Hubert Howe, Composer
Compositions
Electronic Music:
- Computer Variations, 1967-68 (9' 30")
- Kaleidoscope, 1969 (6' 18")
- Interchanges, 1970-71 (12' 13")
- Macro-Structure, 1971 (5' 11")
- Freeze, 1972 (11' 17")
- Three Studies in Timbre, 1970-73 (13' 54")
- Canons (four movements), 1974 (35' 10")
- Timbre Study No. 4, 1976-77 (12' 17")
- Improvisation on the Overtone Series, 1977 (15' 14")
- Glissando Piece, 1978 (7' 15")
- Abstractions, 1980 (11')
- Luminescence, 1985 (12' 4")
- Timbre Study No. 5, 1991 (17' 2")
- (*) Meditation, 1993 (15 ' 4")
- Improvisation No. 2, 1994 (9' 15")
- Improvisation No. 3, 1995 (12' 39")
- Timbre Study No. 6, 1997 (11' 28")
- Improvisation No. 4, 1998 (18' 32")
- Cacophony, 1999 (11 ' 21")
- Fantasy on the Square Roots of 2 and 3, 1999 (15' 8")
- (*) Mosaic, 2001, (10' 30")
- LongGong, 2001, (10' 16")
- Cacophony II, 2002, (13' 52")
- (*) Iridescence, 2002, (9' 40")
- (*) Harmonic Fantasy, 2003, (12' 13")
- (*) Scrunch! 2005, (8' 24")
- (*) Inharmonic Fantasy, 2005, (9' 24")
- (*) Macro Structure No. 2, 2006, (7' 00")
- (*) Inharmonic Fantasy No. 2, 2007 (6' 26")
- (*) Groans, 2007 (8' 50")
- (*) Timbre Study No. 7, 2008 (10' 19.5")
(*) Quadraphonic and Octaphonic versions of these works are available.
Music for electronic keyboards in live performance:
- Piece for DX-7 II Synthesizer Ensemble, 1987 (7')
(four Yamaha DX7-II synthesizers)
- Concerto for Two Keyboards, 1989 (9')
(two pianos or five-octave synthesizers)
- Procession for three synthesizers, 1989 (14')
(three five-octave synthesizers)
Music for soloists and chamber ensembles:
- Six Songs for Soprano and Piano, 1966-68 (13-1/2')
(soprano voice, piano)
- Piece for Five-Octave Keyboard, 1986 (one movement, 8' 40")
(piano or synthesizer)
- Quintet, 1994 (two movements, 18')
(fl., A cl., vn., vc., pno)
- Nonet, 1996 (two movements, 26')
(fl., ob. cl., bn., vn., va., vc., cb., pno.)
- Eleven Preludes for Piano, 1999 (5' 30")
(piano)
- Chamber Concerto, 2001 (two movements, 16')
(fl., ob., cl., bn., hn., pno., strings)
- Chamber Concerto No. 2, 2004 (two movements, 12')
(fl., ob., cl., bn., pno., strings)
- Chamber Concerto No. 3, 2006 (two movements, 16')
(fl., ob., cl., bn., Hn., pno., strings)
Music for Orchestra:
- Prism, 1992, revision of Scherzo, 1978 (12')
(2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., bs. cl., 2 bn., 4 hn., 2 tpt., 2 trb., tuba, strings)
- Elegy for Strings, 1987 (5')
(strings)
- Symphony for Orchestra, 1987-89 (four movements, 40')
(2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., bs. cl., 2 bn., 4 hn., 2 tpt., 2 trb., tuba, strings)
- Concerto for Piano and Strings, 1989 (one movement, 9')
(piano solo, strings)
- Essay for Orchestra, 1989-92 (19')
(2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., bs. cl., 2 bn., 4 hn., 2 tpt., 2 trb., tuba, strings)
- Symphony No. 2, 1992 (five movements without pause, 30')
(fl., ob., cl., bn., hn., tpt., pno., strings)
- Symphony No. 3, 2007-8 (three movements, 28')
(fl., ob., cl., bn., hn., tpt., tbn., tba., pno., strings)
All music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and electronic keyboards in live performance are published by American Composers Edition, the publishing division of the American Composers Alliance.
Recordings of electronic music are also available from ACA. Also check the list of recordings.
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