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Elegie
1960
Scoring
soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, double-bass
Duration
13:45
Genre
Chamber music
Sonate Concertante
1961
5 sonatas, 5 sonatinas
Scoring
string quartet, oboe, viola, violoncello, double-bass
Duration
11 min
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Quarter tone system
Publisher
Premiere
, Music In Our Time 1900-1961. 5 sonatas: Joseph Schor, Alan Ohms (violin), Jack Glick (viola), Joseph Tekula (violoncello). 5 sonatinas: Judith Martin (oboe), Lamarre Alsop (viola), Evalyn Steinbock (violoncello), Conductor: Ralph Shapey
Description
Oktett-Version (jedes Quartett separat aufführbar)
String quartet No. 2
1962,1974
I. Fluent and always placid
II. Calmly moving
III. Cheerfully Fast
IV. The same
V. Quick and lightfooted
Scoring
flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello
Duration
30:20
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Twelfth tone system
Commission
Publisher
Premiere
1st movement: , Longy School, USA. Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman
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Whole work: , Longy School, USA. Boston Musica Viva, Conductor: Richard Pittman
Production
Vinyl record: , Music of Ezra Sims, CRI CR784
Annotation
s. Sonate Concertante / 5 Sonate
Third Quartet
1962
I. Rushing
II. Quite slow - still and intense
III. Fast and furious
IV. Slow but moving
V. Calm fluent and graceful
Scoring
string quartet
Duration
25 min
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Quarter tone system
Commission
The Endicott Fund
Publisher
Premiere
, Carnegie Recital Hall, USA. Lenox Quartet string quartet
Production
Vinyl record: , Music of Ezra Sims, CRI CR784
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CD: , Moevs / Sims: Chamber Works, CRI CRL223
Cantata III
1963
Scoring
mezzo-soprano, percussion
Duration
6 min
Genre
Solo vocal music
Tone system
Quarter tone system
Commission
Cathy Berberian
Text / Libretto
Various Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Anglo-Saxon
Octet for Strings
1964
Scoring
2 string quartets
Duration
17 min
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Twelfth tone system
Publisher
In Memoriam Alice Hawthorne
1967
Scoring
narrator, tenor, baritone, 3 clarinets (B flat), bass clarinet (B flat), French horn, marimbaphone (2 marimbaphones)
Duration
9 min
Genre
Vocal music
Tone system
Twelfth tone system
Language
English
Text / Libretto
Edward Gorey
Publisher
Premiere
, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass., USA. Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, Raymond Hardin (tenor), Gilbert High (baritone), Ezra Sims (narrator), Conductor: Eric Culver
From an Oboe Quartet
1971
Scoring
computer-generated sound
Duration
7 min
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Twelfth tone system
Premiere
, AI Lab, MIT, Boston, Mass., USA
Oboe Quartet
1971-1975
Flourish (1975)
II Variations (1973)
From an Oboe Quartet (1973)
Scoring
oboe, violin, viola, violoncello
Duration
13:30
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Twelfth tone system
II Variations
1973
Scoring
oboe, violin, viola, violoncello
Duration
5 min
Genre
Chamber music
Tone system
Twelfth tone system
Publisher
Premiere
, MUSIC HERE AND NOW, MFA, Boston, Mass., USA. Ken Roth (oboe), Janet Packer (violin), David Schreiber (viola), Deborah Thompson (violoncello)