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Composers & Compositions COLEMAN CHAMBER CONCERTS COMPOSERS & COMPOSITIONS (1904-2020) (Dates in bold face type are Competition Winners Concert performances.) COMPOSER/COMPOSITION DATE(S) PERFORMED ABSIL, Jean (1893-1974) Suite pour Quatuor de Saxophone, Op. 90 .........................................................................................................................Apr 1987, Apr 1994 ADЀS, Thomas (b. 1971) Arcadiana .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Apr 2014 The Four Quarters .................................................................................................................................................................................. Jan 2016 AGUILAR, Paco (1897-1947) Song of the Troubadour (performed by the composer) ......................................................................................................................... Jan 1934 ALBÉNIZ, Isaac (1860-1909) Cantos de España, Op. 232 Córdoba (arranged for Lute Quartet) ................................................................................................................................................ Jan 1932 Seguidillas, arranged for Little Symphony ...................................................................................................................................... Apr 1940 Suite Española No. 1, Op. 47 No. 1, Granada (arranged for Lute Quartet) ..................................................................................................................................... Jan 1931 No. 3, Sevilla (arranged for Lute Quartet) .................................................................. Jan 1931, Dec 1934, Mar 1938 (arranged for Guitar) No. 4, Cádiz (arranged for Little Symphony) .................................................................................................................................. Apr 1940 Tango in D Major, Op. 165, No. 2 (arranged for Little Symphony) .................................................................................................... Apr 1940 ALBÉNIZ, Mateo (1755-1831) Leyende (Legend) (arranged for Guitar) ............................................................................................................................................. May 1951 Sonata in D Major (arranged for Lute Quartet) ..................................................................................................................................... Jan 1931 ALBINONI, Tomaso (1671-1751) Concerto for Oboe in G minor, Op. 9, No. 8 ........................................................................................................................................ Feb 1952 Sinfonia in C Major for Strings and Basso Continuo .......................................................................................................................... Nov 2003 Suite in Sol .............................................................................................................................................................................................Oct 1983 Trio Sonata in B-flat Major, Op.1, No. 12............................................................................................................................................ Apr 1991 ANONYMOUS An Eriskey Love Lilt, from the Hebrides (setting by H. S. Robertson) ................................................................................................Oct 1940 Caccia (Hunt): Tosto Che L’Alba (Soon the Dawn, 13th-15th century) .............................................................................................. Nov 1953 Carol: Ave Maria (15th century) .......................................................................................................................................................... Feb 1962 Page 1 of 69 8/6/2020 COMPOSER/COMPOSITION DATE(S) PERFORMED ANONYMOUS (continued) Carol: Coventry Carol (16th century) ................................................................................................................................................... Dec 1999 Carol: Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming) (16th century) .......................................................................... Dec 1999 Carol: Nova, nova (15th century) ......................................................................................................................................................... Feb 1962 Carol: Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep................................................................................................................................ Dec 1999 Carol: Sussex Carol (17th century) ....................................................................................................................................................... Dec 1999 Carol: There Is No Rose (15th century)................................................................................................................................................ Feb 1962 Carol: Greensleeves (16th Century) ..................................................................................................................................................... Dec 1999 Carol: When Christ Was Born on Earth .............................................................................................................................................. Dec 1999 Dame Nightingale (16th century) ...........................................................................................................................................................Oct 1940 Dance: Four Italian Dances (early 14th century) .................................................................................................................................. Feb 1962 Dance: Paduana del re; Zorzi (from Six Italian Dances, 16th century, arranged by Peter Warlock) .................................................. Nov 1953 Dance: Sarabande (17th century?) ....................................................................................................................................................... Nov 2018 Dance: Stantipes (13th-15th century) ................................................................................................................................................... Nov 1953 Die Auglan voll Wasser (The Eyes Full of Water—Farewell Song from Carinthia) ............................................................................Oct 1940 Freylekh (arranged by Gene Kavadlo) ................................................................................................................................................ Nov 2016 Home on the Range (arranged by Franz Wasner) .................................................................................................................................Oct 1940 Im Frühjahr (In Spring) ........................................................................................................................................................................ Dec 1999 Las Cantigas (Canticles) de Santa Maria (13th century ‒ possible attributions include Airas Nunes and Alphonso X of Castile) ..... Feb 1982 Mass of the Blessed Virgin, from the Spanish Las Huelgas codex (13th-14th century) (reconstructed by Denis Stevens) .................. Feb 1962 Motet: O Mitissima Virgo Maria, for Recorder, Treble viol, and Lute (13th century) ........................................................................ Nov 1953 My Thought Oppressed (16th century?) ................................................................................................................................................ Feb 1975 Nobody’s Jigge (16th century?) ............................................................................................................................................................. Feb 1975 Puer Natus est (A Child Is Born) (Gregorian Chant Mode VII) ........................................................................................................... Jan 1955 The Cry of London (15th century?) ....................................................................................................................................................... Feb 1975 The Paris Mill (13th-15th century) ........................................................................................................................................................ Nov 1953 ARENSKY, Anton (1861-1906) Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32 ............................................................................................. May 1924, May 1972, Oct 1988, May 2005 ARNE, Thomas (1710-1778) Thomas and Sally, or the Sailor’s Return ............................................................................................................................................ Nov 1950 ARNOLD, Malcolm (1921-2006) Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 37 (1952) .............................................................................................. Apr 1968, Mar 1971 Wind Quintet, Op. 2 (1942) .............................................................................................................................. Apr 1978, Apr 1985, Apr 1990 ARRIAGA, Juan C. (1806-1826) String Quartet No. 1 in D minor ..........................................................................................................................................................
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