Steven Mackey: Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition
October 2010
Ithaca College School of Music
A selected bibliography of the holdings of the Ithaca College Library.
(note: Naxos Music Library and DRAM Online recordings require an IC Netpass login to listen online)
Works by the Composer: Chamber
Acciccatura: for Electric Piano (2005)
Recording: CD 10615
Recording: DRAM Online
Ars moriendi: nine tableaux on the art of dying well (2000)
(string quartet)
Recording: CD 11965
Score: M452.M23 A7 2000
Busted: for Percussion (2001)
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M146.M33 B8
Feel So Baaad (1994)
(guitar, percussion, violin, and marimba)
Recording: CD 12065
Score: M485.M33 F4 1994 ++
Fumeux Fume: Smoke Fragments (1987)
(electric guitar and string quartet)
Recording: CD 11964
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Fusion Tune (1995)
(electric guitar and cello)
Recording:CD 11962
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Gaggle and Flock (2001)
(string octet)
Recording: CD 11965
Score: M852.M33 G3 2001 ++
Great Crossing, Great Divide (1996)
(string quartet)
Recording: CD 12063
Score: M452.M23 G7 1996
Heavy Light (2001)
(electric guitar, flute, piano, cello, & percussion)
Recording: CD 7937
Humble River (1997)
(flute, violin, viola, and cello)
Recording: Compact Disc 11231
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M462.M33 H8 1997
Indigenous Instruments (1991)
(piano, clarinet, flute, violin, and cello)
Recording: CD 11427 CORE
Recording: CD 9990
Recording: CD 7937
Recording: On Order
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M522.M33 I63 1991
Interior Design (2003)
(solo violin)
Recording: CD 11231
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Lude (2002)
(string quartet)
Recording: CD 11965
Matter of Life and Death (1987)
(solo piano)
Recording: CD 2868
Recording: DRAM Online
Score: M25.M29 M38 1990
Moebius Band (1986)
(soprano, instrumental ens., and tape) Recording: On Order
Never Sing Before Breakfast (1990)
(wind quintet)
Recording: CD 2234
Score: M557.M33 N4 1990
On All Fours (1992)
(string quartet)
Recording: CD 11964
Score: M452.M23 O6 1992
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Physical Property (1992)
(electric guitar and string quartet)
Recording: CD 11963
Recording: CD 11964
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Rhondo Variations (1983)
(solo cello)
Recording: CD 407
San Francisco (1995)
(guitar and cello)
Recording: CD 11962
Recording: Naxos Music Library
See Ya Thursday (1996)
(solo marimba)
Score: M175.X6 M33 1996
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1996)
Recording: CD 11231
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M219.M33 S6 1996
String Quartet (1983)
Recording: PHONODISC 10559
String Theory (1998)
(string quartet and electronics)
Recording: CD 11964
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Troubadour Songs (1989)
(electric guitar and string quartet)
Recording: CD 11964
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Works by the Composer: Guitar
Cairn (1994)
(electric guitar)
Recording:CD 6048
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Dancetracks (1996)
(electric guitar and tape)
Recording:CD 6048
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Grungy (1994)
(electric guitar)
Recording: CD 6048
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M142.E4 M33 1995
Measures of Turbulence (2006)
(guitar ensemble)
Recording: CD 12079
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Myrtle and Mint (1991)
(electric guitar and storyteller)
Recording: CD 6048
Recording: Naxos Music Library
San Francisco Shuffle (1997)
(guitar)
Recording: CD 6049
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Wish it Were (1996)
(4 guitars: 1 acoustic, 3 electric)
Recording: CD 6048
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Dancetracks (1996)
(electric guitar and tape)
Recording:CD 6048
Works by the Composer: Orchestral
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (2004)
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Banana Dump Truck (1994)
(cello and orchestra)
Recording: CD 11962
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M1016.M33 B36 1994 ++
Beautiful Passing (2008)
(violin and orchestra)
Score: M1012.M33 B4 2008 ++
Big Bang and Beyond (1985)
Score: M1045.M32 B5 ++
Deal (1995)
(electric guitar, drums, and orchestra)
Recording: CD 11962
Recording: Naxos Music Library
Score: M1037.4.G8 M33 D4 ++
Eating Greens (1993)
Recording: CD 6119
Score: M1045.M32 E3 ++
Journey to Ixtlan (1986)
Recording: On Order
Score: M1531.M33 J68 1986 ++
Lost and Found (1996)
Recording: CD 6048 (guitar version)
Recording: CD 6119 orchestral version)
Recording: Naxos Music Library (guitar)
Micro-Concerto (1999)
(percussion and chamber ensemble)
Recording: CD 7937
Square Holes, Round Pegs (1989)
Score: M1045.M32 S73 1989 ++
Tuck and Roll (2000)
(electric guitar and orchestra)
Recording: CD 6119
Turn the Key (2006)
Score: M1045.M32 T8 2006 ++
Works by the Composer: Theatrical
Ravenshead (1998)
Recording: CD 11011
Score: M1508.R38 M33 1997 (aria from opera)
Videorecording: VHS 5590
Videorecording: YouTube excerpts Part I and Part II
Selected Writings about the Composer
Steven Mackey: Outsider on the Inside from New Music Box,2005. (includes video of Mr. Mackey)
"A Classical Composer Who Knows How to Shred" by Brian Wise from the New York Times 16 April 2006, p.14NJ.10.
Related Links
Slide Interview: Steven Mackey & Rinde Eckert discuss their work Slide, a commission by eighth blackbird.
Scores and Recording
Research and Websites
Kristina Shanton
Music Librarian
(607) 274-3887
kshanton@ithaca.edu
Judith Andrew
Music Materials Coordinator
(607) 274-3882
jandrew@ithaca.edu

