Selected Works by Dan Senn

The Third Book of Rugged Dances, for prepared Fayfer Harp '24
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The Second Book of Rugged Dances, for prepared Contrabass '24
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The First Book of Rugged Dances, for prepared Violin '24
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Two Chooks, for Alto Recorders '23
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Five Descents, for Fixed Audio '23
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ACTION SPEAK, for Fixed Audio '22
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Heavy Glass On Granite, Light, for Piano and Fixed Audio '22
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The Location of Angels, for Voices, 'cello and Fixed Audio '11, '23
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A Cat Named Lillian, for SATB (with divisi) Boys Choir '22
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CAGED, for Piano, Projected Score and Pre-Recorded Sounds '80
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So Far Away, Flute, Trombone, Piano and Marimba '82, '20
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Eleven Wise, Three Flutes and Pre-Recorded Sounds '82, '20
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La Bohéme, Piano and Violin '20
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Jazz Impolitica, Flute, Piano, 'Cello '20
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Polite Society, Piano Quartet '20
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The Settling, Piano Trio '19
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Fencing Schönberg, 12-15 Chamber Instruments '19
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Mister Fear, a cappella SSAATTBB Choir '19
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Xpresso, Glockensiel, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Marimba, fixed media '19
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Seven For Piano, solo piano '17
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Four Psalms Modal, a cappella SSAATTBB Choir '17
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SPEaster Reflex, for SPEaster Gamelyde, spoken voices (arranged by Alice Mirk) and fixed media '15, '16
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Mass for Heavy Rail: Requiem for My Father, for SATB Choir and Pre-recorded Sound Sculpture '09, '15
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May Knots, two pianos '81 & '15
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The Bazaar Ladies, Sopranos and Altos '14
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Puppen Klinik, Gamelydes 1,2,3,4  '14
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Its Mirror, solo flute '13
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Dam Patch, Dog Barking, for pre-recorded video and sound, 2 percussionists playing Gamelyde 2 & 4, and dance '12
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Mumma's Incredible Sinking Violin, for soprano, violin, lyde and pre-recorded sound '11
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On A Long Thin Table, for dance and pre-recorded sound '11
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Just After, Looking Back on Gamelyde 1,2 and 3, percussion trio '10
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Semaphore on Gamelyde 1 and 2, percussion duo '10
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Cycling China on Twelve IKEA Bowls, for solo percussion '10
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Close, Then Far, for two flutes '10
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 Micro-Dramatic Songs from Prague II, for piano and soprano '10
Sun Wrinkled Lady, Tram Spider, Never Close, Bitumen Race
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A Cat Named Lillian, for SATB (with divisi) Boys Choir '22
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 Micro-Dramatic Songs from Prague I, for soprano, marimba and string trio '09
The Gathering, The Lonely Child, The Chubby Czech, The Belle from Brno
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Czech Rail, for recorded Too Flutter '07
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 Vertical Lyre with Prague Bubbles, subaudio pulse score, see exhibition, Hillsboro, Oregon '07
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 Over'lyre, subaudio pulse score data, 2001 exhibition, Seattle '06 (permanent)
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 Uncovered States, subaudio pulse score, Poznan, Poland '06
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 Portland Soundings, graphic scores for the International Space Band, Portland '05
 .

 Cartwheels for piccolo and orchestral bells, Smith Publications, Baltimore (purchase) '04 .

 S(H)e Visits Me for a cappella SATB chorus '04 .

 Lyde Notation for I Ching and Lydes (hear) '02 .

 M & M in E, for solo bass violin and video '00
.

 Still Moving: Four Sides of a Japanese Language School, percussions for solo violin and video '99 '05 .

 Patty Quake, for UWT Vertical Penduling '99 .

 Tocsin #1, alarm bell, four nests, 1'x1'x1' box '97 .

 Anatom for Sal, solo piano '96
 .

 Ah ONE, two vibraphones and bass violin, Honeyrock Publications
 .

 Four Chained Daisies, string quartet '85 '92
 .

 Ah Too, vibraphone, marimbas, glockenspiel, temple blocks, and trap sets '90 .

 The Schlemiel, actor, tape and participating audience '89
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 Peeping Tom, see text, voice and snare drum, Sonic Arts Edition, Baltimore '88
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 In Glass, flute and oboe '86
 .

 Loose Change for Four Changing Scrapercussionists and Changing Conductor '88 .

 Rivus, Any Three Treble Instruments in the Same Key, Smith Publications, Baltimore '85
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 Goyboys, trombone, piano, flute and marimba '83 .

 Skidmarks, trombone and tape '81
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 Cacaphonic Cadenza, scrapercussion and participating audience '81 .

 Smith's Invention, cello and tape '81 .

Raku for Percussion
, for sixteen percussionists '77 .

 Stak Raku, four tap dancers on dance instruments, backing sounds '77
.

 Stik Fer, dance-actor-vocalist '75 .

Rollo
, opera '75
.

White Death, SATB choir '74 .
Le Peinture, full orchestra '73 .
Lebanon Band March
, marching band '74

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Texts/Improvisations on Tape

 

The Lucky Life '19
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Chiclet Church '19
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The Great Migration '19
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Clara Bell '19
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Echo Chase '09
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Flutter Moths (Flutter Harp) (see/hear) 5:40), 16:35 '93
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Movie Man On Prinsengracht, (spoken text, Fayfer and tape) 6:46 '93
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Eight Ways to Fix a Windmill, (Fayfer Harp) 16:00 '93
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Five Toons (Tenor Shmoos), 14:37 '93
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Stressing Ms Margaret, (Scrapercussion #7 feedback) 4:50 '93
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Hands Off (Shmoos Harp), 8:00 '93
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Horroroic with Pretty Me, (spoken textt and Shmoos Harp) 3:02 '93 (hear)
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Hands On (Shmoos Harp), 14:58 '93
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Power Coat (spoken text), 1:00 '91
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Shmoos Harp Improvisation, (Shmoos Harp and vc Scrapercussion feedback) '91 (hear)
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Before Roulette (vc scrapercussion feedback), 21:00 '91
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Silly Business (spoken text), 1:00 '91
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Pulluting (live text and prerecorded text), 5:00 '91
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Lillian (spoken text), 1:00 '91 (choral work)
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Out On Limb Three (struck Scrapercussion #7), 3:20 '91
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Mean People (spoken text), 1:00 '91
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Shot Cup (Scrapercussion feedback), 6:45 '91
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Aussie Fan (struck Scrapercussion #7), 3:03 '91
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Miss Beautimiss (Scrapercussion feedback), 3:16 '91
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Power Coat in a Fire Hose Joint (shouted text into Scrapercussion #7), 3:10 '91
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Tiananmen Square (Scrapercussion feedback), 8:06 '91 (hear)
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Four Sticks (struck Scrapercussion #7), 7:30 '89
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Beep Boop I (Scrapercussion feedback), 3:38 '89
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Out on Limb Three (Scrapercussion feedback), 3:20 '89
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All Stops (Scrapercussion feedback), 5:20 '89
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Two Sticks (struck Scrapercussion #7), 5:55 '89
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Beep Boop Two (Scrapercussion feedback), 3:20 '89
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Out on Limb One, (struck Scrapercussion #7), 2:40 '89
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Out in Limb Three (Scrapercussion feedback), 13:30 '89
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Out on Limb Two (struck Scrapercussion #7), 2:50 '89
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Selected Concert Performance Scores
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F.L.E.A. Festival, performances in New York, Dortmund, Eindhoven,
Ghent, October '92
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Selected Pieces for Tape Alone
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The Catacombs of Yucatan, vs1 & vs2 (radio broadcast, voices w/shmoos and pendulum-based instruments) 27:00 '96 '97
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Late Takes (digitized Scraperucussion samples) 6:00 '91
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Pig Whistles (real-time hybrid computer system) 6:37 '85
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Spangles (hybrid computer system), 13:00 '85
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Bucktooth Bird (Fairlight Computer Music Instrument), 13:00 '82
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Honky Tok (Fairlight Computer Music Instrument),12:10 '80
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Caged (Fairlight Computer Music Instrument),12:10 '80
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On Glass (analog, musique concrete), 16:00 '79
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What Cheer (analog, musique concrete), 14:00 '78
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Happy Trails (analog, musique concrete), 8:30 '77
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Jump Back (analog, musique concrete), 8:00 '78 (hear)
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Selected Mixed Media Performance Pieces
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The Catacombs of Yucatan, vs2 (video, voices w/shmoos and pendulum-based instruments) 27:00 '96 '97
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Pennies from Heaven (video, fluttering instrument) 27:00 '97
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Bucktooth Bird (tape and slides by Larry Graham), 6:00 '91
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On Glass (tape and projected text by Dan Senn), 6:00 '91
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Goyboys (tape and slides by Tim Brook) 6:00 '91
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