Chamber Music

Chamber Music Works for Violin Works for Viola Works for Violoncello
Works for Flute Works for Alto Saxophone Works for Trumpet  

Chamber Music

Fantasia Mexicana for Two Violins (1947)
MS

 

Piece for String Quartet (1947)

Not found
MS

 

Quintet for Piano and Strings (1949)

Single movement
MS

 

Overture to a Shakespearean Tragedy Transcribed for Piano and String Quartet (March 1952)
MS

 

Overture to a Shakespaerean Tragedy Transcribed for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Trumpet, and Piano (April 28, 1952)
MS

 

First String Quartet (July 16-August 6, 1952)

I. Largo; Allegro animato

 II. Adagio III. Largo; Allegro con spirito
13 min., 40 sec.
Award: Second prize, Young Composers' Contest sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs, 1952.

 

First String Quartet (1952-53)

I. Largo/Allegro animato

 II. Adagio III. Allegro con spirito IV. Fuga: Largo e mesto
17.5 min
Prize (Cortés later added three movements to form this quartet) 1952-53, Yale University, best composition for strings written by a student.
MS: American Composers Alliance Library, BMI, NY

 

Flamenquerias: Divertimento for Woodwind Trio (January- March 1953)

I. Bulerias

 II. Malaguena III. Zambra IV. Peteneras V. Alegrias
ca. 10 min.
Inst.: fl, cl, bn
Awarad: 6th prize, 1953 Broadcast Music Inc. Young Composers Awards.

 

Divertimento for Woodwind Trio [rev.] (March 1957)

I. Allegro moderato

 II. Largamente (La Malguena) III. Giocoso IV. Liberamente, con tristezza (La Peternera) V. Vivace
Inst.: fl, cl, bn
New York: Peer International Corporation, 1960

 

Quintet for Piano and Strings (October-November 1953)

I. Allegro moderato

 II. Scherzando Interlude (Largo e mesto) III. Adagio
ca. 19 min.
MS

 

Canto I (Night Music) for 16, rev. (March0July 1956)
Single movement for a mixed chamber ensemble
ca. 12 min.
Inst.: fl, eh, bs cl, 3 trb, perc, hrp, vn, 6 vc and soprano
MS: American Composers Alliance Library, Broadcast Music Inc., New York, NY

 

Introduction and Dirge for Brass and Percussion (January-March 1955)

6 min., 5 sec.
Inst.: 4 tpt, 4 hn, 3 trb, timp, 2 perc
MS

 

Chamber Concerto No. I for Violoncello Solo and 12 Wind Instruments (February 1957-January 1958)

Single movement
ca. 12 min.
Inst.: picc, fl, ob, eh, picc cl, cl, bs cl, bn, 2 hn, tpt, trb, and solo vc
Award: First Prize, BMI Student Composers Radio Awards, 1959.

 

Chamber Concerto for Cello Solo and 12 Winds [rev.] (1978)

Single movement
Instr.: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bs cl, bsn, 2 hn, tpt, trb, and solo vc
MS

 

A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day for String Quartet (December 1958)

Single movement
MS

 

Nocturne (Tis the Year's Midnight) (February-March 1975)

Inspired by "Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day" by John Donne
MS

 

Trio in One Movement, Final Version (1965)

Single movement
ca 9.5 min.
Inst.: vn, vc, and pno
MS

 

Chamber Piece for Nine Players (Spring 1963)

Single movement
Inst.: cl, a sx, bs cl, tpt, perc, pno, vn, va, vc
MS

 

String Quartet (Silvermine Version) (April 19, 1962)

Single movement
MS

 

Duo for Flute and Oboe (December 1966-March 22, 1967)

I. Fantasy

 II. Invention III. Elegy IV. Recitative V. Finale
ca. 10.5 min
Flute (a fl) and oboe (eh)
Brwn Mawr, PA., Elkan-Vogel, INc., 1973 (reproduction of composer's ms)

 

The Brass Ring (August 20, 1967)

6 min.
Inst.: 2 tpts, 2 trb, bs trb
MS

 

The Brass Ring [rev.] (1967)

6 min.
Inst.: 2 tpts, hn, 2 trb
MS

 

Three Movements for Five Winds (July 13, 1967-February 4, 1968)

ca. 9.5-10 min.
Inst.: fl, ob, cl, hn, and bn
Bryn Mawr, PA: Elkan-Vogel, Inc., 1975

 

Variations on a Theme by Halsey Stevens (November 9, 1968)

Theme from Symphonic Dances, 2nd movement by Halsey Stevens and 7 variations by various composers
Inst.: cl, vc, and pno
MS

 

Charenton Variations for 11 Instruments (1978)

I. Justine and the Marquis de Sade (Theme)

 II. Doctor Laforet and his Patients (var. 1-3)  
III. Tortured Ones (Var. 4-5) IV. Ghosts of the Asylum (Var. 6) V. Visions of the Marquis de Sade (Finale)  
Inst.: fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, 2 vn, va, vc, and cb
MS

 

Double Fugue from Charenton Variations

Incomplete, only 23 measures
Inst.: cl w/ stgs
MS

 

Capriccio for Woodwind Quartet (April 5-June 14, 1971)

Inst.: fl, ob, cl, bn
MS

 

Fugue No. IV from Well Tempered Clavier, Vol. I by J. S. Bach (march 17, 1972)

Inst.: fl, cl, tpt, and 2 vc
MS

 

Machaut: Ma Chere Dame (November 30, 1973)

Chanson transcription for flute, clarinet, and violin
MS

 

Homage to Jackson Pollock (December 30, 1976)

inst.: fl, cl, hn, vn, and vc
MS

 

String Quartet (June 5, 1977)

I. Lento: Allegro moderato

 II. Allegro vivace III. Andante moderato IV. Allegro molto  
MS

 

Little Suite, Chamber Version (September 12, 1979)

I. Overture

 II. Pastorale III. Burlesque IV. Minuet V. Finale
Inst., fl, ob, bn, 2 vn, cb, and harpsch (also cl, va, vc)
MS

 

Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (1981)

I. Allegro con spirito

 II. Lento III. Vivace
ca. 24 min., 40 sec.
MS

 

Concertino (1920) by Igor Stravinsky (April 24, 1982)

Inst.: fl, ob, cl, hrpsch, vn, va, vc
MS

 

Second String Quartet (May 1-September 2, 1983)

Four movements
15 min.
MS

 

O Alter Duft by Arnold Schoenberg, op. 21

Inst.: fl, cl, va, vc, and pno
MS

 

Dido's Lament by Purcell

Passacaglia for string quartet
MS

 

Works for Violin

Sonata for Violin and Piano (March-April 1956)

Single movement
Award: First Alumni Award from the University of Southern California, 1955.

 

Elegy for Solo Violin (October 16, 1970-March 16, 1971)

Philadelphia, PA.: Elkan-Vogel Co., Inc., 1960

 

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1971-1972)

I. Allegro molto

 II. Adagio III. Presto misterioso IV. Allegro risoluto
ca. 14 min.
MS

 

Suite for Violin and Piano (November-December 1980)

I. Lento

 II. Allegro moderato III. Andante IV. Adagio V. Vivace
MS

 

Works for Viola

Homage to Jackson Pollock for Viola Alone (January 4-March 29, 1968)
MS

 

Works for Violoncello

Three Lyric Pieces for Violoncello and Pianoforte (August 1958)

I. Andante amoroso

 II. Allegro III. Molto lento; fantastico

9.5-10 min.
Sward: First Prize, Young Composers Contest, National Federatinof Music Clubs, 1956.

 

Cello Sonata (1976-March 16, 1977)

I. Andante moderato

 II. Allegro molto III. Largo; sostenuto IV. Allegro

ca. 11 min.
MS

 

Gavotte for Cello and Piano by W. A. Mozart

Dance movement

Keyboard revision by Ramiro Cortés; cello editing by D. B. Freed
MS

 

Works for Flute

Elegy for Flute and Piano [rev.] (March 1957)

New York: Peer International Corporation, 1959

 

Works for Alto Saxophone

Five Studies for Alto Sax (August 28, 1968)
MS

 

Works for Trumpet

Trumpet Sonata [rev.] (1980)

1. Allegro risoluto

 II. Largo III. Lento IV. Allegro marziale
MS