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I began writing music in what we would now call a progressive
rock style when I was about 12 or 13 years old. None of this is in what I
consider my currently active repertoire but some of the pieces I still rather
enjoy (if only privately and with some close friends). The one's listed
here constitute the pieces that I still listen to and even tinker with from time
to time. Each piece is listed in a separate table showing a history of the
revisions which the piece has undergone.
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Questions
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| Memorial Offering to a Lost Friend (version #1) |
Not Specified |
9:30 |
1970 |
| Memorial Offering to a Lost Friend (version #2) |
Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, Voice |
9:30 |
3/71 |
Memorial Offering to a Lost Friend (version
#3)
Later called "Questions" (not version #4, just
a renaming of this version). |
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1. Questions, pt.1
Some of the music by Denny Miller.
2. Requiem to Jennifer
3. Questions, pt.2
4. The Eternal Question
5. Is this Happiness |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices
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9:30 |
5/72 |
| Questions |
Org, Synth, Bass Gtr, Gtr, Drums, 3 voices |
12:00 |
Spring, 2003 |
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Sir Geoffrey of Kendall County
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| Sir Geoffrey of Kendall County (version #1) |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
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late 1971 |
| Sir Geoffrey of Kendall County (version #2) |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Pno, Org, Synth, Bass Gtr, Drums,
Guiro, 4 Voices |
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11/72 |
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The Lady Guinevere
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| The Lady Guinevere (version #1) |
2 Fl, Sop Recorder, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Pno, Drums, 3 Voices |
12:00 |
11/71 |
| The Lady Guinevere (version #2) |
2 Fl, Sop Recorder, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Pno, Drums, 3 Voices |
12:00 |
10/72 |
| The Lady Guinevere (version #3) |
Pno, 2 Sop Recorder, 2 Voices |
6:30 |
5/73 |
| The Lady Guinevere (rearrangement of
version #3) |
Hspi, Ob, Cello, 2 Voices |
6:30 |
3/94 |
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Awaken
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Awaken
All of the guitar part (and hence, much of the piece) was
actually written by Denny Miller. |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, 12-Str Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, Voice |
7:00 |
1/72 |
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Olivia and Eric Suite
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| Olivia and Eric Suite (version #1) |
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1. Prelude: Genesis
2. Olivia and Eric, pt.1
3. Ascension
4. Olivia and Eric, pt.2 |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices
Pno, Voice
Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
12:00 |
1/72 |
| Olivia and Eric Suite (version #2) |
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1. Prelude: Genesis
2. Olivia and Eric, pt.1
3. Ascension
4. Olivia and Eric, pt.2 |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Org, Bass Gtr, Drums
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Org, Pno, Synth, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices
Pno, Organ Pedals, Voice
Elec.Gtr, Pno, Org, Synth, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
11:30 |
10/72 |
Olivia and Eric Suite (Same movements
as above.)
Just added additional flute lines to version #2) |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Org, Pno, Synth, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
11:30 |
6/73 |
| Olivia and Eric Suite (Final revisions
(minor). Same movements as above.) |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Org, Pno, Synth, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
11:30 |
5/74 |
Olivia and Eric Suite (extensive
rearranging. Same movements as above.)
work continued off and on through June |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Org, Pno, Synth, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
12:30 |
Feb/Mar 1994 |
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The Battle
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| The Battle Suite (version #1) |
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1. The Battle
The opening flute solo provided much of the material for my
first orchestral work (The Peace Suite), long since withdrawn.
2. Prelude in D
This movement was later removed from this piece and
incorporated into Child of the Dawn (q.v., below). Parts of it
also appear in a (withdrawn) piece for solo piano called Toccata in a.
3. The Battle's Over |
Fl, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices
Fl, Pno
Pno, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Tambourine, Voice |
11:00 |
5/72 |
The Battle (version #2)
Virtually the same as the first movement of version #1,
but without the introductory flute part and with some contrapuntal lines
added. |
Fl, Elec.Pno, Org, Synth, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
5:30 |
4/73 |
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Tales of Uriah
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| Tales of Uriah (version #1) |
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1. Birth of a Nation, pt.1
2. Birth of Uriah
3. In the Gardens of Torment, pt.1
4. Along the Corridors of Time
5. In the Gardens of Torment, pt.2
6. Birth of a Nation, pt.2
7. Birth of New Horizons |
Not Specified
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14:00 |
6/72-9/72 |
| Tales of Uriah (version #2) |
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1. Birth of a Nation
Later renamed "Birth of Uriah"
2. Birth of Uriah, pt.1
Later renamed "Uriah's Song"
3. Fughetta in a
4. Birth of Uriah, pt.2
Later renamed to "Uriah's Song"
5. In the Gardens of Torment, pt.1
6. Along the Corridors of Time, pt.1
7. Glimpses of the Inevitable
8. Along the Corridors of Time, pt.2
9. In the Gardens of Torment, pt.2 |
Pno, Synth, Org, Elec.Gtr, Acoustic Gtr, Bass Gtr,
Drums, 2 Voices (4 in last move)
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16:00 |
8/73
8/73
10/73
8/73
8/72 & 8/73
6/70 & 8/73
9/73
6/70 & 8/73
8/73 & 9/74 |
| Tales of Uriah (final revisions (same
movements as version #2)) |
Pno, Synth, Org, Elec.Gtr, Acoustic Gtr, Bass Gtr,
Drums, 2 Voices (4 in last move) |
16:00 |
summer, 1974 |
| Tales of Uriah (Extensive rearranging) |
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1. Birth of Uriah
2. Uriah's Song, pt.1
3. Fughetta in a
4. Uriah's Song, pt.2
5. In the Gardens of Torment, pt.1
6. Along the Corridors of Time
7. In the Gardens of Torment, pt.2 |
Pno, Synth, Org, Elec.Gtr, Acoustic Gtr, Bass Gtr,
Drums, 2 Voices (4 in last move) |
12:45 |
summer, 1990 |
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The Rape of Persephone (withdrawn)
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The Rape of Persephone
Based on a free improvisation (partially recorded) with Jimi
Paradis and Rusty D'Addio. Only a few fragments actually written down.
Many of the gestures and ideas (although very little of the actual
music) appear in the much later Metamorphosis. |
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1. Abduction of the Maiden
2. The Search
3. Hymn of Demeter |
Elec.Gtr, Pno, Org, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices
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3/73 |
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Maiden of the Misty Morn
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| Maiden of the Misty Morn |
Elec.Gtr, Elec.Pno, Org, Bass Gtr, Drums, 3 Voices |
5:30 |
4/73 |
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Tormented Journey
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Tormented Journey
Some of the music by Denny Miller and Jimi Paradis. |
Elec.Pno, Org, Synth, Elec.Gtr, Bass Gtr, Drums, 2 Voices |
4:00 |
4/73 |
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Child of the Dawn (withdrawn)
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Child of the Dawn (version #1)
Incorporates some of the second and third movements of The
Battle Suite. |
2 Fl or Sop Recorder, Pno, 2 Voices |
4:30 |
7/73 |
| Child of the Dawn (version #2) |
SSABB, Pno |
4:30 |
4/74 |
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