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Composers Bureau

Leslie Bassett

Choral Music

  • Maker of our Being - (SATB, organ), text by Bassett, 4', 1993 (c.1995), Peters #67551
  • Almighty, Eternal - (SATB, organ), text by Bassett, 6', 1990 (c.1994), Peters #67358, commissioned by the University of Alabama.
  • Whoe'er She Be - (SSA, piano), text by Robert Crashaw, 3', 1986 (c.1989), Peters #67171
  • Lord, Who Hast Formed Me - (SATB, organ), text by George Herbert, 3', 1981 (c.1987), Peters #67026
  • Sing to the Lord - (SATB, organ), text from Psalm 95, 3', 1981 (c.1987), Peters #67025
  • A Ring of Emeralds - 5 movements on assorted Irish texts, (SATB, piano), 13', 1979 (c.1981), Peters #66839, commissioned by Cork Choral Festival.
  • Of Wind and Earth - 3 movements, (SATB, piano), texts by Shelley, Wm. Conan Bryant, St. Francis, 9', 1973 (c.1978), Peters #66575, commissioned by the Ohio Music Educators Association.
  • Celebration in Praise of Earth - Chorus, Orchestra, Speaker, 1971, Peters #66271, see Orchestra Music
  • Moon Canticle - 5 movements, (SATB, cello, amplified speaker, soprano), texts from numerous sources concerning the moon, 17', 1969 (c.1971), Peters #66270, commissioned by the NY State Music Association.
  • Collect - (SATB with electronic tape), text a prayer for peace, 5', 1969 (c.1970), World Library Publications, J. S. Paluch Co., Inc.,
  • Notes in the Silence - (SATB, piano), texts from Dag Hammarskjold's Markings, 9', 1966 (c.1973), Peters #66573
  • Prayers for Divine Service - 3 movements, (TTBB, organ), Latin texts, 9', 1965, American Composers Edition
  • Hear My Prayer, O Lord - (SA [children], organ), text from Psalm 64, 3', 1965 (c.1967), Peters #66121
  • Follow Now that Bright Star - (Christmas carol, Bassett's "Natale"), 4', 1962 (c.1977), Church Hymnal Corp. for Episcopal Hymnal Supplement
  • Eclogue, Encomium and Evocation - 3 movements, (SAA, Piano, Harp, 2 Percussion), text from Song of Songs, 11', 1962, American Composers Edition
  • Remembrance - (SATB, organ), text by Hoover Rupert, 4', 1960 (c.1968), Peters #67024
  • Moonrise - (SAA, violin, 2 violas, cello, flute, piccolo, alto flute, piano, 2 percussion), text by D H Lawrence, 7', 1960, American Composers Edition, commissioned by Wayne State University
  • Cantata, For City, Nation, World - (SATB, optional children, tenor, 4 trombones, organ, congregation), Lutheran hymns and other texts , 11', 1959, American Composers Edition, commissioned by 3-Choir Festival.
  • Out of the Depths - (SATB, organ), Ps. 130. 4', 1957, American Composers Edition
  • The Lamb - (SATB, piano), text by Wm. Blake, 3', 1952, American Composers Edition

Music for Brass

  • Equale - three brief chorales (four trombones), homages to Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, 7', 1996, Peters, in prep.
  • Song and Dance - 2 movements, (tuba, piano), 8', 1993, Peters #67643, in prep.
  • Brass Quintet - 5 movements, (2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba), 14', 1988 (c.1991), Peters #67280
  • Salute - (5 trumpets), 2', 1985 (c.1985), Robert King Music Co.
  • Concerto Lirico - (trombone solo with orchestra), 1983--see Orchestra Music
  • Concerto Grosso - (brass quintet with wind ensemble),1982 -- see Wind Ensemble, Band Music
  • Concerto da Camera - (trumpet solo with flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion), 1981-- see Chamber Music.
  • 12 Duos for Two or Four Trombones - 16', 1974 (c.1978), Peters #66611, commissioned by International Trombone Association.
  • Music for Four Horns - 4 movements, 10', 1974 (c.1979), Robert King Music Co.
  • Suite for Unaccompanied Trombone - 1957-- see Unaccompanied Instrumental Solos
  • Sonata for Trombone and Piano - 3 movements, 10', 1954 (c.1954), Robert King Music Co
  • Brass Trio - 3 movements, (trumpet, horn, trombone), 10', 1953 (c.1968), Robert King Music Co.
  • Sonata for Horn and Piano - 3 movements, 12', 1952 (c.1954), Robert King Music Co. (originally published by Edwin H. Morris Co. as winner of competition by Nat. Assoc. of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.)
  • Quartet for Trombones - 5', 1949 (c.1954), Robert King Music Co. (originally published by Edwin H. Morris Co. as winner of competition by Nat. Assoc. of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.)

Music for Solo Voice

  • Pierrot Songs - 3 movements, (soprano with flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano), texts by Albert Giraud (in German translation by Otto Hartleben), 12', 1988 (c.1990), Peters #67222, commissioned by Schoenberg Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Love Songs - 5 movements, (soprano, piano), texts from anon. Greek, W. S. Landor, Anne Bradstreet, Emerson, Henry Harrington, 13', 1975 (c.1977), Merion Music (Theo. Presser Co.), commissioned by Music Teachers National Association.
  • Time and Beyond - 3 movements, (baritone solo with clarinet, cello, piano), texts by Emerson, Tagore, Mark Van Doren, 12', 1973 (c.1980), Peters #66574, commissioned by Society for the Commissioning of New Music.
  • The Jade Garden - 4 movements, (soprano, piano), four oriental poems in English, 9', 1973 (c.1977), Merion Music (Theo. Presser Co.)
  • To Music - 3 movements, (soprano, piano), texts by Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Wm. Billings, 11', 1962 (c.1966), Peters #67644, (originally published by Highgate Press, Galaxy Corp.), commissioned by Mu Phi Epsilon music sorority.
  • Four Songs - (soprano, piano), texts Wm. Blake, Geo. Herbert, Edwin A. Robinson, 10', 1953, American Composers Edition

Unaccompanied Instrumental Solos

  • Metamorphoses - 8 movements, (solo bassoon), 15', 1990 (c.1992), Peters #67373, commissioned by friends of L. Hugh Cooper.
  • Temperaments - 5 movements, (solo guitar), 12', 1979-83 (c.1984), Mel Bay (Roseanne Music)
  • Soliloquies - 4 movements, (solo clarinet), 10', 1976 (c.1978), Merion Music (Theo. Presser Co.)
  • Suite for Unaccompanied Trombone - 3 movements, 9', 1957 (c.1967), Philharmonia Music

Organ Music

Piano Music

  • Configurations - 5 movements, 12', 1987 (c.1988), Peters #67164, commissioned by Music Teachers Associationn of CA.
  • Preludes - 7 movements, 18', 1984 (c.1988), Peters #67087
  • Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1976) -- see Orchestra Music
  • Elaborations - 4 movements, 9', 1966 (c.1983), Peters #66272
  • Mobile - 3', 1961 (c. 1979), Alfred Publishing Co. (originally Hinshaw)
  • Six Piano Pieces - 9', 1951, MS (formerly with American Composers Edition)

Electronic Music

  • Collect - (SATB chorus with 2-channel electronic tape), 5', 1969 (c.1970), World Library Publications, commissioned by Upsala College.
  • Triform - 6', 1966, withdrawn due to tape deterioration
  • Three Studies in Electronic Sound - 7', 1965, withdrawn due to tape deterioration.

 

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