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In Old Bruges: Two Pieces For Chromatic Carillon, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2018

In Old Bruges: Two Pieces For Chromatic Carillon, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 15/54: 1 score (iii + 6 pages) ; includes foreword

The two carillon pieces Op. 15/54, "In Old Bruges", are written for a non-transposing chromatic 48-bell instrument, ranging from c3 to c7, where c#3 is omitted, or, in organ notation, ranging from c to c4, where c# is omitted.

Movements:

  1. Prelude – Sunday market (Three-part canonic palindrome)
  2. Allegretto – Promenade


Morgen : Melody For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2017

Morgen : Melody For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 48 : 1 score (ii + 3 pages) ; includes the poem "Morgen" by John Henry MacKay, in German.


Winter Wood: Melodies For Soprano And Harp, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2016

Winter Wood: Melodies For Soprano And Harp, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 49 : 1 score (ix + 26 pages) ; includes three Russian poems by I. Bunin, F. Tyutchev, Y. Petrachuk, poem translations, and composer's introduction.

"Russian writers are known for their beauty and severity, and their celebration in poetry, literature, music and films is legendary. The beautiful legend of the Snow-maiden - Snegurochka - sublimely put in opera by Rimsky-Korsakov, evokes the renewal of life in springtime and the end of life in winter without violence, without sense of loss. It is quite remarkable in comparison with the thirst of violence in so much of the world. It is …


The Truth: Melody For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2015

The Truth: Melody For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 46 : 1 score (ii + 6 pages) ; includes poem "The Truth" by E.M. Dubois (August 2015)


Юлия / "Yulia" : Lyrical Images For Soprano And String Quartet (Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2015

Юлия / "Yulia" : Lyrical Images For Soprano And String Quartet (Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 45 : 1 score (ii + 61 pages)

Movements:

  1. As he whispers
  2. Happiness
  3. Hold me so tight!
  4. To sweeten our lips
  5. Those were happy times
  6. Yulia
  7. Woman's first true love


Юлия / "Yulia" : Lyrical Images For Soprano And String Quartet (Score And Reduction), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2015

Юлия / "Yulia" : Lyrical Images For Soprano And String Quartet (Score And Reduction), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 45 : 1 score + 3 parts (ii + 182 pages) ; includes full score ; parts (rehearsal practice score, extraction) for Soprano and Violin I ; Violin II with Soprano ; Violoncello with Soprano.

Movements:

  1. As he whispers
  2. Happiness
  3. Hold me so tight!
  4. To sweeten our lips
  5. Those were happy times
  6. Yulia
  7. Woman's first true love


In Ténarèze Country: Clarinet, Violoncello And Piano Trio In Two Tableaus, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2015

In Ténarèze Country: Clarinet, Violoncello And Piano Trio In Two Tableaus, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 44 : 1 score (ii + 32 pages) ; includes table of contents ; parts for Clarinet , Violoncello and Piano.

Movements:

  1. First tableau: Intimacy of winter
  2. Second tableau: Song of summer


Come Ye Who Love: Melody For Soprano, Horn And Piano Trio (Full Score, Horn Part, Soprano Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2014

Come Ye Who Love: Melody For Soprano, Horn And Piano Trio (Full Score, Horn Part, Soprano Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 43a : 1 score + 1 part (ii + 19 pages) ; includes parts for Horn and Soprano.

Setting to Music of a Collage of Verses by Transcendentalist Poets. Commissioned by Michigan State University College of Music.


Come Ye Who Love: Melody For Soprano, Horn And Piano Trio (Full Score, Horn Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2014

Come Ye Who Love: Melody For Soprano, Horn And Piano Trio (Full Score, Horn Part), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 43a : 1 score + 1 part (ii + 19 pages) ; includes part for (F) Horn

Setting to Music of a Collage of Verses by Transcendentalist Poets. Commissioned by Michigan State University College of Music.


Concerto For Trumpet And String Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jul 2012

Concerto For Trumpet And String Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 40 : 1 score (iv + 96 pages) ; includes table of contents and Instrumentation table.

National Treasures of the American Midwest

Movements:

  1. At Sleeping Bear Dunes - Lake Michigan
  2. On the Great Plains
  3. Dance of the Loons - the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota


National Treasures Of The American Midwest: Concerto For Alto Flute And String Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2012

National Treasures Of The American Midwest: Concerto For Alto Flute And String Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 40a : 1 score (iv + 42 pages)

National Treasures of the American Midwest
Movements:

  1. At Sleeping Bear Dunes - Lake Michigan
  2. On the Great Plains
  3. Dance of the Loons - the Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota


Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Reduction For Clarinet And Piano), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2012

Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Reduction For Clarinet And Piano), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 34 : 2 parts (iv + 41 pages) ; includes parts for clarinet and piano.

Score Reduction for practice only, not for performance.

This reduction of the original score for clarinet and orchestra to clarinet and piano was prepared by the composer and is intended for rehearsal purposes only.

Movements:

  1. Summer - As Told in the Language of Clouds
  2. Autumn - Spider on a Web (Cadenza)
  3. Winter - Rustle of Wind over the River of Grass
  4. Spring - Alligators and Egrets in the Mangrove


Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2012

Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 34 : 1 score (iv + 126 pages) ; including table of contents and instrumental nomenclature

Florida concerto: Four Seasons in the Everglades

Movements:

  1. Summer - As Told in the Language of Clouds
  2. Autumn - Spider on a Web (Cadenza)
  3. Winter - Rustle of Wind over the River of Grass
  4. Spring - Alligators and Egrets in the Mangrove


Brigitte's Ave Maria For Alto Flute And Strings, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2012

Brigitte's Ave Maria For Alto Flute And Strings, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 32a : 1 score (ii + 10 pages)

For: Alto Flute (G), Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses


The Pyrenees: Five Miniatures For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Oct 2008

The Pyrenees: Five Miniatures For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 31 : 1 score (iv + 11 pages) ; includes table of contents and foreward.

The set of five miniatures Op. 31 consists of tuneful short pieces. Played slowly, the four bars from m. 6 to m. 9 in the left hand of the first number, are the theme of the lullaby I composed at Susie's suggestion, soon after our first daughter was born. Years later, I built the present pieces on this idea and this piano set is dedicated to our daughters Natalie and Brigitte. The title -- The Pyrenees -- refers to the mountains that I contemplated …


Happiness: Three Voice Duets For Soprano And Mezzo-Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2008

Happiness: Three Voice Duets For Soprano And Mezzo-Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 30 : 1 score (v + 33 pages ) ; includes table of contents and poem.

Composed for "Happiness" a poem by Henry David Thoreau and a collage of verses by John Warner Barber, William Ellery Channing and John Donne as quoted by Thoreau in Walden.

Movements:

  1. Happiness
  2. To Sweeten Our Lips
  3. Come Ye Who Love


Ave Maria For Soprano And Organ, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2007

Ave Maria For Soprano And Organ, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29b: 1 score (iv + 12 pages)

Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d: The version of Ave Maria Op. 29b for soprano and organ is melodically and harmonically identical to the original Op. 29a for soprano and piano. The piano version can thus also be used for practice by the soloist for singing the version scored for organ.

Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d: The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting …


Ave Maria For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2007

Ave Maria For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29a: 1 score (iv + 8 pages) ; includes Nota for practice

Note about the text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.

Revision 2008, 2015


Three French Songs For Soprano Et Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2007

Three French Songs For Soprano Et Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 27: 1 score (ii + 23 pages) ; includes table of contents.

After poems by Baudelaire, Verlaine and Rimbaud.

Movements:

  1. L’Invitation au voyage (the Invitation to Travel)
  2. Chanson d’automne (Autumn Song)
  3. Première soirée (First Evening)


Ave Maria For Soprano Choir & Small Orchestra (Woodwind And Strings), Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2007

Ave Maria For Soprano Choir & Small Orchestra (Woodwind And Strings), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29d: 1 score (iv + 22 pages) ; includes Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op 29a-d.

The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.

Revised 2008, 2019


Ave Maria For Soprano And String Orchestra, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2007

Ave Maria For Soprano And String Orchestra, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 29c: 1 score (iv + 10 pages) ; includes Nota for practice, Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op. 29a-d

The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.


Partita Italiana: Fifth Piano Sonata In One Movement, Emmanuel M. Dubois Nov 2006

Partita Italiana: Fifth Piano Sonata In One Movement, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 26: 1 score (vi + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents, foreword, poem "To laugh and to love much" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).

Movements:

  • Part I: Entrata scherzosa
  • Part II: Primavera solenne
  • Part III: Festa del sole


Caprices, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2006

Caprices, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 23: 1 score (ii + 15 pages) ; includes table of contents

Piano Pieces:

  1. Aurore - At Dawn
  2. Papillons - Butterflies
  3. Le joyeux promeneur - The Merry Wanderer
  4. Le voile de la danceuse - The Dancer's Veil
  5. Le charivari - The Charivari


"Détours De L'Amour" (Detours Of Love): Trois Chansons Françaises - Three French Songs For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2005

"Détours De L'Amour" (Detours Of Love): Trois Chansons Françaises - Three French Songs For Soprano And Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 21: 1 score ( v + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents and poem "Sentimental Dialogue" by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

Movements:

  1. Nocturne : L’amour perdu - Nocturne: Lost Love (set to Colloque sentimental by Paul Verlaine)
  2. L’amour innocent - Innocent Love (set to A la Musique (last three stanzas) by Arthur Rimbaud)
  3. L’amour marié - Married Love (a various by Emmanuel Dubois on Perrette et le pot au lait by Jean de la Fontaine)


Brass Quintet: Our World As It Is, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2005

Brass Quintet: Our World As It Is, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 20: 1 score (vi + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction

This eleven-minute brass quintet for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, "Our World As It Is", refers to current and recent tragedies taking place around the world. The first moment, "Confrontation", captures the anxiety caused by Nature's wrath and men's wars. The second movement, "Reflections: Prelude and Fugato", evokes this precious time for recollection. The third movement, "Civil Discourse", is the coming together in smooth harmony of the different factions that make our world. The mood of "Fanfare and Hymn", the final movement, is one …


Pseudo-Classical Sonatina For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2005

Pseudo-Classical Sonatina For Piano, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 18a: 1 score (ii + 8 pages)

Movements:

  1. Giocoso
  2. Religioso
  3. A la sicialana


Piano Rag, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2005

Piano Rag, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 22: 1 score (iv + 11 pages) ; includes the Story Behind the Rag … in English and French.


Organ Sonata For Church Organ, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2001

Organ Sonata For Church Organ, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 16: 1 score (iv + 24 pages) ; includes foreward in English and French

Opus 16 reflects, thus, an uncertain spiritual voyage: it starts with a statement on natural beauty and friendship and ends with a tarnished but hopeful message about the humanity that binds us. The Organ Suite premiered on the great organ of the First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan and performed by Dr. Schrock. In August 2004, he was invited to play the Suite at the Cathedral of Saints Gervais and Protais in Lectoure, France, during the Nuits musicales en Armagnac Festival.

Movements:

  1. Prelude – …


Two Infernal Humoresques For Harpsichord : With Two Manuals, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2000

Two Infernal Humoresques For Harpsichord : With Two Manuals, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 14: 1 score (i + 7 pages)

Movements:

  1. Crab Canon
  2. Noisy Toy


Solemn Spring, Emmanuel M. Dubois Jan 2000

Solemn Spring, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Virtuoso Concert Adagio, Op. 12: 1 score (ii + 8 pages)

In memoriam, Dr. Ron M. Isaac

Premiered at the West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo