Title | Instrumentation | Lyrics by | Notes | |||||||||||||
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Oratorio | ||||||||||||||||
Letter From Italy, 1944 (2013) | Chorus, soloists (SSSAT) and chamber orchestra | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | Available in full score or piano reduction | |||||||||||||
Choruses: | ||||||||||||||||
Kiska Prayer | SATB a cappella | |||||||||||||||
One Loves | SATB | Anything that is not a cappella uses orchestra in various arrangements | ||||||||||||||
Embarrassment of Riches | SATB | |||||||||||||||
The Mystery | SSAAT | |||||||||||||||
Reprise | SATB | |||||||||||||||
Tenor arias from Letter From Italy, 1944 | (Father, Dr. John K. Meneely Jr., unless otherwise specified) | |||||||||||||||
Oh, the Sweetie Man | (Grandfather, Jake Meneely) | |||||||||||||||
Size | ||||||||||||||||
I Know a Land | ||||||||||||||||
Away | ||||||||||||||||
Riva Ridge | ||||||||||||||||
Letter From Italy, 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
Cold Comfort | ||||||||||||||||
Dream in the Last Third of Night | (Duet with Nan) | |||||||||||||||
Soprano arias from Letter From Italy, 1944 | Ideally 2 or 3 sopranos singing the roles of Delia (mother) and daughters Sarah and Nan | |||||||||||||||
If Loneliness | S (Delia) and women’s chorus | |||||||||||||||
Cantaloupes | S (Sarah) | |||||||||||||||
Outside In | S (unaccompanied) | |||||||||||||||
Dream in the Last Third of Night | S/T (Nan & Father) | |||||||||||||||
When Johnny Comes Marching Home | S (Delia) and Chorus | |||||||||||||||
Boots | S (Delia) | |||||||||||||||
Duets from Letter From Italy, 1944 | S,T | |||||||||||||||
Bittersweet | Delia, John, chorus | |||||||||||||||
In Bed | Delia, John | |||||||||||||||
Trios from Letter From Italy, 1944 | SSA – daughters | |||||||||||||||
Mother Nature | ||||||||||||||||
A Solitude of Three | ||||||||||||||||
Reprise (opening) | ||||||||||||||||
Solo Voice and Strings | ||||||||||||||||
“Letter From Italy, 1944” | Baritone, String Quartet | (aria written in 1997) | ||||||||||||||
Solo Voice & Piano | ||||||||||||||||
Five Songs for Soprano (1973) | ||||||||||||||||
1. I Will Make My Own Peace | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | |||||||||||||||
2. If Loneliness | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | |||||||||||||||
3. Where’s the Faith? | S.M-K. | |||||||||||||||
4. Sun Song | S.M-K. | |||||||||||||||
5. Little Robin | S.M-K. | |||||||||||||||
Mother Picks Grapes (2005) | Soprano | Ann Silsbee | ||||||||||||||
Where’s the Song? 2013 | High and low voice versions | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Weep, The Mighty Typhoons | Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (use of keyboard and interior strings) | Seasonal haiku, waka by S.M-K. Excerpts from poetry of Eisaku Yoneda, a survivor of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki | ||||||||||||||
Five Songs for Bass & Piano (1981) | ||||||||||||||||
1. Greet Each Morning | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | |||||||||||||||
2. Looking into Heaven | John Kimberly Meneely | |||||||||||||||
3. Where Streets are Silent Now | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | |||||||||||||||
4. Sing Me the Song | S.M-K. | |||||||||||||||
5. Kennst Du Das Land? | John Kimberly Meneely | |||||||||||||||
Chamber Music for Solo Voice and 2 or more instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Twilight/Taps | Soprano, Trumpet, Piano | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
From Notes to Nine Lovers | Soprano, Flute, Alto Flute, Piano | Paul Lamar | ||||||||||||||
Stand Up and Call Out | Soprano or Tenor, Chorus, Piano & Strings | Kate Stewart | ||||||||||||||
Five Spirituals | Soprano or Bass/Baritone, Flute/Alto Flute, Piano | |||||||||||||||
1. My Lord, What a Mornin’ | (no Flute) | |||||||||||||||
2. Let Us Break Bread Together | ||||||||||||||||
3. A City Called Heaven | (Alto Flute) | |||||||||||||||
4. Jump Down, Turn Around | ||||||||||||||||
5. Stand Up & Call Out | ||||||||||||||||
Kisses and Poems | Soprano, Clarinet & Piano | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | ||||||||||||||
Duets for 2 voices and piano | ||||||||||||||||
To Delia at Six Months (1984) | S/A | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Georgia O’Keefe, Images (1994) | S/A | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
I Have Read You Like a Book (1988) | S/A (brief addition of a third voice (Alto) at the end) | John Eels | ||||||||||||||
Bluebells in the Arbor (2005) | S/S | Ann Silsbee | ||||||||||||||
Works for 3 voices | ||||||||||||||||
Five Systems | S/S/S or A, Resonator Bells, Acoustic Guitar, Kalimba, Tubular Chimes | |||||||||||||||
Works for a cappella vocal quartet SATB | ||||||||||||||||
Whistling Pig at Snowing’s End (2002) | Jeanne LeVasseur | |||||||||||||||
Life Sings a Song | SAAT, Piano | Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | ||||||||||||||
Choral Works | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Irish Blessing | S/A/Bar., Piano | |||||||||||||||
Three Lullabies | S/A women’s choir, Piano, Tubular Chimes | |||||||||||||||
1. Baloo Baleerie | Scottish traditional | |||||||||||||||
2. Philomel with Melody | from Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet | |||||||||||||||
3. God is In the Night | S.M-K. | |||||||||||||||
Dona Nobis Pacem | SATB, Brass choir (3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Organ) | |||||||||||||||
In This Divine Arrangement | Soprano, Chorus (SATB) organ, strings | |||||||||||||||
Our Father Which Art In Heaven | SATB, String Quintet | |||||||||||||||
Circadian Rhythms | SATB, SATB soli, Marimba, Cello, Piano | Paul Lamar | ||||||||||||||
I Do | SATB, Piano | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Rose and Saint (1987) | Triple SATB a cappella quartet | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Filarmonico | SATB, Vibes, Piano, Gamelan Chimes | |||||||||||||||
Arachne | SATB, Vibes, Marimba, Piano, Strings | Paul Lamar | ||||||||||||||
Watching You Hearing Me | SATB, Piano | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
A Garland of Hymns and Carols – 20+ years of Christmas Cards (original compositions in the interior of cards) | ||||||||||||||||
Dona Nobis Pacem | SSS/TTT a cappella | |||||||||||||||
Little Seed of Brilliant Light | SATB a cappella | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
How Shall I plant My Garden | S/A Organ or Piano | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
In the Bleak Midwinter | SATB a cappella | Christina Rosetti | ||||||||||||||
The Nomad | S/A, Oboe, Bassoon, Organ | Gary Fountain | ||||||||||||||
Song of Mary | Tenor solo | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Lo, How a Rose | SATB a cappella | German, 15th Century (tr. unknown) | ||||||||||||||
It is Thou | solo S/T, Handbells | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Father, a Perfect Soul is Born | Women’s chorus, Oboe, Organ | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Lord Jesus is His Name | SATB a cappella | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
The Snow Lay on the Ground | Mezzo-Soprano quartet | |||||||||||||||
Little Child | Women’s Chorus, Oboe & Clarinet | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Christ is Born in Bethlehem | SSS/TTT | S.M-K | ||||||||||||||
How Softly Breathes Your Little Son | SS/Organ | excerts from Kenneth Patchen poem “I Have Lighted the Candles, Mary” | ||||||||||||||
Christmas Lullaby | Soprano Chorus | Gary Fountain | ||||||||||||||
Silent Night, Holy Night | Joseph Möhr | |||||||||||||||
Hush | 4 altos/Tenor, Baritone, Bass | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
O Little Town of Bethlehem | SATB a cappella | Phillip Brooks | ||||||||||||||
Song of Mary – reprise | SATB, Harp | |||||||||||||||
Sing a Song of Christmas | S, MS, A, Contralto, Strings | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Light | SATB unaccompanied | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Subsequent Christmas Carols | ||||||||||||||||
Joy | Double a cappella chorus (SATB) | S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||
Coventry Carol | SATB a cappella | Robert Croo | ||||||||||||||
I Know Not How That Bethlehem’s Babe | SATB a cappella | Henry Farrington | ||||||||||||||
Jubilate Deo arr. S.M-K. | ||||||||||||||||
On a Cold and Wintry night | ||||||||||||||||
Sleep Now | S & Piano | |||||||||||||||
Father, a Tender Soul is Born | MS or T & Piano | |||||||||||||||
Works for Solo Piano | ||||||||||||||||
Silkscreen | ||||||||||||||||
Season Phases | ||||||||||||||||
Homegrown | ||||||||||||||||
Free Running | ||||||||||||||||
Recollections: Theme and Variations | Later arranged for WW quintet | |||||||||||||||
Works for 2 Pianos | ||||||||||||||||
Now I Sing Only One Song | ||||||||||||||||
Nines (scores in the shape of a tic-tac-toe board) | Available in parts only, each three 8½ × 14" pages
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1. Nines | ||||||||||||||||
2. Silver Lining, | ||||||||||||||||
3. Cry | ||||||||||||||||
4. July 3rd | ||||||||||||||||
5. Dancing, Dancing | ||||||||||||||||
Works for Flute & Piano | ||||||||||||||||
The Four Elements Fantasia for Flute & Piano | ||||||||||||||||
Doriadoremaeolia Introduction and Hymn in the shape of a Tic-Tac-Toe Board | Based on a Hymn to Sri Rama Krishna | Oversize score | ||||||||||||||
Narcissus for A-Clarinet | inspired by Narcissus Monologue by Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely | |||||||||||||||
Works for Cello and Piano | ||||||||||||||||
Homage to Brahms Intermezzo & Variations | ||||||||||||||||
Four Moods | ||||||||||||||||
Sweethearts: Grid and Sequence for Cello & spoken female voice (based on a grid SWEETHEARTS from which the text is created and the tale is told) | ||||||||||||||||
Misc. | ||||||||||||||||
The Three Gunas | Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano 4 hands, Violin & Cello | |||||||||||||||
In Paradisum (based on the Gregorian chant) | Pedal Organ |