List of compositions by Yehuda Yannay

This is a List of compositions by Yehuda Yannay

Solo

 * Twelve Monophonic Dances for any wind instrument (1958)
 * Music for Piano (1962)
 * Permutations for solo percussion (1964)
 * Statement for flute (1964)
 * Continuum for piano Op. 15 (1966)
 * Coloring Book for the Harpist (1969)
 * Seven Late Spring Pieces for piano (1973)
 * Im Silberwald (In the Silver Forest) for trombone, glass harmonica and tape (1983)
 * Between the Raindrops for solo guitar (1984)
 * Tangoul Mortii (Tango of Death) for contrabass solo (1996)
 * Tangoul Mortii (Tango of Death) version for cello solo (1997)
 * Tangoul Mortii (Tango of Death) version for viola solo (1997)
 * Piano Portfolio I for solo piano (1994–2000)
 * The One-Legged Dancer for toy piano (accordion or harpsichord (2001)
 * Three Organic Pieces for organ (2004)
 * Hornology for horn (2004)
 * Piano Transplant (co-composed with Josh Schmidt) (2004)
 * Double Transplant for piano (2004)
 * Three Postcards from Paris for piano, an excerpt from Midwest Mythologist (2012)
 * Incipit Vita Nova for accordion (2013)
 * The Exquisite Viola for viola solo (2013)
 * Bits into Pieces for piano and iPad electronics (2014)

Chamber music

 * Variations for 2 flutes (1960)
 * Interconnections for 14 instruments (1965)
 * Random Rotated for 4 wind instruments (1965)
 * Two Fragments for violin and piano (1966)
 * Mutatis Mutandis for 6 players (1968)
 * Per Se, chamber concerto for violin and 7 instruments (1969)
 * preFIX-FIX-sufFIX for bassoon, horn and cello (1971)
 * Squares & Symbols, Exits and Traps for keyboard and 1 to 3 wind and/or strings (1971)
 * Bug Piece with live insect notation (1972)
 * The Hidden Melody (Nigun Haganuz) for cello and French horn (1977)
 * Brazilian Birdwhistle Event for Brazilian bird-whistle set (1980)
 * Trio, for clarinet, cello and piano (1982)
 * Three Jazz Moods, for solo trumpet and saxophone, and chamber ensemble with rhythm section (1982)
 * Nine Branches of the Olive Tree, for recorders, bass clarinet, guitar and percussion (1984)
 * M. My Dear, a ballad for jazz violin, guitar and bass (1985)
 * Duo for flute and cello (1991)
 * Five Pieces for Three Players for soprano saxophone, clarinet and marimba (1994)
 * Playing for Peace for three-part violin ensemble (1994)
 * Loose Connections for violin, clarinet and double bass (1996)
 * Marrakesh Bop for microtonal flute and guitar (1999)
 * Trio for violin, cello and piano (2001)
 * My Main Squeeze for trumpet, accordion and cello (2000)
 * Visions of Y for viola and piano (2002)
 * Psalm for a melody instrument and piano, completion of an unfinished composition by Alexander U. Boskovich (2006)
 * Bayannayab (Choral) for two bayans or accordions (2006)
 * Note Traffic for violin and cello (2008)
 * Bayanette for two bayans (accordions) and piano (2009)
 * Suite for mandolin and accordion (2011)
 * Two Alleys in Old Tel-Aviv for string quartet (2013)
 * Aprés Rameau: Les Poulets de Mequon/The Chickens of Mequon for 2 pianos (2013)
 * Aprés Rameau: Les Poulets de Mequon/The Chickens of Mequon for bayan (accordion) and piano (2014)
 * Summer Ostinato for two accordions (2015)
 * Tandem Piece for horn and accordion or accordion and piano (2015)
 * The Center Does Not Hold for saxophone quartet (2016)

Chamber music with voice

 * Rubayat, song for voice and cello, text: Omar Khayyam (1958)
 * Spheres for soprano and 10 instruments, text: Yehuda Amichai (1963)
 * Incantations for voice, keyboard, and interior piano, text: W.H.Auden (1964)
 * Foregroundmusic for 6 instruments and speaker, for a poem by A. Ginsberg (1965)
 * At the End of the Parade, six poems by William Carlos Williams for baritone and six players (1974).
 * Eros Reminisced, song cycle for singer/pianist, text: Constantine P. Cavafy (1981)
 * "Augentanz" (Eyedance) and "Galgenlied" (Hangman's Song) from Celan Ensembles for tenor and instruments, text Paul Celan (1986)
 * "In Madness There Is Order" from Celan Ensembles, for voice, projections and synthesizers, text: Paul Celan (1988)
 * "Spiegeltanz" (Mirrordance) from Celan Ensembles, for voice, horn, and 2 marimbas, text: Paul Celan (1989)
 * The Bogen Songs, six pieces for voice, flute, clarinet in B♭, violoncello and accordion, text: Don Bogen (2010)

Orchestra and concertante

 * Mirkamim, textures of sound for large orchestra, (1967)
 * Concerto for Audience and Orchestra, with audience operated portable radios (1971)
 * Five Songs for Tenor and Orchestra text: W.C. Williams. (1976–77)
 * Seven Late Spring Pieces for Orchestra (1979)
 * Concertino for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (1980)
 * Exit Music At Century's End for chamber orchestra (1995)
 * Piano Concerto for solo piano and 15 instruments (2002)
 * Rhapsody for alto saxophone and wind ensemble (2005)
 * Nuances Argentées (Shades of Silver) for recorded voice and flute orchestra of 24 players (2006)
 * Plus Avec Moins (PAM) – More From Less(MFL) for solo accordion and 24 flutes (2012)

Choir

 * Mishnayot for solo voices and choir, text: Jewish prayer book (1961).
 * Psukey Dezimra for solo voices and choir, text: Jewish prayer book (1961)
 * The Chain of Proverbs cantata for youth, text: Ibn Zabara (1962)
 * Coheleth, environment with mobile choir, microphones, wireless microphones and voice controlled filters, text: Ecclesiastes (1970)
 * Dawn for mixed choir, text: Arthur Rimbaud (1970)
 * Departure for nine voices and five instruments, text: Arthur Rimbaud (1972)
 * A Noiseless Patient Spider for women's choir or eight solo voices, text: Walt Whitman (1975)
 * Tombeau de Satie in memory of Thomas Trobaugh, text: Dona Nobis Pacem (1979)
 * Le Campane di Leopardi for mixed choir and tuned glasses, text: Giacomo Leopardi (1979)
 * Yigdal for cantor and choir followed by an organ variation, text: Hebrew prayer book (1985)
 * Three Hebrew Aphorisms from the Mishna and the Talmud for five-part unaccompanied mixed choir (2007)
 * The Wheel of Light(Galgal Haorot) for three choral or solo voices, text: Rabbi Naftali Hertz of Bacharach (2014)
 * Mayeem (Water) for five-part mixed chorus (SSATB), harmonicas and Melodicas (2016)

Theater pieces and dance

 * Wraphap a theatre piece for actress, amplified aluminum sheet and Yannachord (1969)
 * Houdini's Ninth, a theatre piece for a double bass and escape artist (1969)
 * The Urbana (IL) Christal Lake Park Gathering for any number of mallet players (1968)
 * Autopiano, or Piano Minus Pianist for an actor and piano (1970)
 * The Vestibule Peep-In-Pipe-Out for a caged performer with an FM transmitter (1970)
 * Attic Songs and Betweens, electronic music for dance (1975)
 * American Sonorama, music for a ballet by Anna Nassif (1975–76)
 * The Decline and Fall of the Sonata in B-flat, a musicule for actors and pianists (1970–76)
 * Three Michael and Nancy Pieces for dancer and percussion (1978)
 * Genesis, music for a dance piece by Anna Nassif (1979)
 * All Our Women, chamber opera, text: Yehuda Yannay (1981)
 * Tableau One: "...in sleep one often finds solutions..." (from Journey to Orgonon) for actor, projections and synthesizers (1992)
 * Go Fearing for solo voice for "Geometry of Aloneness," a multimedia work by Marie Mellott (1996)
 * "Traum ist von Tat nicht so verschieden..." (Dream and action are not so apart...) for tape and speaker (1998)
 * Insomnia in Havana, a theater piece for percussionist/actor, live electronics and projections, text: Virgilio Piñera (2005)
 * Midwest Mythologist, theater piece for a pianist, text and musical sources:Steve Nelson-Raney (2012)
 * Beware of Poison Mushrooms! Seven Illustrated Aphorisms and Short Stories by Roland Lampe (2013)

Film, video, intermedia

 * Houdini's Ninth – a film. black and white and color, 16 mm film with sound produced in collaboration with Emory J. Clark (1973)
 * Charcoal and Pastel Music 1 to 52 visual music in form of a series of drawings (1979)
 * Jidyll, a film with music by Dick Blau and Yehuda Yannay (1984–90)
 * Windsuck, sound sculpture created in collaboration with Steve Pevnick (1985)
 * The Oranur Experiment Part I:  "Journey to Orgonon", a music video, in collaboration with Jerome Fortier (1991)
 * Violoncello Solo for "I can't fathom it" for projection theater by Marie Mellott (1993)
 * Wilhelm Reich: Journey to Orgonon a documentary opera on CD-ROM in collaboration with Jerome Fortier (1997)
 * Percussion Fountain, sound sculpture in collaboration with Stephen Pevnick (1998)
 * Radiant, Inner Light for speaker, musical saw, metal percussion, percussion fountain, projections and calligrams Percussion instruments built in collaboration with Stephen Pevnick, calligrams created in collaboration with Marie Mellott, text: Rabbi Naftali Hertz of Bacharach (1998–2000)
 * Only Gestures, electronic music for a video installation piece by Marie Mellott (2006)
 * A Noiseless Patient Spider for women's choir or eight solo voices a cappella, dance video version: Peter Sparling, text: Walt Whitman (2010)

Electronic music

 * Electronic Music (1964–65).
 * "Study #1
 * "Study #2
 * "Study #3
 * "Phonomontage Pour Thérèse"
 * Milwaukee Brew Project, environmental tape composition on sounds of Milwaukee (1979)
 * Three Visions of the Age, collaborative composition for digital synthesizers and instruments with Jon Welstead and Joel Thome (1985)