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72. The Tree (2023–ongoing)
open instrumentation • more info • score (version for Ensemble Proton) • listen
71. First song for Alex (2024)
guitar
70. Night fall light falls (2023)
by Marc Sabat and Thomas Nicholson
cello, computer, ca. 12'
68. To walk in this what came to pass (2022)
mixed ensemble of baroque traverso, ob, theorbo, portativ organ, strings 5.4.3.2.1 at A-415 Hz and modern bass fl, hp, marimba, Rhodes synth, vn, va, vc, cb at A-440 Hz, 10' • score • listen
67. False fruit (2021)
guitar, 8' • listen with score
66b. Fleeting flight sleeping woke (2026)
Alois Haba 1/6-tone harmonium, fl, ob, cl, sop/bar sax, bsn, tp, tb, hp, strings 3.2.2.2.1, 11'
66a. Fleeting flight sleeping woke (2021)
Alois Haba 1/6-tone harmonium, fl, cl, sop/bar sax, tb, vn, va, vc, cb, 11' • score • listen
64. Divide (2019)
any four sustaining instruments with tanpura or electronic drone, 12' • score • listen
62. HANDS to MOUTHS (2018)
by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee and Marc Sabat
Marianne Svasek, Dhrupad voice
fixed media audiovisual installation, 18' • video
57b. Seeds of skies, alibis : Prologue (2017)
open instrumentation: voices and/or instruments and/or electronics, ca. 20' • score
version for alto fl, va, synth, ebow gtr, cb, vc, pf • score • listen
57a. Seeds of skies, alibis : Part One (2017)
6 voices (S.M.CT.T.Bar.B) and electronics, ca. 50' • score • listen
56e. Streams barely in winter (2019)
2 violins, 6' • score • Another Timbre AT243
56d. Sei Bach-Intonazioni per Violino Solo, IIIa (2019)
Sonata Terza a Violino Solo senza Basso by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1003
intonation and accompanying second violin composed by Marc Sabat
2 violins, 25' • score • Another Timbre AT243
56c. Sei Bach-Intonazioni per Violino Solo, Ia-Adagio (2018)
Sonata Terza a Violino Solo senza Basso by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1003
intonation and accompanying cello composed by Marc Sabat
2 violins, 25' • score
56b. Sei Bach-Intonazioni per Violino Solo, IIa (2017)
Sonata Seconda a Violino Solo senza Basso by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1003
intonation and accompanying second violin composed by Marc Sabat
violin, cello, 4' • score • Another Timbre AT243
56a. Sei Bach-Intonazioni per Violino Solo, Ia (2017)
Sonata Prima a Violino Solo senza Basso by Johann Sebastian Bach BWV 1003
intonation and accompanying second violin composed by Marc Sabat
2 violins, 18' • score • Another Timbre AT243
55b. SEE HEAR (2021)
by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee and Marc Sabat
Harmonic Space Orchestra
fixed media audiovisual installation, 40' • video
55a. Gioseffo Zarlino (2015–19)
at least 2 voices and/or instruments, various versions • score • Sacred Realism sr010
53f. LIGHT GROUND (2016–19)
by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee and Marc Sabat
audiovisual installation with live musicians (violin, viola, 2 contrabasses, Dhrupad voice), 120'
53e. LIGHT GROUND (2016–18)
by Mareike Yin-Yee Lee and Marc Sabat
music film, 70' • video
53d. LIGHT GROUND (2016)
voice, violin, viola, 2 contrabasses, prerecorded tanpuras, 70'
53c. LIGHT GROUND (2015)
22 tanpuras in various scordature (live version), 120'
53b. LIGHT GROUND (2015)
2 harpsichords (live version), ca. 40'
53a. LIGHT GROUND (2014)
2 tanpuras in various scordature, fixed media multichannel playback, 120'
52b. falsche freunde / false friends (2022)
video text counterpoint, ca. 30' • video playlist
50b. Swing in sweetest summer (2013)
electronic, 13' • listen
50a. Swing in sweetest summer (2013)
glissando-flute, live electronics, 15' • score
49b. Jean-Philippe Rameau (2012)
string quartet, ca. 17' • listen • Another Timbre at109 • bandcamp
49a. Jean-Philippe Rameau (2012)
any three sustaining instruments or voices, ca. 12' • score • listen • please contact me for transposing scores or specific instruments
48. LOSS / GAIN (2011/14)
by Lorenzo Pompa and Marc Sabat
edition of 2 vinyl records to be played simultaneously • play
47. ERIK SATIE Vexations INTONATION (2011)
for any instrument(s) which may be appropriately tuned, ca. 12' • score
46. Kaleidoskop für Gerd Lünenbürger (2011)
string ensemble (4.2.2.0), ca. 4' • score
45c. Harmonium for Charles Ives (2022–)
3 string quartets • incomplete
45b. Asking ocean (2016)
solo string quartet (2 vn, va, vc) and ensemble of 18 instruments (2 fl, ob, 2 cl, a sax, horn, 2 tp, tb, tuba, 2 perc, harp, hpsd/pf, vn, va, vc/gamba), 45' • score • listen
45a. Euler Lattice Spirals Scenery (2011)
string quartet (2 vn, va, vc), 30' • score • listen: Sonar Quartett • Quatuor Bozzini • JACK Quartet
44a. Hairy Hippy Happy (2008)
music film by Peter Sabat, 16' • video
43. Composition for La Monte Young (February 2010)
open: two players, twice the same instrument, open duration • score
42. 2nd WAKE (for Bob) (2009)
Fokker-organ, computer, 10'
stochastic music generated by a MaxMSP patch for a MIDI-controllable 31edo organ with additional computer-generated sounds
dedicated to Bob Gilmore • listen
41f. Cucumber Serenades (2017)
bass cl, alto fl, va, viola choir (at least 1 player), electronic tones, 16' • score
41e. Cucumber Serenades (2016)
alto sax (ossia: cl, vn, or va), bass fl, violin choir (at least 1 player), electronic tones, 16' • score
41d. String Quartet 2 (Cucumber Variation) (2010)
string quartet (2 vn, va, vc), electronic tones, 25' • score
41c. epistolae cucumeris (2010)
by Lorenzo Pompa and Marc Sabat
artist leporello edition with CD of Cucumber Spiral Serenade • edition
41b. Cucumber Spiral Serenade (2010)
gradually pitch-shifted music loop for violin solo accompanied by violin choir and electronic tones, audio (2Ch), 30' • may be presented in a scenery with Lorenzo Pompa’s sculpture Set Candid (2010); choir track to be projected over one normal loudspeaker, solo track over a highly directional ultrasound “audio spotlight”
41a. Cucumber Serenades (2009)
solo violin, violin choir (at least 1 player), electronic tones, 30' • score • listen
39b. Garden Songs (2012)
bass recorder, dobro, percussion, fixed media (prerecorded voice), 9' • score
39a. Garden Songs (2009)
alto flute, dobro, percussion, fixed media (prerecorded voice), 9' • score • listen
38. eudaimonia (2009)
composed with Stefan Bartling
piano, 9' • score
37. De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine (2008)
3 low male voices, va, Partch adapted viola, vc – each instrumentalist may sing, 10' • score
35e. to Damascus (2019)
duo version: piano, MIDI keyboard, MaxMSP patch * (2019), ca. 30’
* to produce combination tones, overtones and undertones of the tempered pitches
35d. Lying in the grass, river and clouds (2012)
concert work, may optionally be performed as Part 4 of wave piano scenery player
chamber concerto for piano and 14 solo instruments (a fl/picc, ob d'amore, cl, bsn, hn, tb, tba, perc, solo pf, MIDI keyboard, MaxMSP patch *, 2 vn, va, vc, cb), ca. 40 • score • listen
* to produce combination tones, overtones and undertones of the tempered pitches
35c. Wave Scenery (2007)
Part 3 of wave piano scenery player
scenery with paintings, MIDI-input-output acoustic grand piano, loudspeaker with subwoofer, computer * and pianist (2007), ca. 17.5 hours • listen
* uses a MaxMSP patch to produce combination tones, overtones and undertones of the tempered pitches and to stochastically play piano pitches that produce tuneable intervals with a progression of harmonic regions sounded with gated computer-generated tones
35b. to Damascus (2007)
Part 2 of wave piano scenery player, may also be performed as a solo work
MIDI-output acoustic grand piano, loudspeaker with subwoofer, computer * (2007), ca. 30' • score • listen
* uses a MaxMSP patch to produce combination tones, overtones and undertones of the tempered pitches
35a. WAKE for JIM (2007)
Part 1 of wave piano scenery player, may also be performed as a solo work
player-piano or computer-controlled piano with optional performer (2007), 5' • listen
35. wave piano scenery player (2007/12)
scenery by Lorenzo Pompa and Marc Sabat
paintings, MIDI-input-output acoustic grand piano, loudspeaker with subwoofer, computer * and pianist, ca. 18 hours • video • listen • edition
* uses a MaxMSP patch to produce combination tones, overtones and undertones of the tempered pitches and to stochastically play piano pitches that produce tuneable intervals with a progression of harmonic regions sounded with gated computer-generated tones
33. reminded of charlemagne palestine (2007)
piano, violin, cello, 25' • score
32b. Father’s suit and watch (2009–11)
ballet by Lorenzo Pompa and Marc Sabat
video, audio (2ch), optional dancer/performer, soprano voice, male voice (from among the instrumentalists), Partch adapted viola, pf/synth, 54' • live performance video
32a. Father’s suit and watch (2006)
by Lorenzo Pompa and Marc Sabat
video ballet, 54' • video
31b. al naharot Bavel (2006/10)
based on music by Harry Partch, free musical arrangement composed by Marc Sabat
bass/baritone voice, alto/mezzo-soprano voice, Partch adapted va, hn, tb, 6' • score
31a. By the Rivers of Babylon (2006)
music by Harry Partch, arrangement by Marc Sabat
solo male intoning voice, Partch adapted viola, hn, tb, tuba, 6'
30d. Hand Me Down (2013)
music by Harry Partch, arrangement by Marc Sabat
edition (CD / playlist) : 99 tracks to be played in shuffle mode, fragments of November 15, 1935 – Leaving Santa Barbara performed by Lorenzo Pompa, voice and Marc Sabat, voice and violin
30c. Zap, Pole Moron (2012)
by Lorenzo Pompa and Marc Sabat
artist book of November 15, 1935 – Leaving Santa Barbara, with score and drawings • edition
30b. November 15, 1935 – Leaving Santa Barbara (2007)
music by Harry Partch, arrangement by Marc Sabat
solo male intoning voice, second voice/vn, 6' • score • listen
30a. November 15, 1935 – Leaving Santa Barbara (2006)
music by Harry Partch, arrangement by Marc Sabat
solo male intoning voice, Partch adapted viola, vn, va, vc, 6'
29. Wonderful Scatter (2005)
6-valve F tuba *, computer, loudspeaker with subwoofer, ca. 100'
* requires sensors which transmit the tuba valve changes and a MaxMSP patch with multiple delay lines for each valve-combination • score
28c. Spectral Canon No. 1 (for James Tenney) (2006)
contrabass, computer *, loudspeakers (2ch), ca. 10'
* requires a MaxMSP patch or other audio device with 11 delay lines • score
28c. Spectral Canon No. 1 (for James Tenney) (2005)
12 contrabasses, ca. 10' • score
27c. AUTOMAT (2007)
by Peter Sabat (video) and Marc Sabat (music)
fixed media, music film (video, field recording, 2 violins) • score • video
27b. Les Duresses : a book of music in Just Intonation (2004)
ca. 40' • score • listen
Intonation after Morton Feldman #1, violin
Intonation after Morton Feldman #2, violin
Two commas, violin
Duas Quintas, 2 violins
27a. Morton Feldman Composition 1984 INTONATION Marc Sabat 2012
26. Artificial Music for Machines (2002)
MIDI-output acoustic piano, computer *, 11' • read more • listen
* uses a MaxMSP patch to produce combination tones, overtones and undertones of the tempered pitches
25d. John Jenkins (rev. 2011)
2-manual harpsichord tuned in JI and six instruments (open), ca. 15' • score • listen
25c. John Jenkins (2003)
2-manual harpsichord tuned in JI, vn, Partch adapted viola, vc, ca. 15' • score
25a. John Jenkins (2001)
2-manual harpsichord tuned in JI and six instruments (open), ca. 15' • score
24. Johann Sebastian Bach RICERCAR Musikalisches Opfer 1 INTONATION (2001/11)
composed with Wolfgang von Schweinitz
for any 3 instruments voices and/or computer sounds, open duration • score • listen • text
23. ‘Hope’, male and female singing voices (2000)
bass fl, cl, pf, vn, va, vc, 12'
text: Philostratus, English translation by Christian Wolff • libretto • score • listen
22b. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE HERE (after Bruce Nauman) (2000)
composed with Matteo Fargion
prepared piano, violin, amplified voices of the two performers, preferably male and female • score • listen
22a. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE HERE (after Bruce Nauman) (2000)
composed with Matteo Fargion
fixed media (prepared piano, violin, amplified voices) • score • listen
21. Idyllily (2000)
composed with Martin Arnold, John Oswald, Richard Wagner
strings (6.2.2.1), optional voices, 13' • score • listen
17c. Erbsen (2009)
5 recorder players (alternating bass, tenor, alto, soprano, sopranino), 10' • score
17b. Erbsen (2009)
solo recorder player (alternating bass, tenor, alto, soprano, sopranino), prerecorded track, 10' • score • listen
15. Trio for piano violin cello (1998)
pf *, vn, vc, 17' • score • listen
* optionally retuned in Just Intonation
14. New shoes, without laces (1998)
text and video: Nicolas Fernandez
monodrama for female speaker/performer, perc, acc, vn, vc, ca. 23' • score • video
13c. Change in your pocket (2002)
music film by Peter Sabat, 12'
2 channel version of an installation by Nicolas Fernandez (video) and Marc Sabat (music) • video
13b. Change in your pocket (1998)
installation by Nicolas Fernandez (video) and Marc Sabat (music)
13a. Change in your pocket (1997)
string instrument (vn, va, vc, or cb) and delay, ca. 10' • score
12. Mein Mantel ist weg (1997)
whistling, sopr/alto sax, pf/amplified clavichord, vn, e bass, ca. 10' • score • listen
10. An Opera (1997)
co-composed with Matteo Fargion; text: Emmett Williams
actors, vn, marimba or amplified clavichord, ca. 200' • score
9. Air—Spit—Tune (1997/2013)
soprano, optional viola, ca. 8' • score • listen (solo soprano version)
8b. Three For Magister Zacharias (2002)
music film by Peter Sabat (video) and Marc Sabat (music), 25' • score • video
8a. For Magister Zacharias (1997)
optionally amplified Steinway or similar piano mechanism, ca. 9' • score • listen
6. pier (1996)
composed with John Oswald
3 or more ships’ horns (live or fixed media), 5' • score • listen
5. Quiet Winter (1996)
violin solo, 2 cl, 3 sax, vn, vc, cb, ca. 20', 5' • listen