
Garrett List - Composer

For 40 years, Garrett List composed an impressive amount of pieces, whether it’s chamber music, cantatas, music for jazz orchestras, symphonic music or even music for solo instrument.
The 70’
For Summer (1971) – Piano solo
For Piano (1971) – Piano solo
On the Natural Harmonics Of Found Objects (1972) – 3-25 participants
Through Line Meditation (1972) – Brass Choir - 16 Instruments
Wind Study (1972) – Wind orchestra - free instrumentation
Your Own Self (1972) – Cantata for Instruments, voices and rhythm section - free instrumentation - Text by Garrett List
Songs (1972) – For Strings, Winds, Percussion and Piano from 4-20 instruments
Resonance Music (1972) – Amplified Clarinet, Viola, Trombone and Piano - Melodies from “Now and How” 4-20 instruments - free instrumentation
Elegy: To the People of Chile (1973) – Piano solo or for 4-20 instruments - free instrumentation
Orchestral Etudes (1975) – 4 melodic and 4 rhythmic studies for 4-20 instruments - free instrumentation
I Am Electric (1976) – For Big Band - 5,4,4,3
The Symphony No. A-1 (1976) – For any number of improvising musicians and soloists - Text by Garrett List
Ludlow – Cantata for 4 Voices and 4-10 instruments - free instrumentation - Text by Ed Friedman
Standard Existence (1977) – Cantata for Strings, Winds, Rhythm Section and Solo Voice - Texts by Studs Terkel, Jacky Apple, Garrett List
American Images (1977) – Cantata for improvising ensemble - Computer generated text
Homage à Giovanni Gabrieli – Tall buildings (1978) – Cantata for Strings, Brass, Choir (SATB) Rhythm Section and Amplification
The Black Star Pilgrimage (1979) – For Improvising Soloists, Voice and Symphony Orchestra - Text by Ed Friedman
And various Songs, Melodies and things for improvisers:
Songs With Ed Friedman - Fly Hollywood, Romance, It Takes Imagination, Something Like Paradise
The Canyon Song (from Ludlow)
She Comes By Night, Local Loan, Another April, Conversations (w/ Genie Sherman)
Edith’s Eyes, Doo-Dah, Slugging Rocks, Fire and Ice(Robert Frost), You Are More Beautiful Than The Sky And The Sea, My Mothers Belly(Blaise Cendrars) Now and How, The Bird
The 80’
A Requiem for Helen Lopez (1980) – Piano and 4-10 instruments - free instrumentation
Flesh and Steel (1982) – Piano and 4-12 instruments - free instrumentation
The Man Ray Cycles – Music for the 4 silent films of Man Ray ((1983) – Solo Voice and Trombone
Hotel des Etrangers (1983) – Piano and 4-10 instruments - free instrumentation - Text by Blaise Cendrars
B… (d’après Charles Baudelaire) (1984) – Piano and 4-10 instruments - free instrumentation
Preludes and Songs for Orpheo (1984) – Cantata for 2 solo voices, Fl, Clar, Alto Saxophone, Trb. 2 Perc, Clavier, Strings - Text by Francoise Walot and Garrett list
Music for Silent Films (1984-90) – The Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein), La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac), The Doll, The Oyster Princess (Ernst Lubitch), Moana (Robert J. Flaherty), For Various Ensembles
Temporary Storms – Music for Dance (1985) – Choreography by Kitty Cortez Lynch - Solo Trombone and Electronics
La Véritable Histoire de Julliette et Roméo – Une Comédie Musicale (1987) – Scenario by Chiquét Mahwet
Music for Trees (1987 – 89)
The Human Relations Suite (1987-8) – Solo Trombone and Synthesized Midi Orchestra
Minimal Tendencies (1988) – For Big Band - 5,4,4,3
Hoping Hipply (1988) – For Big Band - 5,4,4,3
The Comedy of Suffering (1988) – For Big Band - 5,4,4,3
The Song of Oneness (1988) – For Big Band - 5,4,4,3
Reggae Dream (1988) – For Big Band - 5,4,4,3
Five Propositions (1983 – 89) – For 4-25 Improvising Musicians
6 Spheres (1989) – For 3-5 Trombones
Various Songs, melodies and things for improvisers :
Chinoiserie
Le Miracle de la Nature
At the Heart of the World
The 90’
Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town – For Soprano & Alto voice, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, 2 Trombones, Guitar, Bass, Drums - Text by e.e. cummings
Emily – For Soprano & Alto Voice, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, 2 Trombones, Guitar, Bass, Drums - Text by Emily Dickenson
Time and Place – The LA Riots (1992) – For String Quartet
Fishtracks (1992) – For choreography by Bud Blumenthal - Trombone, Voice and Synthesized Midi Orchestra
Avna (1993) – For choreography by Michel Noiret - For Electronic Sounds
5 Aba’s (1993-4) – For Solo Piano
Apollo’s Tango (1994-5) – For Strings, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Accordion and/or Piano, Bass - Text by Garrett List
The Unbearably Light (1994) – For Strings, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Piano and Bass
Tollund (1994) – for choreography by Michel Noiret - For Clarinet and Sampled Sounds Played Live
The 14 Ages of the Moon (1995) – For Symphony Orchestra - After “Un rêve pour qu’elle revienne” by TOUT asbl
Five Rounds For One Year (1995) – For Symphony Orchestra - After “12 étoiles pour un rêve” by TOUT asbl
Voyage (1996) – For 4-12 instrument - free instrumentation, Accordion and/or Piano and Bass
The Verlaine Mix (1997) – For Soprano, Flute,Violoncello, Piano, Percussion - Text by Paul Verlaine
Crazy Love (1997) – For Strings, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Bass
The Dialogue of Time and Space (1997) – For Strings, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano, Bass
Exotica (1996) – Flute, Violin, Cello, Synthesizer
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