Kyle Gann: Music, Scores, and Recordings
in alphabetical order
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TitleDateInstrumentation/TextRecordingScoreProgram NotesPerformers
Arcana XVI19983 synthsProgram notes
As the Day Is Long1982fl, electric organ, trap set, soundfile
Baptism19832 flutes, two drums, organmp3, 11:40PDFProgram NotesKyle Gann and players
Bud Ran Back Out2001Disklaviermp3, 3:42; New WorldPDFProgram notes
Charing Cross2007synth, soundfilemp3, 8:13Program notesKyle Gann
Chicago Spiral1990-1fl, cl, sop sax, vn, va, cello, drums, synthmp3, 8:40PDFProgram notesDinosaur Annex
Cinderella's Bad Magic2002five singers, flute, three sampling keyboards, fretless bass; text by Jeffrey SichelScenes 3-5, 14:59PDFProgram notes
Composure2007-84 electric guitarsmp3, 13:27PDFProgram notesTim Brady, Antoine Berthiaume, Kevin Gallagher, Gary Schwartz
Commentary on Hope and Meaninglessness1973pianoPDFProgram notes
The Convent at Tepoztlan19892 pianos, or piano and soundfilemp3, 7:05PDFProgram NotesJudith Gordon
Cosmic Boogie-Woogie2000-1DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
Could Ye Loan Me Ten Pence?1978singer and two melody instrumentsmp3, 1:51PDF
Custer and Sitting Bull1995-9voice, soundfile1. Custer: "If I Were an Indian...", mp3, 8:42
2. Sitting Bull: "Do You Know Who I Am?", mp3, 8:42
3. Sun Dance/Battle of the Greasy-Grass River, mp3, 7:59
4. Custer's Ghost to Sitting Bull, mp3, 10:04		PDFProgram notesKyle Gann
Cyclic Aphorisms1988violin, pianomp3, 7:27PDF
The Day Revisited2005fl, cl, el. bass, 2 keyboardsNew AlbionPDFProgram notesDa Capo, Bernard Gann, Kyle Gann
Desert Flowers1979flutemp3, 12:17PDFProgram notes
Desert Sonata1994pianoLovely MusicPDFProgram notesLois Svard
Despotic Waltz1997DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
The Disappearance of All Holy Things from this Once So Promising World1998orchestraPDFProgram notes
Faith1984soprano, piano; text by Ella Wheeler Wilcoxmp3, 2:50PDFProgram NotesMartha Herr, Kyle Gann
Fantasy on Protestant Hymns1972handbell choirPDFProgram notes
Folk Dance for Henry Cowell2002DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
Fractured Paradise1995synth, soundfilemp3, 4:47, Monroe StreetMIDI scoreProgram notes
Fugitive Objects2007keyboard samplermp3, 6:57PDFProgram notesKyle Gann
Ghost Town1994soundfilemp3, 10:18, Monroe StreetProgram notes
Hesapa ki Lakhota ki Thawapi1984/9fl, sop sax (trumpet), accordion (synth), drummp3PDFProgram notesEssential Music
The Hippopotamus1979baritone, piano; text by T.S. EliotPDF
Homage to Cowell1994keyboard samplermp3, 5:06PDFProgram notesKyle Gann
Hovenweep2000fl, cl, vn, cello, pianoNew AlbionPDFProgram notesDa Capo
How Miraculous Things Happen1997synth, soundfilemp3, 10:36, Monroe StreetPDFProgram notes
I'itoi Variations19852 pianosmp3, 26:02Partial PDFProgram notesDouble Edge
Imaginary Isle20039 computerized toy pianosmp3, 2:10PDF
Implausible Sketches20062 pianos (piano four-hands)PDF
In the Busy Streets1984soprano, piano; text by Henry David ThoreauPDF
I Slept and Dreamed that Life Was Beauty1991soprano, piano; text by Ellen Sturgis HooperPDF
Kierkegaard, Walking2007fl, cl, vn, cellomp3, 15:12PDFProgram notesSeattle Chamber Players
"Last Chance" Sonata1999clarinet, piano1. Flowers, mp3, 3:14
2. Snake Dance, mp3, 4:45
3. Apparition, mp3, 7:47
4. Dance of Indeterminate Ethnicity, mp3, 3:15		PDF; clarinet partProgram notesMeighan Stoops (1,3), Sara Phillips (2,4) Bari Mort
Long Night1980-13 pianosCold BluePDFProgram notesSarah Cahill
Lord Thomas and Fair Annie1978alto fl, cl, va, harpsichord, celestaPDF
Love Scene2003string quartetMIDI, 6 minutesPDFTuning notes
The Mercy of the Storm1980-1pianoPDFProgram notes
Minute Symphony2004fl, cl, vn, celloPDFProgram notes
Mountain Spirit1982-32 flutes, two drums, organ
Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service1985/93soprano, piano; text by T.S. Eliotmp3, 5:27PDFLiz Przybylski, Sharon Bjorndal
My father moved through dooms of love2005-6chorus, violin, piano; text by E.E. Cummingsmp3, 11:39PDFProgram NotesDessoff Choir, James Bagwell cond.
New World Coming2001solo bassoon with flute (oboe), violin (viola), pianoPDFProgram notes
Nude Rolling Down an Escalator1997/9DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
Oil Man1981speaker, 2 fl, cl, piano, trap set; text by Kyle Gann from letters by Marvin GannText
Olana2007vibraphonePDFProgram notes
On Reading Emerson2006pianoNew AlbionPDFProgram NotesSarah Cahill
Paris Intermezzo1989toy piano (or piano)mp3, 6:29PDF
Petty Larceny2003DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
The Planets1994-2001-2008fl, ob, alto sax, bsn, va, bass, synth, perc1. Sun, mp3, 5:51
2. Moon, mp3, 5:17
3. Venus, mp3, 7:10
4. Mars, mp3, 6:43
5. Jupiter, mp3, 8:14
9. Neptune, mp3, 6:56		 PDF Program notesRelache
Private Dances2006pianoNew Albion, 5. Saintly, 4:07PDFProgram notesSarah Cahill
The Question Answer'd1982pianoPDFProgram Notes
Satie1975soprano, fl, vn, perc, harp; text by Erik Satiemp3, 11:52PDFProgram notesReal Time Ensemble
Scenario2003-4female voice, soundfile; text by S.J. PerelmanProgram notes
Siren19785 flutesmp3, 7:51PDFvarious
Snake Dance No. 119914 percussionistsmp3, 9:20Essential Music
Snake Dance No. 219954 percussionistsmp3, 10:11PDFProgram notesEssential Music
So Many Little Dyings1994keyboard sampler; text by Kenneth Patchenmp3, 6:59Program notesKyle Gann
Song of Acceptance19803 female voices, fl, Fr. horn, trombone, tuba, celeste, 2 vns, cello; texts from Lao-Tzu, Walt Whitman, Ecclesiastes
Sunken City (Concerto for Piano and Winds in Memoriam New Orleans)2007solo piano, fl, alto sax, tenor sax, bar. sax, horn, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, el. bass1. Before, mp3, 7:43
2. After, mp3, 22:20		PDFProgram notesGeoffrey Douglas Madge, Orkest de Volharding
Superparticular Woman1992synth, soundfilemp3, 4:06, Monroe StreetPDFProgram notesKyle Gann
Tango da Chiesa2002DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
Texarkana2000DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
Time Does Not Exist2000pianoNew AlbionPDFProgram notesSarah Cahill
Transcendental Sonnets2001-2chorus, soloists, orchestra; text by Jones Very1. The Son, mp3, 6:25
2. Enoch, mp3, 6:24
3. Love, mp3, 6:49
4. Faith, mp3, 5:51
5. The Word, mp3, 9:19		PDFProgram notesIndianapolis Symphonic Choir and Orchestra
Triskaidekaphonia2005keyboard samplermp3, 4:46PDFTuning chart
Unquiet Night2004DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
The Waiting1997DisklavierNew WorldPDFProgram notes
The Watermelon Cargo2002-3five solo singers, chorus, flute, three sampling keyboards, fretless bass; text by Jeffrey SichelLibretto
Windows to Infinity1987pianomp3, 11:42PDFProgram notesKyle Gann

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