IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
Pianist, Composer, Dancer, Impresario
Studies at Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, University of Houston, University of Texas, Austin.
D.M.A. in Composition, University of Texas (1972).
Principal teachers: Armand Basil, Adele Marcus, Beveridge Webster.
Faculty member, State University of New York at Buffalo, from 1973 until his death. Co-founder and
director of the university's North American New Music Festival.
Internationally known both as an interpreter of 20th century piano works and as a performer/curator of American music, Yvar Mikhashoff performed at many of the world's leading music festivals, including the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Zagreb Biennale, Holland Festival, Ars Musica/Brussels, Numus Festival/Denmark, Huddersfield Festival/England, Music Nova/Brazil, and Pan Music Festival/Korea. He also appeared as piano soloist with major orchestras in the United States, South America, and Europe.
Mikhashoff studied at the Eastman and Juilliard Schools and the University of Houston, and received his Doctorate in Composition from the University of Texas in 1972. He was Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo from 1973 until his death, Associate Director of the Almeida Festival in London, Artistic Advisor to the Music Factory in Bergen/Norway, and Co-founder/Artistic Director of the North American New Music Festival. Composers who wrote for him included John Cage, Lukas Foss, Christian Wolff, Henry Brant, Sylvano Bussotti, Per Norgaard, Luis de Pablo, and Conlon Nancarrow. Over one hundred composers wrote three-minute tangos for his International Tango Collection. The Austrian government awarded him the Arbeiterkammerpreis in 1989. He also received Fulbright scholarships for study in Denmark and Argentina.
Mikhashoff was very active as a recording artist, with releases on the Nonesuch, CRI, Mode, Spectrum, Paula, EMI, and New Albion labels. He recorded for every major broadcast center in Europe as well as for Radio Hong Kong and NHK/Tokyo.
—adapted from Ivar Mikhashoff Trust (used with permission)
WORKS:
Arranged alphabetically within genre. Incomplete works and sketches not included.
Taken from the University at Buffalo Music Library's listings prepared by Matthew J. Sheehy. Buffalo's on-line version gives more complete annotations including premieres. Indexes of titles and authors of texts available in print version: An Annotated Catalogue of the Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff Musical Compositions and Transcriptions in the Music Library, SUNY at Buffalo.
SOLO PIANO
Assyrian march (piano version)
date: 195?
note: Identified by the composer as his first composition.
note: Later orchestrated for band.
Charlie's Waltz
date: 1990
Elemental figures
date: 1990
Movements: I. Diviner — II. Shaman — III. Sybil
Hummel pieces
date: 1959-60
Movements: Allegro eroti; Andalucian night; Devil's toccata; Will o' the wisp
Lassan in A minor, or, Gypsy's Lament
date: 1955
The Long eyes of Earth
date: 1975, rev. 1981
duration: 8:20
Nocturne of life and death: "Les preludes"
date: 1955
note: Orchestrated for band and entitled Nocturne after Lamartine.
Piano sonata
date: 1966
Movements: I. — II. Morning music — III. Sports et divertissements
Platero y yo
date: 1967
Movements: Platero — Nostalgia — The canary dies — Flame — The Lullaby — The canary escapes
CHAMBER / OTHER SOLO INSTRUMENTS
Afternoon pieces / Afternoon sonata "Echo and Narcissus"
for: Oboe, Piano
date: 1964
Movements: Song for Narcissus — Aria and dance for Echo
Block Island wedding cake waltz
for: Oboes (2), Clarinets (2), Bassoons (2), Horns (2)
date: 1993
Canto and Fugue, violin solo
for: Violin
date: 1969
Cycle of Hungarian gypsy songs
for: Violin
date: 195-?
Dances for Davia
for: Flute, Piano
date: 1958
Movements: Overture — Waltz for a rainy day — Amy's piece — Sergei's bourree no. 1 — Yellow waltz — Gypsy dance — Sad doll — Tag, and tired
Published: Southern Music Company
Dances for Davia, second set
for: Flute, Piano
date: 1979
Movements: I. Prelude for a princess — II. Humming Song — III. David's Pavane — IV. Sergei's Bourrée no. 2 — V. Silver waltz — VI. Magic wind-dance — VII.The song of the blue fairy — VIII. Grand Finale
Evening dances
for: Violin, Piano
date: 1984
Movements: El grito — Me han traido una caracola — Mickey's hour waltz
Ferrara dances
for: Violoncellos (3)
date: 1991
Movements: I. Libra (passo degli cigni ricenti) — Fragment A (frammento degli gritone neri) — II.Libra (passo degli) — Fragment B (frammento degli grifone azzuni) — III. Cancer (Passo della morte/passo delle tre parche) — IV. Leo (passo de Gobbo Bomarzo)
Flowers for Joan Mitchell
for: Violin, Percussion, Piano
date: 1988
Movements: I. Sunflowers — II. No daisies — III.Bluet, bluet, bluet — IV. Two sunflowers
Light from a distant garden (deploration: in memoriam Poul Rovsing April 30 Olsen)
for: Violins (2), Viola, Violoncello
date: 1983
Little of the bandit's soul: a farce in seven scenes wherein various illustrious composers encounter remarkable devices and have strange revelations
for: Violin, Piano
date: 1979
Movements: Scene I, In which Francis Poulenc makes a daring escape from the Keystone Kops — Scene II, In which Maurice Ravel dances with a Spanish princess — Scene III, In which Sergi [sic] Prokofiev meets a real live gavotte — Scene IV, In which Gabriel Fauré plays a sonatina for Melisande while she spins — Scene V, In which Alberto Ginastera sees the Northern Lights and dances a rude tango — Scene VI, In which Ottorino Respighi falls asleep beside a fountain, under a pine, and dreams of a nightingale — Scene VII, In which Sergi [sic] Rachmaninov sees penguins in front of his house and writes a concerto.
Night Dances, version 1
for: Violin, Viola, Violoncello
date: 1985
Night Dances, version 2
for: Piccolo, Alto Flute, Trumpets (2), Trombones (3), Percussion, Piano
date: 1985
Movements: I. Bolero — II. Milongo — III. Processional — IV. Huapango — Coda
Nocturne, for violoncello and piano
for: Violoncello, Piano
date: 1978
Pipes of Colchis
for: Clarinet, Piano
date: 1973
Movements: The kaval (Bulgaria) — The zurna (Turkey) — The nay (Rumania) — The monaulos (Greece)
Prelude, fugue (6 voices)
for: Violin, Piano
date: 195-?
Prelude, variations and fugue
for: Violoncello
date: 1977
Nocturne after Lamartine
for: Flute, Bassoon, Horn, Cymbals, Harp, Strings
date: 1955
note: This is an orchestration of Nocturne of life and death, signed "MacKay."
Partita, for solo oboe
for: Oboe
date: 1964
duration: 9:20
Rhapsodie hongroise (a contest of virtuosity)
for: Violoncello, Piano
date: 1957
Sonnet, for violin and piano
for: Violin, Piano
date: 1964
note: Sub-title reads: "In which Dimitri Shostakovich is seen dancing with many penguins in front of Rachmaninoff's house."
Three dirges
for: Trombone, Piano
date: 1966
Movements: Grave — Lento — Larghetto
Tiento para el espejo de Narciso
for: Voice, Flute, Viola, Saxophone
date: 1972
Twilight dances
for: Violin, Double bass, Percussion (2 players), Piano
date: 1986
Movements: I. Bear Dance [NYAGWAI] — II. Buffalo Dance [DEGIYAGO] — III. Processional [DEGIYAGO II] — IV. Shaking-a-squash [GASHEDONDADON]
ORCHESTRA / LARGE ENSEMBLE
Concerto, for piano and orchestra
for: Piano, Orchestra
date: 1957-59
Concerto (no. 1), for piano with winds and percussion
for: Piano, Flutes (3), Oboes (2), English horn, Clarinets (2), Bassoon, Saxophone, Horns (4), Trumpets (4), Trombones (3), Percussion (6), Celeste, Harp, Double bass (2)
date: 1965
Movements: Largamente — Allegro Giusto — Adagio — Allegro Giusto
Concerto, for viola and orchestra
for: Viola, Orchestra
date: 1968
Concerto, for viola and orchestra [revised]
for: Viola, Orchestra
date: 1976
Northern Rhapsody, for piano and orchestra
for: Piano, Orchestra
date: 195-?
note: This is marked "opus 1."
Poem, for flute and orchestra
for: Flute, Orchestra
date: 1957-58
Prelude, Gavotte
for: Orchestra
date: 195-?
Tango caprice
for: Strings
date: 195-?
Variations, for piano, harp, and orchestra, with violin obbligato
for: Piano or Harp, Orchestra
date: 195-?
VOCAL
Au jardin de l'infante
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1967
Movements: Apporte les cristaux dorés — Frêle comme un harmonica — Lune de cuivre; parfums lourds — Les grands jasmins épanouis
Beggar's songs
for: Voice, Piano
date: 1969
Movements: 1. Offering (Carl Sandburg) — 2. Rebuff (Carl Sandburg) — 3. The white birds (W. Butler Yeats) — 4. Prelude — 5. Alms (Anna Morrow Lindbergh) — 6. Beggars (John Ackerman-Jones) — 7. A time of waiting (Robert Graves) — 8. Epilogue (Carl Sandburg)
Canciones de Lorca, soprano and piano
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1969
Movements: El canto quiére sur Luz — El Grito — El marino en la orilla — Me han traido una carcola
Canciones de Lorca, soprano and piano; revised
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1970
Movements: El canto quiére sur Luz — El marino en la orilla — El Grito — Caracola
Texts are by Federico García Lorca.
note: This is a transposed and re-ordered version of the 1969 Canciones de Lorca. There is also a different final song.
Come away, death
for: Voice, Flute, Harpsichord
date: 197?
Canon to Webern
for: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Flute, Clarinet
date: 1976
Ed è subito sera, for voice and piano
for: Voice, Piano
date: 1969
Movements: I. Frutta erbaggi (fruits and greens) / Umberto Saba — II.Novembre (November) /Aldo Palazzeschi — III.Ed è subit sera (and suddenly it's evening) / Salvatore Quasimodo — IV.La venta Paizzetta / Sandro Penna
Elis Sonata Nr.1
for: Soprano/Baritone or Bassoon, Piano
date: 1969
Movements: I. [Elis, wenn die Amsel im schwarzen Wald ruft] — II. (Vollkommen ist die Stille) — III. (Leise sinkt an kahlen Mauern)
Text is by Georg Trakl.
Flight of the moon
for: Flute, Soprano, Harp
date: 1988
Four antique Japanese dances
for: Alto voice, Piano
date: 1966
Movements: Taigi — Buson — Sogetsu — Shiki
Four figures of a drowned maiden: Ophelia
for: Soprano, Speaker, Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Harpsichord, Violin, Viola, Violoncello
date: 1972
Movements: Prologue: Requiem (Rilke, Block) — I. There is a willow (Shakespeare) — II. In a wild grove by a ravine (Block) — III. Sicilienne: Ophélie (Rimbaud) Recitative (Rilke) — IV. Concerning a drowned girl (Brecht) — Epilogue: The singer sings before the child of princes (Rilke)
Texts from: William Shakespeare (Hamlet), Alexander Block (Ophelia), Arthur Rimbaud (Ophélie), Bertold Brecht (The drowned maiden), and Rainer Maria Rilke (Requiem).
Huhn
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1969
Improvisations on the last words of Chief Seattle
for: Speaker, Voice, Mime, Percussion, Mime-dancer
date: 1977
In memoriam: Benjamin Britten
for: High Voice, Oboe, Violoncello
date: 1977
Text is by William Wordsworth.
In memoriam Igor Stravinsky
for: Voice, Flute, Clarinet, Violoncello
date: 1971
Text from: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Jabberwocky
for: Voice, Piano
date: 1988
Text is by Lewis Carroll.
Perfumed wasp
for: Mezzo-soprano, Piano
date: 1967
Movements: The perfumed wasp — The solitude of violet leaves — Pale fern
Petals from a burnished autumn
for: Baritone, Piano
date: 1967
Portrait of Verlaine
for: Voice, Oboe, Piano
date: 1965
Movements: Prelude — I. Verlaine (tres retrators con Sombra) — II. Verlaine (the child of the night) — Cadenza — Prelude — III. Tombeau de Verlaine
Rain flute, soprano and piano March 22
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1965
Movements: I. noon, dawn forgotten — II. without a sound — III. o how cold — IV. why? — V. old and young — VI. orchids — VII. mother, or reliving girl? — VIII. the girl grieving
duration: 15 min.
Rosenkrantzlieder
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1969
Movements: An die Schwester — Nähe des Todes — Amen Seis caprichos [sic]
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1968
Movements: I. Adivinanza de la guitarra — II. Candíl — III. Crótalo — IV. Chumbera — V. Pita — VI. Cruz
note: In 1973, this composition was transcribed for soprano and string quartet.
Sebastian im Traum
for: Soprano, Piano
date: 1969
Movements: I. Nachtlied — II. Untergang — III.Im Park
Text is by Georg Trakl.
note: In 1973, this composition was orchestrated for soprano, string quartet and harp.
Shadows and dialogues of Melisande
for: Soprano, Speaker, Oboe, Horn, Percussion, Violoncello
date: 1973
duration: 8:00
Text is by Frederico García Lorca.
Traceries, flute and voice
for: Flute, Voice
date: 1970
Movements: Calypso — The red wheelbarrow — Spring — Breakfast — Willow poem — Mezzo forte — Detail — Epitaph — This is just to say — Prelude to winter — Calypso
Texts are by William Carlos Williams.
Tres Cantilenos in Blanc (White Cantilenas)
date: 1973
for: Soprano, Narrator, Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Horn, Saxophone, Percussion, {Violins (2), Viola (1)} or {Violas (3)}, Violoncello
Movements: I. Zarabanda para la fantasia de Jimenez — II. Tiento para el espejo de Narcisco — III. Dialogos y sombras de Melisande (Dialogues in shadows of Melisande)
duration: 25:00
Text is by Frederico García Lorca.
Tres retratos con Sombra
for: Soprano, chamber ensemble
date: 197?
Movements: I. Verlaine — II. Jimenez — III. Debussy
Texts are by Federico García Lorca.
Windwife
for: Voice, Flute, Viola, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Piano, Percussion
date: 1974
Movements: Winds — Déha by the sea (Serbo-Croatia) — Si la nieve resbaia (Spain) — Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Britain, William Shakespeare) — The air was once about to die (German cabaret, Christian Morgenstern, translated by Neal Hatch) — Es pfeift der Wind — Mary on the Moor — The wind on the danube (Hungary) — La plume s'envole au vent (France) — A ship was sailing (Russian)
Winter song
for: Voice, Piano
date: 1968
Movements: Forgotten moon — Shivering night — Heron — Pale through spring
DRAMATIC
Fall of the house of Usher
for: Voice, Folk string player, Piano interior ("harpiano"), Magnetic tape, Mime
date: 19??
Masque of the Winter's tale
for: Speaker, Sopranos (3, 1 solo + 2 supporting), Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Guitar, Piano, Percussion
date: 1976
Movements: Part I: 1. Prelude: The court of Sicily — 2. Reverie: Ecco la primavera — 3. Cantilena: Che vuoi dolce mia vita — Refrain: Notte inquieta e d'orror piena — 4. Recitative: Do not weep, good fools — Arietta: Addio, Paulino, Addio — 5. The trial of Hermione — 6. The Imprecation — Part II: 7. Prelude: Down in Bohemia — 8. Round of the shepherdesses, Vale tobe mocny svete, when daffodils begin to peer, jog on, jog on — 9. Dance of the shepherds — 10. Recitative: Daffodils, that come — Refrain: Tam na brehu reky Detvy — 11. Melodeclamation: When you speak — 12. General dance and song: Lawn as white — 13. Lament: Shall I go mourn — Part III: 14. The chamber of Leontes: La Rondinella — 15. The arrival of the lovers: La Capona — 16. Corteo: Gram piant'agli occhi — 17. The miracle: Chedolce sono Orfeo — 18. Finale: Ecco la primavera
Music for Gertrude (incidental music for ‘In the summer house')
for: Oboe, English horn, Clarinet, Trumpet, Marimba, Harp
date: 19??
Play written by Jane Auer Bowles.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a mediaeval melodrama in four laisses
for: Narrator, Soprano, Flute, Trumpet, Percussion, Harpsichord, Violin, Violoncello
date: 1970
Movements: I. Of Arthur's court and the Green Knight: 1. Prologue and ductia — 2. Galliard: The banquet of Arthur — 3. Of the Green Knight — 4. Chase: The game of Gawain — 5. Cantilena I: The fate of Gawain — II. Of the journey of Sir Gawain: 6. Preambulum: Of winter — 7. Ballata I: The season of summer — 8. Rondellus: The prayer of Gawain — 9. Two courtly dances: Basse and tourdion — 10. Ballata II: The route of Gawain — 11. Gymel: The sleep of Sir Gawain — III. Of the castle and sojourn of Sir Gawain: 12. Caccia the hunt — 13. Paraphonia: The temptation of Sir Gawain — 14. Reprise: The hunt — 15. Courtly dance: Estampie royale — 16. Reprise: The banquet — 17. Reprise: The sleep of Gawain — IV. Of the encounter and the return of Sir Gawain: 18. Reprise: Of winter — 19. Reprise: The fate of Sir Gawain — 20. Of the anger of Sir Gawain — 21. Cantilena II: The shame of Sir Gawain — 22. Epilogue and devise
Twelfth night, incidental music, for 3 players
for: Piccolo, Flute, Horn, Trumpet, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Harpsichord, Guitar, Violoncello
date: 1972
Text is by William Shakespeare.
Wasteland, incidental music
for: Voice, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Percussion, Autoharp
date: 1972 or 3
Text is by T. S. Eliot.
COLLECTIONS / WORKS OF MIXED GENRE
Grapes (early romantic pieces)
date: 1955-56
The composite title for a collection of compositions, as well as the approximate years written. There was no specific order assigned.
The compositions are:
Variations on 6 of the twenty-four preludes (6, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22)
Intermezzo—from the north
Serenade
Have I lost you—Waltz, for cello
Prelude
Valse ariette
Waltz in D-flat (Valse Chopinesque)
Prelude
all for: Piano
Waltz in B minor (Valse triste)
for: Violoncello, Piano
Nocturne G sharp
for: Violin, Piano
Hans Christian Andersen sketches and pieces:
date: 1958-65
The composite title for a collection of compositions, as well as the approximate years written. There was no specific order assigned. They are all based on stories of Hans Christian Andersen. The compositions are:
Improvisation on Narcissus (I)
for: Oboe, Trumpet, Percussion, Harp, Celeste, Strings
December Revery
for: Flute, Strings
Fairy tales, for orchestra
for: Orchestra
Movements: Andre's dream — Waltz-from Andersen's time — The ugly duckling — The red shoes
Intermezzo, strings and woodwinds
for: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Strings
Symphonic sketches based on Hans Christian Andersen: The little mermaid
for: Orchestra
Waltz, B minor
for: Orchestra
Wild swans, for flute and strings
for: Flute, Strings
Wild swans, for chamber group
for: Oboe, Trumpet, Percussion, Celeste, Harp, Strings
TRANSCRIPTIONS:
Listed by original composer. Incomplete works and sketches not included.
(Also taken from the University at Buffalo Music Library's listings).
ANONYMOUS:
Americana
Transcription for Chamber Orchestra
J.S. BACH:
Es ist genug
Transcription for Piano
Suite no. 4 for flute. Allegro
Transcription for Piano
Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1, fugue XVI
Transcription for Orchestra
BELA BARTÓK:
Mikrokosmos. Excerpts
Transcription for Violin, Piano
VINCENZO BELLINI:
Norma. Casta diva
Transcription for Piano
To be published as: Edition Peters No. 67954
BENY EGRESSY:
Ereszkedik le a felho
Transcription for Piano
ALBAN BERG:
Wozzeck. Excerpts from act III
Transcription for Violin and Piano
JOHN CAGE:
49 waltzes for the five boroughs
Transcription for multiple players
56 marches for Chicago
Transcription for Piccolo, Piano
AARON COPLAND:
El Salón México
Transcription for Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Bass
Piano compositions. Collection, partial
American landscapes, set 1 and 2
Transcription for String Quartet
Sentimental melody
Transcription for Violin and Piano
Tango: Scene VII (from Hear Ye! Hear Ye!)
Transcription for piano for the International Tango Collection
FRANCOIS COUPERIN:
Tic-toc-choc, ou Les Mailloyins
Transcription for Piano
CLAUDE DEBUSSY:
Beau soir
Transcription for Piano
Pelléas et Mélisande. Intermezzo and final scene
Transcription for Piano
To be published as: Edition Peters No. 67953
Preludes
Transcription for Cello and Piano
Edited by Frances Marie Uitti
Preludes, book 1
Transcription for Violin and Piano
"Transcribed by Thomas Halpin and Yvar Mikhashoff"
JOHANN LADISLAUS DUSSEK:
Sufferings of the Queen of France
Transcription for Violin, Viola, Piano
MANUEL DE FALLA:
Soneto a Córdoba
Transcription for Voice and Piano
GABRIEL FAURé:
Nocturne, no. 10
Transcription for Horn and Piano
RICHARD FELCIANO:
Two Hearts
Transcription for Cello and Piano
CARLO GESUALDO:
Ecco, moriro dunqu e; Moro lasso al mio duolo
"Two Madrigals transcribed for five strings and five wind-instruments, in antiphony. A supplementary soprano line by the composer presents poems by Emily Dickinson"
JULIAN GRANT:
Pond
Transcription for Piano
CAMARGO GUARNIERI:
Ponteios [no. 33, 24, 7]
Transcription for Trumpet and String Quartet
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL:
Italian cantatas. Figlio dalte speranze; Brillava protetto
Transcription for Violin and Piano
LEJAREN HILLER:
Children's suite
Transcription for Flute, Bassoon, Guitar, Violin, Violoncello or Horn, Bass
CHARLES IVES:
Afterglow
Transcription for Flute, melody instrument (Oboe), Piano (off stage), Violins (3), Violas (2), Violoncellos (2), Bass, off stage Horn
Ann street
Transcription for Flute, Trumpet, Bass Trombone (or Saxophone or Horn), Piano, Percussion
Halloween
Transcription for Clarinet or Oboe, English Horn or Clarinet, Trumpet, Bassoon
Sea-dirge
Transcription for Melody (Flute or Cornet), Piano, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Harp, Violins (3), Viola, Violoncello, Double bass, off stage Horn
Swimmers
Transcription for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Chimes, Drums, Piano, Violins (3), Viola, Violoncello, Bass
LEO JANACEK:
Capriccio
Transcription for Piano (left hand), Flute, Trumpets (2), Trombones (3), Tenor Tuba
ERNST KRENEK:
Jonny spielt auf
Movements: Shimmy — Ballad — Tango — Jonny's Caper — Four lovers — Blues — Entr'acte — Anita and Max — Foxtrot — Mountain interlude — Jazz — Grand finale
Transcription for Violin, Clarinet, Piano
FRANZ LISZT:
Rhapsodies hongroises. No. 19
Transcription for Piano
GUSTAV MAHLER:
Symphony no. 5. Adagietto
Transcription for Piano
PAUL MCCARTNEY:
Michelle
Transcription for Piano
MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKY:
Pesni i pliaski smerti. Trepak
Transcription for Piano
CONLON NANCARROW:
Sonatina para piano
Transcription for Piano, 4-hands
Published: Edition Peters No. 66990
Sonatina para piano
Transcription for Pianos (2)
Published: Edition Peters No. 66990a
Selected Studies
Transcription for Chamber Ensemble
(late 1980s-early 1990s)
Recorded: Ensemble Modern)
Study #3d, for player piano
Transcription for Piano
Study no. 15
Transcription for Piano
Study no. 15
Transcription for String Quartet
Three 2 part studies
Transcription for Piano
FRANCIS POULENC:
Cocardes
Transcription for Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion, Violin
GIACOMO PUCCINI:
Madama Butterfly
Portrait of Madame Butterfly: an operatic sonata fantasy on themes of Puccini in four parts
Transcription for Piano
Tosca. Vissi d'arte Aria from Act II of Tosca
Transcription for Piano
Published: Edition Peters No. 67951
Trittico. Trittico fantasy
Transcription for Piano
Published: Edition Peters No. 67952
MAURICE RAVEL:
L'Enfant et les sortilèges. Valse Américaine
Valse Américaine
Transcription for Piano
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS:
Mazurka, no. 2
Transcription for Piano
ERIK SATIE:
Cinq grimaces
Transcription for Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Violin, Double bass
Sports et divertissements
Transcription for Clarinet, Bassoon, Violin, Violoncello
ROBERT SCHUMANN:
Kinderszenen. "Scenes from childhood"
Transcription for Oboe, Violin, Viola, Violoncello
RICHARD STRAUSS:
Schweigsame Frau. Minuet from act II, scene 1 Minuet
Transcription for Piano
IGOR STRAVINSKY:
Norwegian moods. No. 2 and 3
Transcription for Pianos (2)
PETER ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY:
Pique - Dame. Act 3, scene 5 Apparition scene
Transcription for Piano
VIRGIL THOMSON:
Sonata, piano, no. 2 (1929) Portrait of the artist as a young man
Transcription for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, English horn, Percussion, Celesta, Violin, Violoncello
Synthetic Waltzes
Transcription for Clarinet, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Piano, Violins (2), Viola, Violoncello, Double bass
VIRGIL THOMSON'S PORTRAITS:
Awake or asleep: Pierre Mabille
Transcription for Oboe, Piano
Bugles and birds: Portrait of Picasso
Transcription for Violoncello, Piano
Fanfare for France (Max Kenna)
Transcription for Violoncello (or Violin), Piano
Fugue; Poltergeist: A portrait of Hans Arp
Transcription for Violin, Piano
Karen Brown Waltuck: Intensely two
Transcription for Violoncello (or Violin), Piano
Music for a merry-go-round: portrait of Rodney Lister
Transcription for Violin, Piano
Pastorale: A portrait of Copland
Transcription for Violin, Piano
Pastorale: A portrait of Jean Ozenne
Transcription for Oboe, Clarinet, English horn, Bassoon
Three portraits
1 - Madame Dubost Chez Elle
2 - Russell Hitchcock Reading
3 - Ettie Stettheimer
Transcription for Trombone, Viola, Violoncello
GIUSEPPE VERDI:
Rigoletto concert fantasy
Transcription for Piano
Rigoletto. Caro nome
Transcription for Piano
KEVIN VOLANS:
Man with the footsoles of wind. Striding dance
Transcription for Piano
WILLIAM WALTON:
Symphony, B minor. Movement III
Transcription for Violin, Violoncello, Piano
UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
numerous incomplete works, sketches, etc. All included in Buffalo collection.
WRITINGS:
"Europera 5," liner notes to recording, John Cage: Europera 5, Mode 36 (1994).
"UB's Feldman: One of a Musical Kind," Buffalo News, October 4, 1987.
"Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 ('Concord')," liner notes to recording, Spectrum SR 120 (1980).
DISCOGRAPHY:
(All as performer except where noted):
CDs:
Alvin Curran: For Cornelius, The Last Acts of Julian Beck, Schtetl Variations, Mode 49 - Edition Yvar Mikhashoff 1 (1995).
Richard Strauss: The Melodramas 1, Mode 78 - Edition Yvar Mikhashoff 2 (1999).
Incitation to Desire: Tangos for Yvar Mikhashoff, New Albion NA 073 (1995).
John Cage: Europera 5, Mode 36 (1994).
Conlon Nancarrow: Studies, Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher, conductor, arrangements by Yvar Mikhashoff for chamber orchestra of Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano, RCA Victor (BMG) 09026-61180-2.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Mantra, Yvar Mikhashoff and Roslind Bevan, pianos, New Albion NA 025 (1990).
Virgil Thomson: Early and as Remembered, New Albion NA 034.
"Acid Rain," Yvar Mikhashoff, keyboards, with ensemble, Michael Gordon: Big Noise from Nicaragua, CRI CD 636.
"Embrace," Yvar Mikhashoff, piano, Andrew Toovey: The Juniper Tree, Largo 5141.
"Durations 2," Yvar Mikhashoff, piano, Rohan de Saram, cello, Morton Feldman: Orchestra Works & Chamber Music, Col Legno 20506.
LPs:
The Waltz Project, Nonesuch D-79011 (1981).
Danish Piano Music, Paula 28 (1983).
Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 ("Concord"), Spectrum SR 120 (1980).
James Sellars: Concertorama, Spectrum SR 310 (1986).
Virgil Thomson: Sixty Years of Piano Music, Spectrum SR 153 (1982).
Works of Lukas Foss and Henry Mollicone, CRI SD 442 (1981).
Piano Sonatas by Hunter Johnson, Robert Palmer and Jack Beeson, CRI SD 464 (1982).
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- "Mikhashoff, Yvar Emilian" by Don C. Gillespie, The Grove Dictionary of Music, www.Grovemusic.com (2001).
- "Virtuoso Who Always Took a Risk" by S. Montague, The Guardian, October 15, 1993.
- "Mikhashoff, Yvar Emilian" by Don C. Gillespie, The Grove Dictionary of American Music (1985).
- "Debuts and Reappearances: Buffalo" by H. Trotter, High Fidelity/Musical America, July 1983.
- "The Holland Festival: Revolution and Revelation" by Don Gillespie, High Fidelity/Musical America, December 1982.
PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
BMI
RESOURCES:
University at Buffalo's website provides links to complete archives:
ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/music/spcoll/ymhome.html
complete score collection (compositions and transcriptions):
Music Library, Baird Hall
John Bewley, Senior Assistant Librarian
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-4700
(716) 645-2923 (voice)
(716) 645-3906 (fax)
jmbewley@acsu.buffalo.edu,
C.F. Peters Corp.
70-30 80th Street
Glendale, NY 11385
(718) 416-7800
www.edition-peters.com
Southern Music
P.O. Box 329
San Antonio, TX 78292
Tel: (800) 284-5443
Fax: (210) 223-4537
info@southernmusic.com
www.southernmusic.com
MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
Jan Williams, Trustee
Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music
P.O. Box 8
Forestville, NY 14062
Tel: (716) 965-2128
Fax: (716) 965-9726
YMTrust@aol.com
www.emf.org/organizations/mikhashofftrust/
OTHER CONTACTS:
Anthony de Mare (pianist, friend)
698 West End Avenue Apt. 5C
New York, NY 10025
TdMTigerNYC@aol.com
ARCHIVES:
Complete archive of works at Music Library, University at Buffalo (State University of New York at Buffalo)
(see Resources)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The Yvar Mikhashoff Trust gives annual grants, gifts, awards and fellowships for tuition assistance, fellowships to further the professional status of younger performers and composers, and grants to musical ensembles, presenting organizations, music festivals and recording companies.
