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Adagio for String Orchestra
bickymcq
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When I was a senior in high school I discovered Schoenberg and became fascinated with ultra-chromatic harmony and dissonant counterpoint. This is one of the results of tha...
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The Call of Cthulhu (1990)
bickymcq
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Another of my past triumphs and my most unusual piece for performers. This is a recording of actual non-computerized players reading this through before the UCSD compositi...
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The Sick Rose (1977)
bickymcq
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A setting of the William Blake poem for soprano and string orchestra, presented here with an oboe d'amore patch substituted for the singer.
O Rose, thou art sick!
The invi...
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Prelude to Blake (1975)
bickymcq
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This little post-Webernian, abstract expressionist etude for chamber orchestra originally served as introduction to a collection of songs, setting poems by William Blake. ...
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El Viaje Definitivo
bickymcq
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"El Viaje Definitivo" (1988-89), a cantata for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra, setting the poem of the same name (everything2.com/title/El+Viaje+Definitivo) with a set...
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Sonata for Two Pianos
bickymcq
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Another blast from the past. I wrote this little piece when I was 19. I still like it a bit. The opening repeated crash chords and ascending scales are blatantly stolen ...
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The Bifurcation Blues
bickymcq
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This is an almost unmediated translation of a fractal into musical notes. Damned if it doesn't sound like an undiscovered Zappa piece. The "vocal performance" is derived ...
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Tannenbaum
bickymcq
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A little exercise I wrote for an undergrad counterpoint class. It's an example of a partial prolation canon. The flute and viola each work through the tune at their own i...
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Merry Chimpmas
bickymcq
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Happy Holidays from our zoo to yours!
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The Twelve Tones of Christmas
bickymcq
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I hereby submit for your approval "The Twelve Tones of Christmas" (atrocious music nerd pun intended), written for the unlikely duo of ocarina (aka, "sweet potato") and har...
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