Orchestral
works:
Title
|
Description
|
Premier
|
Remarks
|
|
Symphony No. 1
|
4 movements (2 Piano score
available
30 minutes
|
San Francisco Symphony
Orchestra,
I. Dobrowen, cond.
Jan 5 1934
|
Awarded Pulitzer Fellowship,
1932
|
|
Symphony No. 2
(Americana)
|
4 movements (2 Piano score
available
25 minutes
|
Illinois Symphony Orchestra,
E. Bacon, cond.
Studebaker Theatre, Chicago,
Feb 5, 1940
|
blank
|
|
Great River Symphony
|
Symphony in episodes for Narrator
and Orchestra
30 minutes
|
Dallas Symphony Orchestra,
W. Hendl, cond.
Feb 11, 1957
|
Text by Paul Horgan. Episodes in
the course and history of the Rio Grande
|
|
Riolama (10 Places for Piano and
Orchestra
|
Concerto (2 piano reduction
available)
25 minutes
|
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra,
Karl Kritz, cond. E. Bacon, solo
|
A series of tone paintings of
places, real and imagined
|
|
Ford's Theatre
Recording
|
A cycle
on Lincoln's last days, based on Paul Horgan's play, "Death
Mr. President"
32 minutes
|
Southern Symphony,
Carl Bamberger, cond.
April 4, 1946
|
blank
|
|
Enchanted Isle
Recording
|
Characters and episodes in
Shakespeare's "Tempest"
22 minutes
|
blank
|
blank
|
|
From
These States
Review
|
Orchestral suite
30 minutes
|
NBC Symphony,
Columbia University Festival,
L. Barzin, cond.
May 12, 1946
|
The people's song as seen through
climate, industry, amusement, travel and
geography
|
|
Fables
|
6 Fables for Narrator and
Orchestra
23 minutes
|
NY Philharmonic Chamber
Orchestra,
Robert Shaw, cond.
Edward Everett Horton, Narrator,
December 15, 1953
|
Text by John Edmunds and E.
Bacon.
|
|
Concerto Grosso
|
4 movements.
19 minutes
|
Stanford University Symphony,
E. Bacon, cond.
1957
|
Also playable as a
quintet
|
|
Elegy
|
Elegy on an ancient Venetian
melody
9 minutes
|
Memorial concert, Marin
Symphony,
E, Bacon, cond.
1957
|
Written on the death of Gastone
Usigli
|
|
Symphony No. 4
|
5 movements
26 minutes
|
blank
|
Incomplete
|
|
Prelude and Fugue
|
7 minutes
|
American Music Festival,
Rochester Civic Orchestra,
Howard Hanson, cond.
May 1, 1925
|
blank
|
|
Erie Waters
|
Short suite, 4 movements
13 minutes
|
Utica Symphony
|
Americana (easy)
|
|
Songs of Eternity
|
4 songs for Baritone or contralto
and Orchestra
11 minutes
|
San Francisco Federal
Orchestra,
E. Bacon, cond.
1936
|
Text by Emily Dickinson, Walt
Whitman
|
|
Black and White Songs
|
5 songs for Orchestra and
Baritone
12 minutes
|
Rochester Civic Orchestra,
Gut Harrison, cond.
George Houston, solo
|
Traditional text and
tunes
|
|
Twilight
|
3 songs for low voice and
Orchestra
8 minutes
|
San Francisco Federal
Orchestra,
E. Bacon, cond.
1936
|
Text of Walt Whitman
|
|
Midnight Special
|
4 songs for medium voice and
Orchestra
8 minutes
|
San Francisco Federal
Orchestra,
E. Bacon, cond.
1936
|
Traditional text and
tunes
|
|
My River
|
5 songs for medium voice and
Orchestra
10 minutes
|
blank
|
Texts of Emily Dickinson
|
|
Bearwalla
|
A funny piece
4 minutes
|
blank
|
Traditional tunes
|
|
Remembering Ansel
Adams
See Recordings
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Elegy for strings and
clarinet
|
San Jose Symphony,
George Cleve, cond.
1986
|
Elegy to Bacons lifelong friend
Produced by Master Musicians Collective
|
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Band
Music
Title
|
Description
|
Premiere
|
Difficulty
|
|
Prairie Scent
|
Cycle of 13 Pieces
|
Lehigh University Concert Band
Jon Elkus, cond.
|
Medium - difficult
|
|
Chittenago
|
A march - original.
tunes
|
Lehigh University Concert Band,
Jon Elkus, cond.
|
Medium
|
|
Processional
|
A march - original tunes
|
Syracuse University Concert
Band,
H. Simmons, cond.
1958
|
Medium
|
|
Kankakee River
|
Traditional tune. (Also 2 piano
version)
|
San Francisco Federal Band,
F. Search, cond.
|
Medium
|
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Chamber
Music
Title
|
Combination
|
Premiere
|
Remarks
|
|
Old Airs From Many
Countries
|
Woodwind combination, 10 pieces
20 minutes
|
Chapin School Ensemble,
New York
May 7, 1964
|
Derived from fragments of folk
songs
|
|
String Quintet
|
2 violins, viola, cello and contra
bass
20 minutes
|
Krasner Ensemble,
Mitropoulos Festival,
Syracuse, NY
Feb 9, 1951
|
In four movements
|
|
Piano Quintet
|
String quartet and piano
22 minutes
|
Syracuse University Ensemble,
Harvard Club, Boston,
1946
|
Based on Shakespeare's
"Tempest,"
6 movements
|
|
Cello
Sonata
Recording
|
Cello and piano
21 minutes
|
Times Hall, NY,
E. Bacon and A. Kamp.
1946
|
In four movements
|
|
Welcome
|
Suite for cello and piano
14 minutes
|
Spartanburg, SC Festival,
E. Bacon and A. Kamp.
|
On the birth of Bacon's son,
Paul
|
|
From the "Way of Life" (Lau Tzu,
trans W. Bynner)
|
5 Apothegms for narrator and string
quartet
15 minutes
|
Syracuse Friends of Chamber
Music
Mar 10, 1952
|
blank
|
|
Peterborough
|
Suite for viola and piano
19 minutes
|
MacDowell Dinner, Temple Emanuel,
NY
1952
|
Sections: The Farm, The 11:38
daily, The Rill, Monadnock at Dusk and Glad Day
|
|
6 Trios for wood
|
Flute (or oboe), clarinet and
bassoon
|
Stanford University Ensemble,
1961
|
Sections: Frog in the Well, The
Vagrant, The Burro, Petticoat Slide, Love Song, The
Gilligaloo
|
|
Aliens
|
Narrator, oboe, horn and piano
6 minutes
|
Syracuse University
Festival
|
Poem by Colonel C.E.S.
Wood
|
|
Come Up From the Fields,
Father
|
Narrator, oboe, horn and piano
5 minutes
|
Syracuse University
Festival
|
Poem by Walt Whitman
|
|
4 Octettes for Brass
|
2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 1
tuba and 1 percussion
|
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|
Granite Boys, Joshua Ebener Fry,
The Little Black Train, The Rolling Years
|
|
Buncombe County
|
Violin & Piano
4 minutes
|
Joseph Szigeti, Carnegie
hall
|
From Appalachia
|
|
Holbert's Cove
|
Violin & Piano
4 minutes
|
Written for J. Heifetz; no record
of performance
|
From Appalachia
|
|
Song After the Rain
|
Horn and piano
2 minutes
|
Written for Wendell Hoss; premiere
uncertain
|
Based on an old Transylvanian
tune
|
|
Okefenoke
|
Clarinet and piano
2 minutes
|
blank
|
Original melodies in folk manner
(easy)
|
|
Burnt Cabin Branch
|
Flute and piano
1 1/2 minutes
|
blank
|
Original melodies in folk manner
(easy)
|
|
The Woodchuck
|
Bassoon and piano
1 1/2 minutes
|
blank
|
Original melodies in folk manner
(easy)
|
|
The Cockfight
|
2 oboes and piano or 2 clarinet and
piano
2 minutes
|
blank
|
Two instruments in cocky
contention
|
|
Trio No. 1
|
Violin, cello, piano
25 minutes
|
National Gallery, Washington,
DC
1980
|
Commision
|
|
A
Life
|
22 minutes
|
Library of
Congress, Washington, DC
Joel Krosnick, cello
1986
|
Written to commemorate moments of
the life of his son, Paul.
|
|
Violin
Sonata
See
Recordings
|
Violin, piano
26 minutes
|
Library of Congress, David Abel,
violin, Julie Steinberg, piano
See Also, James
Greening-Valenzuela
|
Commisioned by the McKim Fund in
The Library of Congress in 1983
|
|
Viola Sonata
|
Viola, piano
24 minutes
|
Nanci Severance
|
Commissioned by Marcus Hawks and
the Contra Costa Performing Arts Society.
|
|
Trio No. 2
|
Violin, cello, piano
30 minutes
|
Malan-Sutherland-Miland
Trio, Burlingame, CA
February 1, 1987
|
Commisioned by Louise Davies and
Judy Wilbur
|
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Choral Works
Name
|
Type/Length
|
Chorus
|
Solo
|
Orch or Acc.
|
Text
|
|
The Last Invocation
|
Requiem,
1 hour,
|
SATB
|
S B
|
2-2-2-2
3-3-3-1
Perc., piano, strings
|
Walt Whitman, Emily
Dickinson
|
|
By Blue Ontario
|
Short Oratorio,
50 minutes
|
SATB
|
A B
|
2-2-2-2
3-3-3-1
Perc., piano, strings
|
Walt Whitman
|
|
Ecclesiastes
|
Short Oratorio,
45 minutes
|
SATB
|
S B
|
2-2-2-2
4-3-3-1
Perc., piano, strings
|
Bible (Ecclesiastes,
Proverbs)
|
|
The Lord Star
|
Cantata (uninterrupted)
12 minutes
|
SATB
|
B
|
Brass, strings, and
organ
|
Walt Whitman
|
|
From Emily's Diary
|
Cantata
20 minutes
|
SA
|
SA
|
1-1-2-1
2 horns, strings, and piano
|
Emily Dickinson
|
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Shorter Choral Works
Name
|
Accompaniment
|
Voices
|
Publishers
|
Publ Date
|
Sources or Texts
|
|
John Hardy
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Lawson-Gould (Robert Shaw
Series)
|
1954
|
Traditional
|
|
Shouting Pi1grim
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Lawson-Gould, G.
Schirmer
|
1954
|
Traditional
|
|
Colorado Trail
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Lawson-Gould, G.
Schirmer
|
1954
|
Traditional
|
|
Waiting
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
(Peer) Southern Music
Publishers
|
1956
|
John Burroughs
|
|
Christmas Carol
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
(Peer) Southern Music
Publishers
|
1956
|
Robert Herrick
|
|
Golden Rules
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
(Peer) Southern Music
Publishers
|
1956
|
TaJimud
|
|
Jonah
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
(Peer) Southern Music
Publishers
|
1956
|
Herman Melville
|
|
The Robe
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Shawnee Press (F. Waring
Series)
|
1953
|
Traditional
|
|
Devilish Mary
|
Piano, 4-H
|
SATB
|
Shawnee Press (F. Waring
Series)
|
1953
|
Traditional
|
|
The last Train
|
Piano, 4-H
|
SATB
|
Shawnee Press (F. Waring
Series)
|
1952
|
Paul Horgan
|
|
Down Yonder
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Broude
|
1954
|
Traditional
|
|
Sleep Song
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Broude
|
1954
|
Traditional
|
|
The Birds
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Broude
|
1954
|
Traditional
|
|
Bird Talk
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Summy-Birchard
|
1957
|
Traditional
|
|
A Carol
|
Piano
|
SA
|
Galaxy
|
1957
|
Old English
|
|
A Cradle Song
|
Piano
|
High Low
|
Lawson-Gould, G.
Schirmer
|
1958
|
Blake
|
|
Where Go the Boats?
|
Piano
|
High Low
|
Lawson-Gould, G.
Schirmer
|
1958
|
Stevenson
|
|
The Schoolboy
|
Piano
|
High Low
|
Lawson-Gould, G.
Schirmer
|
1958
|
Blake
|
|
Return of Spring
|
Piano
|
High Low
|
Lawson-Gould, G.
Schirmer
|
1958
|
Annette Wynne
|
|
The Gamblin' Man
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Associated Music
Publishers
|
1958
|
Traditional
|
|
Give Me Jesus
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Galaxy
|
1958
|
Traditional
|
|
Sweet Morning
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
H.W. Gray
|
1960
|
Traditional
|
|
How Many
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
E. B. Marks
|
1951
|
Traditional
|
|
The long Farewell
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
E. B. Marks
|
1951
|
Traditional
|
|
Love Somebody
|
Piano
|
SATB
|
Presser
|
1957
|
Traditional
|
|
Of Music
|
Piano or organ
|
SA
|
Galaxy
|
1958
|
R. Herrick
|
|
Water
|
Piano or organ
|
SA
|
Galaxy
|
1959
|
Emerson
|
|
Ode to the United
Nations
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
Mercury
|
1951
|
Emerson (Text altered since
publication)
|
|
Babe of Bethlehem
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
Belwyn Mills
|
1972
|
Beatrice Quickenden
|
|
In That Poor Stable
|
Piano or organ
|
Unison or duo
|
Novello
|
1973
|
Beatrice Quickenden
|
|
Five Hymns
|
Piano or organ
|
SATB
|
Birchard
|
1957
|
Whittier, Blake, lowell, Herrick,
Baring-Gould
|
|
Of a Feather
(An ornithological cycle 6 songs)
|
blank
|
High, Low
|
Novello, for 1974
|
1973
|
Marie deL. West
|
|
Version II
|
blank
|
High, Low
|
London
|
1977
|
Marie deL. West
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Songs
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Works for the Theater
|
Name
|
Description
|
Instrumentation
|
Premiere
|
|
A Tree on the Plains
|
Music Play in 2 acts, Text by Paul
Horgan
1 hour, 40 minutes
|
1-1-2-1
2-2-2-1
Perc., harp, piano, strings
|
Spartanburg Festival,
May 2, 1942
|
|
A Drumlin Legend
|
Children's opera, Text by Helena
Carus,
1 hour, 20 minutes
|
small orchestra
|
Columbia University Festival,
Brnader Matthews THeatre, Otto Luenining, Cond.
May 4, 1949
|
|
Take Your Choice
|
Musical comedy in numerous scenes,
music by Bacon and Raish Stoll,
Text by Bacon, Stoll, Phil Mathias,
1 hour, 50 minutes
|
2-2-2--2
2-2-2-1
Strings and Jazz band
|
Columbia Theatre,
San Francisco
E. Bacon, cond.
W Watts regisseur
December 2, 1936
|
|
Incidental music to "Death Mr.
President
|
Later scored for orchestra and
issued as record see Ford's
Theatre
Text by Paul Horgan
30 minutes
|
2 piano
|
Spartanburg Festival,
Bacon and Jahoda
Apil 18, 1940
|
|
Incidental music to "The
Tempest"
|
Used in 3 different versions,
Text by Shakespeare
35 minutes
|
2 pianos, cello, clarinet, perc.
and organ
|
Spartanburg Festival
1946
|
|
Jehovah and the Ark, or
Arrival on Arrarat, 1963 - 1973
|
Ballet for 8 adults and many
children, with Jehovah as Narrator,
Music by Bacon, and John Edmunds (22 musical numbers)
Text by J. Edmunds
35 minutes
|
2 pianos or ochestra,
1-1-1-1
|
blank
|
|
Watergate 1972
|
Satirical Skit on the 1972
presidential election
Text by J. Edmunds
1 hour 10 min
|
piano
|
Station KPFA,
Berkeley, CA
November 2, 1972
|
|
Parliament of Fowls
(1976-7)
|
A ballet for children or young
people impersonating birds
Text J. Edmunds
23 minutes
|
Piano only, perc.
optional
|
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Piano Works (Published and/or Recorded)
|
Title
|
Type
|
Description
|
Publisher
|
Publication
Date
|
|
The Battle of Jericho
|
2 Pianos
4 Hands
|
"A four hand extravaganza on a
battle tune" - EB
|
American Music Edition
|
1962
|
|
The Burr Frolic
|
2 Pianos
4 Hands
|
"Title inexplicable, yet agreeably
exasperating" - EB
|
Associated Music Publishers
(G.
Schirmer)
|
1944
|
|
Byways
|
Solo
|
Twenty nine pieces based on folk
tunes from many countries
|
G.
Schirmer
|
1965
|
|
Camp Meeting
|
Solo
|
Teaching piece
|
Theodore Presser
|
1963
|
|
The Coal Scuttle Blues
See Recordings
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
2 Pianos
4 Hands
|
Co-written by Otto Leuning
"Jazz, sophistically corned" - EB
|
Associated Music Publishers
(G.
Schirmer)
|
1944
|
|
Drip-Drop Rain
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
blank
|
blank
|
blank
|
|
Flight
|
Solo
|
"A bravura piece" - EB
|
Boosey
& Hawkes
|
1949
|
|
Flop-Eared Mule
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
blank
|
blank
|
blank
|
|
Four Notes
|
Solo
|
Twelve short teaching pieces based
on a 4 note motive
|
Franco Colombo
|
1963
|
|
Friends
|
Solo
|
Eight lyric teaching
pieces
|
Franco Colombo
|
1963
|
|
Habanera
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
blank
|
blank
|
blank
|
|
The Hootnanny
|
1 or 2 Pianos
4 Hands
|
"Ten pieces, four hands Americana"
- EB
|
Summy-Birchard
(originally Chappell & Co.)
|
1995
(orig 1954)
|
|
It's a Kid's World
(originally titled "My World")
|
Solo
|
Fourteen lyric pieces for
children
|
Summy-Birchard
|
1992
(orig 1961)
|
|
Kankakee River
|
2 Pianos
4 Hands
|
"A two piano, mid-western stomp" -
EB
|
Wesley Webster
|
1935
|
|
The Lobo Girl of Devil's River,
Texas
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
blank
|
`
|
blank
|
|
Maple-Sugaring
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
Ten rural tunes
|
Lawson-Gould / G.
Schirmer
|
1955
|
|
Melodious Sonnet
|
Solo
|
Teaching piece
|
Theodore Presser
|
1963
|
|
Patriotic American
Melodies
|
Solo
|
Nine arrangements of well known and
lesser known patriotic songs
|
Theodore Presser
|
1963
|
|
The Pigtown Fling
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
blank
|
blank
|
blank
|
|
The River Queen
|
2 Pianos
4 Hands
|
"A two piano elegy on Abraham
Lincoln's presidential yacht"
- EB
|
American Music Edition
|
1962
|
|
Sassafras
|
1 Piano
4 Hands
|
"Seven pieces, four hands
Americana" - EB
|
Lawson-Gould / G.
Schirmer
|
1960
|
|
Seldom Seen Hollow
|
Solo
|
Teaching piece
|
Theodore Presser
|
1963
|
|
The Scribner Music Library
Volume 1 for Beginners
|
Solo and Duet
|
Seven teaching pieces as part of
collection
|
Charles Scribner's Sons
|
1964
|
|
Yemassee River, SC
See Composers
Recordings,Inc
|
Solo
|
From a spiritual song
|
blank
|
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|
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Written Works
|
Words on Music
Reviews
|
Syracuse University Press
1960
|
The book's chapters are: "The
Performer," "The Critic," "TheAuthor," The Teacher," "Music
and Society," and "Briefly Said."
|
|
Notes on the Piano
Reviews
|
Syracuse University Press
1963
|
The book's five sections are
entitled, "The Performer," "The Learner," "The Player and
writer," "The Observer," and "Technically
Speaking."
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