John Rahn's Musical Compositions

Recordings

• 1992 KALI (1986) and MIRANDA (1990). CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 12, "Composers in the Computer Age -- I". Centaur Records CRC 2144, distributed by Harmonia Mundi.
• 1987 KALI (1986). Perspectives of New Music cassette (volume 25).

Compositions

• 2001 HOBOE for solo oboe
• 2000 THE NEW MOTHER (chamber opera)
• 1994 SEA OF SOULS: 2. CITY for computer-realized tape. 35 minutes.
• 1993 SEA OF SOULS: 1. SEA for computer-realized tape. 13 minutes.
• 1992 ANOTHER LECTURE (1980) score published in Perspectives of New Music 30/1 (Winter 1992): 238-48.
• 1991 DANCE. Sound synthesized on NeXT computer networked to an IBM 3090, using Lisp Kernel software and Csound. Seattle (Meany Hall), February 19. A collaboration with choreographer Jim Coleman, and dancers Amy Chavasse and Rip Parker.
• 1989-90 JESSE for viola and percussion.
• SUPERMAN for viola and snare drum.
• PLEDGE for viola and vibraphone.
• MIRANDA. Sound synthesized on NeXT computer using Lisp Kernel software and Csound. A collaboration with painter Mary Henry.
• 1986 KALI. Computer-generated tape piece. Seattle (Meany Hall), February 26, 1986. Duration 9 1/4 minutes. KALI was selected by international jury for performance at the International Computer Music Conference in The Hague, Fall.
• 1983 IRT 4/23. Taped improvisation piece, with Keith Johnston. Duration 16 minutes.
• 1981 OUT OF HAYDN for fortepiano. Princeton, N.J., May 1982. Douglas Dickson, piano.
• 1980 ANOTHER LECTURE for tape and speaker.
• 1978. IMPROVISATIONS ON A SYNCLAVIER OF CORN. Tape: digitally synthesized using a Synclavier I.
• 1976 BREAKFAST for solo piano.
• 1973 PEANUT BUTTER DEFIES GRAVITY. Three songs with original texts for soprano and piano, the first of which is published in Perspectives of New Music 13, no. 2.
• 1972 TRIO for clarinet, cello, and piano. Published as part of Ph.D. dissertation, "Lines (Of and About Music)" (Princeton, 1974). 1971 HOS ESTIN for SATB full chorus (chamber chorus optional), oboe, violin, vibraphone, bass trombone, and timpani.
• 1971 TROIS CHANTS DE MERE L'OIE for soprano and piano. Princeton, N.J., March 30, 1973.
• 1970 COUNTERPOINTS FOR SOLO TRUMPET. Commissioned and published by Autograph Editions, N.Y.
• 1970 THREE TITBITS for clarinet and cello.
• 1970 DELOUMENON for concert band. Commissioned and published by Autograph Editions, N.Y.
• 1969 REDUCTIONIST VARIATIONS FOR PIANO. Douglass College, Rutgers University, November 18, 1974. Jefferson Connell, piano.
• 1969 QUINTET for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon.
• 1969 GAMES for saxophone and string quartet.
• 1969 PROGRESSIVE ETUDE FOR BASS TROMBONE. Commissioned and published by Autograph Editions, N.Y.
• 1968 FIVE FORMS for solo piano.
• 1968 EPITHALAMIUM for solo piano.
• 1967 COLLABORATION for Eb clarinet, trumpet, trombone, viola, and 'cello.
• 1967 A LYRICAL, LINEAR BASIS FOR THREE DOUBLE BASSES. Co-composed with artist S. A. Jones. .
• 1967 ALICE. Computer realized in 1971 using MUSIC4BF.
• 1967 SONATA FOR BASSOON AND HARPSICHORD.