Stephen Jaffe

Artistic composition · 2018 This is a collaborative cantata featuring four composers: Melinda Wagner, Eric Moe, David Kirkland Garner. Writers included Richard Powers, W.S. Merwin, Anne LaBastille, Richard Powers, Henry David Thoreau and others. ... Link to item Cite

Figure-Ground

Artistic production · 2015 For Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello. First performed in Francestown, New Hampshire and in Durham (Ciompi Quartet, Summer Concerts), July 2015. The 10 minute work is a new arrangement of two of pieces from Three Figures and A Ground (1988). ... Link to item Cite

HIP Concerto (Chamber Concerto No. 3)

Artistic composition · 2014 HIP Concerto (Chamber Concerto No. 3) (2013) for J.S. Bach inspired ensemble of Historical or Modern Instruments: Recorder/Transverse Fl., Baroque Oboe, Baroque Trumpet (D and C), Baroque Violin, Baroque Viola, Baroque Cello, Violone, Harpsichord. (17′) ( ... Link to item Cite

Elation

Digital art · 2014 CD recording: Albany/Troy 1483 ... Link to item Cite

String Quartet No. 3 ("A Tapestry")

Artistic composition · 2014 Stephen Jaffe STRING QUARTET No. 3 (“A Tapestry”) I. Prelude (fragments) II. Scherzo I: poised and graceful, but impish (“scherzino”) III. Joy of rhythm IV. Ribbons (watercolor) V. Scherzo II (“scherzone”- with night blues) VI. Postlude (with light of d ... Link to item Cite

The Composer As Artist in the Public Arena: Working with Text as Sound, Narrative, and Musical Potential

Artistic composition · March 27, 2012 With Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, mezzo-soprano and Daniel Thomas Davis, piano, in a presentation of music by faculty (Davis and Jaffe), and members of the Music 295 Seminar "The Composer As Artist in the Public Arena: Working with Text as Sound, Narrative." ... Cite

DESIGNS II

Artistic composition · 2012 S. Jaffe, DESIGNS II (2012). for Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, Guitar/Electric Guitar, and Percussion ... Cite

Summer Voices

Artistic composition · 2012 Stephen Jaffe, Summer Voices (2012). Instrumentation: Flute/alto flute, Clarinet in Bb, Trumpet in C, Percussion, Harp, Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello, Mezzo-soprano solo, SATB Chorus or Chamber Chorus. Duration: about 20 minutes. The thirteen movements co ... Link to item Cite

String Quartet No. 2 ("Aeolian and Sylvan Figures")

Digital art · 2012 S. Jaffe, String Quartet No. 2 ("Aeolian and Sylvan Figures") (September 23, 2012). Recording Session Held, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. Borromeo String Quartet. ... Link to item Cite

STILL LIFE WITH BLUE (for Orchestra) aka: SOUTHERN LIGHTS

Artistic composition · 2012 STILL LIFE WITH BLUE (for Orchestra) aka: SOUTHERN LIGHTS Durham Symphony Orchestra, WiIliam Henry Currry, Cond. A separate version of the work, THREE PIECES from STILL LIFE WITH BLUE, was created for children. KidZNotes and the Durham Symphony Orchestra ... Cite

Cameo

Artistic composition · 2011 Stephen Jaffe, Cameo (2011). Da Capo Chamber Players, Merkin Hall NY. The work, for two antiphonal cellists and ensemble, was conceived as a passing of the torch from longtime Da Capo cellist Andre Emelianoff to James Wilson, the group's new cellist. Jaf ... Link to item Cite

Four Movements Quasi Sonata

Digital art · 2010 Stephen Jaffe, Four Movements Quasi Sonata (2010). Edits of recording were completed in September 2010. ... Cite

Who Cooks for You?

Artistic composition · 2009 Stephen Jaffe, Who Cooks for You? (2009). Contribution to Richard Wilbur celebration, Monadnock music. For mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola and guitar. Stephen Jaffe, Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2) (2009), Merion Music, Inc. (Theodore Presser Co.) ... Link to item Cite

Offering for flute, harp and viola

Digital art · 2009 Stephen Jaffe, Offering for flute, harp and viola (2009). New recording completed by Laura Gilbert, flute; Jonathan Bagg, viola, and Stacey Shames, harp. ... Cite

LIGHT DANCES (Chamber Concerto No. 2)

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Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2)

Digital art · 2009 Light Dances (Chamber Concerto No. 2), 2009, Network for New Music, Philadelphia ... Link to item Cite

Cithara mea (Evocations): Spanish Music Notebook for Orchestra

Artistic composition · 2008 Stephen Jaffe, Cithara mea (Evocations): Spanish Music Notebook for Orchestra ... Link to item Cite

SONATA (in Four Parts) for cello and piano

Artistic composition · 2008 Stephen Jaffe, SONATA (in Four Parts) for cello and piano, 144-40545 - piano score and part (Spring, 2008), Merion Music, Inc. (Theodore Presser Co.). Program Listing SONATA (in four parts) Stephen Jaffe I. Fantasque (strange dialogue; not what it ... Link to item Cite

Quattro Mani: Kindred Spirits

Digital art · 2008 Stephen Jaffe, Quattro Mani: Kindred Spirits, vol. 9260 (2008), Bridge. Contains "Cut-Time Shout" for two pianos ... Link to item Cite

Guitar in USA

Digital art · 2008 S. Jaffe, Spinoff, Guitar in USA (2008) (GMR 3193.). Phillipe Azoulay, Guitar ... Cite

The Music of Stephen Jaffe Volume III. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Poetry of the Piedmont, Homage to the Breath, and Cut Time

Digital art · 2008 Stephen Jaffe, Volume III. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Poetry of the Piedmont, Homage to the Breath, and Cut Time, vol. 3 no. 9255 (2008), Bridge Records. First Recordings, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Poetry of the Piedmont, Homage to the Brea ... Link to item Cite

LIGHT DANCES

Artistic composition · 2008 Link to item Cite

By the Grace of Others

Artistic production · 2007 A duet inspired by and choreographed to "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra," 2nd Movement, by Duke faculty composer Stephen Jaffe. Performed with the first movement of the same work, choreographed in 2003. ... Cite

Four Pieces Quasi Sonata for Viola and Piano

Artistic composition · 2006 Stephen Jaffe, Four Pieces Quasi Sonata for Viola and Piano, 144-40544 - piano score and part (2006), Merion Music, Inc. (Theodore Presser Co.). Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation, Harvard University, and first performed by Jonathan Bagg, viola ... Cite

String Quartet No. 2 ("Aeolian and Sylvan Figures")

Artistic composition · 2006 Stephen Jaffe, String Quartet No. 2 ("Aeolian and Sylvan Figures"), 144-40506 (full score) (Spring, 2006), Merion Music, Inc. (Theodore Presser Co.). Commissioned by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society for the Miami Quartet ... Cite

Designs and Three Figures and A Ground

Digital art · 2006 Designs and Three Figures and A Ground (2006), AUR (Arizona University Recordings) AUR CD 3123 (Christine Gustafson, flute, Christopher Deane, percussion and William Anderson, guitar.) ... Cite

Poetry of the Piedmont (Poesis Piementosa)

Artistic composition · 2006 Stephen Jaffe, Poetry of the Piedmont, 446-41245 (study score) (2006), Merion Music, Inc. (Theodore Presser Co.). Commissioned by the North Carolina Symphony as part of its "Postcards from North Carolina" project honoring the 75th anniversary of the orch ... Cite

Con Sordino for violin and piano

Artistic composition · 2005 Stephen Jaffe, Con Sordino for violin and piano (2005). Con Sordino for Violin and Piano (2005) is dedicated to the Classical Recording Foundation, and was first performed at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, November 22, 2005 by Gregory Fulker ... Cite

CUT TIME for Orchestra

Artistic composition · 2005 Stephen Jaffe, CUT TIME for Orchestra (2005). Orchestral version of Cut Time Shout. First performances by the National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin and Emil de Cou, conductors, March 9-18, 2005 ... Cite

The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Volume 2

Digital art · 2004 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and Chamber Concerto ("Singing Figures"), vol. II (2004), Bridge Records, Inc. 9141 ... Link to item Cite

Cut-Time Shout

Artistic composition · 2004 Cut-Time Shout, 2004, Department of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Theodore Presser Company Publication: 140-40099 ... Link to item Cite

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Artistic composition · 2004 Print (Study score; parts on rental) Concerto For Violoncello and Orchestra Stephen Jaffe Full Score - Study Item Number: 446-41195 ... Link to item Cite

Designs, for flute, guitar and percussion

Artistic composition · 2001 Designs, for flute, guitar and percussion, 2001 ... Cite

Homage to the Breath: Instrumental and Vocal Meditations for Mezzo soprano and Ten Instruments,

Artistic composition · 2001 Homage to the Breath: Instrumental and Vocal Meditations for Mezzo soprano and Ten Instruments, 2001, Barlow Endowment, Brigham Young University and Twentieth Century Consort (Washington, DC) Published by Theodore Presser Company ... Link to item Cite

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Artistic composition · 1999 The work was created for Nicholas Kitchen, violin solo, and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, who gave the first performances in March 2000. ... Link to item Cite

Newdance: 18 Dances for Guitar Bridge 9084

Digital art · 1998 Spinoff for guitar, on Newdance: 18 Dances for Guitar Bridge 9084. David Starobin, guitar (1998) Grammy Award Nomination, 1999 , Bridge Records, Inc. 9084 Score published by Theodore Presser Company: 144-40361 ... Link to item Cite

Spinoff

Artistic composition · 1997 Written for David Starobin's Newdance collection. ... Link to item Cite

Strange Attractors

Digital art · 1997 Impromptu for piano, on Strange Attractors: New American Music for Piano, Albany CD (Troy 231). Patricia Goodson, piano (1997) (1997) ... Link to item Cite

Offering

Artistic composition · 1996 for flute, harp and viola. Published Theodore Presser Co. ... Link to item Cite

To Sun, To Feast & To Converse Albany CD

Digital art · 1995 Fort Juniper Songs for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano, on To Sun, To Feast & To Converse Albany CD (Troy 172). Terry Rhodes, soprano, Ellen Williams, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Jaffe, piano (1995) (1995) ... Link to item Cite

Songs of Turning

Artistic composition · 1995 Link to item Cite

New Music, Tailor Made: Fort Juniper Songs of Stephen Jaffe

Journal article NATS Journal (National Association of Teachers of Singing) · January 1994 Cite

The Music of Stephen Jaffe, Volume I

Digital art · 1994 The Rhythm Of The Running Plough, Double Sonata, and Four Songs With Ensemble, Bridge CD BCD 9047. Speculum Musicae, D'Anna Fortunato, Anton Nel, Barry Snyder, Prism Orchestra (1994), The Music of Stephen Jaffe, vol. I (1994), Bridge Records, Inc. ... Link to item Cite

The Now and Present Flute

Digital art · 1994 Three Figures and A Ground, Patricia Spencer, flute, Linda Hall, piano, The Now and Present Flute (1994), Neuma 450-88 ... Link to item Cite

Chamber Concerto ("Singing Figures")

Artistic composition · 1994 Chamber Concerto ("Singing Figures") for Oboe and Six Instruments, 1994. Score published by Theodore Presser Company: Item Number: 446-41199 (Purchase) Score and Parts Available on rental ... Link to item Cite

American Music for String Quartet

Digital art · 1993 First Quartet for string quartet, Ciompi Quartet, American Music for String Quartet (1993), Albany Records, Troy CD 073 ... Link to item Cite

Conversation Between J.S. and S.J. On The New Tonality

Journal article Contemporary Music Review · 1992 Cite

Triptych for piano and woodwind quintet

Artistic composition · 1992 Triptych for piano and woodwind quintet, 1992, Hexagon, New York, and Raleigh Chamber Music Guild 50th Anniversary ... Cite

First Quartet

Artistic composition · 1990 First Quartet (1990) for String Quartet, 1990, Ciompi Quartet ... Link to item Cite

Fort Juniper Songs; Seven Poems of Robert Francis for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano

Artistic composition · 1989 Fort Juniper Songs; Seven Poems of Robert Francis for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano. ... Link to item Cite

Double Sonata for two pianos

Artistic composition · 1988 Double Sonata for two pianos. NY TImes review of the premiere by Anton Nel and Barry Snyder, Alice Tully Hall: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/28/arts/review-concert-2-commissioned-works-and-a-bit-of-tapping.html ... Link to item Cite

Four Songs With Ensemble

Artistic composition · 1988 Four Songs With Ensemble, 1988, North Carolina Arts Council/ An Appalachian Summer (Boone, NC) ... Cite

Three Yiddish Songs (Chamber Version)

Artistic composition · 1987 Three Yiddish Songs (Chamber Version), 1987 ... Cite

The Rhythm of the Running Plough

Artistic composition · 1987 Version for Chamber Orchestra ... Link to item Cite

Impromptu for piano

Artistic composition · 1986 First performed by James Primosch, piano, Free Library of Philadelphia. Published score by Theodore Presser: 140-40077 ... Link to item Cite

The Rhythm of the Running Plough

Artistic composition · 1985 The Rhythm of the Running Plough, 1985. Original version for four players flute (alto flute & piccolo), violin, cello and percussion. The chamber orchestra version dates from 1987. ... Link to item Cite

Autumnal for Orchestra

Artistic composition · 1985 Cite

Three Figures & A Ground for flute and piano

Artistic composition · 1985 Three Figures & A Ground for flute and piano, 1985, National Endowment for the Arts Consortium Commission Published by Theodore Presser Company: 144-40170. The fourth movement, Introduction and the Ground, may be played as a separate piece. ... Link to item Cite

Greenbaum, Hyla, Barkin & Jaffe: Chamber Works

Digital art · 1983 Centering, for two violins, Linda Quan, Curtis Macomber, violins. Originally issued on C.R.I. 513 (1983) ... Link to item Cite

A Nonesuch Serenade

Artistic composition · 1982 A Nonesuch Serenade, 1982, Nonesuch Commission, American Music Center ... Cite

Arch for large chamber ensemble

Artistic composition · 1981 Arch for large chamber ensemble, 1981. First Performance at the American Academy in Rome, Spring, 1981. ... Link to item Cite

Ballade: Quartet from Arch

Artistic composition · 1981 for violin, cello, clarinet and piano, 12'. Originally published by MMB, this composition was taken over by Theodore Presser Company. For the dedicatee, Diachronos Ensemble, Jaffe has adapted a movement from his larger work, Arch. According to the compos ... Link to item Cite

Partita for cello, piano and percussion

Artistic composition · 1980 Partita for cello, piano and percussion, 1980, Da Capo Chamber Players, New York (assisted by N.E.A.) ... Cite

Three Images for Chorus and Instruments

Artistic composition · 1979 Three Images for Chorus and Instruments, 1979, Moravian College Choir, Bethlehem, Pa ... Cite

Centering

Artistic composition · 1978 Premiere at the Composers Conference, Vermont, August 1978. Linda Quan and Curtis Macomber, violins. NB: This score was published by Mobart Music, Inc., and is now available through Schott. Published: Schott Music (HL.49018557) ... Link to item Cite

Un Dialogo Possibile

Artistic composition · 1976 Un Dialogo Possibile. The title was drawn from the title of an exhibition of surrealist paintings by Franco Lastraeoli. ... Cite