Suben Collected Works
JOEL ERIC SUBEN: Collected Works
[Title
Year of composition
Publisher]
Duration
Suite for tpt & pf 1966 10' Robt.
Ludwig
tpt, Geo. Faust pf
II.15.66
MS.
Rondo for eng. hn & pf. 1966 6' pf.
Jas.
Gorton eh., Michael
Guiltinain V.19.66
MS.
Sonata da Camera for four vlns. 1966
12' David Arens, Fred. Halgedahl,
Jas. Sanford, Robt. Cole II.16.67
MS.
Adagietto for clar & pf.
1967
4' Anthony di Pasquale cl.,
Jos. Packeles pf. III.4.67
ACA.
Opera Scene from No Exit (Sartre)
pf/vocal score 1967 10' MS.
Face of an Addict (film score) chamb
orch
1967 15' Suben/studio orch
V.12.67
MS.
Offertory for vln, vcl & organ 1967
2' Rochester Chamb Plyrs
VIII.10.67
MS.
Partita for Violin Alone
1967 10'
David Collins IV.21.69 ACA.
Two Orchestral Dances 1967 10'
Walter
Hendl/Eastman-Rochester
Orch
IV.17.68
ACA.
Make a Joyful Noise for tenor & organ
(First Prize, AGO National Composition
Contest) 1967 3' John
Malloy ten, David Craighead org.
III.14.68 Belwin-Mills.
Behold, How Good and Pleasant for
tenor & organ (First Prize,
Eastman
School
Sacred Song
Competition) 1967
3' Malloy,
Craighead III.14.68. ACA.
Psalm 121 for chorus SATB a cappella
1967 3 ' S u b e n / B r a n d e i s C h o r a l
Union II.28.72
MS.
Canonic Fanfare for 3 tpts. 1967 2'
Lewis Buckley, Jos. Vivona,
Stephen Winnick XII.14.67 ACA.
Two Reveries from Under Milk Wood
for chamb orch. 1968 5' Geo.
DelGobbo/Eastman Chamb Ens.
III.4.69
ACA.
Lovemusic for soprano & string
quartet(K. Gibran) 1968 8'
Patricia Burmeister sop, Sara
Bowles, Carol
Johnson vln, Carol
Figeroid vla,
Donald Pistolesi
vcl IV.19.68 MS.
Humoresque for two violins & string
bass 1968 2' Geo DelGobbo, David
Levy
vlns, Wm. Blossom cb.
IV.19.68 MS.
(arr. for cl & chamb orch 1984:q.v.
Performers
Date of first perf.
Two Pieces for cl & orch. MS.)
Songs of Truth for soprano & Ens.
V.24.70 MS.
chamber
ens. (E. Dickinson) 1969
8' Jean
Lunn sopr, Suben/Brandeis
Chamb
Agréments for flute solo 1971 4'
Dana
Shaul
V.17.71
ACA.
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes for women's
chor SSA & pf 1971 3' Bourne.
Two Hebrew Songs for voice and
strings 1971
4' A. Kligfeld
sopr
IX.7.71 ACA.
Many-Song for pf solo 1971 5'
Robt.F. Jones
V.10.72 MS.
The Sick Rose for sopr & pf (W. Blake)
1972
3' MS.
Birthday Fragment for chor SATB & pf
1972 2' Suben/Brandeis Choral
Union, Geo. Fisher pf. II.28.72.
MS.
Adonai Ma Adam (O Lord, What is Man?)
for medium voice & organ
1972
3'
Eunice
Alberts mezzo,
Herman Weiss org. IX.l8.72 ACA.
Magnificat for unison female voices &
org or chamb orch 1972 3' ACA.
As You Like It complete incidental
music and songs 1973 15'
Suben/Brandeis Chamber Ens.
II.6-13.73 MS.
Verses of Mourning for orch 1973 8'
Suben/Northeastern Chamber Orch
VI.7.73 ACA.
Fantasy on Re-Ut-La-Si for vcl & pf
1976
4' E. Steinbock vcl, M.
Brickman pf III.15.76 ACA.
The Story of 'A' for harp solo 1976
3' Alyssa Hess IV.7.80 ACA.
Two Duos for string bass & harp 1977
3' Glenn Rubin cb, A. Hess hp.
IV.7.80 ACA.
Concert Piece for clar. & band 1977
9' Suben/Dewey Wind Ens,
B. Gayer VI.6.77 ACA.
Three Songs from The Lamp and the
Bell for sopr & pf (E. St. Vincent
Millay) 1977 4' ACA.
Liebestod for 'cello solo 1977 12'
David Moore
IV.11.80 ACA.
Träume auf Dichterhöhe for horn & str
orch 1978 6' Jacques
Houtmann/Richmond Symph, Allan
Patterson
X.22.82 ACA.
Psallat Chorus for chorus SATB &
prepared pf 1978 4' Jas.
Erb/Schola Cantorum IV.21.82 ACA.
Fantasia su' un soggetto cavato for
chamb orch. 1978 4' ACA.
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
1978 17' ACA.
Approaching Music for two horns
1979 2' Bryan Kennedy, Jennifer
Burch VIII.12.81 ACA.
Serenade for chamb orch 1980 9'
Suben/Brandeis Chamb Orch.
V.24.80
ACA.
Five Goethe Songs for baritone, vcl &
guitar 1980 5' Richard Lalli,
Amorphous Consort XII.07.87 ACA.
Sonatina for pf (Music Teachers Nat'l
Assoc'n Composer of the Year
Prize) 1981 8' Robt. Pollock
XI.7.81 ACA.
Haazinu (O Give Ear) cantata for
tenor,
speaking chorus & str
quartet 1982
21' Thomas
Tomasovic tenor, Univ of Richmond
Choir, Lydian String Quartet
III.19.82 ACA.
Schumann Suite no. 1 for chamb orch
1982 5' Suben/Peninsula Symph of
Va
V.16.83 Kalmus.
Hallelujah for chor SATB & org or pf
or brass quintet
1982 3'
Burdick/Choir of Trinity Church
(NYC) V.23.93 ACA.
Give Ear To My Words, O Lord for
unison chor & org or pf 1983 2' ACA.
The Birth of Euphrosyne for fl, cl,
vln & vcl 1983 8' Roxbury
Chamber
Players VII.23.83 ACA.
Idyls for 2 pfs (Washington Square
Contemporary Series Nat'l
Competition First Prize, 1986)
1984
6' Christopher & Arlene Kies
XII.16.86 ACA.
A Solemn Procession for 3 tbns 1984
2' APNM.
Two Pieces for clar, harp & string
orch
1984 5' MS.
Dawn Man for triple string orch 1984
5' MS.
Canon for string orch 1984 2'
Suben/Eastern Va Regional
String
Festival II.9.85
ACA.
Gesualdo Triptych for string orch
1984 5' Suben/William & Mary Orch
IV.22.86 ACA.
Three Chansons of Dufay for string
orch 5' 1984 MS.
Soli for brass & percussion 1985 3'
ACA.
Occasional Dance no. 1 for vcl & pf
1986 4' Chris Finckel vcl,
Robt. Pollock pf. X.24.86 ACA.
Academic Overture for orch {Bucks
County [PA] Symphony Composition
Prize} 1986 5' Karl Middleman/Bucks County Symph V.16.87 ACA.
Symphony in Old Style for orch 1987
17' ACA.
2
Winter Love for chorus SATB & orch or
pf 4-hnds 1987 5' Suben/Silesian
Philharmonic Chamber Orch & Chor
XI.26.88 ACA.
Suite of Dances for 2 guitars 1988
17' Cygnus Ens. II.1.89 ACA.
Song Book for treble voices 1989 14'
New York Treble Singers XII.8.89
ACA.
As Through Earth's Garden Once I
Strayed for treble voices 1989
3' EuropeanAm.
A Kiss for treble voices
1989
2'
EuropeanAm.
Where All the Waters Meet for guitar
1989
9' William Anderson
X.24.90 Kennedy Ctr Theater MS.
Seven Days cycle for mezzo & pf
(Shakespeare & Spenser) 1991 18' MS.
Concerto Classico for flute & chamb
orch
1991 15' Dimitry
Goia/Nat'l
Philh. of Moldova,
Vera Buftea
II.21.92
ACA.
The Silver Swan for sopr, fl, cl, vln,
vcl & pf (anon.) 1992 2' Hillel
Foundation Commission MS.
Breve Sogno for large orch 1994 5’
ACA.
Irving Fine Alice Suite no. 2 (arr.
for chorus & orch 1999 8’ Boosey .
Fantasy-Variations on a theme by Maria
Theresia von Paradis for
vln &
orch 1999 7’ ACA.
version
for vln & pf 1999
Vladimir Tsypin, Weill Hall NYC
II.13.2005 ACA.)
Seven for Chorus SATB a cappella 2004
1’ MS.
Ciacconetta for Viola & orch or pf
2008 5’ ACA.
Three Images for Cello & orch or pf
2009 30’ ACA.
A Memory of Youth for piano trio 2012
35’ ACA.
PUBLISHER KEY
ACA
American Composers Alliance,
New York.
Belwin-Mills
Belwin-Mills
Publishing Corp., Hialeah FL.
Boosey
Boosey & Hawkes NY/London.
Bourne
Bourne Company, New York.
Kalmus
E.F. Kalmus & Co., BocaRaton, FL.
Eureopean-Am
European-American
Music
Publishers, New York.
MS
Manuscript unpublished.