INFORMATIONBOOKLET#2 AMERICANRECORDERMUSIC

2008RevisionbyConstancePrimus

CONTENTS Preface EarlyAmericanMusic 1. SacredMusic 2. SecularMusic 3. References TraditionalandPopularAmericanMusic 1. ArrangementsofTraditionalMusic 2. ArrangementsofPopularMusic 3. OriginalRecorderMusicinPopularorJazzStyle 4. References RecorderMusicby20thCenturyAmericanComposers 1. References MusicfortheAmericanRecorderSociety 1. EarlyARSMusic 2. MusictoCelebratetheARSandItsMembers 3. References

PublishedbytheARSEducationCommittee 1990,Revised2008,AmericanRecorderSociety,Inc.

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PREFACE
This booklet was inspired by ARS 50 (the 50th Anniversary of the American Recorder Societyin1989)andthechaptermeetings,workshopclassesandperformancesinwhich I was involved at that time. Now that the 70th Anniversary of the ARS will soon be celebrated in 2009, it is time for an updated revision. So I have replaced some of the older outofprint editions with newer ones and added more music for young players. Therefore,Ihopethatschoolgroups,aswellasARSchaptersandconsorts,mayfindthe following music lists useful for special celebrations, patriotic holidays, or just getting acquaintedwithrecordermusicbyandforAmericans. Anattempthasbeenmadetolooselygradethemusiclistedinthisbookletaccordingto thefollowingcategories,withthosepublicationsparticularlyappropriateforchildren indicated: Beginners(Beg.) Intermediate(Int.) Advanced(Adv.) Professional(Pro.) MostofthemusiccanbeobtainedfromstoresthatadvertiseintheAmericanRecorder orthatareARSbusinessmembers(seetheDirectory.)EditionspublishedbytheARSare canbeorderedfromtheoffice(8004919588).Someolderpublicationsthatmaybe outofprintcouldbeborrowedfromchapterlibrariesorthroughtheRecorderMusic CenteratRegisUniversityinDenver,Colorado,<http://www.regis.edu/library>(select Collections).Afewunpublishedcompositionsarelistedbecauseoftheirimportance inthefieldofAmericanrecordermusic;wehopethattheywillbepublishedinthe future. ConstanceM.Primus,March,1990 Revised,June,2008

EARLYAMERICANMUSIC The European settlers brought their heritage of sacred and secular music to the New World. Folk music and dances from 16th and 17thcentury England and Scotland were carried by oral traditionandkeptaliveintheSouthernAppalachians. The first printed music brought to America consisted mostly of hymns and psalm tunes that were spread southward from New England by singing masters, such as William "Singin' Billy Walker. In the 18th century William Billings, America's first wellknown composer, wrote anthems and "fuging tunes" that were published in shapenote hymnals for the early singing schools. In these books, still used in some churches, the shape of the note head indicates the appropriatesolmizationsyllable: =fa =sol =la =mi

Although the recorder was known in America in the 17th and 18th centuries, there is no evidence of recorder music composed on this continent at that time. There is, however, evidencethatmethodbooksforrecorderwereimported.UndoubtedlyearlyAmericanrecorder players did, as we do now, adapt music from English dance collections, songbooks, and psalm settings,forplayinginthehome. 1.SACREDMUSIC AmazingGrace,arr.RossWinters.NovaNM328.SSATpianobeg. Thisfamiliarhymn,alsoknownasNewBritain,waspublishedinWilliamWalkers SouthernHarmony&MusicalCompanion(Philadelphia,1835). EarlyAmericanSpiritualsfromWilliamWalker's"SouthernHarmony,arr.SidneyCowell.Carl VanRoy(Peripole),ARS10.TrioSSA/Tbeg. SidneyCowellwasthewifeofcomposerHenryCowellandarecorderplayerinthe1940s (see Recorder Music by American Composers). All parts of these pieces can be played by various sizes of recorders, doubling at the octave, which was the custom for singing them.Tryplayingandsingingthesehymnsandothersfromtheoriginalshapenotes(see ReferencesforEarlyAmericanMusic). FourShakerMelodies,arr.FredericPalmer.Selfpubl.SATBInt. The "Shaking Quakers" came from England in 1774 to America where they established several socialistic communities. Their songs, which accompanied rituals of shaking and

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dancing,werederivedfromtraditionalsourcesandpureinspiration.Textstothesongsin this edition can be found in the book by Andrews listed in References, but most of Palmer'sarrangementsaretoohighforsinging. Lord,Lord,Lord:FourSpiritualsforThreeRecorders,arr.RonaldJ.Autenrieth,Moeck808.SAT beg.int. Contains four AfricanAmerican songs: Lord, Lord, Lord, Burden Down, Oh, de Blin ManStoodondeRoad,andCottonNeedsaPickin. ReflectionsonAmericanShapeNoteHymns,arr.WillAyton(4sets).CheapTrills.SATB recordersorTrTnTnBviols.Int.Adv. These12compositionsareeachbasedonanearlyAmericanhymntunefrom SouthernHarmonyortheSacredHarp. "Simple Gifts," "There is a Balm in Gilead," and "What Wond'rous Love is This," arr. David Goldstein.AmericanRecorderXXVI/4(Nov.,1985),167170. ST,SATB,STBint. "Simple Gifts" is a Shaker tune used by Aaron Copland in his Appalachian Spring. "There is a Balm in Gilead" is an AfricanAmerican spiritual found in many modern hymnals. "Wondrous Love" is a white spiritual, which was published in Southern Harmony and othershapenotebooks.

2.SECULARMUSIC Anon. The Nightingale, arr. D. W. Music. American Recorder XXIV/3 (Aug., 1983), 104105. Sopraninooraltowithpianoadv. Thispiece,whichwaspublishedinNewYorkc.17991803,wasoriginallyanarrangement ofasongforpianowithfluteaccompaniment. EarlyAmericanRoots:RecorderEditionarr.Hesperus(GeoffWysham&ScottReiss).MelBay MB96835.Solos,duos,&trioswithguitarchordsbeg.int.. BasedonHesperussCD,EarlyAmericanRoots(MM216www.maggiesmusic.com),this publicationcontainscountrydancetunes,improvisations&shapenotehymnsfrom BritishColonialAmericanfromthearrivalofthefirstcoloniststotheAmerican RevolutionandthebirthofourRepublic.Introductionincludeshistoricalbackground andsuggestionsforinstrumentation,ornamentation,andimprovisation. Goldstein,David.TheThirteenColonies.PolyphonicPubl.PP149.SATBorviolquartet Inter.Asuiteof15shortmovements:oneforeachofthe13coloniesplusanoverture

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andfinale.SomeofthemovementsarebasedonearlyAmericantunes,whileothers arefreelycomposedbyGoldstein. Minuets,CotillionsandEarlyAmericanCountryDanceand SuccessfulCampaignandOtherEarlyAmericanCountryDances,arr.Marshall Barren.PlayfordConsortPublications.SAB,ormixedinstrumenttrioint.adv. Late18thcenturyAmericandancetunes.Inoneortwodancesthemiddlepartisbetter suitedtoaviolinthananaltorecorder. The Pine Tree Suite: Music from the American Revolution, arr. Gerald Burakoff & Willy Strickland.ConsortCM1033(Magnamusic).SAopt.perc.beg./children. This edition lends itself to creative instrumentation, e.g., recorders in place of tuned percussion, solis/tuttis, etc. One of the tunes, Chester by William Billings, can be foundinitsoriginalfourpartsettinginearlyshapenotehymnbooks,suchastheSacred Harp. Pipers Fancy (a reissue of Honor Your Partner), arr. Gerald Burakoff and Willy Strickland. SweetPipesSP2327.SATbeg.int./children. English countrydance tunes, many of which were probably known in 18th and 19th centuryAmerica.DanceInstructionsforPipersFancyisavailableseparately(SP2327D). Reinagle,Alexander.GavotteandMinuet,arr.CarolynPeskin.AmericanRecorderXXX/3(Aug., 1989),119120.SABint. These pieces, originally for fortepiano, were composed by a friend of George Washington. Ms. Peskin made this recorder arrangement for the Cleveland Chapters celebrationofWashingtonsfirstinaugurationandARS50.(Note: ThecomposerwasincorrectlyprintedasJosephReinagleintheAmericanRecorder.) ARollickofRecordersorOtherInstruments:ThirteenPopularColonialTunesSetforTrio,arr. HerbertWatson.TheColonialWilliamsburgFoundation.SATbeg./int. EnglishmusicfromPlayfordsDancingMaster,DUrfaysPillstoPurgeMelancholy,Gays TheBeggarsOpera,andJohnsonsCompleatTutorfortheFlute.

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3.SELECTEDREFERENCESFOREARLYAMERICANMUSIC Andrews, Edward Deming. The Gift to be Simple: Songs, Dances and Rituals of the American Shakers.NewYork:Dover,1962(paperback). Chase, Gilbert. America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. Univ. of Illinois Press, 3rd rev. ed.,1992. Cowell, Sidney Robertson, "Early American Spirituals (A Commentary on ARS Edition No. 10)," AmericanRecorderVIII/1(Winter,1967),1011. Jackson, George Pullen. White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands. Dover Publications, 1965 (paperback). "The Story of the Fasola Folk, Their Songs, Singing, and 'Buckwheat Notes'." Music,DavidW.,"TheRecorderinEarlyAmerica."AmericanRecorderXXIV/3(Aug.,1983),102 105. SpiritualFolkSongsofEarlyAmerica,collectedandeditedbyGeorgePullenJackson.Dover Publications,1964(paperback).Theoriginsoftwohundredandfiftytuneswithtexts for"shapenote"hymns. Walker,William.SouthernHarmony(facsimileed.),UniversityPressofKentucky,onlineat <ccel.org/ccel/walker/harmony/files/harmony.html>. White,B.F.andE.J.King,TheSacredHarp(facsimileofthethirdedition,1859).Broadman Press,Nashville,Tennesee(Genevox),1968.Includesavaluableintroduction,"The StoryoftheSacredHarp,18441944,"byGeorgePullenJackson.

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TRADITIONALANDPOPULARAMERICANMUSIC 1.ARRANGEMENTSOFTRADITIONALMUSIC The sources of folk music in America are as diverse as its people. Most of the music in the following list has its roots in Britain but has also been collected on this continent. Some arrangementsoffolkmusicfromCanadaandCentralandSouthAmericahavebeenadded. Try adapting these arrangements according to your own resources and creativity: Add voices, guitar, autoharp, percussion and/or other instruments; alternate harmonized verses with melody alone played by a single recorder or several in unison; substitute a low choir (TTB) for highchoir(SSA),etc. AmericanPentatonic,arr.DavidEddleman.SweetPipesSP2331.SSkbd,opt.voiceandperc. beg./children. AnAmericanPotpourri,arr.AndrewCharlton.ProvincetownPBE23.SATint. BrazilianFolkSongs,arr.DavidGoldstein.ProvincetownPBE48.SATorSTBint. BrazilianFolkSongforFour,arr.DavidGoldstein.ProvincetownPBE49.SATBint. Canciones de las Tierras Espanolas (Songs from Spanish Lands), arr. David Eddleman. Sweet PipesSP2384.SS,opt.A,guitar,and/orperc.beg.int./children. FolkSongs ofAmerica,arr.MauriceWhitney.ConsortCM1007.SS/kbd orSSAwithopt.kbd. beg./children. FolkTunesfromtheHispanicTradition,arr.ViriginiaEbinger.SweetPipes2399. S&Asolos,duos,trioswithchordsymbolsandopt.perc.Beg.int./children.Wordsin Spanishwithliteraltranslations. Frontier America Suite, arr. Lavern Wagner. Loux LMP163. SATB int.adv. Arrangements of many familiar melodies grouped into four movements: House Party, Revival Reflections,Westward,Ho!,GoinACourtin. Hill,MildredJ.HappyBirthday. "HappyBirthday"isprobablythesongmostfrequentlysunginthiscountry.Itwasfirst publishedas"GoodMorningtoAll"inSongStoriesfortheKindergarten(Chicago,1893). MildredJ.Hill,whocomposedthetune,wasachurchorganistandconcertpianist.The

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words,bothtotheoriginalsongandthelater"HappyBirthday,"arebyPattySmithHill,a kindergartenteacherandrenownededucator. ThefollowingarrangementsofHappyBirthdayforrecorderensemblesarefunto performatbirthdaycelebrationsoftheARS,itschapters,anditsspecialmembers: Clark,Paul.HappyBirthdayVariations.SweetPipesSP2341.SATBint. Sixdelightful,easyvariationsonthiswellknowntune. ManyHappyReturns.PolyphonicPubl.PP108.SATBAdv. In17/8meter,trickytoplay,butfun! Friederich,Matthias.HappyBirthdayVariations.MoeckMZ599/600.SATadv. InstylesfromGregorianchanttoFrescobaldi,Brahms,Stravinsky,andothers,ending withDixieland. Ho Boys, Ho: Reversible Duets for Soprano and Alto Recorders based on American Sailing Songs,arr.MarthaBixler.MagnamusicM20.SAbeg.Sopranosandaltoseachhavea turnatthemelody. SeaShanties,arr.JohnKoch.AnforASL24.SSAbeg.Textsincluded. SuiteAmericana,arr.AndrewCharlton.ProvincetownPBE16.ATBint. Suite Canadiana: Fantasias on Traditional Canadian Songs, arr. Andrew Charlton. ProvincetownPBE10.SATint.adv. Two American Suites: American Indian Suite & Peruvian Suite, arr. Walter Bergmann. S & pianobeg./children Variations on Three Ravens, arr. LaNoue Davenport. Anfor RCE No. 8. SAT int.adv. An early 17thcentury fourpart setting of this song, as published by Ravenscroft, is in ElizabethanDelights,ed.Lehmann,ARSMembers'LibraryNo.1. Western Folk Songs: Reversible Duets for Soprano and Alto Recorders, arr. Shelley Gruskin. MagnamusicM19.SAI. Note: "America, the Beautiful," "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," and other patriotic songs can be played directly from fourpart settings in hymnals (tenor recorders must read from the bassclef).Int.

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2.ARRANGEMENTSOFPOPULARMUSIC Arlen,Harold.OvertheRainbow,arr.DavidEddleman.SweetPipesSP2352.SSA/Tkbd,opt. voice&guitarbeg.int./children Barbershop Quartets, arr. Richard Geisler. Selfpubl., each song sold separately: "The Band Played On," "A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy Bell)," "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" "Grandfather's Clock," "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," "Listen to the MockingBird,""RockedintheCradleoftheDeep."SATB,opt.voiceint. Brown, Herb Nacio. Singin in the Rain, arr. David Eddleman. Sweet Pipes SP2357. S S A/T kbd,opt.voice&guitar.Beg.int./children Early Pop Songs, arr. Richard Geisler. Selfpubl., each song sold separately: "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine," "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," "Oh, You Beautiful Doll," "Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey." SATB, opt. voiceint. Joplin,Scott.TheEasyWinners,arr.BrianBonsor.Schott12202.SApianoInt. TheEntertainer,arr.RossWinters.NovaNM321.SATBint.adv. NewRag,arr.RossWinters.NovaNM301.SAATBadv. AScottJoplinAlbum,arr.AlanDavis.Novello120594.sSATTBadv. WeepingWillow:ARagtimeTwostep,arr.JohnNelson.PolyphonicPubl.PP169. ATTBBGbint.adv.

Mancini, Henry. Moon River, arr. David Eddleman. Sweet Pipes SP2350. S S A/T, opt. voice & guitarbeg.int./children. OntheTrailofthePinkPanther,arr.PaulLeenhouts.Moeck2805.ATBGbpro.

Miller, Glenn. Moonlight Serenade, arr. Paul Leenhouts. Moeck 3304. Recorder Orchestra (SAAATTBGb)int.adv. Seiber, Matyas. Dance Suite, arr. Bloodworth. Vol. 1: Tango, Ragtime, Slow Fox; Vol. 2: Waltz, Blues, Foxtrot; Vol. 3: Rumba, SixEight, Paso doble, Charleston. Schott 12251, 12252, 12347.SATBwithopt.divisiint.

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 SeniorProm,arr.WilliamHettrick.SweetPipesSP2372.SATBint. Popularsongsofthe1920sand30s. Sweet Land of Liberty, arr. William Hettrick. Sweet Pipes SP2359. SATB beg.int. Includes patriotichymnsandmarchesandGeorgeM.Cohansongs. Wenrich,Percy.DixieBlossom(TwoStep),arr.AlanDavis.Novello120631.sSATTBint. 3.ORIGINALRECORDERMUSICINPOPULARORJAZZSTYLE Charlton,Andrew.AyreConditioned,rev.ed.ProvincetownPBE15.SATB,opt.tambourine andbassvioladv. ChaChaDolce.ProvincetownPBE14.SATB,opt.viol.,maracasandtambourineadv. CommodiousRag.JollyRobinPressJR1.SAATBadv. PipeDreams.JollyRobinPressJR2.SAATBadv.

Dorough,Robert.EonsAgoBlue.ProvincetownBookshop.ATTBwithbassviolandperc.adv. HomophonicSuite.AnforRCE#35.SATadv.

Goldstein,David.SouthwestofBaroque.ProvincetownPBE2.SAInt.adv. Muro,Don.RecorderRock.J.D.Wall<www.jdwallpublishing.com>.SSA/Twithelectronic accompaniment(CDortape)beg./children SwinginEasy.J.D.Wall<www.jdwallpublishing.com>.SorSSwithelectronic accompaniment(CDortape)beg./children Muroisaneducator,performer,composer,andinternationallyknownleaderinthefield ofelectronicmusicandtechnology.Hiscompositionswithpopstyleaccompaniments haveturnedonmanychildrentoplayingtherecorder.

Rose,Pete.TheKidfromVenezuela.UniversalEditionUE19930.Spianoprof. Ajazzpiecewithplentyofpizzazz,basedonamotivefromaJamaicansong, itwascommissionedin1990byAldoAbreu,theworldclassVenezuelanrecorderist, andisoneofRosesmostperformedworks. ThisandThat.CarusVerlag.S/Sno/voice(oneperformer).Pro.

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Commissionedin1999byGunterJanoschka,astudentatthe1998AmherstEarlyMusic Festival.Thispiececontainsjazzy,avantgarde,andminimalisticeffects.

Shannon,GlenJazzyPrelude&Fugue.MoeckZfs803.SATBint.adv. 3.SELECTEDREFERENCESFORTRADITIONAL&POPULARMUSIC Broege,Tim,Anyoneoutthereraisingaruckus?AmericanRecorderXLVII/1(Jan.,2006),35. Dessy,Ray&Lee,TheRecorderBlues.OnNicholasLandersRecorderHomePage <www.recorderhomepage.net/blues.html>.

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RECORDERMUSICBY20thCENTURYAMERICANCOMPOSERS Thecomposerslistedherearenoteworthyoutsideoftherecorderworldinformationaboutall ofthemcanbefoundonGroveMusicOnline(availablethroughEarlyMusicAmerica).Other significantAmericancomposersareincludedinthelistofMusicfortheARS. Cowell,Henry.HymnandFuguingTune#4.Unpublished(copiesmaybeavailablethroughthe NewYorkPublicLibrary).SABint.. Cowell(18971965)wasaninnovative,influentialAmericancomposer.Hisinterestin earlyAmericanhymnodyisshowninthistrioforrecordersorotherinstruments. Sonata: Duet for Three Recorders (1954). Provincetown. 2 players on Sno, S or A. Beg.int. This is one of many pieces Cowell wrote for his wife, Sidney, on the occasion of their anniversary.SidneywasarecorderstudentofErichKatzandamemberoftheARSinthe 1940s.(seeEarlyAmericanSacredMusic).ThisSonatahasfourmovements. ThreePieces(1955).AMP(Peripole)ARS21.SSAint.adv. Thefirstpiece,"Pelog,"reflectsthecomposer'sinterestinIndonesianmusic.Thesecond, "Birthday Piece," was written for his wife, Sidney. The last piece, "Jig," is reminiscent of thefiddlingCowellheardasafarmboyinKansasandOklahoma. DelloJoio,Norman.ChamberWorkfor3Recorders&StringTrio(1943).HargailMusicPressH 725.SAT(orflute,oboe,clarinet)withVn,Va,&Celloadv. DelloJoio(b.1913)wasawinnerofthePulitzer,Emmyandmanyotherawards.

Persichetti, Vincent. Little Recorder Book (1956). ElkanVogel. For various combinations of S andArecorders,somepieceswithkbd.beg. SerenadeNo.9(1956).ElkanVogel.SAbeg. Persichetti (19151987) was head of the Composition Department at Juilliard and has receivedmanyhonorsasacomposer.

Raksin,David.Serenadefrom"UnicornintheGarden."Schott6098.AATBint. Raksin(19122004)hascomposedmanymovieandtelevisionscoresandwasa memberofthemusicfacultyatU.C.L.A.Thispiecewasfromthemovie,"TheUnicorn intheGarden,"anddedicatedtoJamesThurber.

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Read,Gardner.PetiteSuite.BerandolBER1653.SAhcInt.adv. Read(19132005)wasaprolificawardwinningcomposer.Hewrotethispiece for his daughter'shighschoolgraduation. Serly,Tibor.MenuetinBIModals.ConsortCM1016.AAint. SerlywasborninHungaryin1901,cametoAmericain1905,becameaUScitizen,and diedin1978.Thiscompositionisbasedon"moduslascivus,"atonalitythatSerly inventedandusedinhismusicforballet,orchestra,piano,andvoice.Anotherrecorder piecethatisbasedonthistonalityisWillyStricklands6DuetsinModusLascivus.(Sweet PipesSP2305.SAint.) Starer,Robert.RicercareforRecorders.SamFoxPubl.SSAbeg. Starer(19242001)wasborninViennabutbecameaUScitizen.Hewasaprofessorfor manyyearsatBrooklynCollegeCUNY.ThispiecewascommissionedbytheDalton Schools,NewYorkCity,andpublishedin1963. 1.SELECTEDREFERENCESFORTWENTIETHCENTURYCOMPOSERS TheNewGroveDictionaryofMusicandMusicians,ed.S.SadieandJ.Tyrrell(London: Macmillan,2001). GroveMusicOnline,ed.L.Macy,<http://www.grovemusic.com>(availabletomembersofEarly MusicAmerica). Morgan,RobertP.TwentiethCenturyMusic:AHistoryofMusicalStyleinModernEuropeand America(NortonIntroductiontoMusicHistory).W.W.Norton,1sted.,1991. .AnthologyofTwentiethCenturyMusic.W.W.Norton,1992. Salzman,Eric.TwentiethCenturyMusic:AnIntroduction.PrenticeHallHistoryofMusicSeries, 4thed.,2001.

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MUSICFORTHEAMERICANRECORDERSOCIETY The American Recorder Society was organized in 1939 by Suzanne Bloch, daughter of composer, Ernest Bloch. Primarily a lutenist, she was introduced to the recorder by Carl Dolmetsch and performed with him in New York City in 1935probably the first recorder concertinAmerica.AfterWorldWarIItheSocietywasreorganizedandErichKatz(19001973), a musicologist from Germany, became the driving force. His teaching was an inspiration to many American professional and amateur recorder players. Many of these pioneersand others associatedwiththeARSarrangedandcomposedmusicfortherecorder. TheARShassponsoredrecordermusicpublicationssincethe1950s.Itisinterestingtocompare the older editions, which were often transposed to fit ensembles with few tenors and no basses, with newer, perhaps more scholarly editions. Music has been composed to commemorate ARS workshops and other events, and the ARS and some of its chapters and workshopshavecommissionedrecorderpiecesandsponsoredcompositioncontests. An effort has been made to include works by all composers historically significant to the American Recorder Society. When necessary to choose among many works by a composer, those with American themes or special relevance to the ARS have been selected for this list. (SeealsoMusicbyAmericanComposers.)

1.EARLYARSMUSIC Bloch, Suzanne, "Pavane," "Round for Three Alto Recorders," "Round for Three Soprano Recorders,"and"ChoraleNo.2."AmericanRecorderXXIX/4(Nov.,1988),153156.SATB beg. ThesearepiecesMs.BlochusedatearlymeetingsoftheARSforimprovementof intonationtheyareexcellentforchapterwarmups. Davenport, LaNoue. A Day in the Park Children's Suite. Associated Music Publ. (BMI). ARS 17. SATBint. LaNouewasanearlyactivememberoftheARSwhoperformedwiththeNewYorkPro Musica.Thissuite,publishedin1955,isbasedonmusicforafilm. Katz,Erich.SantaBarbaraSuite,ed.MarthaBixler.AmericanRecorderSocietyMembers Library,originallypubl.byAMP(BMI),1955.SS/AA/TInter.

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Thisworkwaswritteninthe1950swhenKatzwascontemplatingretiringinSanta Barbara,California.Thefourmovementsaretitled:EntradaOstinato;Canon;Tango; andRondo.ThisnewGalaCentennialEditioncontainsextensiveinformationabout Katzandthiscomposition.

Koch,John.SongsandDances.GalaxyARS54.SATbeg. The composer's father was William Koch of Haverhill, Vermont, who began to make recorders in 1932 at the suggestion of one of the founding members of the ARS. John Kochrememberslisteningtohisfatherwhistleasheworked,saying,"Andthenextsong will be a dance,"hence the title of this collection, which contains neither songs nor dancesbutamixtureofboth. Kubik,Gail.SuiteforThreeRecorders.HargailH3.SATint.adv. This work by a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer (19141984) was commissioned by Harold Newman, who was an early president of the ARS. It was first performed in the home of Suzanne Bloch, then soon afterwards at the Spring Festival of theARSinMay,1941. Mann,Alfred,ed.LivelyAirsforThreeRecorders,byJacobRegnart.HargailH100andClarke &Way(Peripole)ARS12.SSAbeg. This collection of 16thcentury villanellas was edited by a wellknown musicologist and conductor who played the recorder. It was published in 1940 under the auspices of the ARSandagainin1953asthefirstregularARSedition.Twoofthepieces("Venus,duund dein Kind" and "Ach Gott! ein grossen Pein") are available in an edition published in 1979: Jakob Regnart. Ten Lieder in villanella style. London Pro Musica LPM TM4. SAT beg. Miller,Edward.Song.McGinnis&Marx.AorTsoloadv. Thispiecedatesfrom1964.ItwasrecordedbyBernardKrainis,amemberoftheNew YorkProMusica,whojoinedtheARSin1949andlaterservedaspresident. Trapp, Werner. "March" and "Maria's Birthday Landler" in Trapp Family Recorder Trios. MagnamusicM3.SSTbeg.inter./children ThecomposeristhesonofMariaoftheTrappFamilySingerswhowereresponsiblefor introducingmanyAmericanstotherecorder.TheTrappswerenotinvolvedwiththe earlyARS,buttheir1954methodbook,EnjoytheRecorder(Magnamusic),wasusedby manyearlymembersandteachers.

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Tucker, Tui St. George. Prelude and Blue for Erich. American Recorder XV/4 (Nov., 1974), centerfold.ATBIV. Tucker (19242004) was an innovative composer and virtuoso performer on the recorder. This work was written inmemory of Erich Katz. The composer uses "dynamic choreography"bysuggestingthattheperformersplaythePreludeoffstageandmake useofspecialfingeringsandothereffectsintheBlue. SonataandRomanza.AnforRCE14.AsoloIV. BothofthesepiecesbyTuckerwereconsideredpioneersintheuseofavantgarde techniquesontherecorderwhenpublishedin1970.Thecomposerwasinvolvedwith theARSfromthe1950s,whensheperformedontherecorderwithcomposerAlan HovanessonpreparedpianoatanARSmeeting. 2.MUSICTOCELEBRATETHEARSANDITSMEMBERS Alemann.EduardoArmando.Spectra.GalaxyARS79.SATBpro. This work won the first ARS competition jointly sponsored by Galaxy Music Corporation who published it in 1975. The piece is written in unconventional notation and utilizes manyavantgardetechniques.AnLPrecordingisincluded. Ayton,William.MiniaturesforMartha.CheapTrills.SATBorviols.Int.adv. WillAytonisProfessorofMusicatRogerWilliamsUniversityinBristol,R.I.He composesforbothrecordersandviols.ThispiecehededicatedtoMarthaBixler,an iconoftherecorderworld.AlongtimeactivememberoftheARSBoardandformer President,shehasrecentlycompletedhermonumentalARSHistory(seeReferences). Charlton,Andrew.IdyllwildSuite.Berandol(AMP).SATBadv. Charlton, who composed and arranged much music for the recorder, was a studio musicianandProfessorofMusicatCaliforniaStateUniversityinFullerton.Thisworkwas composedin1964tocommemorateanARSworkshopinSouthernCalifornia. Effinger,Cecil.DialogueandDance.ARS,ErichKatzContemporaryMusicSeries.SATBadv. Effinger (19141990) was a noted choral composer, inventor of a music typewriter, and professor at the University of Colorado College of Music. His Dialogue and Dance was commissionedin1989bytheDenverChapterforits25thAnniversaryandtheARSs50th Anniversary.
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Gannon,Lee.Sonatine.ARS,ErichKatzContemporaryMusicSeries.AAApro. Gannonwasaprizewinningcomposerwho,unfortunately,diedin1996atage36from acaraccident.ThispiecereceivedhonorarymentionfortheARSs1987ErichKatz CompositionContest. Kaiser,Tyler.AgesofMan.Unpublished.Awithstringquartetpro. TheARScommissionedthispiecebyMinnesotacomposer,TylerKaiser,tocom memorateARS50.ItwaspremieredbyShelleyGruskin,formerpresidentoftheARS,in 1989. Laderman,Ezra.Talkin'Lovin'Leavin'.G.Schirmer.Awithstringquartetpro. Also commissioned by the American Recorder Society to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, this piece was premiered by Michala Petri and the New World String Quartet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 9, 1990. Laderman (b. 1924 in New York City) wasDeanoftheYaleSchoolofMusicandhashadmanyimportantcommissions. Maute,Matthias.BixlerBeat.AscoltaASC482.S/T&Bduet.Adv. Maute is one of the foremost performers on the recorder and has composed much music for the instrument He was born in Germany, now teaches at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. This piece, composed for Martha Bixler at the Amherst Early Music Festival,wasoriginallyforrecorderandsackbut(whichMarthaplays). IndianSummer.MoeckZFS779/780.SATBadv. This piece was written for the young students at the Indiana University Recorder Academyandtheirdirector,MarieLouiseSmith. Muro,Don.Capriol'sCaper.SweetPipes.SATBwithtapeinter./children Thisthreemovementsuiteisbasedon16thcenturydancetunesfromArbeaus Orchesographie.Itwascommissionedin1982bytheRecordersatRiderARSWorkshop, directedbyGeraldBurakoff,andreceivedaMeettheComposersgrant.Burakoffwasa musiceducatorandARSboardmemberwhopromotedtheuseofrecordersinthe schoolbymeansofhispopularmethodbooksandotherpublicationsbySweetPipes,a companythatheandhiswifeSonyafounded. Palmer,Frederic.Entrevista.ARS,ErichKatzContemporaryMusicSeries.SATBInt. Entrevista was the winner of the first Erich Katz Composition Contest in 1986. Its composer is director of the MidPeninsula Recorder Orchestra, an affiliate of the San FranciscoEarlyMusicSocietyandtheARS.

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Pinkham, Daniel. Duet for Recorder and Harpsichord. E. C. Schirmer. (Also available as DivertimentoforOboeorRecorderandStrings).TorSwithharpsichordorharpint. TheBostonChaptercommissionedthisworkinfourmovementsbyamajorAmerican composer.Pinkham(19232006)wasafacultymemberoftheNewEngland ConservatoryofMusicandtherecipientofmanyawardsandhonorarydegrees. Shannon,Glen.Prelude&FugueinDMinor.ScreamingMaryMusicSMM100.SSATBadv. QuartetNo.2inAMinorWanderlust.ScreamingMaryMusicSMM113.SATBint. ThesetwopiecesbyShannonwonfirstprizeintheChicagoChaptersbiennial compositioncontest(1997&2001).ThecomposerisanactivememberoftheEastBay Chapter(CA),andbothofthesecompositionsareintendedforchaptermeetingsaswell asforconsortperformances. Staeps,HansUlrich.EastWest.PRBpublications,1991.SATTBwithguitaradv. Staeps(19091988),whocomposedmanyworksfortherecorder,wasProfessorof MusicattheViennaConservatory.Thiswashislastcomposition,dedicatedas"asecret farewelltoAmerica."Itwaspremieredatthe1988ColoradoRecorderFestival. Minstrels.SweetPipesSP2333.SATBquartetandSATBrecorderchoirwithsoprano voice,piano,andperc.int.&adv. Commissionedforthe1984ColoradoARSWorkshop,thisisamajorworkthatinvolved facultyaswellasmassedstudentperformances. SaratogaSuite.GalaxyARS56.SATadv. Composedinremembranceofthehistoric1965InternationalRecorderSchoolat SaratogaSprings,NewYork,whereStaepswasamemberofadistinguishedfaculty.

Sterne,Colin.TwoAntiphonalDances.SATBrecorderquartetandSATBrecorderchoirint. ComposedbyaformerProfessorofMusicattheUniversityofPittsburghandalongtime recorder player, this piece was commissioned and premiered in 1989 by the Pittsburgh Chapter for its 25th Anniversary and ARS 50. The first movement, Slow Dance with Doubles, was distributed to all ARS members as Members' Library No. 3 and is still available. The second movement, Round Dance with Drones, is, unfortunately, unpublished.

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Strizich, Robert. Aphorisms. ARS, Erich Katz Contemporary Music Series. Includes taped performance by Sabine Evers. Aphorisms #6 & #7, along with a notation guide, are also publishedintheAmericanRecorderXXVII/3(Aug.,1987).Altosolopro. Thecomposerisawellknownguitaristandearlymusicspecialist.Hewritesmusicfor variousinstrumentsandtypesofensemblesaswellasforelectroacousticmedia.His Aphorismsisasetoftenshortpiecescomposedin1986.Theyarequiteaccessibleto recorderplayersfamiliarwithavantgardetechniquesandnotation. Fantasia. ARS, Erich Katz Contemporary Music Series. Includes taped performance by theLongyRecorderQuartet.SATBpro. Acomplexavantgardepieceinonemovementcomposedin1985.Ensembleprecision ismorechallengingthantechnique. Welcher, Dan. Elizabethan Variations, Based on "Greensleeves." University of Miami Music PublicationsUM125.SATBadv. Grand prizewinner of the 1971 composition contest for a work for recorder consort sponsoredbytheMiamiChapteroftheARSandUniversityofMiamiMusicPublications. Welcher (b. 1948) is a prolific composer and wellknown conductor as well as a faculty memberattheUniversityofTexas. Woolen,Russell.Sonatina.BerandolBER1047.AATintadv. This wellknown composer (b. 1923) was head of the Liturgical Music Dept. of Catholic University. His Sonatina for three recorders was commissioned and premiered by the Boston Chapter in 1960. In 1962 it was performed in Carnegie Recital Hall at a concert sponsoredbytheNewYorkRecorderGuild.

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3SELECTEDREFERENCES

Atwater, Betty Ransom, "Erich Katz: TeacherComposer, 19001973." American Recorder XIV/4 (Nov.,1973),115134. Bixler, Martha. A History of the American Recorder Society: A Memoir. Part I in American Recorder XLVIII/2 (Mar., 2007), 918, and Part II in XLVIII/3 (May, 2007), 1426. AdditionalinstallmentstobepublishedontheARSwebsite. Bixler, Martha and Marcia Blue, "Remembrances of Erich Katz (Interview with Hannah Katz)." AmericanRecorderXXX/2(May,1989),5455. Bixler, Martha and Ken Wollitz, "An Interview with Suzanne Bloch." American Recorder XXIX/4 (Nov.,1988),136140. Clark, Paul. Review of Fantasia and Aphorisms by Robert Strizich. The Recorder and Music MagazineIX/7(Sept.,1988),195. Davenport, LaNoue, "A Day in the Park (A Commentary on ARS No. 17)," American Recorder VI/3(Summer,1965),6. "ErichKatz:AProfile."AmericanRecorderXI/2(Spring,1970),4345.

Katz,Erich,"IntheBeginning."AmericanRecorderXIX/4(Feb.,1979),155156. Nagle, Sigrid and Marcia Blue, "An Interview with Bernard Krainis," American Recorder XXX/3 (August,1989),97101. Rose, Pete. Review of Fantasia and Aphorisms by Robert Strizich. American Recorder XXIX/4 (Nov.,1988),162. Seibert, Peter, "Remembrances of Erich Katz (Interview with Winifred Jaeger)," American RecorderXXX/2(May,1989),5253. Strizich,Robert,"Aphorisms,"AmericanRecorderXXVIII/3(Aug.,1987),105107. Wollitz, Kenneth, "An Interview with LaNoue Davenport." American Recorder X/4 (Fall, 1969). 107109,130. Wollitz,KenandMarciaBlue,"AnInterviewwithLaNoueDavenport."AmericanRecorderXXX/1 (Feb.,1989).47.
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