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List of Works for Instrument + Electroacoustics

From time to time the question has come up in private or on email lists such as cec-conference: “Do you know of any pieces for X instrument and electronics?”. And so began this list.

Your contributions to this resource are welcome!

List of Works for Instrument + Electroacoustics
Solo Instruments
Small Chamber Groups (2-5 players)
Ensemble (medium-large)
Orchestra
Composer Webpages
Contributors

Solo Instruments

Winds

Flute

Peter Ablinger — Piccolo und Rauschen (1986) piccolo and tape
Peter Ablinger — IEAOV (“Red on Maroon”), Flöte (1989/99) piccolo, flute, bassflute and live electronics
Ignacio Baca–Lobera — Tempo III (1997) flute and tape
Antoine Beuger — silent understanding (1993) flute and tape
Clarence Barlow — …until…, version 8 (1972/1981) piccolo and pure wave oscillator
Paul Dibley — Back to fore (1999) flute and live-electronics
Karlheinz Essl — inside/out (2006) inside flute, live-electronics and 4-channel sound projection
Walter Feldmann — tellement froid que (1995/96) bass flute and live electronics
Dror Feiler — Like tears is rain (1998) flute, tape and video
Dror Feiler — Salutacíon angelica (2005) amplified piccolo, tape and video
Brian Ferneyhough — Mnemosyne (1986) bass flute and tape
Roman Haubenstock–Ramati / Bernhard Lang — morendo - double/echo (1991/2003) bass flute and tape
Michael Manion — Constellations (1974) flute and live electronics
Alvin Lucier — Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas (1973–74) flute, pure wave oscillator
Bruno Maderna — Musica su due dimensioni (1957) flute and stereophonic tape
Michael Maierhof — splitting 17 (2003 / 14:30) flute, tape and video
André O. Möller — blue/dense (2003) bass flute and live-sampling
Luigi Nono — Post-prae- ludium n. 3 “BAAB-ARR” (1988 [unfinished] / dur. var.) piccolo flute and live electronics
Christoph Ogiermann — Für Flöte (1998) tape and electronics
Steve Reich — Vermont Counterpoint (1982) piccolo, flute, altoflute and tape
Roger Reynolds — Transfigured Wind IV (1984) flute and computer generated sounds
Paul Steenhuisen (CAN) — cette obscure clarté qui tombe des étoiles (2000 / 4:00) flute and CD
Chiyoko Szlavnics — Eva Hesse (with CN) (2007) flute, tape and video
Helmut Zapf — Albedo (1999) bass flute and tape

Oboe

Serge Arcuri (CAN) — Errances (1992) oboe d’amore, harp, and tape
Serge Arcuri (CAN) — La porte des sables (1989) oboe, English horn, MIDI percussion, and tape
Luciano Berio — Sequenza
Jonty Harrison — A Vent
Heinz Holliger — Cardiophonie (1971) oboe and three magnetophones
Don Malone — Quack Quack (year?) electrified oboe and electromuser
Harald Münz — The Self-Composer (1999 - 2002) oboe and computer
Roger Reynolds - Summer Island (1984) oboe and computer generated sounds
Edwin Roxburgh — At the Still Point of the Turning World… (1976) oboe and electronics
Published by UMP. Recorded on New Ground (Oboe Classics, CC2003): Paul Goodey, oboe.
Paul Steenhuisen (CAN) — recipes for the common man (2001 / 10:00) oboe and CD
Hans Tutschku — Shore (2007) oboe and live-electronics
Score and recording available onn the composer’s website.
Michael Young — Argrophylax (year?) oboe and interactive computer
Recorded on Oboe+ : Berio And Beyond (2006): Christopher Redgate, oboe.

http://www.christopherredgate.co.uk

Saxophone

Bob Pritchard (CAN) — Strength (2006) alto saxophone, sound files, video, and Max/MSP

Brass

Luigi Nono — Post-prae-ludium n. 1 “per Donau” (1987 / 13:00) tuba and live electronics
Paul Steenhuisen — Now is a Creature (1997, rev. 2003 / 9:00) trombone and live electronics

Percussion (solo and group)

Annesley Black (CAN) — Smooche de la Rooche II (2007 / 18:00) 3 athletically inclined percussionists and prepared electronics
alcides lanza (CAN) — interferences II (1967) 6 percussionists and tape
Luigi Nono — Con Luigi Dallapiccola (1979 / 14:00) 6 percussionists and live electronics
Roger Reynolds — Watershed IV (1995) 25'25'' for percussion and computer

Piano

Larry Austin — Accidents (1967/20:00) a theater piece for electronically prepared piano
Recorded on Accidents (Source Records, SR13, CPE): David Tudor, 1968.
Larry Austin — Accidents Two: Sound Projections for Piano with Computer Music (1992/20:00) pianist and tape/electronics
Richard Bunger — Mirrors (year?) pianist and 2 tape recorders
Recorded on The Extended Piano: alcides lanza, piano.
Alex Burton (CAN) — structures défuntisées (2005) disklavier and live electronics (Max/MSP)
David Cronkite (CAN) — alkM!kl kwËzËn (Alchemical Cuisine) (2005) disklavier and live electronics (Max/MSP)
Louis Dufort — Hyper Lucidity (2005) disklavier and live electronics (Max/MSP)
Louis Dufort (CAN) — Particules (2006) piano and video
Rob Godman — Duel (2006) piano and sound projectionist (with optional video projection)
alcides lanza (CAN) — plectros III (1971) piano and synthesized sounds
Mauro Lupone — Himmel-Feuer (year?) prepared piano, bird calls and live electronics
Luigi Nono — …sofferte onde serene… (1976/14:00) piano and tape
Katharine Norman — Trying to Translate (1991/14:30)
Can be heard on SONUS.ca
Bruce Pennycook (CAN) — Praescio VII [Piano… and then some]
(1994) piano and computer sounds
Recorded on Transmutations (SHELAN ESP 9601): alcides lanza, piano.
Bob Pritchard (CAN) — Postcards From Our Futures (1989/1996) piano, sound files, optional video
Hans Tutschku — Zellen-Linien (2007) piano and live-electronics
Microphones are not only used to treat the piano sounds but also to analyze the piano gestures, which then have an influence on the live-electronics.

Score and recording available on the composer’s website.
Annesley Black (CAN) — 4238 De Bullion (2008) piano and live digitally processed sound and video (PD/GEM)

Interlocking layers of movement (of the pianist, recorded by a camera) and sound- live and processed.

Accordion

Bob Pritchard — Breathe On Me (2004) concert accordion, sound files, video, Max/MSP

Strings

Violin

Volker Heyn — Blah II (1988) violin and tape
Luigi Nono — La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura. Madrigale per più caminantes con Gidon Kremer (1988 / 60:00 [var.]) violin and 8-channel tape

Viola

Gerard Grisey — Prolog (1976) viola and electronics
Annesley Black (CAN) — Aorko (2009) viola and live electronics (PD)

Cello

Bob Pritchard (CAN) — Beneath the Skin (2006) cello, sound files, video, Max/MSP

Contrabass

Agostino Di Scipio — Plex (1991) contrabass and four-channel tape
Pei-Yu Shi — Abrupter Abbruch (2007/8) contrabass and 6 speakers

Voice (solo and mixed)

alcides lanza (CAN) — sensors IV (1983) choir and tape
alcides lanza (CAN) — un mundo imaginario (1989) choir and tape
Recorded on Portrait de alcides lanza (Centrediscs/CMC, CMC-CD 13007), 2007.
Luigi Nono — La fabbrica illuminata (1964 / 17:00) voice and tape
Luigi Nono — Musica – Manifesto n. 1: Un volto, del mare (1969 / 17:00) soprano, recitant and tape
Luigi Nono — Y entonces comprendió (1970 / 32:00) tape, 3 soprano, 3 recitants and choir

Small Chamber Groups (2-5 players)

Mark Andre — … als … II (2001) bass clarinet, cello and piano with live electronics
Josef Haselbach — Tönungen (1976) flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, horn and live electronics
York Höller — Klanggitter (1975–76) cello, piano, synthesizer and tape
York Höller — Tangens (1973) cello, electric guitar, electric organ and 2 analog synthesizers
Luigi Nono — A Pierre. Dell’azzurro silenzio, inquietum (1985 / 10:00) bass flute, contrabass clarinet and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Découvrir la subversion. Hommage à Andmond Jabès (1987 [unfinished] / 30:00) contralto, bass, recitant, corno, bass tuba and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Omaggio a György Kurtág (1983 / 35:00) contralto, flute, clarinet, tuba and live electronics
Luís Antunes Pena — Anatomia de um Poema Sonoro (2004 / 12:00) male speaker, female voice, alto saxophone, percussion, piano and live electronics
Karlheinz Stockhausen — Mantra (1970 / 65–72:00) two pianos, sine-wave generators, ring modulators, shortwave radio, tape recorder and percussion instruments
Recorded on Stockhausen Edition no. 16 (Stockhausen Verlag): Alfons Kontarsky and Aloys Kontarsky, pianos and electronics.
Steve Montague used to have a duo doing piano and electronics pieces with Philip Mead
Roger Reynolds — "...From Behind The Unreasoning Mask" (1974-75) - trombone, percussion, electronics

Ensemble (medium-large)

Larry Austin — Catharsis: Open Style (year?) large and small improvisation ensembles and tape music
Alberto C. Bernal — Through the Wall (2007/15:00) 3 percussion players, violin, violoncello, piano and electronics
Score and recording available on the composer’s website.
Peter Castine — Ophelia und die Wörter (1976) chamber orchestra, voices, 5-track tape
A one-act “Bühnenstück mit Musik”.
Jani Christou — Anaparastasis III “The Pianist” (1968) actor, ensemble and tape
York Höller — Arcus (1978) 15 instruments, percussion and 4-channel tape
York Höller — Mythos (1979) 13 instruments, percussion and 4-channel tape
alcides lanza (CAN) — aXents (2003) chamber orchestra and tape
Recorded on Portrait de alcides lanza (Centrediscs/CMC, CMC-CD 13007), 2007.
alcides lanza (CAN) — eidesis IV (1978) wind ensemble and tape
Luigi Nono — A floresta é jovem and cheja de vida (1966 / 40:00) soprano, 3 recitants, clarinet, lastre di rame and tape
Luigi Nono — Das atmende Klarsein (1981 / 43:00) bass flute, small choir, tape and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Frammenti da “Al gran sole carico d’amore” (1976 / 55:00) solists, choir, orchestra and tape
Luigi Nono — Guai ai gelidi mostri (1983 / 44:00) 2 contralti, flute, clarinet, tuba, viola, violoncello, contrabass and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Io, frammento dal Prometeo (1981 / 65:00) 3 sopranos, small choir, bass flute, contrabass clarinet and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Quando stanno morendo. Diario polacco n. 2 (1982 / 37:00) 4 women's voices, flute, cello and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Risonanze erranti. Lianderzyklus a Massimo Cacciari (1986 / 40:00) mezzosoprano, flute, tuba, 6 percussionists and live electronics
Paul Steenhuisen (CAN) — bread (1999 / 9:00) ensemble and soundfiles
Diane Thome — The Palaces of Memory (year?) chamber orchestra and tape
Barry Truax - Dominion (1991)chamber ensemble and two digital soundtracks
Roger Reynolds — Archipelago (1982-3) 32 instruments & computer generated sounds
Roger Reynolds — Not Only Night (A. Giraud, trans. O. Hartleben) (1988), Soprano, chamber ensamble, computer

Orchestra

Orchestra with Solist

Sebastian Claren — After Blinky Palermo (2002) solo cello and orchestra, with CD playback
York Höller — Margaritas Traum (1991) soprano, orchestra and 4-channel tape
York Höller — Pennes (1990/92) piano, orchestra and live electronics
York Höller — Traumspiel (nach Strindberg) (1983) soprano, orchestra and 8-channel tape
alcides lanza (CAN) — Piano Concerto (1993) MIDI Grand piano and orchestra
Roger Reynolds — The Dream of Infinite Rooms (1986) cello, orchestra and tape

Full Orchestra

István Anhalt (CAN) — Foci (1969) chamber ensemble and tape
István Anhalt (CAN) — Symphony No. 2 (Symphony of Modules) (1967)
The tape part was described but not completed.
Larry Austin — Quadrants: Event/Complex No. 1 (year?) symphonic wind ensemble and quadrophonic tape music
Larry Austin — Sinfonia Concertante (year?) chamber orchestra and computer music
Eric Chasalow — Dream Songs (2000–01 / 15:00) orchestra and electronics
Christopher DeLaurenti — Three Camels for Orchestra (13:00)
Roberto Gerhard — Symphony No. 3 “Collages” (1960) orchestra and tape
York Höller — Chroma (1972/74) orchestra and live electronics
York Höller — Schwarze Halbinseln (1982) orchestra and 4-channel tape
York Höller — Umbra (1979–80) orchestra and 4-channel tape
Ernest Krenek — (year?) orchestra and tape
alcides lanza (CAN) — eidesis III (1971) one (or two) orchestras and tape
Ingram Marshall — Bright Kingdoms (year?) orchestra and tape
Luigi Nono — Al gran sole carico d’amore (1975 / 1:40:00) scenic actions in 2 parts, per solists, large and small choirs, tape, orchestra
Luigi Nono — Caminantes… Ayacucho (1987 / 50:00) contralto, flute, organo, 2 choirs, orchestra a 3 choirs and live electronics
Luigi Nono — Como una ola di fuerza y luz (1972 / 30:00) soprano, piano, orchestra and tape
Luigi Nono — Per Bastiana – Tai-Yang Cheng (1967 / 15:00) tape and orchestra in 3 groups
Luigi Nono — Prometeo. Tragandia dell’ascolto (1984 / 3:00:00) 2 sopranos, 2 contralti, tenor, 2 voci recitanti, bass flute, contrabass clarinet, trombone, viola, cello, contrabass, 2 suonatori di vetri, choir of soloists, 4 orchestral groups and live electronics
Henry Pousseur — Rimes pour différentes sources sonores (year?) orchestra and tape
Paul Steenhuisen (CAN) — Pensacola (2001–02 / 12:00) orchestra with spatialized brass and tape
Paul Steenhuisen (CAN) — wonder (1996 / 16:00) orchestra, tape and soprano
Karlheinz Stockhausen — Trans (year?) large orchestra and tape
Morton Subtonick — Laminations (year?) orchestra and electronic sounds
Edgard Varese — Deserts (year?) chamber orchestra and tape