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Douglas C. Wadle : compositions & writings
concert works graphic scores language-based works text pieces collaborations writings biography catalog (pdf) contact Plainsound Home douglaswadle.com |
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CONCERT WORKS
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| Drift (2010) | 2 five-valved F tubas | variable |
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| Systema II (2010) | 2 violins | 3' |
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| Arbitrary Object, no. 2 (2010) | 2 accordions | 2' |
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| Arbitrary Object, no. 1 (2010) | 2 B-flat clarinets | 2'30" |
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| Lines (2010) | 2 violins, 2 violas | variable |
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| Inventions on German Communist Sources (2009-2010) | 7' | ||||||
| Marsch der Sowjetjugend | 2 violins, 2 violas |
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| Lied des alten Kommunisten F | 2 trombones, horn, tuba |
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| Frage und Antwort und Frage | 2 violins, 2 violas |
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| Drei Worte an die Partei | 2 trombones, horn, tuba |
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After "Ohio Impromptu" (2009)
(Cloister Walk, No. 3) for Matt Barbier |
2 tenor-bass trombones | 18' |
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Propaedeutic for Microtonal Performance on Horn in F (2009) |
horn solo | 6' | |||||
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Valet will ich dir geben (2008)
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violin, trombone | 6' | |||||
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Systema (Cognitive Disjunction, proper) (2008)
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violin, viola, cello | 5' |
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Systema (with Linear Distortion) (2008)
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violin, viola, cello | 10' | |||||
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Cloister Walk, No. 2 (2008)
realization, February 2008 |
4 tenor-bass trombones | 5' |
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Cognitive Congruence (2007)
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violin, viola, cello | 25' | |||||
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Cognitive Disjunction (2006)
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violin, viola, cello | 30'/45' |
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Logos prior Logos, No. 3 (2005)
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flute, english horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon | 70' |
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Amphiboly, Three Realizations (2005)
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guitar duo | 15' |
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Limburger Skunk (2004)
for Jonathan Piper |
2 alto saxophones,
2 tenor saxophones,
trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion |
12' |
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Incarceration (2002)
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guitar solo | 10' |
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brief sketch (2002)
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cello duo | 6' | |||||
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A Winter's Walk in the Cloisters (2002)
(Cloister Walk, No. 1) |
2 trombones | variable |
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GRAPHIC SCORES
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Cloister Walk, No. 2 (2007)
ink and graphite on paper |
ur-score for creation of performance
installations for trombone quartet |
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Logos prior Logos, No. 4 (2005, rev. 2007)
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variable ensemble | variable |
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Logos prior Logos (2005)
oil on canvas, score for performance |
ur-score for creation of individual realizations
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Amphiboly (2004)
acrylic on canvas, variable duration |
ur-score for creation of individual realizations
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Invention in Three Parts (2004)
performance installation |
toy piano with optional cello and mixing console | variable |
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LANGUAGE-BASED WORKS
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| Nostalgia Digest (2011) | Hörspiel | 12' |
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| Pedantic Poetry (2011) | writer | N/A |
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| Resection (2011) |
speaking voice/trombone or
speaking voice and trombone |
variable |
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Triptych (2010)
language study on a poem by Simone Forti |
2 voices and video projection | variable |
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| Celan Song (2009) | 2 speakers | variable |
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Sprechstimmung (2009)
for Simone Forti & Terrence Luke Johnson |
2 to 5 non-fluent speakers | variable |
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| Logos prior Logos, No. 6 (2007) | speaking voice | 8' |
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Edit (2004)
for Don Nichols |
speaking voice and mixing console | 15' |
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| Insomnambulations: Preachin' Aphasia (2003) | trombone/voice solo | 12' |
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TEXT PIECES (INSTRUCTION SCORES)
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Thread (2011)
a meditation |
variable zither | variable |
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| Pedantic Poetry (2011) | writer | N/A |
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| Template Piece (2011) | variable ensemble | variable |
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Logos prior Logos, No. 5 (2006)
on the ethical obligations of the individual in society |
audience | variable | |||||
| Echo Narcissus (2006) | reader | variable | |||||
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Solipsistic Self-Serenade (2004)
a meditation for Jacky & Jonathan |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS
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Conversation Piece (2010)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.; Kristen Smiarowski, dramaturg |
text, trombone, movement | 60' | |||||
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Bricklayers with a Sense of Humor (2009-2010)
sound-score for dance/theater work choreographed by Arianne Hoffman |
2 violins, 2 violas, horn, trombone, tuba, piano, 4 portable monophonic audio cassette players |
75' | |||||
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To Borrow Salt (2009)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.; Kristen Smiarowski, dramaturg |
text, voice, trombone, movement | 70' | |||||
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Indexical Permutations
(after The Key Game) (2009)
sound-score for dance/theater work choreographed by Kristen Smiarowski |
Hörspiel | 15' |
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The Key Game (2008)
sound-score for dance/theater work choreographed by Kristen Smiarowski |
Hörspiel | 22' |
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Turtles All the Way Down (2007)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir. |
trombone, voice, text, small sounds, movement | 100' |
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The Bachae (2006)
text: Euripides, trans. C.K. Williams directed by Mira Kingsley |
female chorus, amplified mandolin | 150' | |||||
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101 (2006)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir. |
trombone, voice, text, small sounds, movement | 100' | |||||
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Unbuttoned Sleeves (2005)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir. |
trombone, voice, vinyl hose | 45' | |||||
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Fasteners (2004)
music : Douglas C. Wadle video : Marianne Kim |
dance video | 18' | |||||
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Duet a Trio (2003)
performance piece for dancer and trombonist created with Kristen Smiarowski, choreographer |
trombone, voices | 15' | |||||
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Wall (2003)
accompaniment for site-specific dance choreographed by Kristen Smiarowski |
accordion, viola, cello | 20' | |||||
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WRITINGS PERTAINING TO MUSIC
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On “After ‘Ohio Impromptu’” and the Use of Interval Resolutions (2011) |
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Introduction to Reframing: Augmentation and Diminution of Extended Just Intonation Frequency Ratios (2011) |
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Meaningful Scribbles An Approach to Textual Analysis of Unconventional Notations (2010) |
Journal of Music & Meaning |
No. 9 |
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Tradition and Experiment (2009 [2007]) |
Notations 21 |
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Review: George Lewis, A Power Stronger than Itself (2009) |
The Open Space Magazine |
No. 11 |
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Review: Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise (2008) |
The Open Space Magazine |
No. 10 |
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Logos prior Logos Logos, Logic, Language (2007) |
Everybody Loves Difficult Music |
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Unbuttoned Sleeves Process Writings, co-authored with Simone Forti, Terrence Luke Johnson, & Sarah Swenson (2006) |
Beyond Baroque Books |
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Playing on the Murky Level a Philosophical Foundation for the Study of Meaning in and through Experimental Music/Performance (2004, rev. 2005) |
paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, 2004 |
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Creative Musical Proceses in the Field a Model for Intercultural Musical Collaboration as an Alternative to Traditional Fieldwork (2002) |
MA thesis in Ethnomusicology, UCLA |
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