Musical Compositions
Daniel Speer: Sonata and Gigue, (2 vls, tbn, continuo), ed. by Glenn Smith, continuo by Leslie Bassett, 7′, 1979 (©1979), Musica Rara. Giovanni Battista Riccio: Three Canzonas (vln. or tpt., tbn, continuo), ed. by Glenn Smith, continuo by Leslie Bassett,...
Musical Compositions
Equale (four trombones), three brief homages to Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, 7’, 1996 (©1996), Peters #67860, Chris Churchman, Glenn Neely, Mark Sossoman, Graham Wright, (Mark Britt, cond.), Furman University,Greenville, SC, Feb. 15, 1998. Song and Dance, (tuba,...
Musical Compositions
Sound Off!, (10 percussionists), 3’, (©2007), Peters #68211, premiered by Pro Musica, Gainesville, GA Three Graces, (3 flutes), c. 9 mins., 2000, Peters #67649, Deborah Ash, Penny Fischer, Susan Whitener, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI, May 20, 2000, comm....
Musical Compositions
Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, and Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, (Unison, with organ or piano), each to the tune Jefferson from “Southern Harmony” (1835), texts by J. Newton, Ch. Wesley, Fortunatus, with organ or piano, 3’, 2003, (©2007), Peters #68213 Come,...
Musical Compositions
Collect (SATB chorus with 2-channel electronic tape), 5′, 1969 (©1970), World Library Publications, Upsala College Choir, Richard Toensing, cond., East Orange, NJ, March 23, 1969, comm. by Upsala College. Triform, 6′, 1966, Ann Arbor, MI, Dec. 3, 1966,...
Musical Compositions
Song of the Aulos, solo oboe, c 3 mins., 2000, Peters #67592 , Susan Bissiri, May 20, 2000, Barton Hills Country Club, comm. by Mu Phi Epsilon Metamorphoses, 8 pieces for solo bassoon, 15′, 1990 (©1992), Peters #67373, Wendy Rose, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor,...
Musical Compositions
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (alto sax, 2222,4221, timp. 3 perc., hp, pno-celesta, strings), 17’, 1999, ©2000, Peters #67970, comm. by Institute for American Music (Eastman School of Music), Clifford Leaman, saxophone, with Orchestre Symphonique de Laval,...
Musical Compositions
Music for Organ, Flourish, Meditation, Aria, Postlude, 15’, 2005 (©2007), Peters #68184, Naki Kripfgans, First United Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, MI, April 10, 2005. Liturgies (6 movements), 20′, 1980 (©1984), Peters #66908, Marilyn Mason at national organ...
Musical Compositions
Configurations (five mvts.), 12′, 1987 (©1988), Peters #67164; pianists at Music Teachers Assn. of CA, San Jose, CA, July 6, 1987, comm. by Music Teachers Assn. of CA. Recording by Gabriela Lena Frank on Equilibrium Records, EQ 51. Cassette Recording by Richard...
Musical Compositions
Two Stephens Songs, (baritone, pf.), The Shell and The Lion (In Waste Places), poems by James Stephens, 10’, 1996-8, (©2000), Peters #67646, Lori Gould (mezzo sop.), Gail Jennings, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, MI, May 20, 2000, comm. by Mu Phi Epsilon Pierrot...
Musical Compositions
Wood and Reed Transformed (solo bassoon with 424.4431, 3 alto sx, bar. sx, contrabssn., euphonium, double bass, hp, pf-cel, 5 perc., 14’, 1998, (©1999), Peters #66867, for Richard Beene and the Univ. of Michigan Wind Ensemble, H. Robert Reynolds, cond., Feb. 12, 1999...
Mr. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Variations for Orchestra, premiered in Rome in 1963 by the RAI Symphony Orchestra under Feruccio Scaglia, followed two years later by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s US premiere under Eugene Ormandy.