Compositions by Stephen Malinowski

The rankings have two parts: coherence (compositional/structural value, A-F) and interest (entertainment value, 1-5). A1 is 'concert quality' music; B2 is gebrauchsmusik; C1 is a piece that I'm embarrassed by, compositionally, but which still might provide some entertainment, A3 is a piece that I did a good job on but is relatively boring, etc.

UPDATE: The links on this page may no longer work; if you'd like to work with these scores, you can download an archive containing all of them (Sibelius notation files): MalinowskiMusic.zip (300 MB) If there's a particular piece you'd like to study/perform/steal/whatever and don't have Sibelius software, drop me a note.

title (and YouTube link)	date, dedication, notes, recording	instrumentation(s)	duration	rank
A deux	—	bassoon, bassoonist, assistant	—:—:—	—
Air in C	circa 1965, my first composition	piano	00:00:50	F5
Amber Bead, The	1983feb06, poem by Robert Herrick	voices satb	00:00:58	A3
Answering machine message	circa 1990	sampled voice	00:00:13
Allegro	1974jun	score, flute i, flute ii, guitar	00:02:30	C2
Another Christmas Round	1977dec	4 voices	99:99:59	B2
April	1975jul14	piano	00:00:57	C3
Barbershop Quartets	1975apr10	voices ttbb	—:—:—	—
Barcarolle	1974, performance by James Edwards, 1986	guitar	00:01:47	A3
Bittersweet Sometime	circa 1971	song	—:—:—	—
Blackout—Prolaxis	—	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Brass Quintet	circa 1976	2 trumpets, 2 horns, trombone	—:—:—	—
Canonic Suite	1975	score (2 alto recorders), playback: Trumpet Call, Largo, Minuet, Gigue	00:05:00	C2
Canzona in Retrospect	1976jul11	score (recorder quartet), alto i, alto ii, tenor, bass	00:05:14	B2
Canzonetta	circa 1977	organ	00:01:05	C2
(A short piece for) Carillon and Flutes All Over	circa 1975	carillon, 3 flutes	—:—:—	—
Choral Piece	1976	voices satb	—:—:—	—
(Let's ride the) Contrafuge	circa 1970	flute, piano	—:—:—	—
(Incidental music for Shakespeare's) Coriolanus	circa 1977	brass quartet, woodwind quartet	—:—:—	—
Dance	1980oct25, composed for rhythm workshop at College of Creative Studies, UCSB	xylophone, violin, viola, guitar (single page) xylophone, violin, viola, guitar (repeats written out)	00:01:34	A2
Dance	1975sep09, to Ginny Miller	guitar	00:01:44	B2
Dance	1976jun18, to Michael Praetorius, C, D, or E-flat are all suitable keys	score (string quartet) (D major) piano (reduction) (C major)	00:01:33	A2
Death, Great Smoothener	circa 1989?	voice, piano	—:—:—	—
Desire (a ricercare)	1980apr	organ duet	00:07:15	B2
Distilled Excelsior	circa 1974	flute, guitar	00:02:00	B1
Dirge (a round)	circa 1972	4 treble instruments	—:—:—	—
Duet	1978nov22	alto recorder, flute	—:—:—	—
Duet	—	2 treble instruments	—:—:—	—
Duo	1976mar11	2 treble instruments	—:—:—	—
Duet for Tracy	1977feb27, to Tracy Fernandez	alto recorder, tenor recorder	00:01:20	C3
Etude (very short)	1979apr16	piano	—:—:—	—
Etude #1	circa 1973	alto voice, maracas, tenor bongo, kettle drums, violin, viola, violoncello, gong, soprano recorder, 2 alto recorders, 4 baritone voices, piano	—:—:—	—
Etude #3	1974may13	3 alto recorders, marimba	—:—:—	—
Etude, Void, Rondo	—	score	—:—:—
Etudes	—	horn	—:—:—	—
Falling Suspended	circa 1973	12 flutes (score)	—:—:—
Fanfare	circa 1973	recorder trio (soprano, alto, tenor)	—:—:—	—
Fanfare, March, Adagio & Minuet	1974, warning: extremely dull	recorder quartet, soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:11:00	D3
Fantasia a 2	summer 1977	violon, viola	—:—:—	—
Fantasia Ostinato ("a sigh")	1976jun24, performance by Patricia Carbon, flute, Nan Washburn, flute, David Sills, viola, Stephen Malinowski, guitar; June 26, 1976, First Baptist Church, Santa Barbara, California	score (flute w/B key, flute, viola, guitar)	00:02:17	B3
Fantasy in F	circa 1979-1981	piano (no markings, PDF with markings) string quartet: score, violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello	00:07:40	A1
Flee	circa 1973	keyboard	—:—:—	—
Flute Duet	1974	2 flutes	—:—:—	—
For Frances	1974jul22	recorders atb	00:02:05	C3
Four Thinks	1972	ocarina, 3 flutes	—:—:—	—
Fugue #1 in g minor (originally a minor)	1974	score, violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello recorder quartet, soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:02:00	C3
Fugue in C	1975	keyboard	00:01:32	B2
Fugue	to Stanley Krebs, 1977	string quartet: score, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello violin, piano	00:03:22	A1
Fugue 666	1975	score	00:00:00
Fugue for Friday	1975jun27, to Jack Webb; fugue on the Dragnet theme; title bestowed by Peter Schickele, performance by the San Francisco Saxophone Quartet on West Coast Weekend, 1991apr13; performance by The New Esterházy Quartet, 2007dec16	string quartet recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello keyboard	00:02:00	B1
Fugue in a minor	1982jul20	keyboard reduction score (string quartet) violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:05:00	A2
(Time now for) Fusion (a round)	to Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann	voices	99:99:59	C1
Getting it Together (rag)	1977nov30, to Diane and Jeremy Merrill	score (piano), horn	00:06:00	B2
Gill's Jazz Piece	—	keyboard	—:—:—	—
Herrick Songs (tenor voice, keyboard, obbligato instrument: violin, flute, or alto recorder)	1. (no video yet) 2. video 3. video 4. video	1. Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast (score , obbligato part) 2. Upon A Delaying Lady (score , obbligato part) 3. Upon Jack and Jill (score , obbligato part) 4. Lips Tonguelesse (score , obbligato part)	00:08:12	A1
Hodie (aka Preston Wedding Song)	1972dec17, performance by James Edwards, 1986	recorders atb guitar	00:01:30	B3
Horn Etudes	1977sep26	horn	—:—:—	—
I Now Pronounce You Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg	—	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Invention	circa 1975	soprano recorder, 3 flutes	—:—:—	—
Invention #2	1975may15	keyboard	—:—:—	—
I wish I had a reason	1977aug07	tenor, guitar	—:—:—	—
Jazz Listening Exercise #1	1982oct25	piano	00:01:00	C2
Jazz Listening Exercise #2	circa 1982-3	piano	00:02:35	B2
Joyous	1975jul19, to Gina Maria Piazza (I think)	piano	00:03:56	B2
Kanon Fodder	—	keyboard	—:—:—	—
Karen's First Clarinet Solo	1976, for Karen Malinowski	clarinet	—:—:—	—
Kyrie	—	4 voices (spoken)	00:03:30	—
Lachrimae	1973	alto and tenor recorder	00:01:40	C3
Larghetto ed Presto	—	alto recorder, violin, viola, violoncello	—:—:—	—
Levels of Organization (I & II)	—	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Little Ranch Music, A (violin, violoncello, keyboard)	—	score, violin, violoncello	00:03:50	B2
Marvel Not, Joseph	1980	tenor, satb, organ	00:03:47	A1
Mass	circa 1973	Tenor voice (solo)	—:—:—	—
May	1975jul15	piano	00:02:30	C2
Minimal Sonata-allegro demonstration	—	keyboard	—:—:—	—
Missuz M. (recitative)	1974	tenor	—:—:—	—
Music for Orchestra	commissioned by Harcourt, Brace, Jovonovitch; recorded by the orchestra of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music	Fanfare Exotic Monster Dance Sad (not used)	—:—:—	—
No Intention (of getting up)	circa 1977	tenor, guitar	—:—:—	—
Nocturne #1 (A-flat major)	circa 1973	piano	—:—:—	—
Nocturne	circa 1974	score, flute, guitar flute, keyboard, viola da gamba	00:02:30	B1
Nocturne in e minor	Christmas 1974	piano	—:—:—	—
Oasis	1972	flute	—:—:—	—
October	1975jul27	piano	00:04:30	B2
Piece	1982jul30	score (recorder quartet), soprano, alto, tenor, bass piano	00:02:45	B2
Percussion Trio #1	—	soprano recorder / honk horn, finger cymbals, jingle bells / tambourine	—:—:—	—
Piece for the First Saturday	1975	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Poco Scherzando	1975, one movement for "A Concert of Music to Be," performed at College of Creative Studies, UCSB	flute, violin, viola, violoncello, soprano, alto, piano, goblet	—:—:—	C3
Prelude (e minor)	1974	flute, guitar	00:01:04	C3
Prelude	1979oct14, to Alan Hooker	harpsichord	00:04:13	B2
Prelude	1975	harpsichord string orchestra brass choir	00:02:47	B2
Prelude and Fughetta	1975	flute	—:—:—	—
Preston Wedding March	1980jul18	flute, violin, guitar	—:—:—	—
Quartet #1	1976, to Friedrich von Huene	score (recorder quartet), soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:04:57	A2
Quintet	—	2 trumpets, 2 horns, trombone	—:—:—	—
Rondo	1974	violin guitar(2005)	00:02:15	B2
Rude Awakening	—	oboe	—:—:—	—
Rude Awakening	—	choir (SATB)	—:—:—	—
San Francisco Disappointment	1975	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Sarabande	1976jan, to James Edwards	guitar	00:02:15	B2
Scherzo	1971 - 1977	flute, guitar	00:02:00	C2
Scherzo for a Sad King	1980may	string quartet, piano (score) cadenza (by John Carbon)	00:06:00	A2
Scorn, Malécrow, Gnyefix	—	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Sheep and Clouds	to Peter Fricker, based on a New Yorker Cover	piano	00:02:00	D3
Sit Tight, Love	1984	voice, piano	00:02:22	A2
Six Etudes	1975apr-may	piano	—:—:—	—
Soknitina	1982jan, to Lavelle Ure, read-through by San Francisco Saxophone Quartet	score (string quartet) string quartet: violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:04:20	A2
Sonata (incomplete)	circa 1979	whistler, piano	—:—:—	—
Sonata	1975mar26, to George Ewald	2 alto recorders	00:03:55	B2
Song	Wednesday, 1976mar24, 5:00 pm	score (piano), oboe	00:02:10	B2
Songs for flute and guitar	—	flute, guitar	—:—:—	—
Sounds (foreshortened)	—	treble instrument	—:—:—	—
Stone's Throw, A	1976may14	string quartet recorder quartet piano	00:00:38	A2
Sualsua	for Susan Marsh	piano	—:—:—	—
Suite #1	1973	2 flutes, recorder/guitar/flute	—:—:—	—
Suite: dance ii	1975may25 (jun25?)	2 guitars	00:02:00	C2
Suite: overture	1975jul21	score, guitar 1, guitar 2 keyboard	00:03:50	A2
This Lynne	circa 1982	voices satb	—:—:—	—
Three Melodies	1975jul28	alto recorder	—:—:—	—
Toccata	circa 1974	piano	—:—:—	—
Touchy	1974	piano	—:—:—	—
Trio	1978sep07	3 soprano recorders	00:00:50	C3
Trio #1	circa 1972	score, flute i, flute ii, bass recorder	00:02:10	C3
Trio #2	1976may10, to Mary Ann Malinowski	score (recorder trio), alto i, alto ii, tenor	00:02:50	B2
Twain's Dreame	circa 1985	flute, keyboard (score)	00:04:00	B2
""TWO""	circa 1977	horn	—:—:—	—
Two Awakenings	1975	voices satb	—:—:—	—
Untitled	—	sopranino recorder, finger cymbals, jingle bells, honk horn, tambourine	—:—:—	—
Untitled	—	treble instrument and guitar	—:—:—	—
Untitled	—	two treble instruments	—:—:—	—
Untitled	2000dec30	two treble instruments	—:—:—	—
Untitled (tango a dos)	1975jan25,performance by Patricia Carbon, flute, Sharon Harman, violin, Stephen Malinowski, guitar at Campbell Hall, UCSB, March 5, 1975	score, flute, violin, guitar	00:03:48	B1
Waltz #1	1975oct25, to Louise Walker	keyboard score (string quartet) violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:02:16	B2
Waltz #2	1976mar, to Ellen Turner	keyboard score (string quartet) recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass string quartet: violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello	00:01:43	B2
Waltz #3	1978jan05, to Barbara Merrill	score (string quartet) string quartet: violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:02:32	B2
Waltz #4	1978jan17, to Kim Sherman	score (mixed ensemble) mixed ensemble: oboe, viola, horn, bassoon recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass string quartet: violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello	00:02:45	B2
Waltz #5	1980aug10, to Peggy Warren	keyboard score (string quartet) string quartet: violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello recorder quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, bass	00:03:05	B2
Waltz #6	1981may23, to the Queen	score, violin i, violin ii, viola, violoncello 4-hand piano	00:03:07	A2
Wedding Etude	circa 1982	piano	00:01:52	B1
Wedding March #2	1976aug28	flute, violin, guitar	—:—:—	—
Wedding Piece	1976	2 flutes	—:—:—	—
You Macho Pig	1976apr30-16:30, for John Carbon john: you macho pig! stephen: oh?	piano	00:00:47	C2

Compositions per year (approx.)

Income per year (adjusted gross, log)

Notice how decreases in income are correlated with increases in compositional output.