List of compositions by Faye-Ellen Silverman

Faye-Ellen Silverman

The following is a list of musical works by Faye-Ellen Silverman.

Opera and musical theatre

K. 1971 for narrators, tenor, bass, female chorus, chamber ensemble and electronic tape (1972); based on Kafka's The Trial, added texts from the Kafka Diaries, Balzac, and the Chinese poet Wen Yiduo.
The Miracle of Nemirov, opera in 1 act (1974); libretto by the composer based on a short story by I. L. Peretz.
A Free Pen, cantata for narrator, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus (8 singers) and chamber ensemble (1990); libretto compiled by the composer from texts by Socrates, Spinoza, Zenger, and others

Shadings for fl, ob, alto sax, bn, hn, tuba, 2 perc, vln, vla, cb (1978)
No Strings for fl/picc, ob, bcl, bn, alto sax, hn, tpt, tb, tuba, and 1 perc (1982)
Passing Fancies for picc/fl, ob, cl/bcl, bn, hn, tpt, tb, perc, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb (1985)
Bridges in Time for tpt, perc, 4 vln, 2 vla, 2 vc, cb (1986)

Dialogue for horn and tuba (1976)
Kalends for brass quintet (1981)
Quantum Quintet for brass quintet (1982)
Trysts for 2 trumpets (1982)
Zigzags for tuba (1988)
First Position for trombone and marimba (1992)
At the Colour Café for brass choir (4 C tpts, 4 hns, 2 tb, bass tb, tuba, perc) (1997)
Dialogue Continued for horn, trombone and tuba (2000)
From Sorrow for trumpet, horn and bass trombone (2001)
Triple Threat for 3 trumpets (2001)
Alternating Currents for bass trombone and piano (2002)
Double Threat for two trumpets (2002)
Meetings for 2 euphoniums and 2 tubas (2003)
Protected Sleep for horn and marimba (2006)
Stories for Our Time for trumpet and piano, (2007)
Edinboro Sonata for tuba and piano. (2009)
Combined Efforts for euphonium, tuba, and piano. (2014)
Custom-made Shades for trombone and piano (2015)

Three Movements for Saxophone Alone for soprano saxophone (1971)
Conversations for alto flute and clarinet (1975)
Speaking Alone for flute (1976)
Windscape for woodwind quintet (1977)
Oboe–sthenics for oboe (1980)
Layered Lament for English horn and electronic tape (1983); Tape realized at the University of Utah Electronic Music Studio.
On Four for electronic valve instrument, oboe/English horn, and piano 4 hands (1983)
Restless Winds for woodwind quintet (1986)
Xenium for flute and piano (1992)
Taming the Furies for solo flute (2003)
Interval Untamed: Five Miniatures for alto saxophone (2010)
Conversations Continued for alto flute and clarinet (2011)
Tides for clarinet and piano (2011/13)
Colored Tones for soprano saxophone. (2014)

For Showing Truth for female chorus a cappella (1972, revised 1978); text by John Keats
Hymn of Compassionate Love for soloists, choir, trumpet, timpani, and strings (2005); Biblical text: I Corintheans 13
The Wings of Night for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, SATB choir, and guitar. (2008); Texts by Shakespeare, Teasdale, Dickinson, and Colborne-Veel, illustrate the contrasting aspects of night.

In Shadow for soprano, guitar and clarinet (1972); texts by Emily Dickinson
Echoes of Emily for alto and English horn (1979); texts by Emily Dickinson
To Love? for bass-baritone and piano (1980); settings of an Elizabethan song and poems by Coventry Patmore and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journey Towards Oblivion for soprano, tenor and chamber ensemble (1991); based on texts by Christina Rossetti and D.H. Lawrence
Mariana for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano (1995); text by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Love Songs for soprano and flute/alto flute (1997) or mezzo-soprano and flute/alto flute (2005); texts by Sara Teasdale
Wilde’s World for tenor, viola and guitar (2000); text: "To L.L." by Oscar Wilde
Left Behind for horn and mezzo-soprano (2006); poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Manhattan Fixation for soprano, mezzo-soprano and cello (solo voices) or female chorus and cello (2008)
Danish Delights for soprano and guitar (2009); Texts by Sara Teasdale, Corinna, and Thomas Campion.