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Metrical Issues In John Adams's Short Ride In A Fast Machine, Stanley V. Kleppinger Jan 2001

Metrical Issues In John Adams's Short Ride In A Fast Machine, Stanley V. Kleppinger

Glenn Korff School of Music: Faculty Publications

Employs several potential rebarrings of this fanfare's opening measures to represent the ways in which a listener might apprehend the music's complex metrical features. Meter is manipulated by this music in such a way as to make its very presence uncertain at best, though enough regularity (i.e., periodicity) is present at multiple hierarchical levels to tease the listener into making constant attempts to discover and latch on to a metered surface. The resulting aural sensation reflects that of wrestling to keep control over a powerful machine, as the work's title suggests. Concludes with a consideration of the music's potential metrical …


Concerto For Calvert, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Concerto For Calvert, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Marimba, Contrabass, and Piano.

Original 1983, revised 2001.

12 pages


Dialog 1971, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Dialog 1971, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Flute (2), Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon (2), Eb Clarinet, Clarinet (3), Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone (2) Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Solo Trombone, Bb Trumpet (3), French Horn (4), Trombone (3), Euphonium, Tuba, Timpani, and Percussion (3).

Original 1971/revised 2001.

14 pages


Dimetrodon, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Dimetrodon, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Alto Sax (2), Tenor Sax (2), Baritone Sax, Trumpet (4), Trombone (4), Cello, Guitar, Piano, Bass, and Drums.

Original 1975/Revised 2001.

26 pages


Following Lee Konitz, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Following Lee Konitz, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Narrator and Trombone.

words by Jack Kerouac

14 pages


Lonesome Traveler, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Lonesome Traveler, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Doublebass Solo.

6 pages


Flowers By The Sea, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Flowers By The Sea, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Tenor, Flute, Bb Clarinet, Bassoon, and Piano.

poems: William Carlos Williams

Original 1969/Revised 2001.

16 pages


Rhamphorhynchus, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Rhamphorhynchus, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Alto Sax 1/Flute, Alto Sax 2/Flute, Tenor Sax 1/Flute, Tenor Sax 2/Flute, Baritone Sax/Flute, Trumpet (4), Trombone (4), Cello, Guitar, Bass, and Drums.

Original 1975/Revised 2001

28 pages


Facets, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Facets, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Flute, Bb Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon.

10 pages


Some Assembly Necessary, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Some Assembly Necessary, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Alto Sax. (2), Tenor Sax. (2), Baritone Sax. (2), Trumpet in Bb (4), Trombone (4), Guitar, Electric Piano, El. Bass, and Drum Set.

21 pages


Five Dickinson Songs, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Five Dickinson Songs, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

for Soprano, Oboe, Cello, Piano


From Our Distant Past, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

From Our Distant Past, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

a medley of Stephen Foster songs, for trombone choir


Three Parodies, Randall Snyder Jan 2001

Three Parodies, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

SATB and piano