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Short Symphony, For Wind And Percussion Ensemble, Randall Snyder Jan 2013

Short Symphony, For Wind And Percussion Ensemble, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

written for 1968 Rock Valley College Band, revised 2013


Mexico City Blues: Part Vii, Randall Snyder Jan 2012

Mexico City Blues: Part Vii, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Samba D'Ellie, Randall Snyder Jan 2012

Samba D'Ellie, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

Jazz Ensemble


Possibility's Face, Randall Snyder Jan 2012

Possibility's Face, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for SATB chorus, tenor-alto recorder words by John Langfeld


Chance Designs, For Tenor Saxophone, Trombone, Vibraphone, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Chance Designs, For Tenor Saxophone, Trombone, Vibraphone, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Concerto Da Chiesa, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Concerto Da Chiesa, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

Recorder(s), String Quartet, Harpsichord


Dr. Funk, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Dr. Funk, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Mozart Dreams, For Violin And Viola, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Mozart Dreams, For Violin And Viola, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Wilderness Paths, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Wilderness Paths, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Three Hesse Songs For Chorus And Band, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Three Hesse Songs For Chorus And Band, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Another Anaphora Sighting, Randall Snyder Jan 2011

Another Anaphora Sighting, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for Cl., Bn., Trpt., Tbn., Perc. Viln., Cb.


Gem City Overture, Randall Snyder Jan 2010

Gem City Overture, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


One For Wardell, Randall Snyder Jan 2010

One For Wardell, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for Jazz Ensemble


Chicago Profiles, For Clarinet And Trombone, Randall Snyder Jan 2009

Chicago Profiles, For Clarinet And Trombone, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Mexico City Blues: Part Vi, Randall Snyder Jan 2009

Mexico City Blues: Part Vi, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Piano, Bass, Drums, Narrator


Water Music Revisited, Randall Snyder Jan 2009

Water Music Revisited, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for Fl., Bb Cl., Bn., Mba., Hpschd As the story goes... in 1717 George Frederick Handel, in an attempt to win back the favor of King George arranged to have this music performed on a barge floating along the rivers Thames. This extraordinarily healthy, clean limbed music is a loose collection of some twenty pieces from which various suites of usually three to five movements are performed in concert. In 1965 I arranged three movements for Wind Ensemble in a purist historically (politically?) correct version (including harpsichord). Then, last March, with nothing better to do, I declared a “Handel Month” …


Return Of The Randwulf, Randall Snyder Jan 2009

Return Of The Randwulf, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for the New Music Agency flute, clarinet, bassoon, marimba, el. piano, drum set Return of the Randwulf revisits some themes from the controversial 1995 orchestral piece Randwulf, written for the Lincoln Youth orchestra conducted by Brian Moore (which a reviewer described as “Otto Von Bismark getting down and funky”). This version features two of the James Brown-inspired sections connected by softer interludes of featuring the winds then marimba and electric piano, all accompanied by a percussion track.


The New Patagonian Jazz Express, Randall Snyder Jan 2009

The New Patagonian Jazz Express, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for jazz ensemble


Mexico City Blues: Part V, Randall Snyder Jan 2008

Mexico City Blues: Part V, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

Fl., Cl., Bn., Narrator Mexico City Blues: Part Five features poems using “nonsense”, made-up words reflecting to some extent jazz scat, dada/surrealist automatic writing as well as neologisms ala James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. The overall mood of this grouping suggests humor sliced with large amounts of bewilderment/cynicism. The two principal movements, Glossolalia and Xenoglossy (speaking in tongues ) are separated by two short interludes: Harvest Moon Interlude, based on the song, “Shine On Harvest Moon” quoted in the bassoon (followed by its inversion) that held particular symbolism for Kerouac, and Pastoral Interlude which imitates sheep braying. One interesting moment occurs …


Mexico City Blues: Part Iv, Randall Snyder Jan 2008

Mexico City Blues: Part Iv, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

Vibraphone, Harp., Narrator


Second Quartet For Saxophones, Randall Snyder Jan 2008

Second Quartet For Saxophones, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Eight Untitled Pieces, Randall Snyder Jan 2006

Eight Untitled Pieces, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for solo Double Bass and Wind Ensemble


American Zeitgeist: Spontaneity In The Work Of Jackson Pollock, Charlie Parker And Jack Kerouac, Randall Snyder Jan 2006

American Zeitgeist: Spontaneity In The Work Of Jackson Pollock, Charlie Parker And Jack Kerouac, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

During the decade following World War Two, a body of artistic work was created that clearly articulated for the first time, a distinctly American aesthetic, independent of European models. This is not to say that celebrated works like The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, Appalachian Spring and Roy Harris’ Third Symphony are not recognized as American masterpieces; but their American characteristics are expressed through content, rather than form or methods of production. Fitzgerald and Hemingway all furthered their apprenticeship in Europe during the 1920s while Copland and Harris studied in Paris with Boulanger. It remained for the next generation …


Place Of Execution, Randall Snyder Jan 2005

Place Of Execution, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

For Flute (2), Oboe (2), Clarinet in Bb (2), Bassoon (2) Horn in F (2), Trumpet in Bb (2), Trombone, Percussion, Harp, Timpani, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass.

poem: Weldon Kees

23 pages


To See How It Tallies, Randall Snyder Jan 2004

To See How It Tallies, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Too Cool To Care, Randall Snyder Jan 2004

Too Cool To Care, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Tourmaline Dream, Randall Snyder Jan 2004

Tourmaline Dream, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for Jazz Ensemble


Elegy For September, Randall Snyder Jan 2003

Elegy For September, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for soprano sax, harp, strings Originally conceived for lute, then arranged for harpsichord. The first section evolves through a veiled opening to a more agitated middle part before a return to the spirit of the beginning. The piece concludes with an arrangement of The Silver Swan, by Orlando Gibbons. Begun in early September, 2001, as a memorial to the composer’s father, the Elegy unfortunately assumed more universal relevance with the unfolding of the tragic events of 9/11 .


Chicaroscuro Pieces, For Trumpet And Strings, Randall Snyder Jan 2003

Chicaroscuro Pieces, For Trumpet And Strings, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

No abstract provided.


Three Frost Meditations, Randall Snyder Jan 2002

Three Frost Meditations, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder

for SATB choir, guitar ensemble, piano, double bass