Jon Appleton

Works

Works listed in brackets [ ] withdrawn by the composer.

Orchestra

• After "Nude Descending a Staircase" (1965)
• The American Songs for Tenor and Orchestra (1966)
• Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra (2006)
• Fantasy for 'Cello and String Orchestra (2007)
• Concerto Grosso for Violin, 'Cello, Piano and String Orchestra (2008)

Chamber Music

• Four Explorations for Violin and Piano (1964)
• [Circus for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello and Tape (1964)]
• Four Inventions for Two Flutes (1965)
• Six Movements for Wind Quintet (1964)
• [String Trio (1963)]
• Two Movements for Wind Quintet (1963)
• Winesburg, Ohio for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, 'Cello and Piano (1972)
• String Quartet (1976)
• Soviet-American Dances; for Fl.,Cl.,Vln.,Vla.,Vc.,Perc. and Synclavier (1984) Commissioned by the Boston Musica Viva.
• The Day Jesus Kissed Me for Solo Harp (1986)
• The Endless Melody for Clarinet and Synclavier (1986)
• Fanfare for a New President (Brass Qunitet) (1987)
• ...to the Islands for Violin, Saxophone, Accordion and Double bass (1989)
• Nihon no Omoide - Six Bagatelles for Solo Violin (1996)
• Stop Time (for Solo Flute and Tap Dancer), Commissioned by Margaret Lancaster, (2000)
• Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (2004)
• Ilya Andrevich Smirnov, for Theremin, Violin, Flute, Clarinet, 'Cello (2005)
• Suite for Solo Violoncello (2005)
• Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (2007)
• Five Easy Pieces for Violin, Clarinet or Theremin and Piano (2010)
• The Alexandra Trio (Violin, 'Cello, Piano) (2011)

Vocal Music

• Two Songs (1964)
• The Dying Christian to His Soul (1965) ASSOCIATED MUSIC PUBLISHERS
• The American Songs for Tenor and Piano (1966)
• A Swedish Love Song for Voice and Synclavier (1985)
• Tres Canciones Cubanas (1991)
• Canciones Latinas (1991)
• Vocalise for Voice and Piano (2003)

Choral Music

• The Green Wave {SATB} (1964)
• Ballad of the Soldier {TTBB} (1974)
• This is America {SATB} (1976)
• Sonaria for Choir and Synclavier (1978)
• Le Dernier Voyage for Children's Choir, Narrator and Synclavier, commissioned by the Conseil General des Alpes-Maritimes for the Rencontres de Chorales d'enfants (1988-1989)
• Our Voyage to America {SATB} for the Dmitri Pokrovsky Choir (1992)
• HOPI: La Naissance du désert, French Government Commission for the Rencontres de Chorales d'enfants in Nice (1992-1993)
• Le Dernier Voyage for Children's Choir, Narrator and Orchestra, commissioned by the Conseil General des Alpes-Maritimes for the Rencontres de Chorales d'enfants (2005-2006)

Piano Music

• [Sonata No. 1 (1960)]
• Sonata No. 2 for Gabriel Chodos (1967)
• Duo for Oscar for Piano and Synclavier (1985)
• A Summer's Lullaby for Molly (1991)
• The Turkina Suite for Two Pianos (1995)
• Quatre regards sur le Parc du Roy d'Espagne for piano four hands (1995)
• Eight Hands for two pianos, eight hands (1996)
• The Turkina Sonata for Two Pianos (1998)
• Julia (Nine Pieces for Solo Piano) (2001)
• Scarlatti Doubles (2008)
• Nine Novelettes for Solo Piano (2009)
• Sonata No. 2 for Two Pianos (2011)

Synclavier and Other Digital Performance Instruments

• Prelude (1978)
• Untitled (1979)
• Kapingamarangi (1979)
• Nukuoro (1979)
• Vava'u (1980)
• The Tale of William Mariner (1980)
• Sashasonjon (1981)
• The Snow Queen (1981)
• Degitaru Ongaku (1983)
• Duo for Oscar for Synclavier and Piano (1985)
• [Bombay (1986)]
• Brush Canyon (1986)
• Eros Ex Machina (1987)
• Borrego Springs (1988)
• A Summer's Lullaby (1989)
• Pacific Rimb—mbo (1991)

Mixed Media

• Scene Unobserved for Wind, String, Percussion, Piano, Tape and Film (1969)
• The Bremen Town Musicians; a Concerto for Toy Piano and Twelve Toy Double Structure, with Christian Wolff (1971)
• The Lament of Kamuela; full length musical/dramatic work for choir (S.A.T.B.), tape, Hawaiian singer, Japanese classical singer, rock group with film and video (l983)
• Happening USA 1968, for tape dancers, mime and live electronics (1988)
• Marco Polo Revisited, for turntables and processed voice (2000)

Electroacoustic Music

• [Study No.1 (1963)]
• [Study No.2 (1964)]
• [Study No.3 (1964)]
• [Primary Experience (1965)]
• [Columbia Study No.1 (1965)]
• Infantasy (1966) Recorded: FDS103
• Georganna's Fancy (1966) Recorded: FDS103
• Spuyten Duyvil (1967) Recorded: FDS103
• Chef d'Oeuvre (1967) Recorded: FDS103 and FTS33437
• Nyckelharpen (1968) Recorded: FDS103
• Second Scene Unobserved (1968) Recorded: FDS103
• [The Visitation (1969) Recorded: FDS103
• Newark Airport Rock (1969) Recorded: FDS103
• Times Square Times Ten (1969) Recorded: FDS103 and FTS33437
• C.C.C.P., In Memorium Anatoly Kuznetsov (1969) Recorded: FTS 33437
• [Patience (1969)]
• Boghosian's Piece, a.k.a. Hommage to Orpheus (1969) Recorded: FTS 33437
• Burdock Birds (1969)
• Hommage to G.R.M. (1970)
• [Quiet Piece (1970)]
• Apolliana (1970) Recorded: FTS 33437
• Kungsgatan 8 (1971)
• Dr. Quisling in Stockholm; Commissioned by the Swedish Radio (1971)
• Nevsehir (1971) Recorded: FTS33437
• [Variations on a Theme by Rachmaninoff (1972)]
• Sones de San Blas (1972) Recorded: FTS33437
• Stereopticon (1972)
• Ofa atu Tonga (1973) Recorded: FTS33437
• Otahiti (1973) Commissioned by the Groupe de Musique Experimentale de Bourges (1973)
• Rodluvan (1973)
• Zoetrope (1974) Recorded: FTS33445
• Georganna's Farewell (1975) Recorded: FTS33442
• The Sydsing Camklang (1976) Recorded: FTS33445
• Mussems Song (1976) Recorded: FTS33445
• In Deserto (1977) Recorded: FTS33445
• Syntrophia (1977) Recorded: FTS33445
• In Medias Res (1978)
• The Sweet Dreams of Miss Pamela Beach (1981)
• Kamuela (Return to Waimea) (l983)
• Boum Sha Boom (1983)
• Oskuldens Drøm (1985)
• Homenaje á Milanes (1987)
• Ce Que Signifie La Declaration des Droits de l"Homme et du Citoyen de 1789 pour les hommes et les citoyens des Iles Marquises (1989)
• Sudden Death (1989) Commissioned by the Bienale de São Paulo, Brazil
• Dima Dobralsa Domoy (1993)
• Dva Interview (1993) with Sergei Kossenko
• 'U ha'amata 'atou 'i te himene (1996)
• San Francisco Airport Rock (1996)
• Ko To Yamanotesen (1998)
• JJ Pop (2000)
• *Quiff (2001)
• Sheremetyevo Airport Rock (2002)
• Narita Airport Rock (2003)
• Tu va tres bien, Madame Risset (2004)
• Solitude (2011)

Film Scores

• Nobody Knows Everything (1965) for Carol Burns
• Anuszkiewicz (1968) for Dartmouth College
• Scene Unobserved (1969) with Wayne Wadham, Pierre Payne and John Mellquist
• Computer Graphics at 110 Baud (1969) for Kiewitt Computation Center
• Charlie Item and Double X (1970) for Robert Drew Associates
• Glory!, Glory! (1971) for Ralph Steiner
• Arriflex 16SR (1978) for Jon Fauer and the Arriflex Corporation
• Hay Fever (1988) an original dance video.
• Rasias in China (1991)

Films

• The Search for Boris Budsarovia (1996) (with Matt Bucy)
• Who is Alexander Kalishnikov (1997) (with Matt Bucy)
• Meeting Misha Nijinsky (1997) (with Matt Bucy)
• Moscow Meat (1998) (with Matt Bucy)
• Tuxedo Gaijin (1999) with Matt Bucy)
• Bršllops Natt (2001) (with Matt Bucy)

Theatre Music

• [Summer and Smoke (1964) University of Oregon]
• [The Stone Angel (1963) University of Oregon]
• [The Visit (1964) University of Oregon]
• [Dark of the Moon (1967) Dartmouth College]
• The Ghost Sonata (1969) Dartmouth College
• [King Lear (1974) Dartmouth College]
• Subject to Fits (1978) Dartmouth College
• Death Takes A Holiday (1987) Dartmouth College
• Aunt Dan and Lemon (1988) Thetford Players

Dance Music

• Pilobolus (1971) for Pilobolus
• Spyrogyra (1972) for Pilobolus
• Cameo (1972) for Pilobolus
• Anaendrom (1972) for Pilobolus
• Aubade (1973) for Pilobolus
• Ciona (1974, 1977) for Pilobolus
• Otahiti (1978) for Lydia Shigekane
• The Sydsing Camklang (1978) for Elisabeth Appleton
• Prelude (1979) for Elisabeth Appleton
• Nukuoro (1980) for Elisabeth Appleton
• Beginnings (1980) for PONTINE (The New Hampshire Mime Company)
• The Tale of William Mariner (1980) for PONTINE