D.J.WOLF

MUSICAL WORKS

A List by Category


By instrumental & vocal resources:  Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Music, Solo Instrument, Vocal, Theatre, Electronics & Installations, Other Resources, Juvenalia & Ephemera


By compositional concerns: Acoustic Phenomena, Exercises in Form, Exercises in Style, Field Studies, Groundwork, Minimal Means, Neo-Serial, Spatial Music, Through-Composed, Various


Acoustic Phenomena


THE COWBELL IN HIS LIFE (2013) for viola and cowbell, for Hauke Harder on his 50th birthday.
PROFESSOR PYTHAGORAS WOULD BE JEALOUS (2012) for electric guitar & six sine waves, for Alvin Lucier on his 81st birthday.
AMONG THE WIRES, AN ILLUSION SPACE (2011) piano solo, for Alvin Lucier on his 80th birthday

THE LONG MARCH (2009) for four melodicas (prose score)
WHEN THE PARLOUR IS COLD (2008) for mittened pianist, piano, and portable sound system
Dr. WOLF's Complete & Correct SCHOOL of PIANO LEVITATION (2007) three etudes for piano two hands (1. Errors, Eliminated; 2. Knocking About; 3. Catching Butterflies), prose score
DUO: DUA LOLO (2000) javanese gender barung slendro & simple system clarinet in C
VISTA for trombone, electronics & whistling teapot (1994)
MR. CAGE, HIS WAKE (1993) drum solo with or without amplification
WAITING ROOMS (1991- ) installations
see also PROSE ANTHOLOGY (1983-88)

Exercises in Form

SAPPHICS (2013) for violin.
TWO TONES FOR SAMUEL VRIEZEN (2013) variable resource duet or solo 9’34”
FIELD & STREAM
(2011) five computers with shared mixer and sound system.
CAME AND WENT (2009) for woodwind trio (flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb) ca 3'
A BECKETT-GRAY CODE (2009) fifth wind quintet 
NEGLECTED TOPIARY (2009) a book of music for flute, clarinet in Bb, percussion & guitar 17'00"
DESSINS D'ENFANTS (I) (1999) for trombone and piano
TWOITY (1995) flute & piano
PLANXTY (MORTON FELDMAN DIED LAST WEEK AT SIXTY-ONE) piano solo (1987)


Exercises in Style

SOME HANDYWORK  (2009) easy pieces for piano
12 KLEINE PRÆLUDIEN (2006) piano solo
ACROSS THE POND (2004) for piano solo, homage to Ives & Schoenberg, in left and right versions

ETUDES for solo microtonal instruments (1994-2004)
THE VIEW FROM HERE (2002) for Partch-style adapted viola and cd 
THE WHITE CANOE (2000) opera seria for handpuppets, libretto by Edward Gorey, SATB voices, 2 violins, cello, tackpiano (ca. 45:00)
TWO PIECES (1992) for piano
32 SONATAS (1976- ) solo keyboard


Field Studies

DECOHERENCE for n orchestras of n players (1996-), for example:  Decoherence (3) (realisation: 2007) for nine players
THE ART OF FIELDING (String Quartet III.) (1996)
FIELDWORK (String Quartet II.) (1996)
FIGURE & GROUND (1994-95) violin, viola & cello
SOWING & REAPING (1994) violin, viola, cello & piano
CROSSING THE FIELD (1992- ) for piano with any of the following: soprano saxophone, trumpet, trombone, accordion, percussion, violin
FIELD STUDY (1991) for violin, banjo, guitar & trombone
...finding the edge of the field... (1)(1989) guitar solo
TRIO: THE SANDS variable ensemble in just intonation (1985)


Groundwork


FARONELLS GROUND (La Follia) for alto recorder and cello or viola da gamba
PERSIMMONS, A GROUND (2008) for solo recorder 

DR ROGERS, HIS GROUND (2008) first version, second version
MR BRENNER, HIS PAVANE (2006) solo keyboard or variable resource ensemble 
FIGURE & GROUND (1994-95) violin, viola & cello, third and fifth movements
PASSACAGLIA for chamber orchestra (1983)


Minimal Means


BAGHDAD (2003) for piano solo 22'45”
PROSE ANTHOLOGY (1983-88)
MULTNOMAH RIFFS (1981) variable resource ensemble
(one of a number of minimal works written in the early 80's)

Neo-serial

ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE LIVING ON A PLANET?  (2009) solo melodica (f-f''') ca 2'20"
VARIATIONS (2008) for piano ca 2'
PIERRE TOSSES ONE OFF (2008) miniature for piano

GNOMIC ROUNDS for eb clarinet, bb clarinet, basset horn  (Nr. 1) (2006) ; Nr. 2 (2007); Nr. 3 (2007)
IN BREGAGLIA (1993) miniature for violin & piano
PALINODE (1977) violin & piano


Spatial Music

OBLIGATORY BICYCLES (2oo9) for three cyclists
THE LONG MARCH (2009) for four off-the-shelf melodicas
FOR DOUGLAS LEEDY (2008) for brass quartet
November the Second (2007) for five flutes or multiple quintets of flute 10'12"
XOCHICALCO (1984) for four ensembles
PROSE ANTHOLOGY (1983-88)

Through-Composed

DOUBLE HOCKET (2013) for three treble and two bass instruments ca 4’30”
UNASSISTED LEVITATION FOR ANTON LUKOSZEVIEZE (2012) for ensemble 12-24'
WE'RE NOT CROWDED (2009) ATB voices (text: Charles Chase)  ca. 1'
WRITTEN OFF AS A SCOUNDREL (& I HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE WIFE)
(2009) pf ca. 1'30"
TANGLED LULLABY (2008) pf ca 1'
AN AUGUST EPISODE (2008) for brass quintet (2 tp, hn, tn, tb) 
FOR DOUGLAS LEEDY (2008)  (2 tp, 2 tb, spatially separated)
THREE DAYS IN NOVEMBER (2007) fourth wind quintet ca. 10'
STRING QUARTET VI. (2007)

WINTER (STRING QUARTET V.) (2007)
AUTUMN (STRING QUARTET IV.) (2006)
WIND QUINTET III. (2006)
AN UNEARTHING (2007) (Virgil, Georgics) unison voices, harp, optional percussion (3')
FOR JAS. TENNEY (2006) trio of alto, tenor, bass voices or instruments

SONATAS FOR SEPTET (1981-82) fl,bcl,tp,tb,pno,vn,cb
FOR POLYHYMNIA (1980) trombone & American gamelan 

STRING QUARTET I. (1978) in just intonation 
CONCERTO (1978) on the double hexany for retuned piano and winds, just intonation
OLD BALDY (March in F) (1975-76) for band


Various Concerns

NOVEMBER 2007: 30 Pieces for various forces


The First of November for (any) clarinet solo ca 1'10''; November the Second for five flutes or multiple quintets of flute 10'12"; The Third of November for three instruments (TrTrB, e.g. clarinet, muted trumpet, bassoon); November the Fourth chorale for SATB voices; A Fifth of November miniature for violin & piano 3p. ca. 40''; November the Sixth (cheap?) imitation for fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tp, tb, cb 6p. ca. 2'30''; The Seventh of November ATB recorders; November the Eighth for clavichord; The Ninth of November for string trio ca. 1'45''; November the Tenth  for two voices over a ground bass; The Eleventh of November for harp; November the Twelfth for flute, clarinet, harp & percussion; The Thirteenth of November for wind quintet, ca. 3'; November the Fourteenth for soprano with flute, vibraphone, and piano (text: William Blake); The Fifteenth of November for wind quintet; November the Sixteenth  For winds & percussion. ca 4'40"; The Seventeenth of November for English Horn, Contrabassoon, Wagner-Tuba, Celesta & Harmonium. ca. 1'; November the Eighteenth for piano, microphone, oscillator, and ring modulator; The Nineteenth of November for wind quintet; November the Twentieth for string quartet. Ca. 2'50"; The Twenty-First of November minuet and trio for keyboard instrument; November the Twenty-Second two voice chorale; The Twenty-Third of November for cornet with flute, bass clarinet, contrabass; November the Twenty-Fourth for string trio; The Twenty-Fifth of November for string quartet. Ca. 20"; November the Twenty-Sixth for eight snare drums; The Twenty-Seventh of November three voice canon; November the Twenty-Eighth for three unison orchestras. Ca. 10'30''; The Twenty-Ninth of November for piano; November the Thirtieth for small orchestra and chorus (wordless). Ca. 3'.)

Orchestra

PASSACAGLIA for chamber orchestra (1983)
DeSELBY or TIME FLIES IN TIMES LIKE THESE (1995-96) large orchestra with waterDECOHERENCE for n orchestras of n players (1996)  Decoherence (3) for nine players 
ANOTHER ISLAND for trumpet, strings, percussion, and Javanese gamelan (1998)
FARTHER AFIELD (1999) for piano and orchestra without conductor for Hildegard Kleeb, premiered in Spain, March 1999.  (Parts for the following instruments, which may be doubled or  omitted as needed: Pic/4 Fl/3 Ob/3 BbCl/ 2Bn/EbASax/BbTSax/ /EbBarSax/3 Hn/3 Tpt/2 Tbn/7 Vn/3 Va/3 Vc/Cb/Piano Solo
FOUR CONCERTI (2005-6) for chamber orchestra (in E, C, D, Eb)
November the Twenty-Eighth (2007) for three unison orchestras 10'30'' November the Thirtieth (2007) for small orchestra (fl,ob,bn,cornet,sn.d.,celesta,harp, strings) and unison chorus ca 3'


Wind Ensemble or Band

OLD BALDY (March in F) (1975-76) for band, also piano reduction
NOVEMBER THE SIXTEENTH (2007) for winds & percussion pic/fl/ob/eh/ebcl/bbcl/bcl/bn/cbn/2hn/cornet/2tp/ttbn/btbn/tb/perc 

Chamber Music

TRIO: THE SANDS variable ensemble in just intonation (1985) premiered Real Art Ways, Hartford, 1985
SAME RIVER, NO BICYCLE viola & prepared piano (1989- )
CAMEL, PEQUOD, SPUTNIK (1990) for alto flute, alto saxophone & prepared piano commissioned & premiered in Basel by "Hildegard Kommt".
GRAND CANON (1990) for seven pianos or synthesizers in 7-, 8-, 9-, 10-, 11-, 12-, and 13-tet. Withdrawn or still in progress  (?) .
FIELD STUDY (1991) for violin, banjo, guitar & trombone premiered Kiel 1991. 
CROSSING THE FIELD (1992- ) for piano with any of the following: soprano saxophone, trumpet, trombone, accordion, percussion, violin premiered in Bludenz, Austria 1992
IN BREGALIA (1993) miniature for violin & piano premiered in Kiel, 1995 by the Thürmchen Ensemble. 
FIGURE & GROUND (1994-95) violin, viola & cello premiered in Kiel, 1995 by the Thürmchen Ensemble, commissioned by the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein.
SOWING & REAPING (1994) violin, viola, cello & piano (P: Kiel, 1995 by the Thürmchen Ensemble.) 
TWOITY (1995) flute & piano (P: Heidelberg, Philip Vandré and Yvonne Anselmont.)  
FIELDWORK (STRING QUARTET II.) (1996) first performance in Frankfurt, 1997.   
PETITE-SYMPHONIE Nr. 1 for Glockenspiel, Trombone, Piano & Contrabass, withdrawn
TRIO DEGUNG (1996) alto flute, viola & harp, withdrawn
THE ART OF FIELDING (STRING QUARTET III.) (1996), score in preparation
AFAR AFIELD (1997- ) for baryton trio (baryton, viola, cello), score in preparation
DESSINS D'ENFANTS (I) (1999) for trombone and piano for Hildegard Kleeb and Roland Dahinden, premiered in Kiel, October 1999.  
DUO: DUA LOLO (2000) javanese gender barung slendro & simple system clarinet in C (premiered 26.2.00 in Frankfurt by D. Franque and D. Wolf.)
GNOMIC ROUND (Nr. 1) (2006) eb clarinet, bb clarinet, basset horn (<1') 
AUTUMN (STRING QUARTET IV.) (2006)
WIND QUINTET III. (2006)  score in preparation
WINTER (STRING QUARTET V.) (2007) score in preparation
STRING QUARTET VI. (2007) score in preparation
GNOMIC ROUND Nr. 2 (2007) eb clarinet, bb clarinet, basset horn
GNOMIC ROUND Nr. 3 (2007) eb clarinet, bb clarinet, basset horn
November the Second (2007) out-of-doors music for five flutes or multiple quintets of flutes 10'12'' 
The Third of November (2007) for three instruments (2tr, 1 bs, i.e. clarinet, muted trumpet, bassoon) ca. 2'10''
A Fifth of November (2007) for violin and pianoforte ca. 40'' 
November the Sixth (2007) cheap imitation for fl, ob, cl(bb), bn, tp(c), hn(f), tbn, cb ca. 3'30'' 
The Seventh of November (2007) for renaissance recorder trio (a,t,b) ca. 2' 
November the Eighth (2007) for clavichord 2'20'' 
The Ninth of November (2007) for string trio 1'45'' 
November the Tenth (2007) for three or more instruments 2'30'' 
November the Twelfth (2007) for fl, cl, harp, perc ca. 1'30''
The Thirteenth of November (2007) for wind quintet ca. 3'00'' 
November the Fourteenth (2007) for soprano, with fl, vb, pf  (text: Blake) ca. 1'40''
The Fifteenth of November (2007) for wind quintet ca. 1'15''
The Seventeenth of November (2007) for english horn, contrabassoon, Wagner-tuba, celesta, and harmonium ca. 1'
The Nineteenth of November (2007) for wind quintet ca 2'15''
November the Twentieth (2007) for string quartet ca 2'50       
The Twenty-Third of November (2007) for cornet with flute, bass clarinet, contrabass ca. 1'30'' 
November the Twenty-Fourth (2007) for string trio ca. 1'00''
November the Twenty-Sixth (2007) for eight snare drums 
The Twenty-Seventh of November (2007) three voice canon 
AN AUGUST EPISODE (2008) for brass quintet (2 tp, hn, tn, tb)  
THE LONG MARCH (2009) for four melodicas (prose score) 
NEGLECTED TOPIARY (2009) a book of music for flute, clarinet in Bb, percussion & guitar 17'00" 
A BECKETT-GRAY CODE (2009) fifth wind quintet

CAME AND WENT (2009) for woodwind trio (flute, oboe, clarinet in Bb) ca 3'
THE COWBELL IN HIS LIFE (2013) for viola and cowbell, for Hauke Harder on his 50th birthday.
TWO TONES FOR SAMUEL VRIEZEN (2013) variable resource duet or solo 9’34”
DOUBLE HOCKET (2013) for three treble and two bass instruments ca 4’30”

Solo Instrument


PLANXTY (MORTON FELDMAN DIED LAST WEEK AT SIXTY-ONE) piano solo (1987) premiered 1991, Kiel, by Brigitta Romano 
...finding the edge of the field... (1)(1989) guitar solo premiered 1998, Switzerland, by Seth Josel
MR. CAGE, HIS WAKE (1993) drum solo with or without amplification premiered in Köln, 1993, by Tobias Liebezeit. 
TWO PIECES (1992) for piano
VISTA for trombone, electronics & whistling teapot (1994) for Roland Dahinden withdrawn
THE VIEW FROM HERE (2002) for Partch-style adapted viola and cd (P: Berlin, Marc Sabat)

ETUDES for solo microtonal instruments (1994-2004), including: YET ANOTHER (OCTAL) FOR GORDON MUMMA (1994) harpsichord in 8-tone equal temperament  NOCTURNE (2004) keyboard in 9-tone equal temperament ORTOLANS ENCORE UNE FOIS? (2002-4) keyboard in 11-equal temperament CHANGE OF REGIME (Prelude, Invention, & Air to a Ground in 13tet)(2004) keyboard in 13tet IVOR DARREG IN EAGLE ROCK (2004) keyboard in 14tet, AMERICAN TREES & HOW TO CLIMB THEM: AN ACADEMIC PIECE keyboard in 15tet SAPPHO, DE SELBY & THE OTHER PRE-SOCRATICS (2004) keyboard in 16-tet PRELUDE (2004) keyboard in 17-tone equal temperament DAUD SALAAM (2004) keyboard in 18-tet equal temperament PASSACAGLIAS & MINUETS (2003) for three instruments in 19-tone equal temperament RULE 42 (2004) keyboard in 21-tone equal temperament SUITE (2004) keyboard in 22-tone equal temperament SCACIATTA & FRUGUE (2004) keyboard in 23-tone equal temperament


BAGHDAD (2003) for piano solo, 22'45", a protest piece
ACROSS THE POND (2004) for piano solo, homage to Ives & Schoenberg, in left and right versions (P, left version: Bratislava: Daan Vandewalle)
32 SONATAS (1976-2004) solo keyboard (including Picking Up The Pieces (Sonata No. 14) for prepared piano)
...certain country dances... (series 1 through 7)(2005-2006)  for solo keyboard
12 KLEINE PRÆLUDIEN (2006) piano solo 
MR BRENNER, HIS PAVANE (2006) solo keyboard or variable resource ensemble (5') PDF 
Dr. WOLF's Complete & Correct SCHOOL of PIANO LEVITATION (2007) three etudes for piano two hands (1. Errors, Eliminated; 2. Knocking About; 3. Catching Butterflies), prose score
The First of November (2007) for (any) solo clarinet 
The Eleventh of November (2007) for harp 2'30''
November the Eighteenth (2007) for piano, microphone, oscillator, & ring modulator 
The Twenty-First of November (2007) for keyboard (Minuet and Trio for Emma)
November the Twenty-Second (2007) chorale for keyboard or other instruments
The Twenty-Ninth of November (2007) for piano 
WHEN THE PARLOUR IS COLD (2008) for mittened pianist, piano, and portable sound system 
Dr Rodgers, His Ground (2008) first version,  second version 
PERSIMMONS, A Ground (2008) for solo recorder
OCCASIONALS  (2008- ) smaller pieces for solo piano, including: PIERRE TOSSES ONE OFF (2008),  TANGLED LULLABY (2008) ;  WRITTEN OFF AS A SCOUNDREL (& I HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE WIFE) (2009) ; VARIATIONS (2008) for solo piano 
SOME HANDYWORK  (2009) easy pieces for piano for Walter Zimmermann's 60th birthday
ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE LIVING ON A PLANET?  (2009) solo melodica (f-f''') ca 2:20 "
AMONG THE WIRES, AN ILLUSION SPACE (2011) piano solo, for Alvin Lucier on his 80
th birthday.
100,000,000,000,000 PIECES FOR CLARINET (2011-12)
PROFESSOR PYTHAGORAS WOULD BE JEALOUS (2012) for electric guitar and six sine waves, for Alvin Lucier on his 81
st birthday, 10-12'
SONATA (2013) for oboe alone.
SAPPHICS (2013) for violin.
BROUT MET FLILLEKEN (2013) solo flute (3:25) with optional Double (also 3:25) which may be performed separately on the same program, the flutist possibly hidden from view,




Vocal Music

THREE SONGS (1995-96) for twelve voices, in resonant spaces or with electronic enhancement (Cummings/Broch/Pynchon)
AN UNEARTHING (2007) (Virgil, Georgics) unison voices, harp, optional percussion (3') 
WE'RE NOT CROWDED (2009) ATB voices, text: Charles Chase  ca 1'
TWO SONGS (AFTERNOON IN THE CANYON, END OF AMBITION) (2011) for baritone and piano, lyrics: George Hitchcock.


Music for Theatre

AT TWILIGHT music for a dance by Susan Matheke (1986) percussion, tenor, english horn, violin, and magnetic tape
THE WHITE CANOE (2000) opera seria for handpuppets, libretto by Edward Gorey, SATB voices, 2 violins, cello, tackpiano
ORPHEUS music theatre, after Virgil,
Georgics, in progress, for voices, harp, and percussion (see also AN UNEARTHING, below)(2006- ) including:  (1) Dulcis Coniunx (SSA voices)  (2) Alta ostia Ditis (Bass and Harp)  (3) FOR JAS. TENNEY (2006) trio of alto, tenor, bass voices or instruments

Electronic Music & Installations

PEQUOD (1987) imaginary orchestra (synthesized) in just intonation
WAITING ROOMS (1991- ) installations Frankfurt, Kiel, Zug  Score: Four Tunings For Sound Environments
SIX SIMPLE MACHINES (2010) six pieces for melody instrument and live electronics (programmed in pd).
SOUS LES PAVÉS LA PLAGE! (2010) for flute, glockenspiel, and piano, optional version with oscillator and ring modulation.

FIELD & STREAM (2011) five computers with shared mixer and sound system

Other

PROSE ANTHOLOGY 1983-88) Including: DISTINCTIONS for small ensemble / CONNECTION (After William Billings) for ensemble / SCHOOL OF LEVITATION for any bowed instrument / ELECTRONIC PIECES: 1. All the wrong places, 2. Funhouse, or She Came Back, 3. One Last Wave / LARGE ENSEMBLE / BACKYARD CONSPIRACIES / SERENADE / SATISFACTORY RENOVATIONS OF FAMILAR CONTENTS / SARDINES 

Juvenalia, emphemera, occasional, & pedagogical pieces: a selection

SIX SHORT INVENTIONS (1976) alto recorder
MIRRORS (1976) recorder, celesta, guitar 
HARMONIC MAZE (1976) ensemble in just intonation
SONGS (1976) voice and hawai'ian guitar in just intonation
DAWN SONG (1976) for voices and prepared piano
THREE MELODIES (1977) alto recorder
SONATA (1977) tenor saxophone
PALINODE (1977) violin and piano PDF (86KB)
STRING QUARTET I. (1978) in just intonation 
CONCERTO (1978) on the double hexany for retuned piano and winds, just intonation
3 WOODWIND QUINTETS (1980, 81, 86)
FOR POLYHYMNIA (1980) trombone & American gamelan commissioned by Lou Harrison & William Colvig, premiered, Cabrillo Music Festival 1980, Robert Szabo, trombone.
MAJOR OPERA (1980) variable resource electroacoustic music theatre
MULTNOMAH RIFFS (1981) variable resource ensemble 
SONATAS FOR SEPTET (1981-82) fl,bcl,tp,tb,pno,vn,cb
BAGATELLES (1981- ongoing) for keyboard instruments
TUBULONG PIECES (1981-82) metallophone in just intonation
EIGHTSPACE (1981) electronic music
THE ORIGINAL SOUR MASH: exquisite corpses (1982) for variable resource ensemble, co-composed with Steed Cowart, Jonathan E. Segel
DYNING & DANCING MUSIC (1982) tape
PERSEPHONE (1982) tape
HOMMAGE TO PROPERTIUS (1982-3) cantata, for baritone, oboe, alto trombone, electric guitar, viola, contrabass, after N. O. Brown
FOXTROT (1983) music theatre for two pianos, tape, television, dancers, at least one of whom is restrained
RECHERCHE-SCHOOL OF LEVITATION (1983) crosscut saw and sine wave emsemble
XOCHICALCO (1984) for four ensembles, later combined as one orchestra
ALSVALE (ENSVALE) (1984) two flutes, two accordions, horn and trombone
HARMONIUM WITH MOONWALK (1984) electroacoustic music theatre
OCTOBER ARRANGEMENTS (1984) cl, hn, vn, va, cb
7 ETUDES (1984-5) dance accompaniment for solo musician (crosscut saw, flügelhorn, trombone & umbrellas) with tape
CARDAMOM PIECES (1984) for guitar
AMIGA MIA (1985) for flute, bb clarinet, female voice and viola
HORN TRIO (1985) violin, natural horn, fortepiano
CANONS & CROSSES II (Goldstein Variations)(1985) two violins or other instruments.
CANONS & CROSSES I (1985-88) electronic music for a dance by Susan Matheke. 
...certain country dances... (1988) two pianos, retuned withdrawn
HYMN & FUGUING TUNE (for Karl Kohn on his retirement) (1994).
Incidental Music for Kasperle Plays (1999-2003) synthesized music for childrens' puppet theatre, partially revised as PASSACAGLIAS & MINUETS (above)
FOR SEAMUS (2001) piano pieces for young musicians
PLEASURE GARDEN APPENDED (2002) solo g alto recorder
SONGS for The Good Woman of Szechuan (Brecht) (2003) solo voice or chorus, piano, optional percussion
FOR JAS. TENNEY (2006) trio of alto, tenor, bass voices or instruments



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