David Denniston
Composition List, 1973-1999
By Category in Reverse Chronological Order

Multimedia

Desert Gallery (1996-1999) music and graphics for any computer connected to the World-Wide Web
Soap Opera Music (1986) for narrator, chamber ensemble, synthesizer, and videotape
Last Mission (1985) film score, for computer and synthesizer

Orchestra

The Rivers Run into the Sea (1992-1996) ultimately for orchestra (currently computer and sample modules only)
Concert Waltz (1990) for amateur orchestra
Acerbic Miniatures (1989) for chamber orchestra
Dance Figure (1983-4) (master's thesis)
The Three Bears (1977)
Symphony in One Movement (1976) for large orchestra
Largo and Chaconne (1975-6)
Chilnualna (1975)
Elegy (1974) for high school orchestra
Rhapsody (1974) for high school orchestra
Symphony in D (1973) for high school orchestra

Wind Ensemble

Illuminations (1987-1989) for wind ensemble (doctoral dissertation)
Nocturne (1976) for flute choir

Chamber Ensemble

Valentine Moon (1997) for viola and piano
Solstice (1996) for viola and guitar
Four Possibilities for Flute and Percussion (1986-7)
Two Grotesqueries for Four Bassoons (1986-7)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1984-5)
My Pretty Rose Tree (1981-3) for soprano and chamber ensemble
String Quartet (1982-3)
Bagatellettes (1982) for woodwind quintet
Rubaiyat (1981-2) for contralto and chamber ensemble
Fugue (1977-81) for string quartet
Quartet (1980-1) for trumpet, trombone, violin and piano
String Quartet (1978)
Oboe Sonata (1976)
Autumn (1976) for string quartet
Prelude (1976) for oboe and piano
Chorale and variations (1974) for string quartet
Quartet in B minor (1974) for string quartet

Electronic

(This is a partial works list. Over 100 compositions in this medium during 1995-8 alone.)
Ithaca (1998) Suite for sampled piano
Ancient Cities (1998) Suite for sampled piano
The Moving Moon (1997) for piano or sampled piano on tape
Hunter's Moon (1998) Suite for sampled piano
Manatee (1997) Suite for sampled piano and electronic sounds
Oresteia Suite (1997) Suite for sampled pianos; can be used as incidental music to the Oresteia plays (Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Eumenides) of Aeschylus
Artemisia (1997) Suite of improvisations for sampled piano, guitar and percussion
Mist Spirits (1996) Suite for sampled piano, sampled guitar, and electronic sounds
Marimba Moto (1995) for synthesized and sampled sounds on tape
Shades (1995) suite of character pieces for sampled piano and guitar
Winter's Night (1995) suite of character pieces for sampled guitar
Guitar Chaconne (1995) for synthesized and sampled sounds on tape
The Rivers Run into the Sea (1992-6) for orchestra (currently tape only)
Moto Dante (1994) for synthesized and sampled sounds on tape
La Folia Mutations (1993-1995) for synthesized and sampled sounds on tape
Tashkent (1993) for synthesized and sampled sounds on tape
Satanic Mills (1993) for synthesized and sampled sounds on tape
Description of a Struggle (1985) for computer, synthesizer, and concrete sounds
Ground Round (1983) for tape (concrete sounds)
Study (1977) for tape

Solo instrument

Bunny Card Music (1996) for solo viola
Winter's Night (1995) suite for solo guitar (currently sample module only)
Perotinus Magister (1995) for organ
Moto Dante (1994) for piano
One Thought Fills Immensity (1985-6) for solo viola
Untitled (1980) for solo trombone
An Ugly Serial Piece I Must Write (1978) for piano
Passacaglia (1973) for organ

Last updated January 9, 1999

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