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Composers Bureau

Marvin Lamb

Solo Vocal Works

  • Life Cycle (1970) for tenor voice, flute, muted trumpet and bassoon. 5 minutes. "First Lesson", text by Philip Booth
  • when serpents bargain for the right to squirm, text by e e cummings.
  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, text by Dylan Thomas.
  • Reflection of a Zen Buddhist (1971) for mezzo-soprano and percussion ensemble. Three movement song cycle on texts of phonetically translated Japanese Buddhist statements. 6 minutes.
  • Lullabye on a Text by George Barker (1975) for soprano, oboe, clarinet and piano. Single movement work based on the text: "To my Son -Part One" by George Barker. 5 minutes.
  • Death Sonnets (1994) for baritone, woodwind quintet, piano, harp and percussion. Single movement song cycle based upon texts drawn from "The Passionate Pilgrim" by Shakespeare and "The Anthology of Death". 13 minutes.

Solo Instrumental Works

  • Solowalk (1971) for flute. 2 minutes. Wimbledon Music, Inc.
  • Rime Music After Frank Martin's Prelude VII (1979) for piano. 4 minutes.
  • Ballad of Roland (1979) for E-flat alto saxophone and whistle. 4 minutes. Dorn Publications, Inc. / Cumberland Records, Inc.
  • Vision of Basque (1982) for bassoon. 6 minutes. Medici Press.

Incidental Music for the Theater

  • Music for The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson, for tenor recorder and voices.
  • Music for Higglety Pigglety Pop by Lawrence Sendak -- adaptation by Charles Helfert, for SATB, flute, and punk rock guitar.

Chamber Ensembles

  • Structures for Trombone and Piano (1968). 7 minutes.
  • Prairie Suite (1970) for brass quintet. Three movements. 8 minutes. Shawnee Press. In Memoriam, Benjy (1972) for saxophone quartet. 4 minutes. Media Press.
  • Woodwind Quintet (1973), English horn substitutes for oboe. 4.5 minutes.
  • Serenade for Unknown Friends (1974) for tenor saxophone, oboe, clarinet and piano. 4 minutes. Dorn Publications, Inc.
  • Regards Broussards (1974) for B-flat clarinet and trombone. Three movements. 4 minutes.
  • Music for Julius Baker (1980) for flute choir. 6.5 minutes. Wimbledon Music, Inc.
  • Prism (1981) for trombone, piano and percussion. 10 minutes. Medici Press, Redwood Records, Inc.
  • Final Rolland (1984) for alto saxophone, whistle siren, piano and harmonica. 12 minutes. Carl Fischer.
  • Heavy Metal (1984) for tuba ensemble (3 euphoniums, 5 tubas). 6.5 minutes. Carl Fischer, Mark Educational Records, Inc.
  • The Stomp Revisited (1986) for brass quintet in one movement. 10 minutes. Carl Fischer, Crystal Records, Inc.
  • Death Sonnets (1994) for baritone voice and chamber ensemble. (See Vocal Works)

 

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