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Fantaisie Française: Fourth Piano Sonata, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 17: 1 score (iv + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction

This set of five pieces was composed by and large during the summer of 2003 in a historic village of Gascony in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France and is based on impressions gathered during walks and rides taken in the magnificent hilly countryside. Each movement is also an essay on counterpoint as I see it broadly defined by Walter Piston in the introduction to his treaty entitled Counterpoint. The Fantasie's five contrasting parts allude to the well-established genres, and overall unity and contrast results from …

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

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

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 – …

A Banker's Dozen: Eleven Miniatures In Various Harmonic Styles, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 13a: 1 score (ii + 11 pages)

Movements:

1. Quartz Precision (seconds)
2. Shades of Autumn (classical)
3. "El Toro" (fourths)
4. Promenade Waltz (romantic)
5. Chromatic Invention (atonal)
6. Lutheran Chorale Harmonization (baroque)
7. Christmas Song Without Words (romantic)
8. (8-11) Four Settings of "the Wine-treader" a Hungarian Folk Tune

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

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

Melody For Trumpet (C) And Strings For Ave Maria Op. 29bis, Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 32 : 1 score (i + 8 pages) ; Trumpet Melody, transcription for trumpet (C) and string ensemble (violins I, violins II, violas, celli).

Third Piano Sonata, "Colors Of July", Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Op. 11: 1 score (ii + 17 pages)

Movements:

1. Red
2. White
3. Blue

Awarded the 1999 Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Grant

Of Barbed Wire And Red Roses--Ii: Suite For Large Brass Ensemble And Timpani (Parts), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Opus 1b: 14 parts (69 pages) ; Parts for Timpani; Trumpet I - IV; Horn I - IV; t-Trombone I - III; b-Trombone; Tuba

The suite Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses—II celebrates the triumph of understanding over hatred, of peace over war. The thirteen brass and timpani are grouped in choirs by movement:

1. Fughetta for Timpani
2. Fanfare for Four Trumpets in B Flat, Three Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone
3. Interlude for Four Horns in F and Tuba
4. "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" for Thirteen Brass and Timpani

Of Barbed Wire And Red Roses--Ii: Suite For Large Brass Ensemble And Timpani (Full Score), Emmanuel M. Dubois

Emmanuel Dubois Compositions

Opus 1b: 1 score (vi + 37 pages) ; includes acknowledgements, foreword

The suite Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses—II celebrates the triumph of understanding over hatred, of peace over war. The thirteen brass and timpani are grouped in choirs by movement:

1. Fughetta for Timpani
2. Fanfare for Four Trumpets in B Flat, Three Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone
3. Interlude for Four Horns in F and Tuba
4. "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" for Thirteen Brass and Timpani