COMPOSITIONS & TRANSCRIpTions

Selected Compositions

A complete list of Yvar Mikhashoff’s compositions can be accessed here.

Beggars’ Songs (1969)

Voice and piano
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  1. Offering (Carl Sandburg)

  2. Rebuff (Carl Sandburg)

  3. The white birds (W. Butler Yeats)

  4. Interlude

  5. Alms (Anna Morrow Lindbergh)

  6. Beggars (John Ackerman-Jones)

  7. A time of waiting (Robert Graves)

  8. Epilogue (Carl Sandburg)

Canciones de Lorca (1970)

Voice and piano

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Concerto (rev. 1976)

Viola and orchestra 

Dances for Davia (first set) (1958)

Flute and piano
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  1. Overture

  2. Waltz for a rainy day

  3. Amy’s Piece

  4. Sergei’s Bourrée no. I

  5. Yellow Waltz

  6. Gypsy Dance

  7. Sad doll

  8. Tag, and tired

Dances for Davia (second set) (1979)

Flute and piano

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Download Flute Part

  1. Prelude for a princess

  2. Humming Song

  3. David's Pavane

  4. Sergei's Bourrée no. 2

  5. Silver waltz

  6. Magic wind-dance

  7. The song of the blue fairy

  8. Grand Finale

Elemental Figures (1990)

Piano

  1. Diviner
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  2. Shaman
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  3. Sybil
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Listen to Winston Choi (Purchase CD here): 

Flowers for Joan Mitchell (1988)

Violin, Percussion, Piano

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  1. Sunflowers

  2. No daisies

  3. Bluet, bluet, bluet

  4. Two sunflowers 

Frutta Erbarggi (1971)

Soprano Voice, Flute, Clarinet/Bass clarinet, English Horn, Horn, Cello, Double Bass, Percussion

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In memoriam: Benjamin Britten (1977)

High Voice, Oboe, Violoncello
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Night Dances (1985)

Version 1 for String Trio 

Version 2 for Alto Flute, Trumpets (2), Trombones (3), Percussion, Piano

Prelude, Variations and Fugue (1978)

Cello

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Rosenkranzlieder (1969) (Georg Trakl)

Soprano and piano (also arranged for soprano and string quartet)
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  1. An die Schwester 

  2. Nähe des Todes

  3. Amen

Sebastian im Traum (1969) (Georg Trakl)

Soprano and piano (also arranged for soprano, 2 violins, viola, cello, harp)
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  1. Nachtlied

  2. Untergang

  3. Im Park 

Seis caprichos (1968) (Federico García Lorca)

Soprano and piano
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  1. Adivinanza de la guitarra

  2. Candíl

  3. Crótalo

  4. Chumbera

  5. Pita

  6. Cruz

Shadows and Dialogues of Melisande (1973) (Federico García Lorca)

Soprano, Speaker, Oboe, Horn, Percussion, Violoncello

Windwife (1974)

Voice, Flute, Viola, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Piano, Percussion 

  1. Winds

  2. Déha by the sea (Serbo-Croatia)

  3. Si la nieve resbaia (Spain)

  4. Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Britain, William Shakespeare)

  5. The air was once about to die (German cabaret, Christian Morgenstern, translated by Neal Hatch)

  6. Es pfeift der Wind

  7. Mary on the Moor

  8. The wind on the danube (Hungary)

  9. La plume sénvole au vent (France)

  10. A ship was sailing (Russian) 

 

Selected Transcriptions 

A complete list of Yvar Mikhashoff’s transcriptions at the University at Buffalo Music Library can be accessed here.

Wirtshaus Gartenwalzer (Tavern Garden Waltz from Alban Berg’s Wozzeck)

Solo piano
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Portrait of Madame Butterfly (An Operatic Sonata-Fantasy on Themes from Puccini)

Solo piano
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Casta Diva (Aria from Act I, Scene 2 of Bellini’s Norma)

Solo piano
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Performance by Brian Keng-Lun Hsu

Trittico Fantasy (Fantasia on Themes from Puccini’s Il Trittico)

Solo piano
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Vissi d’arte (Aria from Act II of Puccini’s Tosca)

Solo piano
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Scenes from Childhood (Schumann) 

Oboe and string trio
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Contact us to request performance parts

Conlon Nancarrow Arrangements 

Sonatina 

Piano Duet
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Solo piano
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Study for Player Piano #15

Solo piano OR piano duet

Performance by Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo

Studies for Player Piano #1, 2, 3c, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16

Chamber ensemble
Purchase Score

Listen to Ensemble Modern: 

Study #14 

Bass clarinet, celesta, harpsichord, double bass

Study #17

Xylophone, vibraphone, harpsichord

Study #18

Xylophone, harpsichord

Study #19

Xylophone, marimba, piano, harpsichord

 

Selected Compositions

A complete list of Yvar Mikhashoff’s compositions can be accessed here.

Beggars’ Songs (1969)

Voice and piano
Download Score

  1. Offering (Carl Sandburg)

  2. Rebuff (Carl Sandburg)

  3. The white birds (W. Butler Yeats)

  4. Interlude

  5. Alms (Anna Morrow Lindbergh)

  6. Beggars (John Ackerman-Jones)

  7. A time of waiting (Robert Graves)

  8. Epilogue (Carl Sandburg)

Canciones de Lorca (1970)

Voice and piano

Download Score

Concerto (rev. 1976)

Viola and orchestra 

Dances for Davia (first set) (1958)

Flute and piano
Purchase Score

  1. Overture

  2. Waltz for a rainy day

  3. Amy’s Piece

  4. Sergei’s Bourrée no. I

  5. Yellow Waltz

  6. Gypsy Dance

  7. Sad doll

  8. Tag, and tired

Dances for Davia (second set) (1979)

Flute and piano

Download Score

Download Flute Part

  1. Prelude for a princess

  2. Humming Song

  3. David's Pavane

  4. Sergei's Bourrée no. 2

  5. Silver waltz

  6. Magic wind-dance

  7. The song of the blue fairy

  8. Grand Finale

Elemental Figures (1990)

Piano

  1. Diviner
    Download Score

  2. Shaman
    Download Score

  3. Sybil
    Download Score

Listen to Winston Choi (Purchase CD here): 

Flowers for Joan Mitchell (1988)

Violin, Percussion, Piano

Download Score

  1. Sunflowers

  2. No daisies

  3. Bluet, bluet, bluet

  4. Two sunflowers 

Frutta Erbarggi (1971)

Soprano Voice, Flute, Clarinet/Bass clarinet, English Horn, Horn, Cello, Double Bass, Percussion

Download Score

In memoriam: Benjamin Britten (1977)

High Voice, Oboe, Violoncello
Download Score

Night Dances (1985)

Version 1 for String Trio 

Version 2 for Alto Flute, Trumpets (2), Trombones (3), Percussion, Piano

Prelude, Variations and Fugue (1978)

Cello

Download Score

Rosenkranzlieder (1969) (Georg Trakl)

Soprano and piano (also arranged for soprano and string quartet)
Download Score

  1. An die Schwester 

  2. Nähe des Todes

  3. Amen

Sebastian im Traum (1969) (Georg Trakl)

Soprano and piano (also arranged for soprano, 2 violins, viola, cello, harp)
Download Score

  1. Nachtlied

  2. Untergang

  3. Im Park 

Seis caprichos (1968) (Federico García Lorca)

Soprano and piano
Download Score

  1. Adivinanza de la guitarra

  2. Candíl

  3. Crótalo

  4. Chumbera

  5. Pita

  6. Cruz

Shadows and Dialogues of Melisande (1973) (Federico García Lorca)

Soprano, Speaker, Oboe, Horn, Percussion, Violoncello

Windwife (1974)

Voice, Flute, Viola, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Piano, Percussion 

  1. Winds

  2. Déha by the sea (Serbo-Croatia)

  3. Si la nieve resbaia (Spain)

  4. Blow, blow, thou winter wind (Britain, William Shakespeare)

  5. The air was once about to die (German cabaret, Christian Morgenstern, translated by Neal Hatch)

  6. Es pfeift der Wind

  7. Mary on the Moor

  8. The wind on the danube (Hungary)

  9. La plume sénvole au vent (France)

  10. A ship was sailing (Russian) 

 

Selected Transcriptions 

A complete list of Yvar Mikhashoff’s transcriptions at the University at Buffalo Music Library can be accessed here.

Wirtshaus Gartenwalzer (Tavern Garden Waltz from Alban Berg’s Wozzeck)

Solo piano
Download Score

Portrait of Madame Butterfly (An Operatic Sonata-Fantasy on Themes from Puccini)

Solo piano
Purchase Score

Casta Diva (Aria from Act I, Scene 2 of Bellini’s Norma)

Solo piano
Purchase Score

Performance by Brian Keng-Lun Hsu

Trittico Fantasy (Fantasia on Themes from Puccini’s Il Trittico)

Solo piano
Purchase Score

Vissi d’arte (Aria from Act II of Puccini’s Tosca)

Solo piano
Purchase Score

Scenes from Childhood (Schumann) 

Oboe and string trio
Download Score
Contact us to request performance parts

Conlon Nancarrow Arrangements 

Sonatina 

Piano Duet
Purchase Score

Solo piano
Purchase Score

Study for Player Piano #15

Solo piano OR piano duet

Performance by Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo

Studies for Player Piano #1, 2, 3c, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 16

Chamber ensemble
Rental Score

Listen to Ensemble Modern: 

Study #14 

Bass clarinet, celesta, harpsichord, double bass

Study #17

Xylophone, vibraphone, harpsichord

Study #18

Xylophone, harpsichord

Study #19

Xylophone, marimba, piano, harpsichord