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Gregory Short (August 14, 1938-April 1, 1998), American pianist and composer, was the first northwest pianist to extensively feature music by American and northwest composers, and very possibly was the most frequently performed northwest composer in the American northwest.

Gregory Short was born in Toppenish, Washington (Yakima County), where he joined in traditional dances of the Yakima Nation whose beautiful teachings influenced his later composing (see Music). He attended the Julliard School where he discovered the eclectic music of Charles Ives, University of Washington, and University of Oregon where he earned the Doctor Musical Arts in Composition and Theory.

In 1968 he created the American Composers Series on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) performing works by American and regional composers. In 1989 his performance was included in the Time Capsule as the Washington State Centennial Artist.

His large output includes over 300 works with melodies that sing in fresh gumbo.

"George Catlin" Sonata for Viola and Piano (see Sonatas in Tribute)

I. Paddling Song (Lummi)

II. Dance Song (Sioux)

Quail Song (Cherokee)

III. Hunting Song (Navajo)

Buffalo Dance (Kiowa)

Song of the Horse (Navajo)

Antelope (Kiowa)

Blue Bird (Pima)

Song of the Hare (Winnebago)

Viola cadenza: Geronimo's Song (Apache)

IV. Ribbon Dance (Cayuga)

"Ghost Dance" Sonata No. 7 for Piano (see Piano Sonata)

I. Medicine Song (Apache)

II. Song of the Fox (Cheyenne)

Bird (Seminole)

Song of the Fox Society (Dakota)

III. Ghost Dance (Pawnee)

Ghost Dance (Arapaho)

Song of the Earth Maker

IV. Love Song (Dakota)

Love Song (Wabanaki)

Love Song (Winnebago)

"Northwest" Sonatina No. 5 (see American Series)

I. Totem Pole (Haida)

II. Hat Game (Tlinget)

III. Love Song (Tlinget)

IV. Lullaby (Quinault)

V. Grandmother Rock and the Little Crabs (Lummi)

VI. Totem Pole (Kwakiutl)

“The Raven Speaks” Suite for Orchestra (also see Northwest Images)

I. Coastal Forest and Raven

Cradle Song (Kwakiutl)

Totem Pole (Kwakiutl)

II. Totem Pole (Haida)

III. Hat game (Tlingit)

IV. Love Song (Tlingit)

V. Grandmother Rock and the Little Crabs (Lummi)

VI. Northern Lights and Raven

Lullaby for a Boy (Tsimshian)

She Will Gather Roses (Tsimshian)

"Sequoia" Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (also see Concerto)

I. Song of the Rain (Navajo)

Mocking Bird (Yuma)

Steal-Each-Other Dance (Creek)

II. Oh Great Forest (Seneca)

III. Rain Song (Hopi)

Crow dance Song (Arapaho)

Song of Rejoicing and Thanksgiving (Pawnee)

“Summer Dawn” Cycle for Soprano and Piano - Based on Native American Poetry

I. Neither Spirit nor Bird (Shoshone: trans. Mary Astin)

II. Calling One's Own (Ojibwa: trans. Charles Fenno Hoffman)

III. The Wild Woman's Lullaby (trans. Constance Lindsay Skinner)

IV. Summer Dawn (trans. Constance Lindsay Skinner)

“Chief Seattle” Orator and Orchestra with Folk Instruments (see Northwest Images) - Setting of Chief Seattle's 1854 oration

"Fog Woman" for Orchestra - Tlingit Story (see Northwest Images)

Raven Is Fishing

Mist and Fog Woman's Song

Becoming As One

Dance of the Sparkling Salmon

Relationship Sours

Raven's Fit of Rage / Fog Woman's Resolve

Native American Music

Final Song Dissolves

"The Man Who Married the Eagle" for Piano - Haida story

Pahto's Call

Wyeast's Challenge

Newit's Warning

Combat

Pahto's Death

Newit's Lament

Mountain Transfiguration

Spirits Within (See Northwest Tetrology)

"Northwest" Sonatina No. 5 for Piano

I. Totem Pole (Haida)

II. Hat Game (Tlinget)

III. Love Song (Tlinget)

IV. Lullaby (Quinault)

V. Grandmother Rock and the Little Crabs (Lummi)

VI. Totem Pole (Kwakiutl)

"Washington Centennial" Sonata No. 9 for Piano - Based on Songs about Washington State, Commissioned by the Washington State Music Teachers Association for the Washington State Centennial Celebration of 1989:

Western Washington-Welcome Song (Sammish), Traveling Canoe Song (Sammish), Song of Namu the Killer Whale: Short, The Old Settler, My Home In Cathlamet, Go Way Back and Sit Down, The Climb quote: Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" by Seattle resident Alan Hovhaness, Scherzo-Blackball Ferry Line Up In Seattle, San Juan Pig, Gooey Duck Song.

III. Eastern Washington-Our State of Washington

“Fog Woman” for Orchestra (Tlingit story)

Instrumentation and Program Notes

Raven Is Fishing

Mist and Fog Woman's Song

Raven and Fog Woman Become As One

Dance of Sparkling Salmon

The Relationship Sours

Raven's Fit of Rage and Fog Woman's Resolve

Final Song

Fog Woman Dissolves

I. Mount Takhoma

II. The Raven Speaks - Based on Northwest Coastal Indian Songs and Dances

III. Pahto, The Warrior Who Became A Mountain

IV. Chief Seattle

"Blue Dawn" for Violin, Clarinet and Piano - Original music imitating three American musical personalities:

Violin is Appalachian (Tennessee) fiddle music

Clarinet is Southeastern (Louisiana) "Blues"

Piano is classical (New York) avant-garde

"Dialogue" for Violin and Mallet Percussion (Vibraphone/Marimba)

I. Dialogue (Violin/Vibraphone)

II. Dumpin' It In (Marimba solo)

III. Intermezzo (Violin solo)

IV. Perpetual Motion (Violin/Xylophone)

"Duo" Sonata for Flute and Piano

l Intertwined

II. For Old Times’ Sake

III. Voices Form Within

IV. Resolution

"In Praise of Darkness" for Tuba and Piano

I. Frightening

II. Of Dreams

III. Night Life

"Metaphors" for String Quartet No. 1

I. Portrait

II. Soaring

III. Declamation

IV. Waltz

V. Epilogue

I. Allegro energico

II. Grave

III. Allegretto

IV. Allegro brilliante

(For more chamber music, see Sonatas In Tribute)

“A Cradle Hymn” Multiple Division Chorus and Organ,

“Welcome Carol” Women’s Voices,

“Mass” Large Chorus and Percussion including hand bells

Kyrie eleison

Gloria

Credo (with congregation/audience participation)

Sanctus

Hosana

Agnus Dei (with electronic tape delay and congregation/audience participation)

"American" Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra (see American Series)

I In Tribute to George Gershwin

II. In tribute to Henry Cowell

IV. In Tribute to Charles Ives

Approximately 30 minutes

“Chief Seattle” for Orator and Orchestra (see Northwest Images) - Chief Seattle's 1854 speech recited while the orchestra presents its ideas and images in sound.

“Concerto” Symphonic Wind Ensemble

I. March (tutti)

II. Lament for Wood Winds

III. Toccata for Brass

IV. Sounding for Percussion

V. Serenade for Saxophones

VI. Finale (tutti)

“Pahto” Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra - The Nisqually Story of Pahto, The Warrior Who Became A Mountain (see Northwest Images)

Pahto's Call

Yeast's Challenge

Newit's Warning

Combat

Pahto's Death

Newit's Lament Mountain Transfiguration

Spirits Within

"Sequoia" Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Wind Ensemble - Based on Native American Songs and Dances

Song of the Rain (Navajo)

Mocking Bird (Yuma)

Steal-Each-Other Dance (Creek)

Oh Great Forest (Seneca)

Rain Song (Hopi)

Crow dance Song (Arapaho)

Song of Rejoicing and Thanksgiving (Pawnee)

"A Passing of the Sun" Solo Viola,

"Apotheosis of Saint Paul" Toccata for Organ,

"Dragon Child" Harp,

"I Heard the Owl" Solo Flute,

“Rhapsody” Solo Cello,

“Soliloquy” Solo Contrabass,

"Tears of Heaven" Organ,

"Vistas" for Low Brass Instruments (4 euphonium, 4 trombone, 4 tuba)

Early Piano Music 1954 to 1959

Pagoda,

Poem,

Fountain,

Nocturne,

Polonaise,

Lament,

March ala Shostakovich,

Fugue in Eb Minor,

Invention,

Nocturne for the Left Hand,

Midhaven,

Prelude and Fugue in F#,

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: On A White Horse, On A Red Horse, On A Black Horse, On A Pale Horse (for amplified piano),

The Man Who Married The Eagle (A Haida Story) for Piano,

Twenty-Four Tonal Preludes (in all the keys)

Solos

Dozen Student Etudes

Book 1

Tetra chords, For the Right Hand, For the Left Hand, Clouds,

Oriental Dragon, Clusters of Bells

Book 2

Tornado, The Peacock, Toccata in Thirds, Viennese Waltz (atonal), Sparks (avant-garde picture piece), Noisy Rag

Excursions for Students, Series I (60 pieces)

Twenty-Four Interval Studies, Excursions for Students Series II

Twelve Dances, Excursions for Students Series III

Twenty-Four Student Preludes In All the Key s

Transcriptions for Students

Carnival of the Animals suite (Camille Saint-Saens), Overture to the Flying Dutchman (Richard Wagner), Chorus of Dervishes from The Ruins of Athens (Beethoven), Classics for Piano (Volume I, early), Classics for Piano (Volume II, intermediate), Classics for Piano (Volume III, advanced)

Piano Sonatas

"Fantasy" Sonata No. 1 (1956-58) in one movement

"Ballad" Sonata No. 2 (1960)

I. Kemberly

II. Shiobhan

"Etude" Sonata No. 3 1972 (from sketches of 1966-68)

I. Allegro dramatico

II. Adagio cantabile

III. Con brio;

"American Bicentennial" Sonata No. 4 (1976)

I. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Chester (William Billings)

II. The Sow Took The Measles and She Died In the Spring

My Sweetheart's A Mule In the Mine

Froggie Went A Courtin'

III. Holy Song (Dakota)

Song of Healing (Navajo)

Death, Ain't You Got Not Shame

Everybody Loves the Spring (China)

Lullaby (Mexico)

IV. The Ballad of John Henry;

"Spirituals" Sonata No.5 (1980) In One movement

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

The Gospel Trains a Comin'

Ezekiel Saw the Wheel

Heav'n Heav'n

Give Me That Old Time Religion

I Couldn't hear Nobody Pray;

"Women Out West" Sonata No.6(1986)

I. Darlin' Cory

Hang Town Gals

Women's Song of Rejoicing (Pawnee)

II. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair

The Riddle Song (I gave My Love a Cherry)

Single Girl

III. Sweet Betsy from Pike

Sally Goodin'

Sally Ann;

"Ghost Dance" Sonata No.7 (1987) (also see Native American)

I. Medicine Song (Apache)

II. Song of the Fox (Cheyenne)

Bird (Seminole)

Song of the Fox Society (Dakota)

III. Ghost Dance (Pawnee)

Ghost Dance (Arapaho)

Song of the Earth Maker

IV. Love Song (Dakota)

Love Song (Wabanaki)

Love Song (Winnebago);

"Mountain" Sonata No.8 (1988-in progress) (also see American Series)

"Washington Centennial" Sonata No. 9(1989) (also see Northwest Images)

Based on Songs about Washington State

Performance time: 45 minutes

Commissioned by Washington State Music Teachers Association for Washington State Centennial Celebration of 1989

I. Western Washington

Welcome Song (Sammish)

Traveling Canoe Song (Sammish)

Song of Namu the Killer Whale: Short

The Old Settler

My Home in Cathlamet

Go Way Back and Sit Down

The Climb

quote: Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" by Seattle resident Alan Hovhaness

II. Scherzo

Blackball Ferry Line Up In Seattle

San Juan Pig

Gooey Duck Song

III. Eastern Washington

Our State of Washington

Walla Walla Is My Home Town

When Its Blossom Time in the Yakima Valley

Apple Picker's Reel

Roll On Columbia (River)

Quote: "Secrets" from Mountain Symphony No. 1 by Spokane resident Michael E. Young

IV. Finale

The year1889 represented in a rhythmic pattern

Welcome Song - reprise (Sammish)

Hail Washington

Shalom Aleichem (fugue)

My Dreydl

Zero Dacus

Godzilla Ate Tukwilla

Washington My Home

Sonatas in Tribute

"Anwar Sadat" Sonata for Cello and Piano - Based on Egyptian Songs

I. Pretty Little Dove

Village Song

II. Camp David:

What Wants This Lad (Egyptian)

Let Us Be Friends Again (Israeli)

Going to Georgia (American)

III. Return

What Wants this Lad (reprise)

IV. Riesa Sadat's Lament

A Love Song

Wedding Processional;

"George Catlin" Sonata for Viola and Piano - Based on Native American Songs

I. Paddling Song (Lummi)

II. Dance Song (Sioux)

Quail Song (Cherokee)

III. Hunting Song (Navajo)

Buffalo Dance (Kiowa)

Song of the Horse (Navajo)

Antelope (Kiowa)

Blue Bird (Pima)

Song of the Hare (Winnebago)

Viola cadenza: Geronimo's Song (Apache)

IV. Ribbon Dance (Cayuga);

"John F. Kennedy" Sonata for Violin and Piano

I. Camelot

II. Elegy: The Riderless Horse

III. Eternal Flame;

"KAL 007" for Flute, Viola and Harp - Based on Korean Songs

Jinando Arirang

Song of the Broad Bell Flower

Song of the Birds;

"Martin Luther King Jr." Sonata for Piano Four Hands - Based on Spirituals

I. In Bright Mansions Above

We Shall Overcome

II. Wayfaring Stranger

Wondrous Love

O' Freedom

We Shall Overcome

III. Great Day

Sit down Servant

We Shall Overcome;

"Robert F. Kennedy" Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

I. Slowly and majestically

Fast and rhythmic - quotes the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts"

Slowly

II. Dirge

III. Hymn: Confess Jehovah

IV. Finale ("Simple Gifts" reprise)

"Earth's Miracles" A Cycle for Soprano and Piano

I. A Spider's Web in the Sun (Azlyn Stanfield)

II. Cricket (Raymond Jarvi)

III. Night Crow (Theodore Roethke)

IV. The Cow - with a double udder (Theodore Roethke)

V. The Eagle and the Mole (Eleanor Wylie)

VI. Earth's Miracles (Gwen Trastic)

Lines for Winter, Song for Soprano, French Horn and Piano

Poetry by Mark Strand;

“The Pilgrim” Cycle for Tenor, Piano and Percussion

Poetry by Kim Si-sup (fifteenth-century Korean monk), translated by David Mesler

Part I. The Pilgrim's Way

Climbing the Mount of Saints

Wandering to Madness

Part II. When One Gazes Into the Distance

Growing Old

To Whom Shall I Make Known?

Self Portrait;

“Silver Moon” Cycle of Seven Songs for Tenor and Piano

I. Silent Moon (Walter De la Mare)

II. The Donkey (G. K. Chesterton)

III. Milk for the Cat (Harold Monro)

IV. The Wild Duck (John Mansfield)

V. The Snare (James Stephens)

VI. The Birds (Hillarie Belloc)

VII. Silver Wind (Amy Lowell)

“Summer Dawn” Cycle for Soprano and Piano - Based on Native American Poetry

I. Neither Spirit nor Bird (Shoshone: trans. Mary Astin)

II. Calling One's Own (Ojibwa: trans. Charles Fenno Hoffman)

III. The Wild Woman's Lullaby (trans. Constance Lindsay Skinner)

IV. Summer Dawn (trans. Constance Lindsay Skinner)

Symphony No. 1 for Large Orchestra (including 2 Harps, Piano/Celesta, Alto Saxophone and Trap Drum Set)

Four movements played without pause

Parts not available;

Symphony No. 2 for Brass and Percussion

Performance duration: approximately 30 minutes

I. Allegro drammattico

II. Scherzo: Vivace

III. Andante cantabile

IV. Allegro moderato - Allegro - Presto

Four movements played without pause;

Symphony No. 3 for Symphonic Wind Ensemble

I. Allegro energico

II. Scherzo for jazz ensemble

III. Molto adagio

IV. Finale: Variations

Approximately 60 minutes

“Chief Seattle” Orator and Orchestra with Folk Instruments (see Northwest Images - Tetrology);

"Concerto” Symphonic Wind Ensemble; “Farewell Duet” Orchestra, Based on Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran (from a projected opera);

“Fog Woman” Orchestra (Tlingit Story) (see Northwest Images);

"From Dust We Came...." Wind Ensemble, Rock - Folk - Jazz Ensembles, Reader, Audience Participation and Electronic Tape Delay;

“Germany” Large Orchestra with Organ - Based on German classical, folk and popular melodies

Rhine River

Oktoberfest

Cathedrals

Schwartzwald;

“Hobbit Preludes” Large Orchestra - Based on The Hobbit and Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien [Book 1]

I. Middle Earth and Bilbo's Long Expected Party

II. Dwarves March

III. Spiders of Mirkwood

IV. Crossing the Misty Mountains

V. Mines of Moria

VI. Lothloraine;

“Mount Takhoma” Orchestra (see Northwest Images - Tetrology);

“Pahto - The Warrior Who Became A Mountain” (Nisqually Story), (see Northwest Images - Tetrology);

“The Raven Speaks” - Based on Northwest Native American Songs (see Northwest Images - Tetrology);

“Salute: To the Men and Women of the American Armed Forces” Band

Arranged from the first movement of the "American Bicentennial" Sonata No. 4 for Piano;

”Tehame” Suite for Band (suitable for high school and college band) - Based on Native American Songs and Dances

I. Round Dance (Kiowa)

II. Duck Dance (Seminole)

III. Riding Song (Navajo)

IV. Night Is Here (Cherokee)

V. Totem Pole (Haida)'

Writings

More About Music Book 1

24 Essays on the musical experience concentrating on abstract forms;

More About Music Book 2

24 essays on the musical experience concentrating on descriptive forms

A Composer's Book of Musical Lists

Color and Keys

Compositional Techniques

Descriptive Subjects

Forms

Orchestration

Religion