CLASSICAL WORKS ADDRESSING AIDS
* denotes artist whose death was AIDS-related (refer to composer catalogue entries for further source information)
** denotes artist living with HIV/AIDS
INSTRUMENTAL WORKS:
LAWRENCE AXELROD: Common threads: variations for piano (1990). Source: New York Public Library
RONALD CALTABIANO: Quilt Panels (1990, rev. 1992) for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello and piano.
Published: Merion Music
MICHAEL CAVA*: Songs in the Dark (1996), a full-evening dance piece addressing AIDS, choreographed by Rip Parker
JOHN CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1 (1988-1989) for orchestra.
Published: G. Schirmer. Recorded: Erato 2292-45601-2; BMG 09026-68450-2
ANNE DEANE:
Positive Thinking (1993) for alto flute and computer tape. Text written and read by composer Fred Chance*.
Crossing to Elysian Fields (1994) for string quartet
Both recorded: Innova CD 519
PAUL DES MARAIS: Of Living Death and Dying Life (1988) for high voice and piano. Poem by Richard Crashaw.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
MARSHALL FINE: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 61 (1989)
LEE GANNON*:
Derelict for solo flute (1989)
The Time Was Gold, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, two percussionists and piano (1989)
Peste Noire for narrator and orchestra (1995). Texts from Boccaccio's Decameron and other 14th century writings on the bubonic plague.
Tuff Stuff for orchestra (1992)
JANICE GITECK: Om Shanti (1986)
Recorded: New Albion CD 054
MARTIN HENNESSY**: Le virus s'amuse (The virus has fun) for solo flute
FRED HERSCH**:
Tango Bittersweet for cello and piano (1990)
Recorded: BMG/Catalyst
...departed for solo piano (1990)
Recorded: Nonesuch; Chesky
www.fredhersch.com
LAURA KAMINSKY: And Trouble Came: An African AIDS Diary for narrator, viola, cello and piano (1993).
Texts by Kaminsky, Claude McKay, Georgia Douglas Johnson and Pablo Neruda.
Recorded: CRI CD 729
BRUCE LAZARUS: Threnodies and Anthems for solo tenor sax and solo bagpipes (alternating)
ROBERT MAGGIO:
Winter Toccata (I can't believe you want to die) for solo cello (1993)
Published: Theodore Presser. Recorded: CRI CD 720
Phoenix for two flutes (1998)
Published: Theodore Presser. Recorded: CRI CD 870
JEFFREY NYTCH: Elegy and Requiem for the Victims of AIDS for horn and piano (1989)
Source: New York Public Library
PAULINE OLIVEROS: Epigraphs in the Time of AIDS for accordion, voice, electronics, winds and long stringed instruments (1994)
Published: Deep Listening. Recorded: Periplum P0010
BOB OSTERTAG: All The Rage (1992) for string quartet and tape. Libretto by Sara Miles.
Recorded: Nonesuch 9 79332-2
C. BRYAN RULON**: SelfRequiem (1994/95) for flute, oboe, trumpet, percussion, piano/synthesizer, cello and bass. Tape part by Curtis Bahn.
Recorded: CRI CD 729
ROBERT SAVAGE*:
AIDS Ward Scherzo (1992) for solo piano
Sudden Sunsets (1989-1993) for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Both recorded: CRI CD 790
PETER SCULTHORPE: Threnody (1991/92) for solo cello
Published: Faber Music. Recorded: Tall Poppies
GERHARD STAEBLER: Warnung mit Liebeslied (Warning With Love Song) (1986) for harp, accordion and glass percussion. Source: www.gerhard-staebler.de
KEN STEEN: Shadows and Light for solo electric cello (1989)
Recorded: CRI CD 680
PERRY TOWNSEND: The Jester Sings (An Elegy) for solo flute with live digital effects (1995)
Source: Composer (ptownsend@immerbox.com).
Recorded: Capstone Records CD CPS-8685
AMNON WOLMAN: The Marilyn Series (1989-1996), six works for various electro-acoustic ensembles
Recorded: Centaur
MARILYN J. ZIFFRIN: Themes and variations for organ: 'In memoriam.' (1989-90) for organ
Source: New York Public Library
"THE AIDS QUILT SONGBOOK"
An on-going musical project of songs that address AIDS.
NEW YORK, New York (1992) Original version (all works for male voice and piano unless otherwise noted)
WILLIAM BOLCOM: Vaslav's Song: Dasvedanya Mama (words by Ethel
Eichelberger*)
ELIZABETH BROWN: A Certain Light (words by Marie Howe)
CARL BYRON: The Birds of Sorrow (words by Ron Schreiberg)
CHRIS DeBLASIO*: Walt Whitman in 1989 (words by Perry Brass)
RICKY IAN GORDON: I Never Knew (words by the composer)
JOHN HARBISON: The Flute of Interior Time (words by Kabir/Robert Bly)
FRED HERSCH**: blues for an imaginary valentine (words by the composer)
LEE HOIBY: Investiture at Cecconi's (words by James Merrill)
STEVEN HOUTZ: The Enticing Lane (words by Christopher Hewitt)
DAVID KRAKAUER: The 80's Miracle Diet (words by Melvin Dixon*)
LIBBY LARSEN: Perineo (words by Robert Echavarren)
ANNEA LOCKWOOD: For Richard (words by Eve Ensler)
JOHN MUSTO: Heartbeats (words by Melvin Dixon*)
NED ROREM: A Dream of Nightingales (words by David Bergman)
DONALD ST. PIERRE: Fairy Book Lines (words by Charles Barber)
RICHARD THOMAS: AIDS Anxiety: trio for 3 baritones (words by the
composer)
DONALD WHEELOCK: Fury (words by Susan Snively)
RICHARD WILSON: The Second Law (words by Stephen Sandy)
Published: Boosey & Hawkes (complete)
Recorded: Harmonia Mundi HMN 907602 (all songs except Houtz, Larsen,
Wilson)
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (1992) (all works for solo voice and piano unless otherwise noted)
CAROL BARNETT: Let It Go for soprano and piano (text by Michael Estork)
CRAIG CARNAHAN: Domination of Black (text by Dan Conner)
CARY JOHN FRANKLIN: As Imperceptibly As Grief (text by Emily Dickinson)
CAROLYN JENNINGS: The Loons (text by Michael Estork)
DANIEL KALLMAN: When I am Dead, My Dearest (text by Christina Rossetti)
AARON JAY KERNIS: The Blue Animals for bass with flute, 2 clarinets,
bassoon, horn, harp, violin, viola and cello (text by Jon Anderson)
DAVID JOHN OLSEN: We're All Pharaohs When We Die (text by Tess
Gallagher)
JANIKA VANDERVELDE: Positive Women: Susan, for narration, womens choir
(text Susan Gladstone*)
Recorded: Innova 500 "HEARTBEATS: New Songs from Minnesota for The
AIDS Quilt Songbook"
(above works along with songs from the original version by Harbison,
Houtz, Larsen, Bolcom, Wilson, Musto and DeBlasio)
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (1995)
THOMAS J. ANDERSON: A Musical Kaddish 'In Sea'
SIDNEY CORBETT: Stele (poem by Denise Levertov)
STEPHEN JAFFE: The Reassurance
SCOTT LINDROTH: Dolphins (text by Richard Harteis)
ROBERT WARD: The Hill (words by the composer)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (1996, 1997, 1998)
MARK ALBURGER: AIDSSONG
ROBERT CAPANNA: Song on a Text by William Blake (Blake)
TINA DAVIDSON: Over Salt River for soprano, English horn and piano
DANIEL DORFF: To Daffodils for baritone and cello
PAUL EPSTEIN: Facing
DAVID FINKO: Trembling Song
MARGARET GARWOOD: And Is There Anyone at All?
JANICE HAMER: Eagle Poem
HARRY HEWITT: To Be Laid to Sleep in a Garden (words by the composer)
JAN KRZYWICKI: Dirge in Woods
GERALD LEVINSON: Consolation
ROBERT MAGGIO: In the Middle of Summer for tenor, baritone and piano
(poem by Howard Kaplan)
PHILIP MANEVAL: "most this amazing"
JAMES PRIMOSCH: From Psalm 116 for baritone and ensemble
JAY REISE: Arcadian Shadows for soprano, clarinet, cello and piano
KILE SMITH: Spring and Fall
ANDREW STILLER: Mort j'appelle for male voice, viola, bass and piano (text
by François Villon)
ANTHONY WATSON: Prayer
ADAM WERNICK: The Path of Night and Smoke
TACOMA, Washington (1999)
LAWRENCE EBERT: Two Songs: I Could Lie Down (Percy Bysshe Shelley);
So Live (William Cullen Bryant)
OTHER WORKS WITH SOLO VOICE:
MARK ADAMO: Late Victorians (1995) for chamber orchestra, narrator and singer. Text by Richard Rodriguez, poems by Emily Dickinson. Source: Flute Music (ValhallaPR@aol.com)
JOHN ADAMS: The Wound-Dresser (1988-89) for baritone and orchestra. Poetry by Walt Whitman.
Published: Boosey & Hawkes. Recorded: Nonesuch 79218-2
GARY BACHLUND:
Songs for the Victims of AIDS (1991) for voice and piano. Available in low, medium and high keys.
Weeping is a Comfort (1991) for high voice and piano
Both published: Yelton Rhodes Music
ROGER BOURLAND: Dinosaur (1992) for baritone solo and piano. Lyrics by John Hall.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
CAROLYN BREMER: Not a Witness (1991) for soprano and tape. Poetry by Winifred Baer.
JEFFREY BRODY: Elegies for Rog (1992) for baritone and orchestra (or piano). Words by Paul Monette.*
CONRAD CUMMINGS: "Soon" Song from Insertions for solo voice, keyboard and ensemble. Text by James Siena.
Recorded: CRI CD 627
CHRIS DEBLASIO*:
All The Way Through Evening (1990), song cycle. Poetry by Perry Brass.
Published: Classical Vocal Reprints. Recorded: CRI CD 729; Leonarda Records
Walt Whitman in 1989 (1990) song from All The Way Through Evening and from The AIDS Quilt Songbook. Recorded: Poppy Records (from Tom Bogdan's L'Amour Bleu); Innova 500
DAVID DEL TREDICI: "Soon" Song from Gay Life (2001) for solo voice and piano or voice and orchestra. Poem by Paul Monette.*
Published: Boosey & Hawkes
RICHARD DELONG*: In Time of Pestilence (1990) for baritone and piano. Text by Thomas Nashe.
MICHAEL FINNISSY: Unknown Ground (1991?) for baritone, violin, cello and piano. Texts by Nick W., Sergei Esenin, Steve R., Nicolai Kluyev, Philip X., Mikhail Kuzmin, and Brent T.
Published: Oxford University Press
DIAMANDA GALAS:
Plague Mass (1990) for solo voice and electronics.
Vena Cava (1992) for solo voice and electronics.
Both recorded: Mute
SARAH H. HICKS: The AIDS Oratorio (1993). Based on prose and poetry written by people with AIDS (scoring unknown). Source: Harvard University Library
BEN JOHNSTON: Legacy (1991) for soprano and violin
VIRGINIA JOHNSTON: Threads of red, black and gold (1991) for eight vocal soloists and chamber orchestra. Text gathered from panels of the AIDS Quilt and various related articles. Source: New York Public Library
MEREDITH MONK: New York Requiem (1993) for solo voice and piano
Recorded: ECM 21589; Poppy Records (from Tom Bogdan's L'Amour Bleu)
BEN NEILL: ITSOFOMO In The Shadow of Forward Motion (1989) for recorded narration, trumpet and electronics. Recorded narration by David Wojnarowicz.*
Recorded: New Tone 6710
NED ROREM: "Faith" (Mark Doty) for baritone and piano, "Even Now..." (Paul Monette) for tenor and piano, from Evidence of Things Not Seen (1999)
Published: Boosey & Hawkes. Recorded: New World Records 80575-2
RONALD ROXBURY*: Two Songs of Walt Whitman (Goodbye, My Fancy; Here the frailest leaves of me) (1986) for baritone, flute and guitar
Recorded: Bridge 9022
GERHARD STAEBLER: Ungaretti-Lieder (1990) for mezzo-soprano and percussion. Poetry by Giuseppe Ungaretti. Source: www.gerhard-staebler.de
LOUIS WEINGARDEN*: Inquiries of Hope: Ten Poems of Kirby Congdon (1984) for baritone, narrator, piano, percussion and strings
DONALD WHEELOCK: Shadows: four songs for baritone and piano (1992). Words by Susan Snively. Commissioned by Will Parker. Source: New York Public Library
WORKS WITH CHORUS:
JAMES ADLER: Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem (1995) for TTBB, soloists, orchestra or chamber orchestra. Published: Lawson-Gould (European American). Recorded: Albany Records Troy 163
JOHN-MICHAEL ALBERT:
Dennis Dunwoody (1987) for TTBB a cappella and tenor solo
Jeff Cothran (1992) for TTBB soloists, TTBB chorus and piano. Text from Tennyson's Ulysses.
Survivors (1991) for TTBB or SATB a cappella; optional rhythm instruments.
Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides (1994) for TTBB chorus, tenor solo, TTBB soloists, violin, cello and piano.
To Friends and to Life (1994) for TTBB or SATB, violin, cello and piano.
All published by Yelton Rhodes Music
ANNE ALBRITTON: My Buddy (1998) for TTBB and piano. Arranged by A. Albritton.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
KRISTOPHER JON ANTHONY*: When We No Longer Touch: A Cycle of Songs For Survival (1991) for men's chorus and chamber orchestra.
Recorded: Turtle Creek Chorale
GARY BACHLUND:
Cry, Warrior (1993) for baritone solo, TTB & TTTBBB a cappella. Text by Paul Monette.*
Dying, Behold We Live (1994) for two equal choruses (SSATB & SSATB) and organ. Text adapted after words of Clarke Oler.
Prayer to the Healing God (1993) for three part chorus (SSA, TTB, or SAB) and organ. Text adapted from "Episcopal Church HIV/AIDS Resources."
The Quilt: "Name the Names" (1991) for unison chorus, medium voice and keyboard.
Requiem for the Victims of AIDS (1991) for SSA & TTTBBB choruses, soprano & tenor soloists, pop mezzo & pop baritone soloists, and chamber ensemble (organ, piano, harp and percussion). Texts from the Book of Job, the Requiem Mass, Ovid, Horace, and the composer.
All published by Yelton Rhodes Music
PETER LAKE BELLINGER*: Triptych (1993) for TTBB chorus and piano. Text by the composer.
ROGER BOURLAND:
All there is is love (1993) for men's chorus (TTBB). Text by Paul Monette.*
Give us a death undiminished (1992) for TTBB, SATB or SSAA a cappella. Lyrics by John Hall.
Hidden Legacies (1992) for men's chorus (TTBB), 4 synthesizers, electric bass, drum set. Words by John Hall.
Recorded: GMC-LA0393-ID (Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles)
Left Behind (1992) for TTBB and piano. Lyrics by John Hall.
Lullabye to "Hidden Legacies" (1992) for TTBB and piano. Lyrics by John Hall.
Something in Mind (1993) for TTBB or SSA and piano. Poetry by Adrienne Rich.
We Sing (1992) for TTBB and piano. Lyrics by John Hall.
All published by Yelton Rhodes Music
BILL BOWERSOCK: We Have Been Here (1994) for TTBB and tenor & soprano saxophones. Text by Paul Monette.*
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
TIMOTHY BROWN:
More Than a Brother to Me, Jonathan (1980) for SATB. Text by Peter Abelard, trans. John Boswell.
Open the Door (An Anthem) (1999) for SATB and keyboard. Text by Thomas O'Neil.
Both published by Yelton Rhodes
CHARLES BUEL*: The Lost, Dancing (1991) for male chorus and 2 keyboards. Poetry by Edward Field.
MARK CARLSON:
Love Songs (1993) for TTBB and piano. Poems by Michael Lafferty.
Sleep and Dreams (1993) for SATB or SA and piano. Text by Peter Kelso, age 11, Australia.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
CRAIG CARNAHAN:
Anthem (1995) for men's chorus and piano. Text by Holly Near and traditional spiritual.
Recorded on "Sing Out!" TCGMC 96.1 and on "Lest We Forget" (VHS) NAMES Project Foundation.
Evensong (1985) for men's chorus and piano. Text by John LeGay Brereton.
Published by the composer. Recorded on "Hand In Hand" TCGMC 94.1
I Thank You God (2000) for men's chorus and brass quintet. Text by e.e. cummings.
I Loved You (1983) for men's chorus, flute, oboe and 2 pianos. Text by Pushkin.
Invocation (1991) for men's chorus, baritone soloist, and organ. Text: Sanskrit Salutation to the Dawn.
Nightwatch (1996) for men's chorus and piano. A setting of four English folk songs.
Recorded on "Sing Out!" TCGMC 96.1 and on "After Stonewall" (VHS) First Run Features.
No Prayers, or Bells (1988) for men's chorus. Text: anonymous.
O Weep Away the Stain (1987) for men's chorus and piano. Text by W.H. Auden.
The Rose (1995) for men's chorus and harp. Text by A.L. Frink
Sebastian/Sebastiane (1994) for men's chorus, tenor soloist, strings, piano, percussion. Text by Derek Jarman.
Voices (1990) for men's chorus, piano and 2 percussionists. Five movements; texts by various poets.
JONATHAN D. COLE*:
Hold Strong Together (1995) for Gospel soprano solo, SATB and piano. Lyrics by Susan Baerbeck.
Love Song (1994) for TTBB, percussion and piano.
Lullaby (1994) for SSAA, mezzo-soprano solo, chimes and piano.
Ye Shall Come Out With Joy! (Dream 1983; Lullaby; Self Help; Love Song; Ye Shall Come Out with Joy!) (1994) for SATB, mezzo-soprano solo, horn, percussion and piano.
Ye Shall Come Out With Joy! (1994). Song version (mvt. 5) for SATB, mezzo-soprano, horn, percussion and piano
All published by Yelton Rhodes Music
DAVID CONTE: Goodbye My Fancy, for TTBB and soprano saxophone. Poetry by Whitman.
JOHN CORIGLIANO: Of Rage and Remembrance (1991) for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, male chorus (with 12 chimes), timpani, cellos and basses. Text by William M. Hoffman.
Published: G. Schirmer. Recorded: BMG 09026-68450-2
ROBERT CONVERY: Requiem Lullaby in the Time of AIDS (1993) for soprano, SATB, oboe and piano. Poetry by Robert Walters.
RICHARD DELONG*: Take Heed of Loving Me (1987) for TTBB. Text by John Donne.
PAUL DES MARAIS: The Moment (1996) for TTBB and piano 4-hands. Words by Theodore Roethke. Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
DONALD WILLIAM EDICK: AIDS Requiem (1989) for solo soprano, chorus, orchestra, harp and handbells.
DAVID FRIDDLE:
Requiem in d: Faces of AIDS (1994) for SATB a cappella, soprano solo and performance poets. Texts from the Bible and the Roman Mass for the Dead; optional monologues by the composer.
Set Me as a Seal (1995) for SATB and piano. Text from the Song of Songs.
Both published by Yelton Rhodes Music
RALPH R. HAYS: The Shepherd's Psalm (Psalm 23) (1989) for TTBB a cappella.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
RUTH HUBER: Blessed Are Their Spirits (1990) for female voices (SSA).
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
DEAN X JOHNSON*:
You Will Live On (1995) for TTBB and piano 4-hands.
We Live (1989) for TTBB and piano 4-hands.
Both published by Yelton Rhodes Music
JEFFREY JONES-RAGONA: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (1995) for TTBB and piano. Poem by Mary Frye.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
RICHARD LINK:
Here (1995) for SATB and piano. Poem by Paul Monette.*
Just Believe (1995) for SATB a cappella with SATB soloists. Lyrics by David Sobolov.
The Last Descendent (1995) for SATB, soprano solo, percussion, bass and piano. Text by David Sobolov.
Songs for Us (1995) for SATB, soloists, hand percussion, bass and piano. Lyrics by David Sobolov, Barry Thorson, Paul Monette* and Elsa Gidlow.
Today (1995) for:SATB, hand percussion, bass, and piano. Lyrics by Barry Thorson.
All published by Yelton Rhodes Music
CARLETON MACY: Cultural Warriors (1997) for SATB and concert band. Words by Donna Red Wing.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
ROBERT MAGGIO: Quilt Panels (for my love, for my grief, for my letting go) (2003) for mixed chorus and band.
www.robertmaggio.net
JANE RAMSEYER MILLER: Memorial (1996) for SATB a cappella. Words by Kahlil Gibran.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
ROBERT MORAN: Canticles (1998) for men's chorus, oboe, string quartet and piano (or piano solo). Text by James Skofield.
Published: Charlotte Benson Music Publishers, Philadelphia PO Box 54202, Philadelphia, PA 19105
ALEXANDER MURRAY:
Change (1995) for SATB, with optional maracas and claves. Text by Hsiao Kang.
Prayer for the Great Family (1995) for SATB a cappella. Poem by Gary Snyder, after a Mohawk prayer.
Both published by Yelton Rhodes Music
JACKSON MYARS*:
(God Is) Greater Than AIDS (1996) for TTB with piano. Words by the composer.
So Great A Cloud of Witnesses (1996) for solo, SATB and piano. Words by the composer.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
Standing At The Gates (2001) for SATB and piano. Words by the composer.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
Too Many Silent Nights (1995) for TTBBand piano. Words by the composer.
Until It's Over (1995) for TTBBand piano. Words by the composer.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
Walk Through (1995) for TTB and piano. Words by the composer.
All recorded: "Positive Voices: Windows of Hope" (through Cathedral of Hope)
RODGER PETTYJOHN*: For Those We Love (1984) for 7 soloists, SATB or TTBB, horn, 2 pianos and visual media. Texts by John Donne and Gerald Pearson.
Published: Micro Pro Musica Press, San Francisco, CA
NED ROREM: Love Alone (1989) for men's chorus (TTBB) and piano 4-hands. Poetry by Paul Monette.*
Published: Boosey & Hawkes
DENNIS W. ROSENBAUM: When I Am Dead My Dearest (1994) for baritone solo, TTBB and piano. Words by Christina Rossetti.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
FRANK SANTO*: Three Tenebrae Responsoria: On the Mount of Olives; Darkness Covered the Whole Earth; I Was Like a Trusting Lamb (1985) for SATB.
SIMON SARGON: In Time of AIDS (1995) for chorus and organ. Texts by John Donne, Dylan Thomas, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Thomas Wolfe.
ROBERT SEELEY: Naked Man (1996) for men's chorus and orchestra.
Recorded: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
MICHAEL SEYFRIT*: Remembering Our Friends (1990) for TTBB, optional falsetto voices and speakers, oboe, English horn, cello and piano. Text by the composer.
RANDALL SNYDER: Requiem Sonnets (1967) for SATB and trombone quartet. Text by John Donne, John Keats and Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
GINGER STARLING: Changing the World (1996) for SSA and piano.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
NAOMI STEPHAN: Death Be Not Proud (1995) for TTBB. Poem by Donne.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music
PAUL JOE VEST*: Requiem (1990) for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Poetry by Whitman.
Recorded: Chariot Productions
LOUIS WEINGARDEN*: Evening Liturgy of Consolation (1985) for contralto, baritone, soloists, SATB and orchestra (or piano vocal score).
DAVID YORK: Requiem (1994) for TTBB a cappella and treble duet. Texts by Kahlil Gibran & traditional Latin texts.
Published: Yelton Rhodes Music