Judith Lang Zaimont
Judith Lang Zaimont
Queens College, Columbia University. Performances world-wide. Professor of Composition, University of Minnesota School of Music (1992-present), Music Department Chair, Adelphi University (1989-1992); Fellowships: Guggenheim, Woodrow Wilson, Maryland Arts Council, NEA, Presser. Commissions: Connecticut Opera, Greenville Symphony, Baltimore Dance, Exxon, Gregg Smith, Florilegium, Huntingdon, Vox Nova, Arleen Auger, American Guild of Organists. Profiled: American Groves, others. Recordings on Koch, Arabesque, Leonarda, 4-Tay, Albany.
Stillness (tone poem for large orchestra)
Year: 2000
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Sonata for Piano Solo
Year: 1999
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: SONATA for Piano Solo Publisher:
Remember Me: Symphony No. 2 for Symphonic Strings
Year: 1999
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: REMEMBER ME : Symphony NO 2 for Symphonic Strings - I: Ghosts; II: Elegy; III: Dancin' over my grave. Arabesque SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Hesitation' Rag
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: 'Hesitation' Rag commissioned by Virginia Eskin. This piece is recorded on 'Spring Beauties - the Ragtime Project', Koch International Classics CD 3-7440- 2H1 (Spring 1998)
Elegy for Symphonic Strings
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Description: First Performance: New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Raffael Adler, cond. - March 1998. Other performances: Women's Philhamornic ( San Francisco), Kremlin Chamber Orchestra (Moscow, Russia), Czech Radio Orchestra, East Texas Symphony. Arabesque - SYMPHONIC MUSIC. Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by
Folk-Song Fantasy
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quartet
Instruments: alto, any female voice, any low voice, any male voice, any voice, any woodwind, bass voice, clarinet
Publisher: Jeanne, Inc.
Parallel Play
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: alto, alto saxophone, any female voice, any high voice, any low voice, any male voice, any medium voice, any saxophone, any voice, any woodwind, baritone saxophone, baritone voice, soprano, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, tenor voice
Description: PARALLEL PLAY for Saxophone Quartet - I: Fanfare; II: Folksong; III: Folderol. Commissioned by University of Wisconsin - River Falls; " 1999 Commissioned Composer". First Performance: Resident sax quartet - Univ. of WI; Other performances: Fiuggi Festival 1999 ( Italy); Adolphe Sax Quartet - NY. Sounds Alive!
Tanya - Three Poems for Cello
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano, solo string instrument
Instruments: cello
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Commissioned by Tanya Remenikova
3: 4, 5 ..."
Year: 1997
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument quintet
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, viola, violin
Publisher: Jeanne, Inc.
Description: " ... 3: 4, 5 ..." - I: Blend; II: Brio: The Mad Dance; III: Elegy. Commissioned by Jeann‚, Inc. for the International Double Reed Society. First performance: International Double Reed Society annual conference, Chicago - June 1997. JEANNE CD titled BLEND
MEDITATIONS at the Time of the New Year
Year: 1997
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: tubular bells MEDITATIONS at the Time of the New Year(1997) - I: Dawn; II: Hope. For SSATB choir, SA choral soli, glockenspiel and tubular bells. Text: written and compiled by the composer, from portions of "Gates of Awe" the Reform prayer book for Jewish High Holy Days. Commissioned by Skidmore College (for appointment as Filene Artist in Residence). First performance: Skidmore College Vocal Ensemble, David Janower, director - April 1997. Other performances: Florilegium Chamber Choir, Concert Choir of Univ. of Wisconsin - River Falls; Choral Society of Southern California. Recording on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor.
Keyboard Cousins
Year: 1996
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: Keyboard Cousins (1979, 1996); Suite for Young Pianists. "The Harp"; "The Guitar"; "The Cymbalom"; "The Celeste"; "The Organ"; "The Harpsichord".
Voices
Year: 1996
Duration (in minutes): 31'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: brass nonet Text: Compiled and written by the composer, using poetry from around the world. Commissioned by Fairfield University (Connecticut). First Performance: Fairfield University.
Miracle Of Light
Year: 1995
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Miracle Of Light - A Festival Place. Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers. First performance: December 1995, Ted Mann Hall (MN).
Friends
Year: 1995
Duration (in minutes): 41'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by American Choral Directors Association. Text D. Kosoloff.
Suite Impressions
Year: 1994
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: Suite Impressions: "Folk Song"; "Jazz Waltz"; "Pop Song". Recording on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997)
Symphony No. 1
Year: 1994
Duration (in minutes): 28'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: bass clarinet, contrabass, piccolo
Description: timp, 3 perc, harp, pn/cel, strs. Commissioned by Central Wisconsin Symphony for 45th Anniv. First Prize - 1994 Int'l McCollin Competition. performed CWSO, Phildelphia Orch, others. Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" ARABESQUE CD Z 6742 (August 2000) Czech Radio Symphony - Leos Svarovsky and Doris Kosloff, conductors
Meme
Year: 1993
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument quintet
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, clarinet, flute, violin
Publisher: C.F. Peters
Description: Commissioned by Sigma Alpha Iota.
Doubles
Year: 1993
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo woodwind with piano
Instruments: any woodwind, oboe, piano
Description: Commissioned by Artists International through Minnesota Composers' Forum. Selected for The Century List - Chamber Music America. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Spirit Of The Lord
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by American Guild of Organists for 1992 Biennial Convention.
Prelude
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, flute, oboe
Description: Commissioned by Huntingdon Trio.
I Seek the Lord
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano
Instruments: organ
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: First Performance: Agnes Scott College, April 1995. MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION RECORDINGS
Vessels: Rhapsody For Mezzo And Piano
Year: 1991
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Text by Rosaly Roffman. Commissioned by Indiana U. of PA.
Will's Words
Year: 1990
Duration (in minutes): Will'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Scena to Shakespeare texts; Commissioned by David Arnold.
Pentatone
Year: 1989
Duration (in minutes): 2'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Monarchs
Year: 1988
Duration (in minutes): 15'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: bass clarinet, piccolo
Description: timp, 2 perc, pn/cel, strs Commissioned by Emrys Foundation for Greenville Symphony, SC, 1987. "Persuasive eloquence...wide range of orchestral colors...masterful."- Greenville News (SC). Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" ARABESQUE CD Z 6742 (August 2000) Czech Radio Symphony - Leos Svarovsky and Doris Kosloff, conductors
When Angels Speak
Year: 1988
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quintet
Instruments: any brass, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe
Description: Commissioned by Artists International for Vox Nova Quintet. Recorded by NY Wind Quartet on Centaur Records. "Lyric...heavenly gossip." - NY Times. "When Angels Speak - Fantasy for Wind Quintet" ALBANY RECORDS CD Troy 246 (Summer 1998) Manhattan Wind Quintet
Hidden Heritage: A Dance Symphony
Year: 1987
Duration (in minutes): 27'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quintet
Instruments: alto, alto flute, any female voice, any high voice, any low voice, any male voice, any saxophone, any voice, any woodwind, bass voice, clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone, tenor voice
Description: elec. pn, amp, vc, perc (5 players) Commissioned by Gordon Trust Fund, Baltimore Dance Theater. "Excellent work...remarkable skill." - Baltimore Sun. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Dramatic Fanfare
Year: 1987
Duration (in minutes): 2'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: brass ensemble, larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players
Instruments: any brass, horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba
Description: Commissioned by Queens College, City University of NY.
Tarantelle: Overture
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Description: timp, 2 perc, strs performed Harrisburg & Baltimore Symphonies; Commissioned by J. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMIR
Chroma: Northern Lights
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 11'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe, percussion
Description: 1st prize Westchester Chamber Orch, 1986; Commissioned by Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. "Broad orchestra palette...sensitive symphonic colorist."- Newsday. Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" ARABESQUE CD Z 6742 (August 2000) Czech Radio Symphony - Leos Svarovsky and Doris Kosloff, conductors
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 20'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: opera
Description: Libretto by Doris Kosloff; comm Connecticut Opera. "Superb...significant contribution...it delighted and enchanted..." - Farmington Valley Herald.
Parable: A Tale Of Abram And Isaac
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: quintet, harpsichord Grants for Commissioned by IBM & NYSCA; commissioned/recorded Leonarda & Florilegium Chamber Choir. "Powerfully theatrical...vivid images." - NATS Journal; "Steamrolling rush of emotion." - NY Times. HILDEGARD Recording on LEONARDA CD: LE 328
Dance/Inner Dance
Year: 1985
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, flute, oboe
Description: Commissioned by Huntingdon Trio. Prize winner Ireland ILWC Competition, 1989, Friends & Enemies of New Music - First Prize 1990. "High-voltage...glittering scherzo...completely satisfying." - Washington Post. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Sky Curtains
Year: 1984
Duration (in minutes): 22'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument quintet
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, clarinet, contrabass, flute, viola
Description: Premiered by North/South Consonance in 1984. "Kaleidoscopic color...highly effective wind writing." - Atlanta Constitution. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Nattens Monolog-Night Soliloquy
Year: 1984
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Commissioned by A. Auger & D. Baldwin. Text by Dag Hammerskjold. "Elegant...intensely interesting...quite beautiful." - NY Times.
New-Fashioned Songs
Year: 1984
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Instruments: baritone voice
Black-Velvet Waltz
Year: 1983
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Sacramento, California 1989
In The Theatre Of Night
Year: 1983
Duration (in minutes): 28'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Commissioned by 1st International Art Song Fest 84; Presser Award; 1989 Rockefeller/Carnegie AMC; dream songs on poems by Karl Shapiro. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMIR
Lamentation
Year: 1982
Duration (in minutes): 28'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by Gregg Smith, I. Cantori, D. Warland, Phil. S. & NEA. "Atmospheric...darkly eloquent." - Atlanta Constitution.
From The Great Land
Year: 1982
Duration (in minutes): 22'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any medium voice, any voice, any woodwind, clarinet, mezzo soprano, piano
Description: 3 perf; Recoring on LEONARDA CD: LE 329 (February 1992) American Chamber Ensemble; Commissioned by North Star Consort, grant from Exxon. "Dramatic, theatrical, and very effective." - Baltimore Sun.
Stone
Year: 1981
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: Stone (1981) for piano keyboard and piano strings. First Performance: Clinton Adams, Peabody Conservatory, November 1984; Other Performances: New York University; Columbia, S. C.; Polaris Ensemble (Baltimore, MD)
Serenade: To Music
Year: 1981
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Rec Leonarda by Florilegium; Commissioned by Western Wind. "Shimmering filigree setting." - NATS Journal. Recording on LEONARDA CD: LE 328
Three Choruses From The Sacred Service
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer
Description: Galaxy/
Tragickal Ballad Of Sir Patrick Spens
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
De Infinitate Caeleste (Of The Celestial Infinite)
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 18'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, string ensemble, string quartet
Instruments: any string, cello, viola, violin
Deceit
Year: 1979
Duration (in minutes): 2'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Cami Hall, NY 1984
Magic World (Ritual Music For Three)
Year: 1979
Duration (in minutes): 23'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, baritone voice, percussion, piano
Description: Leonarda by David Arnold. Recording on "The Vocal-Chamber Art - Music of Judith Lang Zaimont" LEONARDA CD LE 343 (June 1999)
Nocturne: La Fin de SiŠcle
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer
Description: Nocturne: La Fin de SiŠcle. Chosen for repertoire list for 1988 General Motors/Seventeen Magazine Competition. First Performance: New York City, March 1979; Other Performances: Around the World. Recording on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997) "Nocturne, a 'valentine' to composer-pianists of the Gilded Age, is full-bodied and voluptuous" - Stereo Review. "A beautiful and original evocation of the romantic nocturne." - The Piano Quarterly. "Evokes the harmonic language of an earlier time effectively brought up to date through the use of complex rhythms and occasionally biting dissonances." - St.Louis Globe-Democrat. "A distinguished and highly effective work." - Notes. "This contemporary character piece will be effective for recital and competition performances." - Clavier. Galaxy/
Calendar Set
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 26'39;40'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: A Calendar Set (1972-78) 12 virtuosic preludes for solo piano First Performance: New York City, March 1979 Other Performances: Around the world; also broadcast on Voice of America; recording on ZONES - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6686 (June 1997) "Exquisitely crafted, vividly characterized and wholly appealing" -- The New York Times "Twelve preludes written for (and during) the twelve months, emerges as a colorful and even witty set of miniatures." -- The Detroit News "A nicely varied collection of diverse musical moods and images, each suggested by a particular month of the year. The piano writing is masterfully fluent and virtuosic, [with] satisfying, expressive variety...moods and emotions range from delicate reflection through joyful exuberance. With some exposure a collection like this could have a wide range of applicability for piano recitals of many degrees of sophistication, and could win easy acceptance." -- Fanfare Leonarda Productions, Inc.
Psalm 23
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;15'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any male voice, any medium voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, baritone voice, cello, flute, piano, violin
Description: Premiered Aviva Players, 1980.
Solitary Pipes
Year: 1977
Duration (in minutes): 1'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Yorktown Music Press
Woman Of Valor
Year: 1977
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any medium voice, any string, any voice, cello, mezzo soprano, viola, violin
Description: Commissioned by Cantica Hebraica. Rec American Society for Jewish Music. MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION RECORDINGS
Calendar Collection
Year: 1976
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;40'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: Calendar Collection (1976) 12 preludes for the developing pianist. Chosen for 1990 and 1993 repertoire lists for the National Federation of Music Clubs. First Performance: March 1977 Other Performances: Around the World; Recording on Character Sketches Solo Piano Works by 7 American Women LEONARDA CD LE 334 (August 1994) "Uncommonly attractive music." -- Fanfare "Twelve programmatic sketches, one for each month of the year: They are delightful." -- Pan Pipes (SAI) "Superb. . . . Each piece is totally different, and Zaimont has a personal musical language that is instantly accessible, but intriguing in its complexity." -- Women of Note Quarterly
Sacred Service For The Sabbath Evening
Year: 1976
Duration (in minutes): 12'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral, larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, baritone voice, piano
Description: Commissioned by Great Neck Choral Society. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMER. Excerpts recorded on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor
Moses Supposes
Year: 1975
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any voice
Description: Two Songs For Soprano And Harp (1978) 10'10", hp, sop
Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs
Year: 1975
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer
Description: 1st song published in "American Artsong Anthology", Galaxy/
Two Piano Rags: "Reflective Rag", "Judy's Rag"
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 34;Judy'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: First Performance: February 1975; Other Performances: Around the World. "Noteworthy are two elegiac rags by the contemporary composer Judith Lang Zaimont, which prove there's life in the old genre yet." - TIME Magazine. "Judy's Rag sustains the quality of that remarkable second side, with its dreamily Brahmsy Neapolitans. I'd almost put it at the top of its special little genre...This is a disc I'll treasure." - Richard Taruskin in OPUS Magazine. Also recorded on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997). Judy's Rag recorded on NORTHEASTERN RECORDS: NR 900 3-CD
Sunny Airs And Sober
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Rec Golden Crest by Gregg Smith Singers; Commissioned by Waldorf Singers. WALTON MUSIC. Recording on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor
Songs Of Innocence
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;45'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any high voice, any male voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, cello, flute, harp, soprano, tenor voice
Description: Winner 1978 Los Alamos Competition Juror's Award. Commissioned by Gregg Smith. Rec Goldencrest. FLEISHER LIBRARY COLLECTION. Recording on "The Vocal-Chamber Art - Music of Judith Lang Zaimont" LEONARDA CD LE 343 (June 1999)
Chansons Nobles et Sentimentales
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 13'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Comm: Michael Trimble. "Haunting settings."-Stereo Review. "Vocal line of great beauty and lyricism." - American Music. Recording on "The Vocal-Chamber Art - Music of Judith Lang Zaimont" LEONARDA CD LE 343 (June 1999)
Snazzy Sonata
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 18'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: Snazzy Sonata for piano four-hands: "Moderate Two-Step"; "Lazy Beguine"; "Be-Bop Scherzo"; "Valse Brilliante". Winner of Delius Competition Prize. First Performance: Radio Station WQXR (New York), June 1972. Other Performance: Jacksonville State University; CAMI Hall, New York City; Queens College; California Music Teachers Association; San Francisco Conservatory. Recording on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997)
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 32'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: concertos
Description: tpt, 3 tbn, tu, timp, perc, pn, strs FLEISHER LIBRARY COLLECTION
Chase Canata
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Text by comp; Commissioned by Great Neck Choral Society. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMIR. Recording on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor
Valse Romantique
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;40'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano, solo woodwind instrument
Instruments: any woodwind, flute
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Valse Romantique for solo flute. First Performance: Great Neck Library, NY - May 1975; Other Performances: CUNY Graduate Center; Univ. of Wisconsin - Steven's Point; Eau Claire; Adelphi University; Agnes Scott College
Capriccio
Year: 1971
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano, solo woodwind instrument
Instruments: any woodwind, flute
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Capriccio for solo flute. Winner Pittsburgh Flute Club Competition Prize. First Performance: American Center - Paris, France; Other Performances: CUNY Graduate Center; Univ. of Wisconsin - Steven's Point; Eau Claire; Adelphi University; Agnes Scott College.
Ages Of Love
Year: 1971
Duration (in minutes): 12'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Premiered 1974, Queens College.
Grand Tarantella
Year: 1970
Duration (in minutes): 5'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo instrument with piano, solo string with piano
Instruments: any string, piano, viola
Description: Delius Competition Prize, 1971.
Scherzo
Year: 1969
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Columbia University, May 1969
Three Ayres
Year: 1969
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by Great Neck Choral Society; recorded Gregg Smith Singers. "Lovely" - American Music Teacher; "Delightfully different settings" - Choral Journal. BROUDE BROS
Toccata
Year: 1968
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Columbia University, May 1969
Man's Image And His Cry
Year: 1968
Duration (in minutes): Man'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: percussion, satb chorus
Description: strs 1st Prize Gottschalk Centenary Competition 1970.
Four Songs For Mezzo-Soprano And Piano
Year: 1965
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Winner BMI Prize, 1966.
Imprompta Digitale
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: Recording on Harmonia Mundi CD performed by Olga Kern, Gold Medal winner, 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Piano Trio
Duration (in minutes): 24'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Description: pn, vn, vc - Commissioned by Skaneateles Festival. "Exceptionally well written...full of variety and engaging ideas...Zaimont has enriched the literature." - Syracuse Post-Standard.
Russian Summer
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, piano trio (vln, vc, pno), small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any string, cello, piano
Description: Recording on ZONES - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6686 (June 1997)
Prestidigitations
Contemporary Concert Rags by
Judith Lang Zaimont
Featuring
American Ragtime Ensemble
David Reffkin, Director
Immanuel Davis, flute; Doris L. Kosloff, piano; Elizabeth Ann Owens, flute; Joanne Polk, piano; Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano; and Judith Lang Zaimont, piano
Composers: Judith Lang Zaimont.
Label: MSR Classics
Product ID: MS1238
Serenade
Composer: Judith Lang Zaimont
Description: Composer Judith Zaimont , performs her own piano solo composition. Colorfield artworks are drawn from paintings by Gary Zaimont.
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkkhcZzv3DE
"Folderol" from "Parallel Play" for Sax Quartet
Composer: Judith Lang Zaimont
Description: Live 2006 performance by the Presidio Saxophone Quartet.
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze28ut2BGso
Nocturne- La Fin de Siècle
Composer: Judith Lang Zaimont
Description: Performance by pianist Elizabeth Moak.
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmGVrIzdQu8
Stillness (tone poem for large orchestra)
Year: 2000
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Sonata for Piano Solo
Year: 1999
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: SONATA for Piano Solo Publisher:
Remember Me: Symphony No. 2 for Symphonic Strings
Year: 1999
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: REMEMBER ME : Symphony NO 2 for Symphonic Strings - I: Ghosts; II: Elegy; III: Dancin' over my grave. Arabesque SYMPHONIC MUSIC
Hesitation' Rag
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: 'Hesitation' Rag commissioned by Virginia Eskin. This piece is recorded on 'Spring Beauties - the Ragtime Project', Koch International Classics CD 3-7440- 2H1 (Spring 1998)
Elegy for Symphonic Strings
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Description: First Performance: New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Raffael Adler, cond. - March 1998. Other performances: Women's Philhamornic ( San Francisco), Kremlin Chamber Orchestra (Moscow, Russia), Czech Radio Orchestra, East Texas Symphony. Arabesque - SYMPHONIC MUSIC. Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by
Folk-Song Fantasy
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quartet
Instruments: alto, any female voice, any low voice, any male voice, any voice, any woodwind, bass voice, clarinet
Publisher: Jeanne, Inc.
Parallel Play
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: alto, alto saxophone, any female voice, any high voice, any low voice, any male voice, any medium voice, any saxophone, any voice, any woodwind, baritone saxophone, baritone voice, soprano, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, tenor voice
Description: PARALLEL PLAY for Saxophone Quartet - I: Fanfare; II: Folksong; III: Folderol. Commissioned by University of Wisconsin - River Falls; " 1999 Commissioned Composer". First Performance: Resident sax quartet - Univ. of WI; Other performances: Fiuggi Festival 1999 ( Italy); Adolphe Sax Quartet - NY. Sounds Alive!
Tanya - Three Poems for Cello
Year: 1998
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano, solo string instrument
Instruments: cello
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Commissioned by Tanya Remenikova
3: 4, 5 ..."
Year: 1997
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument quintet
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, viola, violin
Publisher: Jeanne, Inc.
Description: " ... 3: 4, 5 ..." - I: Blend; II: Brio: The Mad Dance; III: Elegy. Commissioned by Jeann‚, Inc. for the International Double Reed Society. First performance: International Double Reed Society annual conference, Chicago - June 1997. JEANNE CD titled BLEND
MEDITATIONS at the Time of the New Year
Year: 1997
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: tubular bells MEDITATIONS at the Time of the New Year(1997) - I: Dawn; II: Hope. For SSATB choir, SA choral soli, glockenspiel and tubular bells. Text: written and compiled by the composer, from portions of "Gates of Awe" the Reform prayer book for Jewish High Holy Days. Commissioned by Skidmore College (for appointment as Filene Artist in Residence). First performance: Skidmore College Vocal Ensemble, David Janower, director - April 1997. Other performances: Florilegium Chamber Choir, Concert Choir of Univ. of Wisconsin - River Falls; Choral Society of Southern California. Recording on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor.
Keyboard Cousins
Year: 1996
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: Keyboard Cousins (1979, 1996); Suite for Young Pianists. "The Harp"; "The Guitar"; "The Cymbalom"; "The Celeste"; "The Organ"; "The Harpsichord".
Voices
Year: 1996
Duration (in minutes): 31'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: brass nonet Text: Compiled and written by the composer, using poetry from around the world. Commissioned by Fairfield University (Connecticut). First Performance: Fairfield University.
Miracle Of Light
Year: 1995
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Miracle Of Light - A Festival Place. Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers. First performance: December 1995, Ted Mann Hall (MN).
Friends
Year: 1995
Duration (in minutes): 41'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by American Choral Directors Association. Text D. Kosoloff.
Suite Impressions
Year: 1994
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: Suite Impressions: "Folk Song"; "Jazz Waltz"; "Pop Song". Recording on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997)
Symphony No. 1
Year: 1994
Duration (in minutes): 28'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: bass clarinet, contrabass, piccolo
Description: timp, 3 perc, harp, pn/cel, strs. Commissioned by Central Wisconsin Symphony for 45th Anniv. First Prize - 1994 Int'l McCollin Competition. performed CWSO, Phildelphia Orch, others. Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" ARABESQUE CD Z 6742 (August 2000) Czech Radio Symphony - Leos Svarovsky and Doris Kosloff, conductors
Meme
Year: 1993
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument quintet
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, clarinet, flute, violin
Publisher: C.F. Peters
Description: Commissioned by Sigma Alpha Iota.
Doubles
Year: 1993
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo woodwind with piano
Instruments: any woodwind, oboe, piano
Description: Commissioned by Artists International through Minnesota Composers' Forum. Selected for The Century List - Chamber Music America. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Spirit Of The Lord
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by American Guild of Organists for 1992 Biennial Convention.
Prelude
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, flute, oboe
Description: Commissioned by Huntingdon Trio.
I Seek the Lord
Year: 1992
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano
Instruments: organ
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: First Performance: Agnes Scott College, April 1995. MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION RECORDINGS
Vessels: Rhapsody For Mezzo And Piano
Year: 1991
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Text by Rosaly Roffman. Commissioned by Indiana U. of PA.
Will's Words
Year: 1990
Duration (in minutes): Will'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Scena to Shakespeare texts; Commissioned by David Arnold.
Pentatone
Year: 1989
Duration (in minutes): 2'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Monarchs
Year: 1988
Duration (in minutes): 15'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: bass clarinet, piccolo
Description: timp, 2 perc, pn/cel, strs Commissioned by Emrys Foundation for Greenville Symphony, SC, 1987. "Persuasive eloquence...wide range of orchestral colors...masterful."- Greenville News (SC). Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" ARABESQUE CD Z 6742 (August 2000) Czech Radio Symphony - Leos Svarovsky and Doris Kosloff, conductors
When Angels Speak
Year: 1988
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quintet
Instruments: any brass, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe
Description: Commissioned by Artists International for Vox Nova Quintet. Recorded by NY Wind Quartet on Centaur Records. "Lyric...heavenly gossip." - NY Times. "When Angels Speak - Fantasy for Wind Quintet" ALBANY RECORDS CD Troy 246 (Summer 1998) Manhattan Wind Quintet
Hidden Heritage: A Dance Symphony
Year: 1987
Duration (in minutes): 27'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quintet
Instruments: alto, alto flute, any female voice, any high voice, any low voice, any male voice, any saxophone, any voice, any woodwind, bass voice, clarinet, flute, tenor saxophone, tenor voice
Description: elec. pn, amp, vc, perc (5 players) Commissioned by Gordon Trust Fund, Baltimore Dance Theater. "Excellent work...remarkable skill." - Baltimore Sun. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Dramatic Fanfare
Year: 1987
Duration (in minutes): 2'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: brass ensemble, larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players
Instruments: any brass, horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba
Description: Commissioned by Queens College, City University of NY.
Tarantelle: Overture
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Description: timp, 2 perc, strs performed Harrisburg & Baltimore Symphonies; Commissioned by J. Hopkins Symphony Orchestra. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMIR
Chroma: Northern Lights
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 11'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe, percussion
Description: 1st prize Westchester Chamber Orch, 1986; Commissioned by Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. "Broad orchestra palette...sensitive symphonic colorist."- Newsday. Recording on "reSOUNDings -- Orchestral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" ARABESQUE CD Z 6742 (August 2000) Czech Radio Symphony - Leos Svarovsky and Doris Kosloff, conductors
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 20'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: opera
Description: Libretto by Doris Kosloff; comm Connecticut Opera. "Superb...significant contribution...it delighted and enchanted..." - Farmington Valley Herald.
Parable: A Tale Of Abram And Isaac
Year: 1986
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: quintet, harpsichord Grants for Commissioned by IBM & NYSCA; commissioned/recorded Leonarda & Florilegium Chamber Choir. "Powerfully theatrical...vivid images." - NATS Journal; "Steamrolling rush of emotion." - NY Times. HILDEGARD Recording on LEONARDA CD: LE 328
Dance/Inner Dance
Year: 1985
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, flute, oboe
Description: Commissioned by Huntingdon Trio. Prize winner Ireland ILWC Competition, 1989, Friends & Enemies of New Music - First Prize 1990. "High-voltage...glittering scherzo...completely satisfying." - Washington Post. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Sky Curtains
Year: 1984
Duration (in minutes): 22'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument quintet
Instruments: any string, any woodwind, cello, clarinet, contrabass, flute, viola
Description: Premiered by North/South Consonance in 1984. "Kaleidoscopic color...highly effective wind writing." - Atlanta Constitution. Recording on Neon Rhythm - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6667 (June 1996)
Nattens Monolog-Night Soliloquy
Year: 1984
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Commissioned by A. Auger & D. Baldwin. Text by Dag Hammerskjold. "Elegant...intensely interesting...quite beautiful." - NY Times.
New-Fashioned Songs
Year: 1984
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Instruments: baritone voice
Black-Velvet Waltz
Year: 1983
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Sacramento, California 1989
In The Theatre Of Night
Year: 1983
Duration (in minutes): 28'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Commissioned by 1st International Art Song Fest 84; Presser Award; 1989 Rockefeller/Carnegie AMC; dream songs on poems by Karl Shapiro. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMIR
Lamentation
Year: 1982
Duration (in minutes): 28'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by Gregg Smith, I. Cantori, D. Warland, Phil. S. & NEA. "Atmospheric...darkly eloquent." - Atlanta Constitution.
From The Great Land
Year: 1982
Duration (in minutes): 22'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any medium voice, any voice, any woodwind, clarinet, mezzo soprano, piano
Description: 3 perf; Recoring on LEONARDA CD: LE 329 (February 1992) American Chamber Ensemble; Commissioned by North Star Consort, grant from Exxon. "Dramatic, theatrical, and very effective." - Baltimore Sun.
Stone
Year: 1981
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: Stone (1981) for piano keyboard and piano strings. First Performance: Clinton Adams, Peabody Conservatory, November 1984; Other Performances: New York University; Columbia, S. C.; Polaris Ensemble (Baltimore, MD)
Serenade: To Music
Year: 1981
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Rec Leonarda by Florilegium; Commissioned by Western Wind. "Shimmering filigree setting." - NATS Journal. Recording on LEONARDA CD: LE 328
Three Choruses From The Sacred Service
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 16'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer
Description: Galaxy/
Tragickal Ballad Of Sir Patrick Spens
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
De Infinitate Caeleste (Of The Celestial Infinite)
Year: 1980
Duration (in minutes): 18'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, string ensemble, string quartet
Instruments: any string, cello, viola, violin
Deceit
Year: 1979
Duration (in minutes): 2'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Cami Hall, NY 1984
Magic World (Ritual Music For Three)
Year: 1979
Duration (in minutes): 23'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, baritone voice, percussion, piano
Description: Leonarda by David Arnold. Recording on "The Vocal-Chamber Art - Music of Judith Lang Zaimont" LEONARDA CD LE 343 (June 1999)
Nocturne: La Fin de SiŠcle
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer
Description: Nocturne: La Fin de SiŠcle. Chosen for repertoire list for 1988 General Motors/Seventeen Magazine Competition. First Performance: New York City, March 1979; Other Performances: Around the World. Recording on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997) "Nocturne, a 'valentine' to composer-pianists of the Gilded Age, is full-bodied and voluptuous" - Stereo Review. "A beautiful and original evocation of the romantic nocturne." - The Piano Quarterly. "Evokes the harmonic language of an earlier time effectively brought up to date through the use of complex rhythms and occasionally biting dissonances." - St.Louis Globe-Democrat. "A distinguished and highly effective work." - Notes. "This contemporary character piece will be effective for recital and competition performances." - Clavier. Galaxy/
Calendar Set
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 26'39;40'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: A Calendar Set (1972-78) 12 virtuosic preludes for solo piano First Performance: New York City, March 1979 Other Performances: Around the world; also broadcast on Voice of America; recording on ZONES - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6686 (June 1997) "Exquisitely crafted, vividly characterized and wholly appealing" -- The New York Times "Twelve preludes written for (and during) the twelve months, emerges as a colorful and even witty set of miniatures." -- The Detroit News "A nicely varied collection of diverse musical moods and images, each suggested by a particular month of the year. The piano writing is masterfully fluent and virtuosic, [with] satisfying, expressive variety...moods and emotions range from delicate reflection through joyful exuberance. With some exposure a collection like this could have a wide range of applicability for piano recitals of many degrees of sophistication, and could win easy acceptance." -- Fanfare Leonarda Productions, Inc.
Psalm 23
Year: 1978
Duration (in minutes): 8'39;15'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any male voice, any medium voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, baritone voice, cello, flute, piano, violin
Description: Premiered Aviva Players, 1980.
Solitary Pipes
Year: 1977
Duration (in minutes): 1'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Yorktown Music Press
Woman Of Valor
Year: 1977
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any medium voice, any string, any voice, cello, mezzo soprano, viola, violin
Description: Commissioned by Cantica Hebraica. Rec American Society for Jewish Music. MILKEN FAMILY FOUNDATION RECORDINGS
Calendar Collection
Year: 1976
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;40'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: Calendar Collection (1976) 12 preludes for the developing pianist. Chosen for 1990 and 1993 repertoire lists for the National Federation of Music Clubs. First Performance: March 1977 Other Performances: Around the World; Recording on Character Sketches Solo Piano Works by 7 American Women LEONARDA CD LE 334 (August 1994) "Uncommonly attractive music." -- Fanfare "Twelve programmatic sketches, one for each month of the year: They are delightful." -- Pan Pipes (SAI) "Superb. . . . Each piece is totally different, and Zaimont has a personal musical language that is instantly accessible, but intriguing in its complexity." -- Women of Note Quarterly
Sacred Service For The Sabbath Evening
Year: 1976
Duration (in minutes): 12'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral, larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any male voice, any medium voice, any voice, baritone voice, piano
Description: Commissioned by Great Neck Choral Society. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMER. Excerpts recorded on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor
Moses Supposes
Year: 1975
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any voice
Description: Two Songs For Soprano And Harp (1978) 10'10", hp, sop
Greyed Sonnets: Five Serious Songs
Year: 1975
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer
Description: 1st song published in "American Artsong Anthology", Galaxy/
Two Piano Rags: "Reflective Rag", "Judy's Rag"
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 34;Judy'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: First Performance: February 1975; Other Performances: Around the World. "Noteworthy are two elegiac rags by the contemporary composer Judith Lang Zaimont, which prove there's life in the old genre yet." - TIME Magazine. "Judy's Rag sustains the quality of that remarkable second side, with its dreamily Brahmsy Neapolitans. I'd almost put it at the top of its special little genre...This is a disc I'll treasure." - Richard Taruskin in OPUS Magazine. Also recorded on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997). Judy's Rag recorded on NORTHEASTERN RECORDS: NR 900 3-CD
Sunny Airs And Sober
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 14'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Rec Golden Crest by Gregg Smith Singers; Commissioned by Waldorf Singers. WALTON MUSIC. Recording on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor
Songs Of Innocence
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;45'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any high voice, any male voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, cello, flute, harp, soprano, tenor voice
Description: Winner 1978 Los Alamos Competition Juror's Award. Commissioned by Gregg Smith. Rec Goldencrest. FLEISHER LIBRARY COLLECTION. Recording on "The Vocal-Chamber Art - Music of Judith Lang Zaimont" LEONARDA CD LE 343 (June 1999)
Chansons Nobles et Sentimentales
Year: 1974
Duration (in minutes): 13'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Comm: Michael Trimble. "Haunting settings."-Stereo Review. "Vocal line of great beauty and lyricism." - American Music. Recording on "The Vocal-Chamber Art - Music of Judith Lang Zaimont" LEONARDA CD LE 343 (June 1999)
Snazzy Sonata
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 18'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Publisher: Vivace Press
Description: Snazzy Sonata for piano four-hands: "Moderate Two-Step"; "Lazy Beguine"; "Be-Bop Scherzo"; "Valse Brilliante". Winner of Delius Competition Prize. First Performance: Radio Station WQXR (New York), June 1972. Other Performance: Jacksonville State University; CAMI Hall, New York City; Queens College; California Music Teachers Association; San Francisco Conservatory. Recording on SUMMER MELODIES - A Piano Album 4-TAY CD (June 1997)
Concerto For Piano And Orchestra
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 32'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: concertos
Description: tpt, 3 tbn, tu, timp, perc, pn, strs FLEISHER LIBRARY COLLECTION
Chase Canata
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Text by comp; Commissioned by Great Neck Choral Society. GALAXY/E.C.SCHIRMIR. Recording on "Radiance -- Choral Music by Judith Lang Zaimont" 4-Tay CD (February 2000) Choral Society of Southern California - Nick Strimple, conductor
Valse Romantique
Year: 1972
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;40'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano, solo woodwind instrument
Instruments: any woodwind, flute
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Valse Romantique for solo flute. First Performance: Great Neck Library, NY - May 1975; Other Performances: CUNY Graduate Center; Univ. of Wisconsin - Steven's Point; Eau Claire; Adelphi University; Agnes Scott College
Capriccio
Year: 1971
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo instrument other than piano, solo woodwind instrument
Instruments: any woodwind, flute
Publisher: Sounds Alive!
Description: Capriccio for solo flute. Winner Pittsburgh Flute Club Competition Prize. First Performance: American Center - Paris, France; Other Performances: CUNY Graduate Center; Univ. of Wisconsin - Steven's Point; Eau Claire; Adelphi University; Agnes Scott College.
Ages Of Love
Year: 1971
Duration (in minutes): 12'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Premiered 1974, Queens College.
Grand Tarantella
Year: 1970
Duration (in minutes): 5'39;30'34;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, solo instrument with piano, solo string with piano
Instruments: any string, piano, viola
Description: Delius Competition Prize, 1971.
Scherzo
Year: 1969
Duration (in minutes): 7'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Columbia University, May 1969
Three Ayres
Year: 1969
Duration (in minutes): 6'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Description: Commissioned by Great Neck Choral Society; recorded Gregg Smith Singers. "Lovely" - American Music Teacher; "Delightfully different settings" - Choral Journal. BROUDE BROS
Toccata
Year: 1968
Duration (in minutes): 4'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: First Performance: Columbia University, May 1969
Man's Image And His Cry
Year: 1968
Duration (in minutes): Man'39;s
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: orchestra and chamber orchestra
Instruments: percussion, satb chorus
Description: strs 1st Prize Gottschalk Centenary Competition 1970.
Four Songs For Mezzo-Soprano And Piano
Year: 1965
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: solo voice(s) with piano
Description: Winner BMI Prize, 1966.
Imprompta Digitale
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: piano
Description: Recording on Harmonia Mundi CD performed by Olga Kern, Gold Medal winner, 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Piano Trio
Duration (in minutes): 24'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Description: pn, vn, vc - Commissioned by Skaneateles Festival. "Exceptionally well written...full of variety and engaging ideas...Zaimont has enriched the literature." - Syracuse Post-Standard.
Russian Summer
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: mixed instrument ensemble, mixed instrument trio, piano trio (vln, vc, pno), small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players
Instruments: any string, cello, piano
Description: Recording on ZONES - Chamber Music of Judith Lang Zaimont ARABESQUE CD Z6686 (June 1997)
Prestidigitations
Contemporary Concert Rags by
Judith Lang Zaimont
Featuring
American Ragtime Ensemble
David Reffkin, Director
Immanuel Davis, flute; Doris L. Kosloff, piano; Elizabeth Ann Owens, flute; Joanne Polk, piano; Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano; and Judith Lang Zaimont, piano
Composers: Judith Lang Zaimont.
Label: MSR Classics
Product ID: MS1238
Serenade
Composer: Judith Lang Zaimont
Description: Composer Judith Zaimont , performs her own piano solo composition. Colorfield artworks are drawn from paintings by Gary Zaimont.
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkkhcZzv3DE
"Folderol" from "Parallel Play" for Sax Quartet
Composer: Judith Lang Zaimont
Description: Live 2006 performance by the Presidio Saxophone Quartet.
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze28ut2BGso
Nocturne- La Fin de Siècle
Composer: Judith Lang Zaimont
Description: Performance by pianist Elizabeth Moak.
Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmGVrIzdQu8