Scores by Robert Cogan

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Electronic Tape or Recording

Score Price
DR. FAUSTROLL, THINKING
(protocol in preparation)
$50
NO ATTACK OF ORGANIC METALS
for organ and pre- recorded sounds (recording of the prerecorded sounds is available; a special fee is charged); 1973
$25

Ensembles, Large

Score Price
FANTASIA FOR ORCHESTRA
(rental parts available for a fee); 1951
$20
GULF COAST BOUND
an open-ended folio for big band (minimum instrumentation: 3 trpt, 2 trb, 4 saxes [sop, alto, ten, bar], elec. guitar, piano, 2 bass guitars, 2 percussion, drum machine) 1987– The folio incorporates China Jam, Balinese Traces, Calls 1-8, Dance, Dance Sounds, Passionate Memory, Soliloquy, and Gulf Coast Jam, any and all of which can be combined in any performance; 1987–
Gulf Coast Bound
Source folios of the whole
$150
Gulf Coast Bound
Sample Performance Version (rental parts available for a fee)
$40
WHIRL_DS I
for two solo voices and forty-four instruments, includes a Vocal Phrasebook, Map of Pitch Structures, and book of Performance Notes; 1967
$40
WHIRL...DS IA
for two solo voices and fifteen instruments; same material as for WHIRL...DS I; 1967
$40
WHIRL...DS I (A) + II (A)
Instruction book for combinations of WHIRL...DS I & WHIRL...DS II; in preparation
TBA

Organ

Score Price
NO ATTACK OF ORGANIC METALS
for organ and pre- recorded sounds (recording of the prerecorded sounds is available; a special fee is charged); 1973
$25

Piano

Score Price
ALGEBRA & MORNINGS
a folio of twelve piano pieces for the young (I octaves; II fields; III fivenote sonorities; IV the whole keyboard; V harmonic resonances; VI acceleration-deceleration; VII ecstasy; VIII running; IX listening; X Bud's style; XI large sonorities; XII oppositions) 1981-2000
$18
CONTEXTS/MEMORIES
for solo piano, version B, 1982; based on ALGEBRA & MORNINGS
$15
CONTEXTS/MEMORIES
for solo piano, version B, 1982; based on ALGEBRA & MORNINGS
$15
CONTEXTS/MEMORIES
for solo piano or two pianists at two pianos, version C, 2000; based on ALGEBRA & MORNINGS
$20
COSTELLAR PULSATIONS
a folio for two pianists, one improvising, one pre-notated (the pre-notated part is available in a recording, and can be so performed; a special fee is charged); 1985
$25
COSTELLAR PULSATIONS, REORDERING A
a folio for two pianists, one improvising, one pre-notated(the pre-notated part is available in a recording, and can be so performed; a special fee is cha rged); 1985
$25
PEMUNGKAH
for two pianos and two electric pianos (a rearrangement of the Balinese original) 1983
$10
SENSING STELLAR PULSATIONS
improvisation for piano solo based on STELLAR PULSATIONS, whose score and/or recording are required; 1987
$20
SOU NOS & VARIANTS
for solo piano, 1961
$25
STELLAR PULSATIONS
a folio for solo piano (requires two keyboards, prepared & unprepared); 1987
$20

Solo Instrument and Chamber Music

Score Price
AFLAME IN FLIGHT
a folio for solo violin with text by William Carlos Williams; 1999- both of the following volumes are required - Source Folio
$30
Sample Performance Version $15
A-KA-HO
solo cello and speaker, 2006
EVENTS DANCING
an open-ended folio for viola and piano, including a Sample Performance Version; 1989-
$25
FIERCE SINGLENESS
an open-ended folio for solo clarinet, including a Sample Performance Version; 1988-
$20
FROM TWO WILLIAMS FOLIOS
an open-ended folio for clarinet, viola, and piano, combining EVENTS DANCING and FIERCE SINGLENESS; 1995-
$30
MIRRORED SINGLENESS
an open-ended folio for two solo clarinets, based on FIERCE SINGLENESS, whose score is required as well; in preparation
$20
SOLILOQUY
for saxophone of any range and two percussionists, from GULF COAST BOUND;1987
$10
SPACES AND CRIES
for five brass instruments (2 Trpt., Fr. Hn., Trb., Tba; set of parts $35); 1963
$25
STRING QUARTET "AMERICA IS"
a folio with texts by William Carlos Williams; 1995– both of the following volumes are required - Source Folio
$30
Sample Performance Version $20
TWO COMPOSITIONS FOR STRING TRIO (in preparation); 1960 $25

Voice

Score Price
CELAN PORTRAIT/CELANPORTRAIT
for voice and piano, 2001-
CELAN PORTRAIT/CELANPORTRAIT
for voice and piano, bilingual version, 2004
EIGHT POEMS OF WILLIAM BRONK, ORIGINAL VERSION
for voice and piano; 1998
$25
EIGHT POEMS OF WILLIAM BRONK, "BEYOND" VERSION
for voice and piano; 1998
$25
EIGHT POEMS OF WILLIAM BRONK, "SOUL" VERSION
for voice and piano; 1998
$25
PHRASES FROM WHIRL-..DS 1
versions are available for one voice unaccompanied, for two voices unaccompanied, and for one or two voices with three-five Instruments; the score includes a vocal phrasebook and specifications for all of these versions); 1967
$20
POLYUTTERANCES
an open-ended folio for two solo voices based on UTTERANCES (can be performed by two live solo voices, same range, or by one pre-recorded and one live solo voice, same range; additionally requires scores of Versions A & B of UTTERANCES); 1989 -
$20
POLYUTTERANCES
for two solo voices, 2005 version
UTTERANCES
an open-ended folio for solo voice. High voice: Versions A & B. Version A, when performed solo, it is reserved for Joan Heller for whom it was composed, as long as she is singing; Version B can be sung by anyone. Low voice: Versions C and D. 1971-Each version
$30
UTTERANCES
for solo voice, new version 2004
WHIRL_DS I
for two solo voices and forty-four instruments, includes a Vocal Phrasebook, Map of Pitch Structures, and book of Performance Notes; 1967
$40
WHIRL...DS IA
for two solo voices and fifteen instruments; same material as for WHIRL...DS I; 1967
$40
WHIRL...DS II: RED ALLEN HOCK IT
for two amplified solo voices and slide projections (slide projections optional - the composer's original projections, two streams of slides, are available on rental at an extra fee); 1969
$30
WHIRL...DS IIA: RED ALLEN HOCK IT
for chorus of any size and makeup, two conductors, with slide projections, optional - same score and projections as WHIRL...DS II; 1969
$30
WHIRL...DS I (A) + II (A)
Instruction book for combinations of WHIRL...DS I & WHIRL...DS II; in preparation
TBA
WHIRL...DS III: MVSTERIUM FRAGMENT
for mixed chorus with two solo sopranos, and single oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and cello
$10