Garrett List - Composer

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

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

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