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Randall Snyder Compositions

1996

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Lagu Obo, Randall Snyder Jan 1996

Lagu Obo, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Narrator and Oboe.

poem: Goenawan Mohamad

7 pages


Furthest South, Randall Snyder Jan 1996

Furthest South, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Violin Solo.

-Region One-
-Region Two-
-Region Three-
-Region Four-
-Region Five-

6 pages


Saxophone Concerto, Randall Snyder Jan 1996

Saxophone Concerto, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

For Flute (2), Oboe, English Horn, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon, Horn (3), C Trumpet (2), Trombone (2), Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Alto Saxophone, Violin (2), Viola, Cello, and Contrabass.

I Sehnsucht
II Song of the Loon
III Riff
IV Rondo

68 pages


Passage, Randall Snyder Jan 1996

Passage, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

“Passage” , one of those words with several definitions, is used here as “the action or process of passing from one place or condition to another”. The genesis of this piece sprang from a remarkably vivid dream I experienced several years ago, a dream never forgotten, that suggested a powerful concept for a piece but remained on the back burner until planning this work for wind ensemble last summer. Since the structure and content of “Passage” represents a direct, “programmatic” transfer of this dream, I feel it important and useful to describe it, even though some may perceive it as …


The Divine Madness, Randall Snyder Jan 1996

The Divine Madness, Randall Snyder

Randall Snyder Compositions

The Divine Madness, a comedic theater piece for six players in five scenes by Randall Snyder (1996) the players (in order of appearance) a middle-aged composer, dressed in 19th century costume an impresario, speaks with W.C.Fields accent, dressed in a Dickensian style the cast (chorus) of the Willy-Nilly Traveling Opera-Circus Troupe: a flamboyant soprano, an aging diva, colorfully dressed an alto, a timid musicologist, dressed as a college co-ed a tenor, a jazzer, dressed in a pin-striped zoot suit, wearing sun-glasses a bass, a bitter old man, speaks with a German accent, wearing shabby clothes stage audience including a critic, …