Alexander Blank

Composer, Conductor, Engraver

 

Along the Wabash:

Instrumentation: Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Electronics
Duration: Approximately 40 minutes (Total film duration: 56 minutes)
Written: March 2016

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Parallax

Instrumentation: (2[1=picc],2[2=E.H.],2[1=Eb,2=B.Cl.],2[2=Cbsn] – 4 2 2[2=B.Tbn] 1 – Hp. (tuned d), Pno – 12 12 6 6 6)
Duration: Approximately 16 minutes
Written: 2015-2016
(Master's Thesis)





(Untitled):

Instrumentation: Bass Trombone, Violin, Viola, Cello
Duration: approximately 7 minutes
Written: June 2015
(Commissioned by Austin Pancner, Bass Trombone)





Until the Sun Dies

Instrumentation: Soprano, Mezzo, Tenor, & Baritone Soloists, and SSSAAATTTBBB
Duration: Approximately 10 minutes
Written: April 2015
(Text Adapted by Alexander Blank from Robert Jastrow's Until the Sun Dies)

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String Quartet

Instrumentation: 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Written: March 2015

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Recuerdos Impresos:

Instrumentation: Alto Flute, Violin, Cello, Vibraphone, Bowed Piano, Fixed Media
Duration: 3 minutes
Written: February 2015





F.Au.St.

Instrumentation: Guitar and Live Electronics (6 channels)
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes
Written: November 2014

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Kaleidoscope

Instrumentation: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon (doubling Contrabassoon), Percussion (1), Toy Piano, Piano, Viola, Cello, Doublebass
Duration: Approximately 8 minutes
Written: November 2014

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Duet

Instrumentation: Alto Flute and Harp
Duration: 8 minutes
Written: September 2014

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Expanse

Instrumentation: Clarinet in A and Piano
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes
Written: March 2014

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Vasilisa

Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Harp, Percussion (1), Violin, Cello
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes
Written: February 2014

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Sinfonietta

Instrumentation: 1(picc).1.1.1 asax(=bsax).1(=cbsn) ­– 1 1 1 0 – 2 perc, hp, pno – 1 1 1 1 1
Duration: Approximately 13 minutes
Written: November 2013





Nonet

Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Harp, Celesta, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Duration: Approximately 15 minutes
Written: April 2013

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Form & Plan

Instrumentation: 3(1,2,p).2.2.3(1,2,cb). – 4.2.3.1. – T.2P.hp.cel. – strings
Duration: Approximately 5 minutes
Written: March 2013

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3 Poems of Eugenio d'Andrade

(Text by Eugenio d'Andrade, translated by Alexis Levitin)
Instrumentation: Soprano, Double Bass, Percussion, Prepared Piano
Duration: Approximately 10 minutes
Written: March 2013

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Red Balloon

Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Harp, Percussion (1), Violin, Cello
Duration: Approximately 8 minutes
Written: February 2013

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Crossed Wires

Instrumentation: String Quartet & 8 Channel Live Electronics
Duration: Approximately 5 minutes
Written: December 2012

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Markers

Instrumentation: String Quartet
Duration: Approximately 13 minutes
Written: August 2012

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Epitaph for a Darling Woman

(Text by Dorothy Parker)
Instrumentation: Speaker, Alto Flute, Violin, Double Bass, Piano
Duration: Approximately 4 minutes
Written: July 2012

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Ibis

Instrumentation: Clarinet in A and 4 Channel Live Electronics
Duration: Approximately 5 minutes
Written: April 2012

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Van Brunt Poems

(Text by H. Lloyd van Brunt)
Instrumentation: Mezzo-Soprano, Clarinet, Cello, Piano
Duration: Approximately 12 minutes
Written: March 2012

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Colored Light

Instrumentation: Bassoon and 2 Violins
Duration: Approximately 8 minutes
Written: January 2012

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Concerto for Flute, Clarinet, Harpsichord, and Low String Orchestra

(Recipient of Honorable Mention ­— 2012 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Competition)
Instrumentation: 1 fl., 1 acl., hpd, 0 0 2 3 2
Duration: Approximately 20 minutes
Written: November 2011

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Jokes and Smiles

Instrumentation: Flute, Horn, Piano
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes
Written: September 2011

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No Way Out

Instrumentation: Bassoon, Viola, Piano & Live Dance
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes
Written: April 2011

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Suite in 5 Movements

Instrumentation: Solo Piano
Duration: Approximately 13 minutes
Written: March 2011

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Berserker

Instrumentation: Clarinet in A and Live Electronics
Duration: Approximately 5 minutes
Written: November 2010

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Sisyphus

Instrumentation: Solo Double Bass
Duration: Approximately 5 minutes
Written: October 2010

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