WILLIAM HELLERMANN
P.O. Box 850
New York, NY 12565
518-672-4775
LIST OF COMPOSITIONS
1997 FINGER FOOD for solo piano (in progress)
1994 STANDING OFFER (A Techno-illogical Étude) for two performers and music stand
First Performance: DownTown ensemble, Art/Omi, New York, October 1, 1994
1993 HOIST BY YOUR OWN RITARD for Bb clarinet, marimba, accordion, piano, and piano stool
First Performance: DownTown Ensemble as part of The Interpretations Series at Merkin Hall, New York City, December 15, 1993
1992 FOR JOHN C-A-G-E for any instruments
First Performance: Fred Rzewski, Deutschlandfunk, Germany, October 28, 1992
1991 BLOOD ON THE DINING ROOM FLOOR vocal score for theatre on a text by Gertrude Stein
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, Nov. 21, 1991
1990 POST/PONE for guitar, Bb clarinet, viola, trombone and piano
First Performance: DownTown Ensemble, New York City, June 7, 1990
1989 CHOPS (for Toy Piano)
First Performance: Wendy Chambers, Knitting Factory, New York City, June 20, 1990
ON THE VANISHING POINT realization of the graphic score for four instruments
First Performance: World Music Institute, New York City, April 21, 1989
JUICY MUSIC realization for Bb cl., vln., cello, marimba, and piano
First Performance: New Music America, New York City, November 15, 1989
1988 100 and 1 AVANT GARDE PLAYS selected set pieces for a theatre production of the plays by Kenneth Koch
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, April 21, 1988
1987 ALPHONSE AND GASTON for any two instruments
ANCIENT VIRTUES (Part II) for three instruments
First performance by the DownTown Ensemble, New York City, June 5, 1987
1986 GUI-TAR for guitar
ANOTHER MUSICAL YOLK for two instruments
IDENTICAL FUNCTION (OF) for three mallet instruments
(...) IN EFFECT for one to three instruments
THE POSITION (OF) for three instruments
(ONLY) ONE SECTOR for three instruments
THOSE PAST MOMENTS for Synthesizer
VARYING DEGREES for variable ensemble
1985 AMERICAN MUSIC for variable ensemble
ORANGE MUSIC for synthesizer
PHIL CORNER LOOKS BACK for synthesizer
STAFF OF LIFE for synthesizer, pre-recorded tape, and sculpture
THREE PEARS IN THE FORM OF A PIECE for synthesizer, pre-recorded tape and sculpture
TO GET A MUSICAL DEGREE for synthesizer, pre-recorded tape, and sculpture
1984 A CHANGE OF KEY for synthesizer, pre-recorded tape, slides, and sculpture
First performance, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, March 13, 1984
AFTER DINNER MUSIC for keyboard, pre-recorded tape, and sculpture
First performance, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, March 13, 1984
EL ROPO for keyboard, pre-recorded tape, and sculpture
First performance, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, March 13, 1984
GOLDEN OLDIE for pre- recorded tape and sculpture
MUSIC PLANE AND FANCY for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance, The Knitting Factory, New York City, June 21, 1986
MUSIC SWEEPS UP for instrument, for pre-recorded tape, and sculpture
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, November 8, 1984
MUSIC WEIGHS AN EGG for keyboard, for pre-recorded tape, and sculpture
First performance: Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, March 13, 1984
ONE BAR BLUES for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First performance: Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, March 13, 1984
RAKES PROGRESS for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: Samaya Music Foundation, New York City, April 13, 1986
SHEET MUSIC for vocal soloist and synthesizer
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, November 13, 1984
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EARS for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS theatre score for musically challenged instruments on a text by Gertrude Stein
First performance: XVI Festival Internacional de Teatre, Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 23, 1985
1983 A BIRD IN THE BAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH for quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
AVE MARIA for quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
BEE MINOR MASS for quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
CHOPS for virtuoso soloist
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1981
CONCERTO GROSSO for string ensemble, pre- recorded tape, and sculpture
DEUTSCHES REQUIEM for wind trio
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1981
EQUAL BILLING (AND COOING) for quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1981
FOOTNOTES TO A FRENCH OVERTURE for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
FOOTNOTES TO A FRENCH OVERTURE 2 for quartet and conductor
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
FRENCH OVERTURE for soloist
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
HELL'S BELLS (a holiday medley) for trio
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
HIT TUNE for percussion quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
I BRAKE FOR MUSIC for ensemble, pre-recorded tape, and sculptural object
First Performance: Terminal Art Show, BrookIyn, New York, September 24, 1983
MAMA DADA for rock band
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
MUSIC DROP BY DROP for solo instrument
SQUEEZE ME LOOSE I GET SO EASY HOT for toy accordion quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
THE BARTERED BIRD for duet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
THE PACMAN CANON for quartet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
TWEET SWEET for tube quintet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
VOWEL MOVEMENT for soloist and quartet
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
WIND-UP SYMPHONY a quintet with surprise guest artists
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
1982 BATTERY PARK for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: Terminal Art Show, Brooklyn, New York, September 24, 1983
BY THE C-SIDE for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: Ear Works: Grommet Gallery, New York City, March 11, 1983
CHEEP IMITATION for squeeze box
First Performance: SEM Ensemble, William Hellermann, Buffalo, New York, February 18, 1983
CHIN MUSIC for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
EXTRAORDINARY HISTORIES (A POE PROJECT) Experimental Opera (2 1/2 Hours)
First Performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble. New York City, April 28, 1982
FUSION MUSIC for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
HOMAGE TO CHUBBY CHECKER- DOIN' THE TWIST for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
ITALIAN SYMPHONY II for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
JUICY MUSIC for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: EarWorks: Grommet Gallery, New York City, March 11, 1983
MUSIC FOR HACKS for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: EarWorks: Grommet Gallery, New York City, March 11, 1983
MUSIC ON THE LEVEL for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
1981 MORNING MUSIC (STAFF OF LIFE) for pre-recorded tape and sculpture
First Performance: Crossovers Show, Just Above Midtown/Downtown Gallery, New York City, December 6, 1981
THE COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO for metronome and sculpture installation
First Performance: The Sound Corridor, Project Studios One (P.S.I), Long Island City, New York, April 4, 1982
THE VIOLIN BETWEEN US for solo violin (60 minutes)
First Performance: Malcolm Goldstein, Roulette Concert Space, New York City, March 8, 1981
TREMBLE II for solo double bass (60 minutes)
First Performance: Jon Deak, Roulette Concert Space, New York City, February 15, 1981
1980 MONUMENTAL MELODIES: The Verrazano Bridge for keyboards and live electronics
THE EAR-LY BIRD GETS THE WORM for soloist
First Performance: Whitney Counter Weight Festival, James Yu Gallery, New York City, October 31, 1980
1979 THREE WEEKS IN CINCINNATI IN DECEMBER for solo flute (45 minutes)
First Performance: Robert Dick, American Center, Paris, France, December 18, 1979
CAN OF SOURDINES for strings
EVENING THE SCORE for variable ensemble and sculpture
First performance: Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, New York City, June 13, 1983
INSTANT MUSIC MIX for one or more players
MUSICAL DRAWERS for pre-recorded sound and sculpture
REST ROOM for pre-recorded sound and sculpture
STAFF OF LIFE for pre-recorded sound and sculpture
WIND MUSIC for pre-recorded sound and sculpture
1978 CITY GAMES for three vocalists, pre-recorded tape, and sculpture (60 minutes)
First Performance: Richard Hayman, Nina Lundberg, and Kathy Merritt, The Kitchen, New York City, June 1, 1978
TREMBLE for solo guitar
First Performance: William Hellermann, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York City, February I3, 1978
1977 DRIP - Sculpture installation piece
First Performance: Franklin St. Arts Center, New York City, July 13, 1977
"anyway..." for symphony orchestra
First Performance: Greenwich Philharmonic, by David Gilbert, Conductor, Greenwich, Connecticut, March 22, 1977
SQUEEK for soloist
First Performance: William Hellermann, James Yu Gallery, New York City, March 30, 1977
WHAT (?) for voice and tape delay
First Performance: William Hellermann, Franklin St. Arts Center, New York City, July 13, 1977
CLASH/CLASH/CLASH/CLASH for variable ensemble
CRUNCH for one or more performers
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU for soloist
FLORIDA SYMPHONY(or CRATE MUSIC) for variable ensemble
HOMAGE TO JOHN CAGE for anyone
MEATY MUSIC for soloist
NEW YORK MUSIC for individual performer
PUTTING ON THE DOG For soloist
SEXTET for six
1976 AT SEA for solo piano
First Performance: Philip Corner, American Landmarks Festival, New York City, October 1, 1976
CYCLES for tuning forks
First Performance: William Hellermann, The Brook, New York City, May 13, 1976
EN-TRANCES for chorus
First Performance: Sounds Out of Silent Spaces, New York City, April 13, 1976
FOR PEACE AND QUIET for amplified guitar and mallet instrument
HIDDEN DRIVES I for piano
First Performance: Charles Santos, Barcelona, Spain, March 13, 1979
HIDDEN DRIVES 2 for violin and cello
LOCAL EXITS for soprano and chamber ensemble
First Performance: American Artists Series, Detroit, Michigan, March 7, 1976
NESTS for soloist and chorus
First Performance: William Hellermann and Sounds Out of Silent Spaces Group, New York City, January 13, 1976
TO BRUSH UP ON for six cellos
First Performance: The Kitchen, New York City, December 22, 1980
TO GET A PEEP OUT OF for variable ensemble
TO PREVENT DECAY for harp and variable ensemble
TWO VIBRAPHONES for two vibraphones
First Performance: Orch. of Our time, Joel Thome, Dir., New York City, January 23, 1980
UMBRELLA for soloist and ensemble
First Performance: William Hellermann, The Brook, New York City, May 13, 1976
YOU CAN'T EAT A STILL LIFE pre-recorded sound and sculpture installation
First Performance: William Hellermann, Franklin Arts Center, New York City, July 13, 1977
1975 "But, The moon..." for guitar and 13 instruments
First Performance: William Hellermann with the L'Itineraire Ensemble, Paris, France, March 13, 1975
SALOME (theatre music for Lindsay Kemp Mime Company production of the play adapted from Oscar Wilde)
First Performance: New York Theatre Ensemble, New York City, January 13, 1975
STILL AND ALL for solo guitar
First Performance: William Hellermann, Festival D'Orleans, France, March 23, 1975
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC for variable instruments
FROZEN MUSIC IS NOT MELTED ARCHITECTURE for variable ensemble
FUGUE IN C for one to three improvisors
ITALIAN SYMPHONY II for soloist
ONE-A-DAY MUSIC PILLS for variable ensemble
1974 FOR OTTO (A LINE IN RETURN) for solo piano
First Performance: Joseph Kubera, Roulette Concert Space, New York City, October 8, 1981
LONG ISLAND SOUND for four instruments
First Performance: L'Itineraire Ensemble, Paris, France, April 23. 1974
TO THE LAST DROP for six vibraphones
First Performance: The Kitchen, New York City, December 22, 1980
1973 BEHIND BARS for seven instruments and dancer (optional)
First Performance: A.C.I.A. Gallery, New York City, October 1, 1975
FOR THE THIRD TIME for three woodwinds
First Performance: A.C.I.A. Gallery. New York City, October 1, 1975
IN THE MIND'S EYE for two mallet instruments
ON THE VANISHING POINT for piano and tape delay
First PerFormance: Max Lifchitz, North/South Consonance, New York City, January 24,1981
ROW MUSIC (TIP OF THE ICEBERG) for solo piano
First Performance: Carla Hübner, Alice Tully Hall, New York City, March 11, 1974
STOP/START for two soloists, six players, and five part section
First Performance: E.M.C.I.P., Konstantin Simonovic, Conductor. Paris, France, October 22, 1973
1972 COUNTERTENORMUSIC for counter tenor and variable ensemble
DISTANCES/EMBRACES for solo guitar
First Performance: William Hellermann Recital, Florence, Italy, March 13, 1973
ONE INTO ANOTHER (ARIEL) for english horn and tape
First Performance: Bruce Levine Recital, New York City, March 10, 1972
PARTED... for three performers and pre-recorded sounds
PART SEQUENCES 1 FOR AN OPEN SPACE for four musicians, four actors, four dancers and four sets
First Performance: Loeb Student Center of N.Y.U., New York City,March 24, 1972
1971 CIRCLE MUSIC 1 for any four instruments
First Performance: Alte Kirche Boswil, Switzerland, April 28, 1972
CIRCLE MUSIC 2 for any two or more instruments
First Performance: Nuova Conzonanza. Rome, Italy, October 23, 1972
CIRCLE MUSIC 3 for any six performers
First Performance: Gaudeamus Festival, Holland, September 21, 1972
COLUMBUS CIRCLE for any three woodwinds and Piano
First Performance: Univ. of Illinois Chamber Players, Champaign/Urbana,
PASSAGES I3 - THE FIRE for trumpet and tape
First Performance: Gerard Schwarz Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado, July 10, 1972
1970 EK -STASIS II for timpani, piano, and tape
First Performance: Jesse Kregal Recital, Alice Tully Hall, New York City, May 31, 1970
ROUND AND ABOUT for any two or more instruments
First Performance: Immaculate Heart Chamber Players, Los Angeles, California, January 31, 1971
1969 EXCHANGES for classical Guitar
MAI '68 for pre-recorded tape
First Performance: McMillan Theatre, Columbia University, New York City, March 21, 1969
TIME AND AGAIN for symphony orchestra
First Performance: Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, Utrecht, Holland, September 14, 1970
1968 EK- STASIS I for pre-recorded tape
First Performance: Greenwich House Music Series, New York City, December 5, 1968
FOUR PIECES FOR GUITAR
1967 ARIEL for pre-recorded tape
First Performance: Columbia University. New York City, April 19, 1967
FORMATA for trombone and four instruments
First Performance: Per Brevig Recital, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City, September 17, 1967
POEM FOR SOPRANO AND FOUR INSTRUMENTS
First Performance: Group for Contemporary Music, Columbia University, New York City, February 13, 1967
RESONATA for brass quintet
First Performance: Music in Our Time, Town Hall, New York City, May 15, 1967
1966 INTER-POLATIONS for solo piano
First Performance: Carla Hübner, Columbia University, New York City, February 15, 1967
PUBLICATIONS
MUSICAL SCORES BY WILLIAM HELLERMANN
"Afterthoughts I," Pieces 3..., Michael Byron, Ed., Ontario, Canada, 1977.
"At Sea," Ear Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6. New York, New York; New Wilderness Foundation, Sept./Oct. 1977.
CIRCLE MUSIC 2, for Two or more instruments, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
CIRCLE MUSIC 3, for six players, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
"Clash/Clash," Stamps, Number 2, Hand made limited edition, New York, New York, R. Jacks Publisher, November 1977.
"Crunch," Seventy-Six Pages, New York, New York, Summer 1977.
DISTANCES/EMBRACES for solo guitar, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
"Drip," Seventy- Six Pages, New York. New York, Summer 1977.
EK- STASIS II for timpani, piano and tape, American Composers Edition, American Composers Alliance, New York, New York, 1978.
"Entrances," Scores: An Anthology of New Music, Roger Johnson, Ed., New York, New York: Schirmer Books, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1980.
"Exchanges," A Unique Collection of Classic Guitar Pieces, Harvey Vinson. Ed., New York, New York: Consolidated Music Publishers, Inc., 1972.
"Experimental Music," Breaking the Sound Barrier: A Critical Anthology of the New Music, Gregory Battcock, Ed., E.P. Dutton, New York City, 1981.
"Footnotes," Alles und Noch Viel Mehr, G.J. Lischka, Ed., Bentelli AG, Bern, Switzerland, 1985.
"For John C-A-G-E," MusikTexte 46/47, Zeitschrift Für Neue Musik, Cologne, Germany, December 1992
"For the Third Time," Ear Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, New York, New York, New Wilderness Foundation, May 1975.
FOUR PIECES FOR GUITAR, Media Press, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, 1969.
"Four Cents (a piece)," Benzene, Vol. 1, No. 3, New York, New York, Summer/Fall, 1981.
"Frozen Music is Not Melted Architecture," Soundings Catalogue, Suzanne Delahanty, Ed., Neuberger Museum. State University of New York, College at Purchase, Purchase, New York, 1981.
"Homage to Chubby Checker," Alles und Noch Viel Mehr, G.J. Lischka, Ed., Bentelli AG, Bern, Switzerland, 1985.
"Homage to Chubby Checker," Eastvillage 86. A Guide. A Documentary, Egret Publications, New York, New York, 1986.
"Homage to John Cage," The New York Times, December 6, 1981.
"Homage to John Cage," Soundings Catalogue, Suzanne Delahanty, Ed., Neuberger Museum, StateUniversity of New York. College at Purchase, Purchase, New York, 1981.
"Homage to John Cage," MusikTexte 46/47, Zeitschrift Für Neue Musik, Cologne, Germany, December 1992
"In the Mind's Ear," Sonorita Prospettiche, Rimini, Italy, 1982.
LONG ISLAND SOUND for four inslruments, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
"Morning Music (Staff of Life)," Ear Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1-2, New York, New York: New Wilderness Foundation, February, March, April, May 1983.
"Morning Music (Staff of Life)," New York Art Guide, Deborah Jane Gardner, Ed., Art Guide Publications, London, England. 1982.
"Morning Music (Staff of Life)," Eastvillage 86. A Guide. A Documentary, Egret Publications, New York, New York, 1986.
"Music Sweeps Up," Alles und Noch Viel Mehr, G.J. Lischka, Ed., Bentelli AG, Bern, Switzerland, 1985.
"Music Sweeps Up," Eastvillage 86. A Guide. A Documentary, Egret Publications, New York, New York, 1986.
"Nests," Scores: An Anthology of New Music, Roger Johnson, Ed., New York, New York: Schirmer Books, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1980.
"Nests," Ear Magazine, New York, New York: Wilderness Foundation, Sept./Oct. 1976.
"Nests," Soundings 10, Peter Garland, Ed., Berkeley, California, 1976.
"New York Music," Soundings Catalogue, Suzanne Delahunty, Ed., Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, Purchase, New York, 1981.
"New York Music," The New York Times, December 6, 1981.
PASSAGES 13 - THE FIRE for trumpet, tape, and four reciters, on a poem by Robert Duncan, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
ROUND AND ABOUT for two or more instruments, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
ROW MUSIC (TIP OF THE ICEBERG) for solo piano, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. 1980.
"Sheet Music," Eastvillage 86. A Guide. A Documentary, Egret Publications, New York, New York, 1986.
"Smoke Gets In Your Ears (A Parody)," Alles und Noch Viel Mehr, G.J. Lischka, Ed., Bentelli AG, Bern, Switzerland, 1985.
"Squeek," Seventy- Six Pages, New York, New York, Summer 1977.
STOP/START for two soloists and two ensembles, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
TIME AND AGAIN for symphony orchestra, Merion Music, Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1980.
"To Brush Up On," Ear Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8/9, New York, New York: New Wilderness Foundation, Dec./Jan. 1978.
"To Prevent Decay," Ear Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8/9, New York, New York: New Wilderness Foundation. Dec./Jan. 1978.
"To the Last Drop," Ear Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8/9, New York, New York: New Wilderness Foundation, Dec./Jan. 1978.
"To the Last Drop," Scores: An Anthology of New Music, Roger Johnson, Ed., New York, New York: Schirmer Books, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1980.
"Umbrella," Soundings 1O, Peter Garland, ed., Bcrkeley, California, 1976.
"What(?)," Painted Bride Quarterly, Vol. 4, Nos. 3 and 4, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978.
"What(?)," Text - Sound Texts, Richard Kostelanetz, ed., New York, New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1980.
DISCOGRAPHY
ARIEL, Turnabout Records (VOX), TV 34301
AT SEA, Edipan Records, PAN PRC S20-08
EK- STASIS II, Contemporary Recordings Inc. (CRI) SD 299
ON THE EDGE OF A NODE, Contemporary Recordings, Inc. (CRI) SD 336
PASSAGES 13 - THE FIRE, Nonesuch Records, H-71275