by the performers doubling on other woodwind/stringed/keyboard instruments.-History:...
" (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello, with frequently added percussion or voice).
List of flute, viola and harp groups
- Auréole (United States)
- Beau Soir Ensemble (Washington, D.C.) www.beausoir.org
- Bohemia Luxembourg Trio (Luxembourg)
- Debussy Ensemble (Great Britain)
- ensemble infini (Japan)
- Giverny Trio (New Zealand)
- janus trio (Brooklyn, NY)
- Los Angeles Harp Trio (www.laharptrio.com)
- Midnight Rose Trio (America)
- Myriad Trio (United States)
- Naiades Ensemble (Great Britain)
- New York Harp Trio (United States)
- Trio Arcane (Switzerland) www.trioarcane.biz
- Trio Lyra (Canada)
- Trio Sospiroso (Great Britain)
- Trio Spiritus (France)
- Trio Verlaine (Canada)
- Turner Trio (France)
- Lorien Trio (Poland)
- Trio Medicis (Belgium)
Works for flute, viola and harp
For standard flute, viola and harp unless otherwise noted| Composer | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Adler Samuel Adler (composer) Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in... (b. 1928) |
Triolet (1989) | C.F. Peters |
| Luna Alcalay Luna Alcalay Luna Alcalay is an Austrian pianist, music educator and composer.-Biography:Luna Alcalay was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She studied piano under Bruno Seidlhofer and composition under Alfred Uhl at the Vienna Academy of Music and received a scholarship in 1958 to continue her studies in Rome... (b.1928) |
un sogno à tre (1990) | Music Information Centre Austria |
| Paul Archbold (b.1964) | Disenchanted Voices (1989) | |
| Xavier Armenter (b.1965) | Fantasía (2007) | Clivis Publicacions |
| Jan Bach Jan Bach Jan Bach is an American composer. He taught at the University of Tampa from 1965 to 1966 and at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois from 1966 to 2002. His primary performing instrument is the horn, and he is especially renowned for his horn pieces and especially well-known among... (b.1937) |
Five Penny Poems for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp (2005) | Meadow Music; words by Penny Walker Bosselmann |
| Henk Badings Henk Badings Henk Badings was a Dutch composer.Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Badings became an orphan at an early age... (1907–1987) |
Trio No.10 for alto flute, viola, and harp (1977) | Donemus |
| Sándor Balassa (b.1935) | Fűzérke (Little Garland), Op.51 (1994) | |
| Ian Balfour (b.1924) | Trio (2006) | Scottish Music Centre |
| Claude Ballif Claude Ballif Claude Ballif was a French composer.His music is known as a combination of tonality and serialism - a system that he named metatonality.... (1924–2004) |
Trio, Op.43 No.1 (1969) | Éditions Choudens |
| Milton Barnes Milton Barnes (composer) Milton Barnes was a Canadian composer, conductor, and jazz drummer. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his music is noted for its frequent use of Jewish themes, its rejection of the avant garde in favor of tonality, and its blend of classical, jazz, and pop elements. His music has been... (1931–2001) |
Classical Cat (1999) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Harbord Street (1991) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Tango 99 (2000) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Pierre Bartholomée (b.1937) | Et j'ai vu l'âme sur un fil...elle dansait (2000) | Quindicesima Publishing |
| Arnold Bax Arnold Bax Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO was an English composer and poet. His musical style blended elements of romanticism and impressionism, often with influences from Irish literature and landscape. His orchestral scores are noted for their complexity and colourful instrumentation... (1883–1953) |
Elegiac Trio (1916) | Chester Music Ltd. |
| Sally Beamish Sally Beamish Sally Beamish is a British composer of chamber, vocal, choral and orchestral music. She has also worked in the field of music theatre, film and television, as well as composing for children and for her local community.... (b.1956) |
Between Earth and Sea (1997) | Scottish Music Centre |
| Louis-Noël Belaubre (b.1932) | Les Romances de Gai Savoir, Op.37 | Louis-Noël Belaubre website |
| Paul Ben-Haim Paul Ben-Haim Paul Ben-Haim was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor to Bruno Walter and Hans Knappertsbusch from 1920 to 1924... (1897–1984) |
Chamber Music (מוסיקה קאמרית) (1978) | Israeli Music Publications |
| Richard Rodney Bennett Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, CBE is an English composer renowned for his film scores and his jazz performance as much as for his challenging concert works... (b.1936) |
Sonata after Syrinx (1985) | Novello & Co. Ltd. |
| Moisès Bertran (b.1967) | Sonatina líquida (2006) | Clivis Publicacions |
| Harrison Birtwistle Harrison Birtwistle Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH is a British contemporary composer.-Life:Birtwistle was born in Accrington, a mill town in Lancashire some 20 miles north of Manchester. His interest in music was encouraged by his mother, who bought him a clarinet when he was seven, and arranged for him to have... (b.1934) |
Dinah and Nick's Love Song (1994) | Universal Editions |
| Herbert Blendinger Herbert Blendinger Herbert Blendinger is an Austrian composer and viola player of German origin.-Professional career:Blendinger studied viola and composition with Willy Horwath and Max Gebhard at the conservatory in Nuremberg, then from 1961 to 1963 at the Musikhochschule München with Georg Schmid and Franz Xaver... (b.1936) |
Tre Impressioni (3 Impressions) for flute (bass flute), viola and harp, Op.26 (1976) | Orlando-Musikverlag |
| Konrad Boehmer Konrad Boehmer Konrad Boehmer is a Dutch composer and writer of German birth.Boehmer was born in Berlin. His music reflects his Marxist political agenda, which is made explicit in many of his writings from the late 1960s and 1970s... (b.1941) |
Nuba (1998) | Tonos Musikverlags |
| Edward Bogusławski (1940–2003) | Impromptu (1972) | Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Agencji Autorskiej |
| Jacques Bondon | Le Soleil multicolore (1970) | Éditions Max Eschig |
| Salvador Brotons (b.1959) | Ad Infinitum (1976, revised 1991) | Clivis Publicacions |
| Gerard Brophy (composer) (b.1953) | Charm (1995) | Australian Music Centre |
| Linda Buckley (b.1979) | all collisions end in static (2003) | |
| Caleb Burhans (b.1980) | Keymaster (2005) | Burning Hands Publishing |
| Dieter Buwen (b.1955) | liberamente e rubato (2004) | Edition Gamma |
| César Cano (b.1960) | Presagios y azar, Op.44 (2000) | Polyhymnia Ediciones Musicales; César Cano website |
| Frits Celis (b.1929) | Trio, Op.13 (1977) | CeBeDeM |
| Mahir Çetiz (b.1977) | Sabah Sabah [Early Morning] (2010) | |
| Carlos Chávez Carlos Chávez Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No... (1899–1978) |
Trio (1940) | |
| Brian Cherney Brian Cherney Brian Cherney is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig, Samuel Dolin, and John Beckwith. In 1972 he joined Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he has taught analysis and... (b.1942) |
Music for a Summer Wedding (2000) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Anna Clyne Anna Clyne Anna Clyne is a British-born composer, now resident in the USA. She has worked in both acoustic music and electro-acoustic music.... (b.1980) |
Beware Of (2007) | |
| Barry Conyngham Barry Conyngham Emeritus Professor Barry Conyngham AM is an Australian composer and academic. He has over seventy published works and over thirty recordings featuring his compositions, and his works have been premiered or performed in Australia, Japan, North and South America, the United Kingdom and Europe. His... (b.1944) |
Streams (1988) | Australian Music Centre |
| Alain Craens (b.1957) | Oase (2001) | CeBeDeM |
| Donald Crockett (b.1951) | Short Stories (1995) | MMB Music; Lauren Keiser Music Publishing |
| Costas Dafnis | Cerisy's Sphinx (2006) | |
| Jean-Michel Damase Jean-Michel Damase Jean-Michel Damase is a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music.Damase was studying with Marcel Samuel-Rousseau at age five and composing by age nine... (b.1928) |
Trio (1947) | Éditions Henry Lemoine |
| Jean-Luc Darbellay Jean-Luc Darbellay Jean-Luc Darbellay is a Swiss composer, conductor, clarinetist and physician. He was chairman of the Swiss Society for New Music and board member of the International Society for Contemporary Music. Darbellay is a member of the composers group: Groupe Lacroix. He has published about 150 works... (b.1946) |
Asia (2008) | Tre Media Musikverlage |
| Claude Debussy Claude Debussy Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions... (1862–1918) |
Sonate pour flûte, alto, et harpe, L.137 (1915) | |
| Caspar Diethelm (1926–1997) | Jadis, Ballet Suite, Op.297 (1993) | |
| Franco Donatoni Franco Donatoni Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy... (1927–2000) |
Small II (1993) | Ricordi |
| Maurice Duruflé Maurice Duruflé Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue.Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling... (1902–1986) |
Prélude, Récitatif et Variations, Op.3 (1928) | Éditions Durand |
| Ross Edwards Ross Edwards (composer) Ross Edwards is an Australian composer of a wide variety of music including orchestral and chamber music, choral music, children's music, opera and film music. He is not to be confused with a British up and coming singer-songwriter of the same name.-Life:Ross Edwards was born in Sydney... (b.1943) |
Mobile (1965) | Australian Music Centre |
| Cenk Ergun | An (2005) | |
| Eberhard Eyser (b.1932) | Espresiónim (1993) | Swedish Music Information Centre |
| Trädgårdsmästare sökes (Gardener Wanted) for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp (2004) |
Swedish Music Information Centre | |
| Alfred Felder (b.1950) | Nachtgesang (Night Song) (1993) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Claude Ferrier (composer) (b.1963) | Cinq-chronique (1994–1995) | Claude Ferrier at Musinfo |
| Fabrizio Festa (b.1960) | Confinia noctis, E71 (1998) | |
| Ronald Finch (1920–1992) | Capriccio (1955–1956) | |
| Michael Finnissy Michael Finnissy Michael Finnissy is an English composer and pianist. His music is characterised by the range of extremes often found in his work; opposing binary structures are found commonly, often seen as juxtaposing textures, register and tempi... (b.1946) |
Untitled Piece in Memory of Igor Stravinsky (1971) | Tre Media Musikverlage |
| Bjørn Fongaard Bjørn Fongaard Bjørn Fongaard was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, and teacher. In addition to being concerned with microtonal and electronic music, he was perhaps the first to use the prepared guitar.... (1919–1980) |
Trio (1971) | Music Information Centre Norway |
| Malcolm Forsyth Malcolm Forsyth Malcolm Forsyth, CM was a South African and Canadian trombonist and composer. His daughter is National Arts Centre Orchestra cellist Amanda Forsyth.... (b.1936) |
Intimacies (1977, 2000) | Counterpoint Music Library Services; Canadian Music Centre |
| Dorothea Franchi | Suite | |
| Andrew Frank (b.1946) | Sonata da Camera II (1985) | Mobart Music |
| The Way You Hear It Is the Way You Sing It (1991) | Margun Music | |
| Isadore Freed Isadore Freed Isadore Freed was a Jewish composer of Belarusian birth.-Biography:Born in Brest-Litovsk, now Brest, Belarus, Freed's family emigrated to the United States when Freed was three years old and settled in Philadelphia, where his father owned a music store... (1900–1960) |
Trio (1940) | |
| Harry Freedman Harry Freedman Harry Freedman , was a Canadian composer, english hornist, and music educator of Polish birth. He wrote a significant amount of symphonic works, including several film scores, and also composed a substantial amount of chamber music... (1922–2005) |
Touchpoints (1994) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Jay Anthony Gach (b.1975) | Tre Ecloghe (1984) | |
| Chunhe Gao (b.1959) | Trio (2006) | Müller & Schade |
| Fritz Geißler Fritz Geißler Fritz Geißler was one of the most important composers of the German Democratic Republic.... (1921–1984) |
Trio (1979) | |
| Harald Genzmer Harald Genzmer Harald Genzmer was a German composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Music beginning in 1928.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln... (1909–2007) |
Trio (1947) | C.F. Peters |
| Giorgio Federico Ghedini Giorgio Federico Ghedini Giorgio Federico Ghedini was an Italian composer.-Life:Ghedini was born in Cuneo in 1892. He studied organ, piano and composition in Turin, then graduated in composition in Bologna under Marco Enrico Bossi in 1911... (1892–1965) |
Concertato (1941) | Rugginenti Editore |
| Antonio Giacometti (b.1957) | De Jonio (A Metaphysics of the Sea) (2003) | Éditions Delatour |
| Anthony Girard (b.1959) | Entre le souffle et le murmure (Between Breath and Murmur) (2009) | Anthony Girard website |
| Arsenio Giron (b.1932) | Suite (1983) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Srul Irving Glick Srul Irving Glick Srul Irving Glick, CM was a Canadian composer, radio producer, conductor, and teacher.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto 1955, and a Masters of Music , honorary FRCCO... (1934–2002) |
Trio (1988) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Joost van de Goor (b.1956) | ...when only the moon rages... (2005) | Joost van de Goor website |
| Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, is a Russian composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity.Gubaidulina's music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations... (b.1931) |
Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten (The Garden of Joys and Sorrows) for flute, viola, harp and narrator (1980) |
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| Rico Gubler (b.1972) | Network (1997) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Daron Hagen Daron Hagen Daron Aric Hagen , is an American composer, conductor, pianist, educator, librettist, and stage director of contemporary classical music and opera.- Early life and education :... (b.1961) |
Harp Trio (1988–1989) | E.C. Schirmer Publishing |
| Adolphus Hailstork Adolphus Hailstork Adolphus Hailstork is an American composer and educator. He grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano, organ, and voice.... (b.1941) |
As Falling Leaves (2002) | Theodore Presser Company |
| Jeffrey Harrington | Oneiromancer | |
| Gygr | ||
| Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson (b.1966) | Five Portraits for alto flute, viola and harp (2008) | Íslenzk Tónverkamiðstöð |
| Ross Harris (b.1945) | Trio (1973) | Centre for New Zealand Music; Ross Harris website |
| Lars Hegaard Lars Hegaard Lars Hegaard is a Danish composer and guitarist.-References:... (b.1950) |
13 Short Pieces (1990) | Edition Samfundet |
| Philippe Hersant (b.1948) | Trio (2000) | |
| Trois Nocturnes (2001) | Éditions Durand | |
| Stanley M. Hoffman (b.1959) | Trio in One Movement | Fatrock Ink Music Publishers |
| Klaus K. Hübler (b.1956) | Kunst (Art) (1998) | Tre Media Musikverlage |
| Stephen Jaffe Stephen Jaffe Stephen Jaffe is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, USA, and serves on the music faculty of Duke University, where he holds the post of Mary and James H. Semans Professor of Music Composition; his colleagues there include composers Scott... (b.1954) |
Offering (1998) | Theodore Presser Company |
| Pertti Jalava Pertti Jalava Pertti Jalava has composed numerous works for various chamber ensembles and orchestra, among them three symphonies and a piano concerto. He has also written a considerable volume of music for jazz line-ups and big band, and works for choir... (b.1960) |
While You Were Sleeping, I opened the Door... (2010) | |
| André Jolivet André Jolivet André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet's music draws on his interest in acoustics and atonality as well as both ancient and modern influences in music, particularly on instruments used in ancient times... (1905–1974) |
Petite suite (1941) | Éditions Musicales Transatlantiques |
| Mischa Käser (b.1959) | Sechs Stücke (Six Pieces) (1992) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Georg Katzer Georg Katzer Georg Katzer is a German composer. He was one of the pioneers of electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic .-Biography:... (b.1935) |
Mi (1987) | |
| Armin Kaufmann (1902–1980) | Trio, Op.90 (1967) | |
| Nigel Keay Nigel Keay Nigel Keay was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1955. He has been a freelance musician since 1983 working as a composer, violist, and violin teacher... (b.1955) |
Terrestrial Mirror (2004) | Centre for New Zealand Music |
| Rudolf Kelterborn Rudolf Kelterborn Rudolf Kelterborn is a Swiss musician and composer.-Life:Kelterborn studied in Basel, Detmold, Salzburg, and Zürich, among other places, with the composers Walther Geiser, Willy Burkhard, Boris Blacher, Günter Bialas, and Wolfgang Fortner... (b.1931) |
Monodie II (1977–1990) | Hug Musikverlage |
| Callum Kenmuir (b.1945) | Doriana (1992) | Scottish Music Centre; Callum Kenmuir website |
| Michael Kibbe (b.1945) | Trio, Op.99 (1989) | Fatrock Ink Music |
| Valeri Kikta Valeri Kikta Valeri Kikta is a Ukrainian classical composer. He was educated at the Moscow Choral College, then at the Moscow Conservatoire under Semyon Bogatyryov and Tikhon Khrennikov. On the recommendation of Shostakovich he moved on to post-graduate study.Kikta's compositions include ballets, symphonic,... (b.1941) |
Nocturne (Ноктюрн) (1979) | |
| Trio in Honor of M. N. Yermolova Maria Yermolova Maria Nikolayevna Yermolova was said to be the greatest actress in the history of the Maly Theatre in Moscow and the first person to be proclaimed the "People's Artist of the Republic" .... (Трио в честь М. Н. Ермоловой) (1985) |
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| Herman David Koppel Herman David Koppel Herman David Koppel was a composer and pianist of Jewish origin.Born in Copenhagen, he fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. He wrote 13 symphonies, numerous concertos, and 20 string quartets.... (1908–1998) |
Patchwork, Op.106 (1981) | Edition Samfundet |
| Miroslav Kubička (b.1951) | Písně o skryté kráse (Songs of Hidden Beauty) for alto, flute, viola and harp (1976) | Český Hudební Fond; words by Jan Riedlbauch |
| Lukas Langlotz (b.1971) | Vacua for piccolo, viola and harp (1997–1998) | Lukas Langlotz at Musinfo |
| Libby Larsen Libby Larsen Libby Larsen is one of America’s most performed living composers. She has created a catalogue of over 400 works spanning virtually every genre from intimate vocal and chamber music to massive orchestral works and over fifteen operas... (b.1950) |
Trio in Four Movements (2005) | Libby Larsen website |
| Marc Lavry Marc Lavry Marc Lavry was an Israeli composer and conductor.Marc Lavry was a most prolific composer who belonged to an exclusive group of artists who formulated what is known today as Israeli music.... (1903–1967) |
Suite concertante, Op.348 (1966) | |
| Ian Lawson (composer) | Isca (2007) | |
| Henri Lazarof Henri Lazarof Henri Lazarof is a Bulgarian composer.Born in Sofia, Bulgaria his formal musical training began in Israel under Paul Ben-Haim. After a short stint in Rome, Lazarof settled in the United States, studying with Harold Shapero and Arthur Berger at Brandeis University... (b.1932) |
Harp Trio "The Litomar" (2004) | Merion Music; Theodore Presser Company |
| René Leibowitz René Leibowitz René Leibowitz was a French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher born in Warsaw, Poland.-Career:... (1913–1972) |
Sonatina, Op.69 (1966) | Mobart Music |
| John Anthony Lennon John Anthony Lennon John Anthony Lennon is an American composer of contemporary classical music based in Georgia. He was raised in Mill Valley, California, and is a professor of composition at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia... (b.1950) |
Serpent (2007) | Fatrock Ink Music Publishers |
| Fred Lerdahl Fred Lerdahl Alfred Whitford Lerdahl is the Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, and a composer and music theorist best known for his work on pitch space and cognitive constraints on compositional systems or "musical grammar[s]." He has written many orchestral and chamber... (b.1943) |
Imitations (6 Études) (1979) | Mobart Music |
| Malcolm Lipkin (b.1932) | Trio (1982) | |
| Jonathan Lloyd (b.1948) | Like Fallen Angels (1986) | Boosey & Hawkes |
| Patrick Loiseleur | Celtic Melodies (2006) | |
| Bruno Louchouarn | Rapprochement (2000) | |
| Alain Louvier (b.1945) | Envols d'écailles (1987) | Éditions Alphonse Leduc |
| Ami Maayani (b.1936) | Improvisation variée (1966) | |
| Trio (1969); revision of Improvisation variée | Lyra Music Co. | |
| Serenade, Op.25 (1980); arrangement of Beethoven's Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major (1801) |
Lyra Music Co. | |
| Andrew MacDonald Andrew Paul MacDonald Andrew Paul MacDonald is a Canadian composer, guitarist, conductor, and music educator. His compositions have been performed in many countries including England, Norway, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, the United States and Australia, as well as in Canada by the Toronto Symphony... (b.1958) |
Pleiades Variations, Op.45 (1998) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Robert Martin (composer) (b.1952) | Chrysolith for alto flute (doubling piccolo), viola and harp (1977) | Merion Music; Theodore Presser Company |
| Martin Matalon (b.1958) | Formas de Arena (2001) | Gérard Billaudot |
| William Mathias William Mathias William Mathias CBE was a Welsh composer.-Brief biography:Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and composing at the age of five. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, where he was elected a fellow... (1934–1992) |
Zodiac Trio (1975) | Oxford University Press |
| Thomas K. J. Mejer (b.1961) | Le chant des livrées (The Song of the Delivered) (1992) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Gregory Mertl Gregory Mertl Gregory Mertl is an American-born music composer. He has garnered commissions from the Tanglewood Music Center , the Rhode Island Philharmonic , the Tarab Cello Ensemble , the Phoenix Symphony , the Wind Ensembles of the Big Ten Universities , the Ostrava Oboe Festival, Czech Republic and Kenneth... (b.1969) |
Madra's Musings (2005) | Four Glimpses Music |
| Laurent Mettraux Laurent Mettraux Laurent Mettraux is a composer and organist.-Studies:Mettraux is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Fribourg where he studied music theory with René Oberson, as well as piano, violin, and singing... (b.1970) |
Trio, M. 569 (1997–1999) | |
| Arthur Meulemans (1884–1966) | Sonate (1948) | CeBeDeM |
| Krzysztof Meyer Krzysztof Meyer Krzysztof Meyer is a Polish composer, pianist and music scholar.-Biography:Meyer was born in Cracow. As a boy he played piano and organ. He began his composition study early – in 1954, with Stanisław Wiechowicz... (b.1943) |
Hommage à Nadia Boulanger, Op.17 (1971; new version 1991) | Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Agencji Autorskiej |
| Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality... (1892–1974) |
Adieu, Cantata for voice, flute, viola and harp, Op.410 (1964) | words by Arthur Rimbaud Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent... ; Elkan-Vogel Co. |
| Marjan Mozetich Marjan Mozetich Marjan Mozetich is a Canadian composer. He was born in Italy to Slovenian parents and has lived in Canada since 1952. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Composition at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and has won several prestigious awards, including the first prize in the CAPAC -Sir... (b.1948) |
Goodbye My Friend (2002) | Canadian Music Centre |
| A Veiled Dream (1977) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| Jan Müller-Wieland Jan Müller-Wieland Jan Müller-Wieland is a German composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher. He is known for his operas.-Professional career:... (b.1966) |
Drei Gedichte von Birgit Feusthuber for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp (1996) | Hans Sikorski |
| Lior Navok Lior Navok Lior Navok is an Israeli classical composer and conductor. He was born in Tel Aviv. His music has been performed in the United States, Europe, Israel, and Mexico by orchestras and ensembles including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and the Tanglewood Festival... (b.1971) |
Veiled Echoes (2000) | |
| Maria Newman (b.1960) | The Pied Piper | Maria Newman Website |
| Tage Nielsen (1929–2003) | Salon (1984) | Edition Samfundet |
| Per Nørgård Per Nørgård Per Nørgård is a Danish composer.-Biography:Nørgård studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. To begin with, he was strongly influenced by the Nordic styles of Jean Sibelius, Carl Nielsen and Vagn Holmboe... (b.1932) |
Billet Doux à Madame C. for alto flute, viola and harp (2005) | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
| Emmanuel Nunes Emmanuel Nunes -Biography:Nunes was born in Lisbon, where he studied composition, first from 1959 to 1963 at the Academia de Amadores de Música with Francine Benoit, and then with Fernando Lopes Graça at the University . He then attended courses at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse , and in 1964 moved to Paris... (b.1941) |
Impromptu pour un voyage II (1974–1975) | Éditions Jobert |
| Satoshi Ohmae (b.1943) | Time Tracing, Op.131 (2004) | Fatrock Ink Music |
| Vivienne Olive Vivienne Olive Vivienne Olive is a British-Australian composer and music educator.-Life:Vivienne Olive studied piano, harpsichord, organ and music theory at Trinity College of Music in London. After 1968, she continued her education at the University of York, where she graduated in composition in 1975... (b.1950) |
And the Willows Drowse and Sleep (2002) | Furore Verlag |
| Christopher Painter (b.1962) | Vanishing Light, Op.62 (2006) | Oriana Publications |
| Roman Palester Roman Palester Roman Palester was a Polish composer of classical music. Palester composed his most significant work during the 1960s, and in 1964 was the first Polish musician to be awarded the Alfred Jurzykowski Prize. His work was individual in style, and not noticeably Polish in character.Palester was born in... (1907–1989) |
Trio (1985) | |
| Yiannis Papaioannou Yiannis Papaioannou Yiannis Papaioannou was a Greek composer and teacher of the Modern Era. He studied piano with Marika Laspopoulou and composition with Alekos Kontis at the Hellenic Conservatory in Athens , as well as the piano and orchestration with Emilios Riadis in Thessaloniki... (1910–1989) |
Night (Νυχτερινό) (1937) | |
| Pastorale (Παστοράλε) (1938) | ||
| Romanesca (Ρομανέσκα) (1938) | ||
| Ödön Pártos Ödön Pártos Ödön Pártos [alternate English transcription: Oedeon Partos; Hungarian original: Pártos Ödön, Hebrew: עֵדֶן פרטוש ] , was a Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer... (1907–1977) |
Invenzione a tre, Homage to Debussy (1977) | Israel Music Institute |
| Robert Paterson Robert Paterson (composer) Robert Paterson is an American composer, percussionist and conductor.-Biography:Paterson studied composition with Christopher Rouse, Samuel Adler, Joseph Schwantner, Warren Benson and David Liptak at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1995. At Eastman, he was a double major and studied... (b.1970) |
Embracing The Wind (1999) | Bill Holab Music |
| Wilma Paterson (b.1944) | Casida De La Rosa (1977) | Scottish Music Centre |
| Ernst Pfiffner (b.1922) | Terzettino per Thebas (1996) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Trio sine nomine (1992) | Édition Musicale Suisse | |
| Walter Piston Walter Piston Walter Hamor Piston Jr., , was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter.... (1894–1976) |
Souvenir (1967) | Associated Music |
| Liduino Pitombeira (b.1962) | The Hollow Earth, Op.70b (2002) | Liduino Pitombeira website |
| Andreas Pflüger (b.1941) | Méditation profonde (2003) | |
| Teresa Procaccini Teresa Procaccini Teresa Procaccini is an Italian composer and music educator.-Biography:Teresa Procaccini studied organ with Fernando Germaniin and composition with Virgilio Mortari. Between 1971 and 1972, she directed the Conservatory of Foggia, and until 2001 taught composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia... (b.1934) |
Trio, Op.124 (1990) | Edizioni Edi-Pan |
| Bernard Rands Bernard Rands Bernard Rands is a composer of contemporary classical music.Rands studied music and English literature at the University of Wales, Bangor, and composition with Pierre Boulez and Bruno Maderna in Darmstadt, Germany, and with Luigi Dallapiccola and Luciano Berio in Milan, Italy.He held residencies... (b.1934) |
"...sans voix parmi les voix..." (1995) | Helicon Music Corporation |
| Günter Raphael Günter Raphael Günter Raphael was a German composer. Born in Berlin, Raphael is the grandson of composer Albert Becker. His first symphony was premiered by Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1926 in Leipzig. From 1926 to 1934 he taught in Leipzig, but illness and the rise of National Socialism - he was declared a half-Jew -... (1903–1960) |
Sonatina, Op.65 No.1 (1948) | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| Alan Rawsthorne Alan Rawsthorne Alan Rawsthorne was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex.-Career:... (1905–1971) |
Suite (1968) | Oxford University Press |
| Karel Reiner Karel Reiner Karel Reiner was a Czech composer and pianist, persecuted by Nazis as a Jew and by communists as a formalist. He was the only classical composer to survive the concentration camp in Theresienstadt.- Life :... (1910–1979) |
Repliky (Replicas) (1973) | Český Hudební Fond |
| Jean-Marie Rens (b.1955) | Trio (1991) | CeBeDeM |
| Michèle Reverdy Michèle Reverdy Michèle Reverdy is a French composer.-Biography:Michèle Reverdy was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and began piano lessons at age six... (b.1943) |
Les Jeux de Protée (1984) | Éditions Salabert |
| Marga Richter Marga Richter -Biography:Marga Richter was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, the daughter of soprano Inez Chandler-Richter . She studied piano at the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis with Irene Hellner and with Helena Morsztyn in New York... (b.1926) |
Düsseldorf Concerto for flute, viola, harp and small orchestra (1981–1982) | |
| Dennis Riley (b.1943) | Apparitions (1983-1984) | C. F. Peters |
| Adam Roberts (composer) | Surface Tension (2003) | |
| Ladislas de Rohozinski (1886–1938) | Suite brève (1921) | Éditions Maurice Senart |
| Vicente Roncero (b.1960) | del murmullo (2004) | Vicente Roncero website |
| Niels Rosing-Schow (b.1954) | Spectre du temps (2004) | Edition Wilhelm Hansen |
| Trio (1983) | Edition Wilhelm Hansen | |
| Rudolf Růžička (b.1941) | Trio (1963) | Rudolf Růžička at the Czech Music Information Centre |
| Kaija Saariaho Kaija Saariaho Kaija Saariaho is a Finnish composer.Kaija Saariaho studied composition in Helsinki, Freiburg and Paris, where she has lived since 1982. Her studies and research at IRCAM have had a major influence on her music and her characteristically luxuriant and mysterious textures are often created by... (b.1952) |
New Gates (1996) | Chester Music Ltd. |
| Rhian Samuel Rhian Samuel Rhian Samuel, born in Aberdare, Wales in 1944, is a Welsh composer.She was educated in Britain and the United States, and joined the teaching staff of City University, London in 1995 becoming Professor of Music in 1999... (b.1944) |
Through Windows and the Balustrades Beyond (1998) | Stainer & Bell |
| Bogusław Schaeffer (b.1929) | Trio for flute, viola, harp and tape (1966) | |
| Josef Schelb (1894–1977) | Kammermusik "Harfentrio" (1948) | Josef Schelb website |
| Martin Schlumpf (b.1947) | Trio (1970) | Martin Schlumpf website |
| Gary Schocker Gary Schocker Gary Schocker is a flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the West German Sinfonia, and I Solisti Italiani among others. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in... (b.1959) |
Go To Sleep (2000) | Theodore Presser Company |
| Summer Morning, Summer Afternoon (2006) | Falls House Press | |
| Aleksandr Shymko Aleksandr Shymko Aleksandr Shymko , born August 4, 1977 in Borshchiw, Ukraine, is an award-winning Ukrainian composer and pianist.-Biography:Aleksandr Shymko graduated from Chernovtcy Music S. Vorobkevich College as pianist. In 1998 he was studying composition in the class of professor Y. Ischenko at the National... (b.1977) |
The Book of Night Secrets (Книга таємниць ночі) (2005) | Aleksandr Shymko website |
| Leo Smit (1900–1943) | Trio (1926) | Donemus |
| Johannes Maria Staud Johannes Maria Staud - Biography :Staud studied with, amongst others, Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Jarrell. He gained a publishing contract with Universal Edition in 2000, and since then has won numerous prizes, including a special music prize of the Austrian Republic , the composition award of the Salzburg Easter... (b.1974) |
Sydenham Music (2007) | |
| Ben Steinberg Ben Steinberg Ben Steinberg is a Canadian composer, conductor, organist, and music educator. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he is particularly known for his contributions to Jewish music... (b.1930) |
Suite (1981) | Canadian Music Centre |
| Three Songs (1975) | Canadian Music Centre | |
| David Stock David Stock David Frederick Stock is an American composer and conductor.Stock is a longtime resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he serves as a professor of composition and as the conductor of the Contemporary Ensemble at Duquesne University... (b.1939) |
A Vanished World (1999) | MMB Music |
| Atli Heimir Sveinsson Atli Heimir Sveinsson Atli Heimir Sveinsson is an Icelandic composer.Atli Heimir was born in Reykjavík, Iceland and started piano lessons at the age of 10. He studied piano with Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson at the Reykjavík College of Music and took his diploma in 1957... (b.1938) |
Springsongs I-IV and Minning (Manuela in Memoriam) (2006) | Iceland Music Information Centre |
| Minning II (Manuela in Memoriam) for bass flute, viola and harp (2006) | Iceland Music Information Centre | |
| Toru Takemitsu Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre... (1930–1996) |
And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind (1992) | Schott Japan |
| Hilary Tann Hilary Tann Hilary Tann is a Welsh composer now based in the United States.Tann holds a degree in music composition from the University of Wales, Cardiff. Her overture, With the Heather and Small Birds, commissioned by the 1994 Cardiff Festival, is her tribute to the land of her birth... (b.1947) |
From the Song of Amergin (1997) | Oxford University Press |
| Jiří Teml Jiří Teml Jiří Teml is a Czech composer and radio producer.Born in Vimperk, Teml studied music theory and composition with Bohumil Dušek and Jiří Jaroch during the 1960s and early 1970s while working as an economist. His first major success as a composer came with his Fantasia appassionata for organ which... (b.1935) |
Dvě folklórní studie (2 Folklore Studies) (1999) | Český Hudební Fond |
| Zelená flétna (The Green Flute), Melodrama on Verses of Miroslav Florian for reciter, flute, viola and harp (1983) |
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| Johannes Paul Thilman Johannes Paul Thilman Johannes Paul Thilman was a German composer.- Life :Thilman, who actually wanted to become a teacher, encountered music at the age of 18 and taught himself initially. After a private lesson with Paul Hindemith and Hermann Scherchen, he attended the Leipzig Conservatory in 1929 and studied... (1906–1973) |
Aspekte | Edition Peters |
| David Evan Thomas (b.1958) | A Healing Benediction (2003) | Fatrock Ink |
| In the Blue Glen (2004) | Fatrock Ink | |
| Jason Treuting | I Am Not (Blank) (2007) | |
| George Tsontakis George Tsontakis George Tsontakis is an American composer and conductor.Tsontakis studied composition with Hugo Weisgall and Roger Sessions at the Juilliard School from 1974 to 1978, and later with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome... (b.1951) |
Lullaby of Crete for soprano, flute, viola and harp (1999) | |
| Dmitri Tymoczko Dmitri Tymoczko Dmitri Tymoczko is a composer and music theorist. His music, which draws on rock, jazz, and romanticism, has been performed by ensembles such as the Ansermet Quartet, the Brentano Quartet, Janus, Newspeak, the San Francisco Contemporary Players, the Pacifica Quartet, and Ursula Opens... |
Cathedral (2005) | |
| Chinary Ung Chinary Ung Chinary Ung is a composer now living in the United States. After arriving in the United States in 1964 to study the clarinet, Ung studied composition with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky. Ung is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation... (b.1942) |
Child-Song (Version III) for alto flute, viola and harp (1985) | C.F. Peters |
| Janika Vandervelde Janika Vandervelde Janika Vandervelde is an American composer, pianist, and music educator.-Biography:Janika Vandervelde was born in Ripon, Wisconsin, and grew up in nearby Green Lake, playing horn and piano. She began composing in her teens... (b.1955) |
Genesis III (1985) | |
| Giulio Viozzi Giulio Viozzi Giulio Viozzi was an Italian composer, conductor, pianist, and music critic. He was a pupil of Antonio Illersberg, and took his diploma in piano playing in 1931. Among his compositions are numerous operas, ballets, and symphonic works, as well as some chamber music and songs.-Reference:* at... (1912–1984) |
Trio (1960) | Edizioni Musicali G. Zanibon |
| Hans Vogt Hans Vogt (composer) Hans Vogt was a German composer and conductor.-Professional career:He was born in Danzig. From 1929 to 1934 he studied with Georg Schumann and Otto Frickhoeffer at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. From 1934 he worked in Minden as a cellist, pianist and conductor. In 1935 he was appointed... (1911–1992) |
Trio (1951, 1989) | |
| Martin Wendel (b.1925) | Trio, Op.8 (1956) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Ernst Widmer (1927–1990) | Cosmofonia IV, Op.164 (1988) | Ernst Widmer at Musinfo |
| James Wilson James Wilson (composer) James Wilson was a notable Irish composer. Though born in England, Wilson was a resident of Ireland for over 50 years.-Early life:... (1922–2005) |
Consequences, Op.169 (2004) | |
| Geoffrey Winters (b.1928) | Tapestry, Op.85 | Oxford University Press |
| René Wohlhauser René Wohlhauser René Wohlhauser is a Swiss composer, pianist, singer, improviser, conductor and music teacher.- Life :From 1975 to 1979 Wohlhauser studied counterpoint, harmony, music analysis, score reading, orchestration and composition with Thomas Kessler, Robert Suter, Jacques Wildberger and Jürg Wyttenbach... (b.1954) |
Quantenströmung (Quantum Current), Ergon 23 (1996) | Édition Musicale Suisse |
| Benjamin Yusupov Benjamin Yusupov Benjamin Yusupov is a classical composer, conductor and pianist.-Works:Orchestral*Falak *Gabriel *Symphony No.1 *Nostalgia for string orchestra... (b.1962) |
But in Vain, Op.44 (1997) | Hans Sikorski |
| Eric Zeisl (1905–1959) | Arrowhead, Trio (1956) | Doblinger Verlag |
| István Zelenka (b.1936) | J'insiste for alto flute, viola and harp (1997) |