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Composers Bureau

H. Owen Reed

Publications

  • Orchestral Works
    • 1938 Evangeline - H.O. Reed Music, 15:00
    • 1939 Symphony No. 1 - G. Schirmer, 20:00
    • 1940 Overture G. Schirmer - (rental), 6:00
    • 1942 Symphonic Dance - H.O. Reed Music, 4:00
    • 1949 Concerto For Cello and Orchestra - H.O. Reed Music 19:00
    • 1955 Michigan Morn - Warner Bros. (rental), 4:00
    • 1961 Overture For Strings - H.O. Reed Music, 8-10:00
    • 1964 La Fiesta Mexicana - Warner Brothers,20:00
    • 1968 The Turning Mind - Warner Bros., (rental), 10:00
    • 1979 Ut Re Mi - a variation on the hymn to St. John the Baptist, Ut queant laxis, for orchestra and taped or live men's voices - H.O. Reed Music, 8:00
    • 2001 Christmas Eve - A Big Band arrangement with optional male and female vocalists of a Christmas song by H. Owen Reed and Johnny Kidd. String parts are symphony orchestra and large jazz ensemble. Dramatic possibilities!, H.O. Reed Music 8:00
    • 2001 Song Of Acapulco - A Big Band arrangement with optional male vocalist of a song by H. Owen Reed and Johnny Kidd. String parts are available for a performance with symphony orchestra and large jazz ensemble, H.O. Reed Music 8:00
  • Winds and Percussion
    • 1947 Spiritual - Ballerbach Music, 5:00
    • 1951 Missouri Shindig - Ballerbach Music 6:00
    • 1954 Theme And Variations - from the Beethoven String Quartet in A-Major, Op. 18, No. 55 Ballerbach Music 8:30
    • 1949 La Fiesta - Mexicana Warner Bros, 20:00
    • Festival, Beam Me Up
    • Prelude And Aztec Dance, Beam Me Up
    • El Toro, Beam Me Up
    • 1958 Renascence - Ballerbach Music, 10:00
    • 1959 Che-Ba-Kun-Ah (Road Of Souls) - for wind ensemble and string quartet (designed for choreography), G. Schirmer (Rental) 7:00
    • 1971 The Touch Of The Earth for concert band, chorus and soloist (or band alone) - H.O. Reed Music, 26:00
    • 1972 For The Unfortunate for concert band and tape (or live choir)- Neil A. Kjos, 13:00
    • 1980 Ut Re Mi, a variation on the hymn Ut Queant Laxis, for wind ensemble and taped or live men's voices - Ballerbach Music (Rental), 10:00
    • 1985 The Awakening Of The Ents, for winds and percussion - Ludwig, 8:00
    • 1986 La Fiesta Mexicana arranged for marching band by Jim Prime And Fred Magro - Warner Bros, 2:28
    • 1987 Of Lothlorien for winds and percussion - Ballerbach Music (Rental), 9:00
    • 1987 The Heart Of The Morn (formerly Michigan Morn) for band or band and voices, from the opera Peter Homans Dream and the suite The Touch of the Earth - H.O. Reed Music, 4:00
  • Big Band (Jazz)
    • Christmas Eve, A big band arrangement with optional male and female vocalists of a Christmas song by H. Owen Reed And Johnny Kidd. Dramatic possibilities! Also available with orchestral strings for symphony orchestra - H.O. Reed Music, 8:00
    • The Song of Acapulco , big band arrangement with optional male vocalist of a song by H. Owen Reed and Johnny Kidd. Also available with orchestral strings for symphony orchestra - H. O. Reed Music, 8:00

Books

  • 1947 A Workbook in the Fundamentals of Music, Warner Bros.
  • 1954 Basic Music, a college theory text, Warner Bros.
  • 1954 Basic Music Workbook, a companion to Basic Music, Warner Bros.
  • 1958 Composition Analysis Chart, H O Reed Music
  • 1964 Basic Contrapuntal Technique, co-authored with Paul Harder (text), Warner Bros.
  • 1964 Basic Contrapuntal Technique Workbook a companion to Basic Contrapuntal Technique (text), Warner Bros.
  • 1969 Scoring for Percussion and the Instruments of the Percussion Section, co-authored with Joel T. Leach, Prentice Hall, 1969. Revised and published by Warner Bros. in 1979, Warner Bros.
  • 1978 The Materials of Music Composition, co-authored With Robert G. Sidnell
    • Book I: Fundamentals (1978)
    • Book II: Exploring the Parameters (1980) - Assigned to H O Reed Music 1985
  • Addison-Wesley (out of print, available from H. Owen Reed)
  • 2003 Basic Contrapuntal Techniques, revised by H. Owen Reed & Greg Steinke, Warner Bros.

Kinescope

  • La Fiesta Mexicana - visual representation & choreography by Forrest Coggan, Michigan State University Concert Band, Leonard Falcone, conductor. WMSB-TV, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (1958)

Videotape

  • Earth-Trapped
    • A chamber dance-opera for contralto and fifteen instruments plus two dancers, based on an Indian spirit legend by Hartley Alexander. Choreographed by Forrest Coggan, Ethel Armeling, contralto; Ferial Deer, dancer; Forest Coggan, dancer; Michigan State University Chamber Orchestra, composer conducting, (1962)
    • Michigan State University Chamber Orchestra, June Law, contralto; composer conducting. Theatro Internacional, Inc., 16mm
  • Che-Ba-Kun-Ah , (Road of Souls) - for wind ensemble, string quartet, and dancers. Western Michigan University Wind Ensemble, Carl Bjerregaard, conducting. Produced by Theatro Internacional, Inc., (1975).
  • Living Solid Face - A chamber dance-opera for narrator, two small men's choirs, audience, two solo dancers, dance chorus, and chamber orchestra. South Dakota State University, Brookings Symphony Orchestra and the Statesmen, Douglas Lyrens, conducting. Theatro Internacional, Inc., (1977), (3/4 inch cassette), also available in 8mm silent film.
  • Michigan Dream (aka Peter Homan's Dream) Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Chorus, Orchestra, Cast, James Niblock, conductor, Russell Hosler, director. Twin Lake, MI 49457, (1992).
  • Christmas Eve - For big band, orchestral strings and two vocalists, Lima Symphony Orchestra, Paul Stanbery, conducting, Soundwaves Recording (2001), 4708 Surfside Dr., Huron, Ohio 44639

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