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This entire Volume is in the process of revision,
an enlarged list will be available in late 2020.
Book I. Voice with Orchestra:
1. Song Of The Figot Bird: 12 minutes and 40 seconds: cycle of 4 songs for low voice to poems (under copyright (uc)) by Samuel Beckett. Unperformed.
1a. Song Of The Figot Bird: with percussion, timpani, harp, viola solo & string orchestra.
1b. Song Of The Figot Bird: with harp and string quartet.
1c. Song Of The Figot Bird: with piano.
2. Orpheus in The Underworld: 14 minute of cycle of 7 for low voice;
The text, in Latin, is by Boethius.This version has an unhappy ending.
2a. Orpheus in The Underworld: with percussion, timpani and string orchestra.
2b. Orpheus in The Underworld: with orchestra: 2+/2+/2+/2+ 2/2/2/1 percussion, timpani, celesta, harp and strings.
an enlarged list will be available in late 2020.
Book I. Voice with Orchestra:
1. Song Of The Figot Bird: 12 minutes and 40 seconds: cycle of 4 songs for low voice to poems (under copyright (uc)) by Samuel Beckett. Unperformed.
1a. Song Of The Figot Bird: with percussion, timpani, harp, viola solo & string orchestra.
1b. Song Of The Figot Bird: with harp and string quartet.
1c. Song Of The Figot Bird: with piano.
2. Orpheus in The Underworld: 14 minute of cycle of 7 for low voice;
The text, in Latin, is by Boethius.This version has an unhappy ending.
2a. Orpheus in The Underworld: with percussion, timpani and string orchestra.
2b. Orpheus in The Underworld: with orchestra: 2+/2+/2+/2+ 2/2/2/1 percussion, timpani, celesta, harp and strings.
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2c. Orpheus in The Underworld: with piano; cablecast as "Eurydice" as part of "Crazy Dinosaurs" on BNN-TV, with DEW performing the music. To hear "Eurydice" and to see the scores to several of the songs please click on either of the two dinosaurs to the right: |
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3. Deep River: 15 minute cycle of 9 spirituals.
3a. Deep River: high voice with piano: complete cycle premiered by Christopher Aaron Smith, tenor, with pianist, Yelena Birayeva at Boston Metro Opera on January 27, Selections performed at 1st and 2nd U. U. in Boston by 1. Dorthy Yanick, soprano and Merton Brown, piano: "Swing Low" and 2. Sonante (soprano, Annalise Skovman with 'cello and guitar).
3b. Deep River: low voice and orchestra: 2/2+/2+/2+ 2/2/1/1 percussion, timpani, harp and strings.
3c. Deep River: low voice and piano; 9 spirituals; the original version: 6 spirituals, first performed with pianist, Barbara Roth at The First Unitarian Society of Newton in 2012. "Wayfaring Stranger" performed by the composer with Leo Abbott, pianist,
and heard on WBZ radio.
4. 2 Songs to Poems by James Joyce: 13 minutes; two songs for low voice, separated by an interlude. Taken from "The Journey." See IV/IV/2 and VII/IV/1. May be performed with "Three songs to Poems by James Joyce" by Merton Brown, soon to be orchestrated.
4a. 2 Songs to Poems by James Joyce: mallets, percussion, piano, optional harp, and D. B. string quartet or string orchestra.
4b. 2 Songs to Poems by James Joyce: with synthesizer.
4c. 2 Songs to Poems by James Joyce: with piano.
5a. Remembrance of Love's Death: 20 minute cycle of 11; Emily Dickinson (uc); performed by the composer with pianist, Eileen Feldman at 1st and 2nd.
5b. Remembrance of Love's Death: Low voice with orchestra: 2/2/2 2/2/1/1 harp, perc., & strings.
See the same selections in III, Book ViII.
Book II. Two Voices with Instruments:
1. yes: 3 minutes; three duets for two high voices with clarinet or English horn; poem by e. e. cummings (uc).
2. Three Folk Songs: 8 minutes.
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2a. Three Folk Songs: for high voice (#1 & #4) and low voice (#3) with flute and guitar.Performed several times by The Putnam Court Musicians: Kristin Webb, flute; Russell Southcott, guitar, soprano, Mary Saunders (# 1 & 3 (right)) and DEW, bass-baritone (# 3).George W. Harper of Beverly Times wrote of this piece: "Easily the highlight of the concert were several arrangements by David Edgar Walther... Especially satisfying was Walther's setting of three familiar folk songs, a medley that managed to sidestep all the stereotypes with a version of Simple Gifts that owed absolutely nothing to Aaron Copeland's. Walther's touching arrangements of Long Time Ago set Mary Saunders' rich, soprano peeping through the lush harmonic haze of flute and guitar like the sun through the clouds.' See versions below with a single high voice or single low voice.
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1. Long Time Ago: Ms. Saunders, soprano
Ms. Webb, flute & and Mr. Southcott, guitar; |
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2. John Henry: DEW, bass-baritone;
Ms. Webb, & Mr. Southcott; |
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3. Simple Gifts: Ms. Saunders;
Ms. Webb, & and Mr. Southcott; |
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2b. Three Folk Songs: for high voice with flute and guitar.
2c. Three Folk Songs: for low voice with flute and guitar.
Book III. Voice with Instruments:
Book IIIa. High Voice with Instruments:
1. Echoes: lyric high soprano and violin, flute or clarinet; 3 minutes; Hart Crane; premiered by soprano, Deborah Cole and violist, David Feltner with Music Now at Holy Trinity Armenian Church, Cambridge, MA. Heard numerous times on WHRB Radio in Cambridge.
2. Londonderry Air:
2a. Londonderry Air: 5 minutes; soprano, viola and piano; traditional. Unperformed.
2b. Londonderry Air: 2 minutes; traditional; premiered on at 1st & 2nd by soprano, Dorothy Yanish, and pianist, Merton Brown; recorded by Janet Wheeler with the composer.
2b. Three Folk Songs: for high voice with flute and guitar.
2c. Three Folk Songs: for low voice with flute and guitar.
Book III. Voice with Instruments:
Book IIIa. High Voice with Instruments:
1. Echoes: lyric high soprano and violin, flute or clarinet; 3 minutes; Hart Crane; premiered by soprano, Deborah Cole and violist, David Feltner with Music Now at Holy Trinity Armenian Church, Cambridge, MA. Heard numerous times on WHRB Radio in Cambridge.
2. Londonderry Air:
2a. Londonderry Air: 5 minutes; soprano, viola and piano; traditional. Unperformed.
2b. Londonderry Air: 2 minutes; traditional; premiered on at 1st & 2nd by soprano, Dorothy Yanish, and pianist, Merton Brown; recorded by Janet Wheeler with the composer.
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3. Serenade and Fugue: soprano and flute; 4 and a half minutes; Thomas Hardy; performed several times by soprano, Mary Saunders & Kristin Webb, flute. To hear "Serenade Fugue" please click on the red button below: |
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3w. A Secret and a Thought: The withheld original version: for two sopranos; 1 minutes; "A Secret and a Thought" with poem by Ann Head (uc) was included in a withheld cycle, performed in Rockport, MA by sopranos: Janet Wheeler and Charlotte Regni Lord with a text by Ann Head (uc). Partially lost. The manuscript may be in South Korea: a Korean soprano at Juilliard promised to send it back to me, but never did! (Oh, well!)
4. Six Valentine's Day Cards: 6 minute cycle for soprano, flute, harp and piano;
Emily Dickinson; performed, in an earlier, withheld version by Eric Mazonson, pianist, in Marblehead, MA. with soprano, Mary Saunders; Kristin Webb, flute; and Russell Southcott, guitar: The Putnam Court Musicians (PCM).
5. Simples of The Moon: 6 minute cycle of 6; Joyce. Unperformed.
5a. Simples of The Moon: high voice with flute & viola. See V/IIIb/5b.
4. Six Valentine's Day Cards: 6 minute cycle for soprano, flute, harp and piano;
Emily Dickinson; performed, in an earlier, withheld version by Eric Mazonson, pianist, in Marblehead, MA. with soprano, Mary Saunders; Kristin Webb, flute; and Russell Southcott, guitar: The Putnam Court Musicians (PCM).
5. Simples of The Moon: 6 minute cycle of 6; Joyce. Unperformed.
5a. Simples of The Moon: high voice with flute & viola. See V/IIIb/5b.
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6. Some Things That Fly: 7 songs for soprano, flute & guitar to poems by Emily Dickinson; 10 minutes & 35 seconds; 5 songs performed several times by The Putnam Court Musicians: Mary Saunders, soprano; Kristin Webb, flute and Russell Southcott, guitar To hear 3 of these Emily Dickinson Songs please click on the red button below: |
Mary Saunders, soprano
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7. Echo and Mirage: 13 minutes, 2 movements, Christina Rossetti.
7a. Echo and Mirage: with alto flute, clarinet in Bb, marimba, percussion, harp, piano, viola, and 'cello. Unperformed. 7b. Echo and Mirage: with flute, clarinet in Bb, violin, 'cello and piano. Unperformed. 7c. Echo and Mirage: with piano. recorded by soprano, Nancy King with the composer, piano; otherwise unperformed. |
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To hear "Mirage" the second of three movements, please click on the red to the right:
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8. Hymns of Orpheus: 30 minute cycle of 8 songs; with flute and guitar; trans. Thomas Taylor. Written for PCM and BMO. Unperformed.
Book IVb. Low Voice with Instruments:
1. A Thought: with guitar; 2 minutes; Dickinson.
2. all worlds have half-sight: very low voice; 3 minutes; e. e. cummings (uc).
2a. all worlds have half-sight: string trio and double bass.
2b. all worlds have half-sight: piano; 3 minutes;
3. It came upon a midnight clear: 3 movements in 5 minutes. flue, harp, string trio and double bass; Edmund Hamilton Sears; original version (withheld) performed by the composer with Dr. Sam Walter, organist in Augusta, ME. Several withheld versions.
4. The Conqueror Worm: with violin, 5 minutes, The complete version of the poem "Ligeia" by Edgar Alan Poe. Unperformed. IVb. 3. "Last Murmurs of Ligeia" for low voice and piano, below, is a partial setting of the text.
5. Simples of The Moon: 6 minute cycle of 6; Joyce. Unperformed.
5b. Simples of The Moon: low voice with flute and 'cello; #4. may be done with alto flute. See III/Va/5a.
6. 1000 Breezes: 6 minutes and 10 seconds; the composer's birthday card to the poet: 10/22/19, poem by Drew Hubbard; the poet's birthday card to the composer: early 1990s? VI/III/2 for TTB chorus. See VI/2; related to VI/II/3.
6a. 1000 Breezes: with xylophone/gong; vibraphone & marimba. Unperformed.
6b. 1000 Breezes: with guitar and 'cello. Unperformed.
6c. 1000 Breezes: with piano. Unperformed.
7. Recitative: 7 minute song with guitar; Hart Crane.
8. Echo's Bones: 8 minute cycle of 4 with 'cello; Samuel Beckett (uc); performed by the composer with Priscilla Chew, at 1st and 2nd.
9. Hear The Trumpet: with 'cello & double bass; 10 minute cycle of 5 spirituals. Unperformed.
Book IV. Solo Voice with Piano:
Book IVa. High Voice with Piano:
1. Love Suicides at Sonezaki: 3 minutes; in Japanese, performed at The United Parish in Brookline, MA by mezzo-soprano, Shinobu Takagi, with pianist, Darryl Cooper. Cablecast BNN-TV with animated netsuki as the video "Love Song" as part of "Crazy Dinosaurs" that was cablecast on BNN-TV. Withheld.
2. De Profundis Clamavit: 3 minutes, premiered at The United Parish in Brookline, MA by Shinobu Takagi, mezzo-soprano and Daryl Cooper, pianist. See IV/II/3c.
3. Three Short Songs: 6 minutes; Dickinson (uc), Joyce and Robert Lewis Stevenson. Unperformed.
4. When The Heart is Full of Love: 8 minutes; 3 songs to anonymous poets.
5. The Steeple's Remembrance: 10 minute cycle of 10 each depicting the ghost of a woman who has died; Dickinson (uc). Unperformed.
Book IVb. Low Voice with Piano: See also Book I above.
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1. Crazy Dinosaurs: one minute and thirteen second theme song for the cable TV show, recorded by DEEW, cablecast on BNN-TV. To hear the theme song to "Crazy Dinosaurs" please click on the dinosaur to the right: |
2. Wondering: 2 minute song to Charles Schultz (uc) from "Snoopy" comic strip.
3. Last Murmurs of Ligeia: 5 minute cycle of 3 songs excerpted from the poem "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe. Performed and taped at BPL, by the composer. See complete setting of the poem below: "The Conqueror Worm" with violin above: IIb. 3.
3. Last Murmurs of Ligeia: 5 minute cycle of 3 songs excerpted from the poem "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe. Performed and taped at BPL, by the composer. See complete setting of the poem below: "The Conqueror Worm" with violin above: IIb. 3.
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4. Three Portraits: 6 minutes; William Butler Yeats, Linda Cecil (uc), and Emily Dickinson (uc); performed several times with the composer and pianist, Merton Brown. To hear "Three Portraits" please click on the red button to the right under Drew's artwork: |
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5. Three Songs to Poems by James Joyce: 8 minute cycle of 3; one incomplete. Unperformed.
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6. Songs of Summer: 11 minute cycle, with poems from "Songs of Innocence and Experience" by William Blake. Performed by mezzo-soprano, Susan Craft Larson,
with pianist, Yelena Birayeva at Boston Metro Opera on January 27, 2012 (recording coming soon). They were also performed by baritone, Brett Johnson at Andover Academy. On 10/24/17, baritone, Hartmut Schulz presented the European premier of these songs in Cologne, Germany; and sang them again on 9/30/18 in Bonn. "Songs of Summer" were also performed several times by DEW with the pianists Merton Brown and Dr. Sam Walter. To hear DEW with Dr. Walter at 1st & 2nd, Boston please click on the butterfly to the right: |
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7. Rain has Fallen: 10 minute cycle of 5; Joyce. Unperformed.
8. Chamber Music: 15 minute cycle of 5 songs, Joyce; Performed and recorded at: BPL, Old South, Boston, Colby College, ME, and many other times by the composer with pianists Merton Brown, Eileen Feldman,& Dr. Sam Walter.
9. Great Streets of Silence: 16 minute cycle of 9 songs; Dickinson (uc). Unperformed.
Book V. Unaccompanied Voice
Book Ia. Unaccompanied for High Voice
1. Dachshund: 1 minute; poem by Jill Shapiro (uc). Unperformed/temporarily lost.
2. Mother Goose Songs: 3 minute cycle of 7 songs in 100 notes; Mother Goose. Unperformed.
3. Night over Bass Rocks: 4 minutes & 40 seconds; James Joyce. Unperformed.
8. Chamber Music: 15 minute cycle of 5 songs, Joyce; Performed and recorded at: BPL, Old South, Boston, Colby College, ME, and many other times by the composer with pianists Merton Brown, Eileen Feldman,& Dr. Sam Walter.
9. Great Streets of Silence: 16 minute cycle of 9 songs; Dickinson (uc). Unperformed.
Book V. Unaccompanied Voice
Book Ia. Unaccompanied for High Voice
1. Dachshund: 1 minute; poem by Jill Shapiro (uc). Unperformed/temporarily lost.
2. Mother Goose Songs: 3 minute cycle of 7 songs in 100 notes; Mother Goose. Unperformed.
3. Night over Bass Rocks: 4 minutes & 40 seconds; James Joyce. Unperformed.
4. Cal'mus: 6.5 minute cycle of 4 gay love songs for tenor; poems by Walt Whitman from "The Leaves of Grass." To see the score please use the PDF:
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Premiered by tenor, Christopher Aaron Smith (below), on 1/27/2012 with Boston Metro Opera. To hear Cal'mus please click on the red button below Mr. Smith:
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Book Ib. Unaccompanied Low Voice:
1. The Book of Runes: written in Ireland; 3 cycles; contemporary plain song to poems by James Joyce. See "The Journey" IV/IV/2 and VII/IV/1 for more contemporary plainsong.
Book Ib. Unaccompanied Low Voice:
1. The Book of Runes: written in Ireland; 3 cycles; contemporary plain song to poems by James Joyce. See "The Journey" IV/IV/2 and VII/IV/1 for more contemporary plainsong.
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1a. The Folk Cycle: 15 minute cycle of 8 songs; performed by the composer at The Boston Public (BPL). 1b. The Whole Tone Cycle: 4.5 minute cycle of 3 songs; performed by DEW at 1st & 2nd Unitarian n Boston. To hear the recording please click on the button below. 1c. The Modern Cycle: 5 minute cycle of 3. Unperformed.
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4. A Tree: 2 minute; Joyce Kilmer. Written for Virginia Harms, alto soloist for
The Easter Show at Radio City Music Hall. Unperformed.