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​​Please click on Orpheus playing the organ in the Underworld below
to see a complete list of my keyboard works (Volume II under "Pieces" above)

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​II. Tickling
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the Ivories
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FIVE CHORALE PRELUDES

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Harvey Burgett (right) played these pieces many times; including at Marsh Chapel of Boston University, and The Church of The Ascension in New York City. I wrote #4 "In Dulci Jubilo" when I was age 15, and studying with Marilyn Keiser. Please click the buttons below to hear Mr. Burgett's performance:
DavidEdgarWalther · 5 Chorale Preludes: 1. Down Ampney
DavidEdgarWalther · 5 Chorale Preludes 2. St. Columba
DavidEdgarWalther · 5 Chorale Preludes: 3. Leoni
DavidEdgarWalther · 5 Chorale Preludes: 4. In Dulci Jubilo
DavidEdgarWalther · 5. Chorale Preludes: 5. Homage to Robert Schumann
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20 FIVE-FINGER ETUDES

"Book of the Hanging Fruit Flies" 5 suites totaling 20 minutes, and consisting entirely of  "five finger exercises." That is to say, each finger is assigned only one note per movement. They were written while I was listening to Mahler's first symphony, and talking on the phone with John Walsh (a pianist who looks like Richard Gere and has one blue eye and one brown one). To my best knowledge neither John nor Gustav realized that I was composing this piece at the time, and I don't think that this piece is at all influenced by either of them.
Recorded by the composer. Cablecast on BNN-TB as
the primitively-drawn-computer-animated soap opera Dynosaur which is t
he world's first continuous soap opera found on the walls of caves and brought to us today by computer. To hear and see all of "Dynosaur" complete with computer animation and the musical score, please release one of the bugs in bottles to the right:​

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  • Listen
    • Orchestral Music
    • Opera & Oratorio
    • Song Sets & Cycles
  • Watch
    • Opera
    • Dance
    • Animation
  • About
    • Curriculum Vitae
    • Biography >
      • short bio
    • Education
    • Teachers
    • Press
    • Activism
    • Family
    • Crazy Dinosaurs >
      • Watch Crazy Dinosaurs
      • Watch Eurydice
      • Watch Dynosaur
  • Pieces
    • I. Chamber
    • II. Keyboard
    • III. Orchestra
    • IV. Dance
    • V. Voice
    • VI. Chorus
    • VII. Opera
    • VIII. Music Theater
    • IX. Critical Editions
    • James Joyce
    • Emily Dickinson
  • Photos
  • Contact
  • Lavender Scores