MUSIC WRITTEN BY HAROLD SHAPERO

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1936-1938

• "Leaves in the Wind" for piano
• "Sonatine" for piano

1937

• String Trio

1938

• Five Poems by E. E. Cummings for baritone voice and piano

1939

• Trumpet Sonata

1940-41

• Piano Sonata for four hands
• Recorded by Harold Shapero and Leo Smit for Columbia Records, mid-1950s
• Recorded by David Kopp and Rodney Lister, New World Records, upcoming release

1941-43

• Three piano sonatas
• Sonata No. 1 recorded by Bernhard Weiser for New Editions American Music Series, mid-'50s
• Sonata No. 1 recorded by Frank Glazer for Everest/ConcertDisc Records, 1960
• Sonata No. 1 recorded by Sylvia Marlowe, transcribed for harpsichord, Decca Records, 1960s
• Three Sonatas recorded by Michael Boriskin, New World Records 1996

1941

• Nine Minute Overture, for Orchestra
• Recorded by Andre Previn with Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Records, 1988

1942

• Violin Sonata (with piano)
• String Quartet
• Recorded by the Naumburg Foundation Quartet, late '50s

1945

• Serenade for Strings
• Recorded by Arthur Winograd, with the Arthur Winograd String Orchestra, MGM Records, late '50s, re-released, late '60s
• Re-arranged as a String Quintet, 1998

1947

• Variations in C minor for piano

1948

• "The Travellers" Overture
• Re-worked as a Sinfonia in C minor
• Sonata in F minor for piano
• "Arioso Variations" for piano
• Symphony for Classical Orchestra
• Recorded by Leonard Bernstein conducting the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, 1954, re-released by Composers Recordings, Inc., 1979
• Recorded by Andre Previn with Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Records, 1988

1951

• Credo for Orchestra
• Recorded by the Louisville Orchestra, First Edition Records (Columbia) late 1950s

1956

• Hebrew Cantata for chorus and small ensemble

1958

• "On Green Mountain," transformation of Monteverdi's "Chaconne" for jazz orchestra
• Recorded as part of the Modern Jazz Concert anthology, Columbia Records, 1958-1959

1959

• Soundtrack for TV documentary "The Twentieth Century with Walter Cronkite," on President Woodrow Wilson

1960

• Partita for Piano and Orchestra
• Recorded by Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney conducting, Benjamin Owen, Pianist First Edition (Columbia) Records, 1967

1968-69

• Hebrew Poems recited with electronic synthesizer accompaniment

1969

• Improvisations in B, for piano and synthesizer
• on tape not commercially available Synthesizer played by Hannah M.G.Shapero

1970

• Improvisations in C sharp, for piano and synthesizer
• on tape not commercially available Synthesizer played by Hannah M.G. Shapero

1985

• "AB-70" for piano, in honor of Arthur Berger's birthday
• "For Louise" for 'cello solo, in honor of Louise Vosgerchian

1990s

• Waltz and march miniatures for piano dedicated to various individuals

1991

• "In the Family" suite for trombone and flute
• Recorded by Ronald Barron, trombone and Marianne Gedigian, flute, Boston Brass Series recordings, 1996
• Re-arranged as Wind Quintet, 1995

1994

• Trumpet Concerto (for trumpet and orchestra)

WORKS IN PROGRESS

• "America Variations," for piano, 1950- present
• Concerto for Orchestra, 1950s- present
• Chamber Symphony, in progress

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Much thanks to Hannah M.G. Shapero, who has provided the bulk of this discography.