Morton Feldman: Homages |
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| Composer | Work Title (Date) | Instruments | Recording |
| Peter Ablinger | Voices and Piano (1998-2003) [A set of 21 pieces, a selection from which may be played in any order; one piece features the voice of Morton Feldman] |
Piano and CD | |
| Leo Abrahams | Scene Memory (2006) | Electric guitar and digital processing | Bip Hop Records (Bleep 33) |
| John Adams | Eros Piano (1989) | Piano and orchestra | Nonesuch 7559-79249-2 |
| John Luther Adams | The Far Country of Sleep (1988) | Orchestra | New Albion NA061 |
| John Luther Adams | Strange and Sacred Noise (1997) [5th Movement: clusters on a quadrilateral grid 1 - To Morton Feldman, for 4 marimbas] |
Percussion quartet | Mode Records (Mode 153) |
| John Allemeier | Chasing Feldman | Violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion | |
| Charles Amirkhanian | Loudspeakers (1990) | Text composition on words spoken by Morton Feldman | |
| Martin Archer | A game of poker with Morton Feldman (1995) | Cello, synthesizer and electronics | Discus 6 CD |
| Arved Ashby | For Morton Feldman (1992) | Violin, piano and handbell | |
| Robert Ashley | Morton Feldman Says (1970) | Text piece for two performers | |
| David Beardsley | as beautiful as a crescent of a new moon on a cloudless spring evening (2004) | String quartet | On DVD "For Feldman" from OgreOgress productions (2006) |
| Chester Biscardi | Companion Piece (for Morton Feldman) (1989) | Version 1 (1989): Contrabass and piano Version 2 (1989/91): Piano solo |
Composers Recordings Inc CRI CD686 (Version 2) |
| Michael von Biel | Für 2 Klaviere I, II, III (1960/61) (für Morton Feldman) | 2 pianos | |
| Harrison Birtwistle | La Plage - Eight Arias of Remembrance (1972) | Soprano, three clarinets, piano and marimba | |
| Pietro Borradori | Epigram for Morton Feldman | Solo flute | |
| Timothy Broege | Elegy in Memory of Morton Feldman (1987) | Piano | |
| Mark Steven Brooks | The King of Buffalo (1999/2000) | Electronic music | MetaSynthia 2 |
| Arturas Bumsteinas | What Happened Between Tristan And Isolde (2001) | Flute, clarinet in b, violin and piano(or tape) | mp3 excerpt available |
| Warren Burt | 63 Whispers in Memoriam Morton Feldman (1989) | Bb clarinet, percussion, viola, bass and piano | |
| John Cage | Imaginary Landscape No.4 (March No.2) (1951) (For Morton Feldman) | 12 radios | Hat Hut ART CD 6179 |
| John Cage | Music for Piano 3 (1953) (For Morton Feldman) | Piano | MGB 613 0784-2 & others |
| Marco Cappelli | After "The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar" (2004) (a transcription of Feldman's "Piano Piece 1964") |
Electric guitar | |
| Robert Carl | Duke Meets Mort (1992) | Saxophone quartet | Lotus Records LR 9722CD |
| Richard Chartier | How Things Change (2002) | Electronic music | Trente Oiseaux TOC024 |
| Brian Cherney | Déploration (in memoriam Morton Feldman) (1988) | Harpsichord | |
| Gyula Csapó | XPÓHOI - in memoriam Morton Feldman (1989-92) | String quartet | |
| Alvin Curran | Schtetl Variations (in memoriam Morton Feldman) (1987) | Piano | Mode Records (Mode 49) |
| Gualtiero Dazzi | All'alba della trasparenza (1995-6) | Violin, cello and accordion | |
| Michael Denhoff | ENIGMA (Motto), hommage à Morton Feldman (No. 40 from the pianocycle, Hebdomadaire op. 62) (1990) | Piano | col legno 2CD 20011 |
| Michael Denhoff | Hauptweg und Nebenwege (1998) Part II, No. 7 (to Morton Feldman) |
String quartet and piano | |
| Michael Denhoff | Sounds and Shadows (1999) (to Morton Feldman and Franz Schubert) |
Three versions: a) Piano, string quartet and viola (or clarinet in A) b) Piano and viola (or clarinet in A) c) Piano solo |
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| Charles Dodge | Viola Elegy (in memory of Morton Feldman) (1987) | Viola and computer processing | New Albion NA043 |
| Matthew Easton | Trio (for Morton Feldman) (1988) | Flute, clarinet in A and cello | |
| Ivo van Emmerik | Valise (1993) | Flute, piano and percussion | Donemus CV 63 |
| Mariano Etkin | Arenas (a la memoria de Morton Feldman) (1987) | Piano | |
| David Felder | In Between (1999) | Solo percussion and chamber orchestra | EMF EMF CD 033 |
| Simon H. Fell | Morton's Mobile (Composition No. 53) (2000) | Improvising ensemble | EMANEM 4203 - London Improvisers Orchestra: "The Hearing Continues" |
| Christopher Forbes | I Met Feldman in Cyberspace (2002) | Violin, vibraphone and piano | |
| Christopher Fox | More light (1987/8) | Piano | Metier Sound & Vision MSV CD92022 |
| Bernd Franke | I met Feldman at the crossroad... (the way down is the way up) (2002) [based on sonnet by D. Bengree-Jones] |
Soprano and string quartet | |
| Justin Friello | String Quartet No. 6 (Elegy for Morton Feldman) (2005/6-2007) | String quartet | |
| Fred Frith | The Previous Evening Part II (Homage to Morton Feldman) (1997) | 3 pianos, clarinet and percussion | Recommended ReR FF1 |
| Ivar Frounberg | A Dirge: "Other Echoes Inhabit The Garden" (1988) | Accordion and orchestra (Also in a version for solo accordion (1994)) |
DaCapo DCCD8.224027 & DCCD8.224028 (Solo version) |
| James Fulkerson | For Morty (1987) | Trombone, piano and tape | |
| James Fulkerson | For Morty Feldman II (1991) | Tuba solo and pre-recorded tape | |
| Orlando Jacinto Garcia | September 1987 | Piano | |
| Orlando Jacinto Garcia | For Morton (1987) | Cello, percussion and clarinet | |
| Orlando Jacinto Garcia | On the Eve of the Second Year Anniversary of Morton's Death (1989) | Unaccompanied chorus | O.O. Discs OO6 |
| James Gardner | burr (to the memory of Morton Feldman) (1997): First of "Three Shadow Pastorals" | Bass clarinet and viola | |
| Peter Garland | Jornada del Muerto, Movement 1 "Hermit Songs", Section 4 (to the memory of Morton Feldman) (1987) | Piano | New Albion NA052 |
| Peter Gena | For Morton Feldman (1988) | Piano | |
| Peter Gena | Elegy for MF (1989) | An extended digital realization of Part I of For Morton Feldman (1988) | mp3 available |
| Anthony Genge | In Memoriam: Morton Feldman (1988) | Bass flute (flute), percussion and piano | Hornby Festival Records HFR 9301-CD |
| Stephen Gibson | The Straits of Morton Feldman (1980/84) | Solo cello | |
| Malcolm Goldstein | Sounding the Fragility of Line (In memoriam for Morton Feldman) (1988) | Solo violin (Also in transcriptions for solo cello and violin & cello duo) |
Originally from What Next? Records WN0005 Now available from O.O. Discs OO47 |
| Malcolm Goldstein | a cultivation of field (for Morton Feldman) (2005) | Orchestra, or chamber orchestra of various, unspecified timbres | |
| Joost van de Goor | Voor Morton Feldman (1987) | Carillon | |
| Daniel Goyone | For Morton Feldman (2004) | Piano and percussion | CC Production CD 987631 "Étranges Manèges" 2004 |
| Bernhard Günter | Then, Silence (2000) | Electronic music | Trente Oiseaux TOC011 |
| Bernhard Günter | Fuyu no Ame (For Morton Feldman) (2002) | Electronic music | Trente Oiseaux TOC024 |
| Peter Michael Hamel | Sophrosyne 87 (Morton Feldman in my life) (1987) | Alto flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano | |
| Peter Michael Hamel | Morton Feldman in my life (1994/95) | Alto flute, violin, marimba and piano | |
| Peter Michael Hamel | Piano for Morton Feldman | Piano | Kreuz Plus: Musik K 3-7831-1435-7 (Hamel Piano Performances) |
| Peter Michael Hamel | Contemplation about some chords of "Christian Wolff in Cambridge" | Piano | Kreuz Plus: Musik K 3-7831-1435-7 (Hamel Piano Performances) |
| Christos Hatzis | Mortiferum Fel (1985-90) | Accordion, flute, oboe, bassoon trumpet, French horn, trombone, percussion and string quartet | |
| Christos Hatzis | Nadir (1988) | Recorder (or flute), viola and tape | Canadian Music Centre MVCD 1055 |
| Paul Hayes | Pre-Prelude for Morton Feldman [1926-1987] (1987) | Piano | |
| Stephen Hicken | What stays with me (1988) | Saxophone trio | |
| Rozalie Hirs | Transarctic Buddha (2000) (A response to Feldman's The King of Denmark) |
Solo percussion | |
| Rozalie Hirs | For morton feldman (2002) | Electroacoustic tape | |
| John Hood | Whispers (2004) | Improvised guitar duets | CD available: Whispers (JH007) |
| Nathan Hubbard | Shards Of Memory (for Morton Feldman) (2000) | Orchestra | Circumvention CS-121 (Nathan Hubbard [compositions 1998-2005]) |
| Robert Frederick Jones | Sangeet (1990) | Voice and piano | SHELAN ESP-9601-CD (New Music of the Americas, 3: Transmutations) |
| Udo Kasemets | Vertical Music: In remembrance of Morton Feldman (1987) | Any seven instruments, preferably of the same family (Also available in piano duet version) |
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| Udo Kasemets | Vertical Taps for Morty (1987) | Snare drum solo | |
| Kenneth Kirschner | October 13, 2001 and other pieces |
Electronic music | mp3 files available |
| Ernesto Klar | enTroPia - per Morton Feldman (1998) | Instrumentation A (original): Alto flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet in Bb, horn in F, tenor trombone, bass trombone, violin, cello, double bass and drum kit. Instrumentation B: Alto flute, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, 2 trumpets in Bb, 2 horns in F, tenor trombone, bass trombone, tuba, electric guitar, double bass, piano, vibraphone, drum kit and percussion |
Fresh Sound Records (FSWJ 026) |
| David Kosviner | [zal] (1991/2) | Music for 16 voices in 4 groups | |
| David Kotlowy | of shade to light (2001) | String quartet | On DVD "For Feldman" from OgreOgress productions (2006) |
| Wlodzimierz Kotonski | Bucolica: Morton Feldman in memoriam (1989) | Flute solo | |
| Larry Kucharz | 10 Piano Pieces 1973 | Piano | |
| Leigh Landy | O Faccia D'una Luna (Section 3. To Morton Feldman: Soft and Low) |
Chorus | |
| Ross Lorraine | Still (homage to Morton Feldman) (1997) | Flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, piano and percussion, with 3 unspecified soloists | |
| Michael McCandless | For Morton Feldman (1988) | Piccolo/flute/alto flute (optional bass flute), oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, cello, marimba/glockenspiel, piano, offstage violin | |
| Jackson Mac Low | Lucas 1-29 (In Memoriam Morton Feldman) (1990) | For one or more instrumentalists | Experimental Intermedia XI 110 |
| Bunita Marcus | But To Fashion A Lullaby For You (1988, revised 1998) (In Memory of Morton Feldman) | Piano | |
| Chris Meloche | Endgame (for Morton Feldman 1926-1987) (1987) | Electronic music | CD available: Impossible Shapes |
| Stephen L. Mosko | For Morton Feldman (1987) | Flute, cello and piano | New World Records 80456-2 |
| George Mowat-Brown | Marching Song (1988) | Percussion sextet | |
| Simon Nabatov | For M.F. (2005) | Piano, cello, drums | Leo CD LR 397 ("Autumn Music") |
| Chris Newman | Celtic Lullaby (1985) (Morton Feldman zugeeignet) |
Voice | rere 185 CD |
| Ilza Nogueira | In memoriam Morton Feldman (1988) | Soprano and percussion | |
| Vidna Obmana | In memory of Morton Feldman (2001) | Electronic music | Electroshock Records Electroacoustic Music. Vol. VII (ELCD 026/027) |
| Vidna Obmana | An Opera for Four Fusion Works (2006): Act Three - Reflection on Scale (In memory of Morton Feldman) | Electronic music | Hypnos Recordings (hyp2239) |
| Larry Ochs | Tracers (for Anthony Braxton and Morton Feldman) (1993) | Saxophone octet | Black Saint 120167-2 (Figure 8 (Rova x 4): "Pipe Dreams" album) |
| Larry Ochs | Certain Space (dedicated to the piano musics of Feldman, Scelsi, and Cecil Taylor) (2001) | Saxophone quartet | |
| Erik Oña | Pet (1993) | Cello, double bass and two percussionists | |
| Paul Paccione | Stations: to Morton Feldman (1987) | Piano | |
| Marcello Panni | Tre Danze (1987) (No 2, in memory of Morton Feldman) | String quartet and piano | Edipan 3013 (Italy) |
| James Perone | Morton Feldman is Dead and His Body Has Decomposed (1997) | Clarinet, violin, viola and cello | |
| Dax Pierson & Robert Horton | Pablo Feldman Sun Riley (2006) | Melodica, cello, voice and pre-recorded khaen | AA/Norsordo Records (NSRD006) |
| Larry Polansky | 34 Chords: Christian Wolff in Hanover and Royalton (1995) | Electric guitar | |
| John "Sparky" Prokop | flute, voice, vibraphone, piano (1995) | Flute, voice, vibraphone and piano | |
| John "Sparky" Prokop | violin & marimba/vibraphone (1995) | Violin and marimba/vibraphone | |
| John "Sparky" Prokop | cello & marimba (1997) | Cello and marimba | |
| John Prokop | New England, Late Summer (2003) | String quartet | On DVD "For Feldman" from OgreOgress productions (2006) |
| John Rea | Portrait of a Man in Elysian Fields (1989) | Piano | Canadian Music Centre CMC CD 6298 |
| Mike Richard | Morty 1 (1999) | Improvising pianist | |
| Mike Richard | Morty 2 (for Lucky and Merv) (2000) | Improvising pianist | Midi file available |
| Steve Roden | Stasis (2002) | Electronic music | Trente Oiseaux TOC024 |
| Mikel Rouse | A Lincoln Portrait (In Memory of Morton Feldman) (1987) | Chamber ensemble: Mikel Rouse Broken Consort | Cuneiform RUNE 13 |
| Justin Henry Rubin | Currents (2000) | Bass clarinet and piano | |
| Sinan Savaskan | Green Plastic Vase Purple Plastic Vase Public Transport (Three occasional pieces, 1977) Dedicated to Morton Feldman |
Flexible instrumentation (three or more players) | |
| Urs Peter Schneider | Käfig: Septett, Quintett, Terzett (1961/2 rev. 1992) | Variable instrumentation (always with piano ad lib) | |
| Bart Schurink | Piece for Morton Feldman (1969) | Piano | |
| Wolfgang von Schweinitz | Franz and Morton, singing together in harmony (with the LORD himself enjoying his bells) Op.33 (1993-94) | Violin, cello and piano | |
| Jon Siddall | Chorale for Morton Feldman (1978) | For unaccompanied chorus (SATB) or for 4 unspecified instruments | |
| Howard Skempton | A Humming Song (1967) | Voice and piano | |
| Howard Skempton | Piano Piece 1969 | Piano | Sony Classical SK 66482 |
| Howard Skempton | Toccata (in memory of Morton Feldman) (1987) | Piano | Sony Classical SK 66482 |
| Linda Catlin Smith | Infinity (1987) | Soprano, clarinet and piano | |
| Linda Catlin Smith | Zart (1989) | Piano | Canadian Music Centre MVCD 1064 |
| Mark G. So | Time Capsule (2002) | Bb clarinet, harp and piano | mp3 available |
| Mark G. So | Projected Thoughts (2002) | Viola and piano | |
| Juan María Solare | blaue Rose [blue rose] (2005) (inspired by Feldman's "A very short trumpet piece") |
Cello | |
| Ann Stimson | Mirage | Oboe and piano | |
| Mike Svoboda | Lalala, lalala (Interlude #11) (1999) | 3 trombones and taped voice (Feldman lecturing) | D'C Records D'C 12 |
| Toru Takemitsu | Twill by Twilight (In Memory of Morton Feldman) (1988) | Orchestra | Denon 18032 & others |
| James Tenney | Quintext I-V: Five Textures for String Quartet and Bass, Part I "Some Recent Thoughts for Morton Feldman" (1972) | String quartet and bass | |
| James Tenney | Form 4 (For Morton Feldman) (1993) | Variable ensemble (at least 16 players: woodwinds, brass, strings, and pitched percussion) | Hat Hut ART 2-127 |
| Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer | Boogie For Morton Feldman (1990-1992) | Version 1 (1990 ): Alto sax, trombone, viola, cello, double bass and drums Version 2 (1992 ): Flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, cello and piano |
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| David Toub | mf (2004) | String quartet | On DVD "For Feldman" from OgreOgress productions (2006) mp3 excerpt available |
| Andrew Toovey | String Quartet Music (1987) | String quartet | |
| Ilhan Usmanbas | Messages for Feldman (1999) | String quartet | |
| Ken Vandermark | Hbf series for Morton Feldman (Hbf 1 - 5) (2001) | Trombone, bass, drums, saxophone and clarinet | Atavistic ALP128CD (The Vandermark 5: Acoustic Machine) |
| Ken Vandermark | Beck and Fall (For Samuel Beckett and Morton Feldman) (2002) | Baritone saxophone | Okka Disk OD12046 (Ken Vandermark: Furniture Music) |
| Charles Waters | After/Feldman (2004) | Clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba | |
| Mike Wofford | Quietsville (Homage to Morton Feldman) (1998) | Piano, bass and drums | Heavywood HW78911 ("Synergy" album) |
| Daniel Wolf | Planxty (Morton Feldman Died Last Week at Sixty-One) (1987) | Piano | |
| Christian Wolff | For Morty (1987) | Vibraphone, glockenspiel and piano | Mode Records (Mode 69) |
| Christian Wolff | Another Possibility (2004) | Electric guitar | X-OR CD 018 (Wiek Hijmans: "Classic Electric") |
| Walter Zimmermann | Hypneros (für Morton Feldman) (1987) | Cello and piano | |
| Joseph Zitt | feldMorph | Any number of voices | |
| Serei Zsolt | Twenty-one Fragments of Melodies [Huszonegy dallamtöredék] (In memoriam Morton Feldman) (1988) | Ensemble | |
| Acknowledgement. Thanks to the following for contributions to this list: Joaquim M. Benitez, Michael Bölter, Herbert Braun, Paul Flapper, Glenn Freeman, Evin Ilyasoglu, Jörg Lojewski, Russell Merritt, Raoul Mörchen, John "Sparky" Prokop, Matthias Rein, John Snijders | |||
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