John David Earnest: Catalog of Music

Choral Music

• A Moment in Time (1989) (10') (TTBB, Chamber Orchestra) ECS Publishing
        1.1.1.0/2.1.0.0/tp.perc(1).pno/strings
        text by Mervyn Goldstein
• A Van Doren Triptych (1983) (20') (SATB, Wind Ensemble)
        text by Mark Van Doren
• Cantus Humanus (1986) (14') (SATB, Brass XXXXXX)
        text by Richard Eberhart
• Celebration (1985) (6') (SATB, Treble Choir, Flute, Clarinet, Harp, Piano)
        text by Mervyn Goldstein
• Crickets and Commas (2003) (5') (SATB, Piano)
        1) Comma; 2) Tumbleweed; 3) Lightning; 4. Crickets; 5. Preposition
        texts by Robert Bode
• Fading Riches (1990) (10') (SATB, Percussion, Two Horns, Piano)
        text by Mervyn Goldstein
• I Waken to a Calling (1996) (XX') (SSAATTBB)
        text by Delmore Schwartz
• In After Time (1982) (12') (SATB, Piano 4-hands) ECS Publishing
  
• In After Time (1982) (12') (SATB, Orchestra) ECS Publishing
        3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/tp.perc(2).harp.pno/strings
        text by Richard Eberhart
• In Dreams (2003) (4') (SATB) ECS Publishing
        text by Robert Bode
• In Early Light (1982) (3') (SATB)
        text by Lisa Tracy
• In Solemn Defiance (1992) (7') (TTBB, Oboe)
  
• Jubilation (1986) (11') (SATB, Brass and Percussion)
        0.0.0.0/2.2.2.1/tp.perc(1).pno
• Motet (1990, 2001) (XX') (SATB) ECS Publishing (2nd movement only)
        1) Portrait; 2) Behold the Man; 3) Creation
        texts by 16th century metaphysical poets
• Night (2003) (4') (SATB) ECS Publishing
  
• Only in the Dream (1983) (8') (TTBB, Brass and Percussion) ECS Publishing
  
• Only in the Dream (1983) (8') (SATB, Brass and Percussion) ECS Publishing
        0.0.0.0/4.3.3.1/tp.perc(2).harp.pno
        text by Richard Eberhart
• Postcards from Frank (1997) (5') (TTBB, Piano) ECS Publishing
        1) Hydra, Greece, August 1986; 2) Hydra, Greece, August, 1995; 3) Jaipur, India, March 1987
        texts by Frank LoScalzo
  
• Rhapsody on a Sonnet (1995) (8') (TTBB, Oboe, Horn, Piano)
        text by Michelangelo (in English)
• Second Symphony, "The Hastening Light" (2000) (32') (SATB, Soprano, Orchestra)
        text by Walt Whitman
• Shine On Me (1983) (XX') (SSAATTBB)
        text by Tray Christopher
• Sun Songs and Nocturnes (1991) (26') (TTBB, Orchestra)
  
• The All of Everyone (1998) (8') (SATB, Mezzo-soprano, Brass)
        text by Art Kirn
• The First Day (2006) (10') (SATB, Baritone, Clarinet, Harp)
        text by Robert Bode
• The Incomparable Light (1984) (14') (TTBB, Two Pianos, Two Harps)
        text by Richard Eberhart
• The Son Has Risen (1979) (XX') (SATB, Brass)
        text by Tray Christopher
• The Waking (1988) (9') (SATB, Piano 4-hands)
        text by Theodore Roethke
• Three Snow Songs (2005) (12') (SATB, Piano 4-hands) ECS Publishing
        1) Fanfare to Winter; 2) In the Silence; 3) Angels in the Snow
        text by Robert Bode
• Variations on Three American Folksongs (2001) (15') (SATB, Piano 4-hands) ECS Publishing
        1) Sweet Betsy; 2) Streets of Laredo; 3) Clementine
        Traditional texts
• Voices (1991) (8') (SATB, Piano 4-hands) ECS Publishing
        text by Mervyn Goldstein
• Who Is That Fat Child? (1978) (3') (SATB)
        text by Tray Christopher

Vocal Music

• "And with this vow..." (Songs of Committment and Union) (1998-2004) (X') (Voice, Piano)
        1) I and Thou; 2) Two Hearts; 3) A Promise Made
        texts by Rumi and Robert Bode
• Crickets and Commas (2001) (5') (Voice, Piano)
        1) Comma; 2) Tumbleweed; 3) Lightning; 4. Crickets; 5. Preposition
        texts by Robert Bode
• Four Songs of Sophistication (2003-04) (15') (Voice, Piano)
        1) Inspiration; 2) The Poet's Choice; 3) The Poet to His Muse; 4) Cuisine d'amour
        texts by Robert Bode
• In Tommorrow's Fields (2001-02) (XX') (Voice, Piano) ECS Publishing
        1) Invocation; 2) Passing; 3) Night: Scherzo; 4) Hymn
        texts by Robert Bode
• Love Song (2005) (3') (Voice, Piano)
        text by Robert Bode
• Postcards from Frank (1996) (5') (Voice, Piano) ECS Publishing
        1) Hydra, Greece, August 1986; 2) Hydra, Greece, August, 1995; 3) Jaipur, India, March 1987
        texts by Frank LoScalzo
  
• Songs of Hadrian (2005) (30') (Tenor, Piano)
        1) Hadrian's Prayer; 2) Hadrian's Love Song; 3) Hadrian's Ecstasy; 4) Hadrian's Sorrow; 5) Hadrian's Madness
        texts by Arch Brown
  
• Tales of Terror and Murder (1988) (15') (Soprano, Trumpet, Cello, Piano)
        1) Karl Freund's "The Mummy"; 2) Murder in the Kitchen
        texts by Mervyn Goldstein and Alice B. Toklas
• The Blue Estuaries (1986-89) (20') (Soprano, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Vibraphone, Harp, Piano)
        1) Come, break with time; 2) Question in a field; 3) To be sung upon the water
        4) The Daemon; 5) Knowledge; 6) Variations on a sentence; 7) Night
        texts by Louise Bogan
• The Future in My Hand (2004) (10') (Voice, Piano)
        1) Autumn; 2) At Dusk; 3) Villanelle
        texts by Robert Bode
  
• Three E. E. Cummings Songs (1971, 1981) (XX') (Voice, Piano)
        1) when god lets my body; 2) love is more thicker; 3) in Just-spring
        texts by E. E. Cummings
  
• March of Enthusiasm (1978) (8') (Voice, Piano)
        text by Tray Christopher
• We Are Held (2004) (3') (Voice, Piano)
        text by Robert Bode

Operas

• A Desperate Waltz (1992) (50') ECS Publishing
        opera in one act (14 scenes); libretto by Mervyn Goldstein
        voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone
        instrumental ensemble: clarinet, cello, piano
  
• Howard (1979, rev. 1986-87) (30') ECS Publishing
        opera in one act (4 scenes); libretto by Tray Christopher
        voices: sopranos (2), mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritones (2), bass, narrator (male)
        instrumental ensemble: clarinet, cello, piano
  
• Opera of the Worms (1979, 1981, 1983) (15') ECS Publishing
        a miniature garden fantasy; libretto by Rene Ricard
        voices: soprano, dancers or mimes (2-4)
        instrumental ensemble: flute, clarinet, cello, vibraphone, piano
  
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1997) (50') ECS Publishing
        opera in one act; libretto by Mervyn Goldstein
        voices: soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone
        instrumental ensemble: piano
  

Orchestral Music

• A Permian Symphony (1981) (33') (Orchestra and Two Narrators)
        text by Thomas Moore
• Bountiful Voyager (1991, rev. 1993) (24') (Orchestra) ECS Publishing
        2.2.2.2/2.2.0.0/perc(1).harp/strings
• Chasing the Sun (Scherzo for Orchestra) (1987) (6') (Orchestra) ECS Publishing
        3.2.2.2/4.3.1.1/tp.perc(3).harp/strings
• Dance Rhapsody (1996) (8') (String Orchestra)
  
• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1994) (30') (Piano and Orchestra)
  
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (2004) (25') (Piano, Harp, String Orchestra)
  
• Southern Exposure (2002) (9') (Orchestra)
  
• Symphonic Dances (1993) (12') (Orchestra)
  

Wind Ensemble/Concert Band Music

• Bristol Fanfare (1986) (2') (Concert Band)
  
• Fanfares and Dances (1979) (12') (Concert Band)
  

Chamber Music

• Aria and Chorale (2004) (6') (Violin, Piano)
  
• Romeo and Juliet Transcript (1986) (17') (Two Pianos)
        transcription of the overture by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
• Trois Morceaux (1976) (10') (Clarinet, Violin, Cello) ECS Publishing
  
• Winter Dances (1985, 1991) (16') (Clarinet, Cello, Piano)
  

Solo Instrumental Music

• Argyle Rag (1994) (3') (Piano)
  
• Aria and Chorale (2001) (6') (Piano)
  
• Lullaby on a Theme of John Corigliano (1996) (6') (Piano)
  
• Sonata for Piano (1999) (30') (Piano)
  
• Three Bagatelles (2004) (XX') (Piano)
        1) Gremlins; 2) Clouds; 3) March