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Selections from various works. (all mp3 files - click title to listen or download)

The 21 Works of Amon Rowley 1. Lost In A German City (1930) 2. Invitation To Spend A Weekend Away (1935-37) 3. The Fete of Fire & Drums (1939) 4. Incidental Music for Fete of Fire & Drums (1939) 5. The Woodcut Variations (1942) 6. Breadcrusts (1945) 7. Untitled (a.k.a.: 7JS MU 9x3) (1949) 8. Untitled (a.k.a.: 7JS MU 7x1 & 8x2) (1949) 9. Yellow Music (1950) 10. The Game of Chess (1955) 11. Sabazius (1960) 12. N'Hush or The Archon Suite for Electronic Instruments (1962) 13. Untitled, unsigned, printed score (1965) 14 Speculum Persona (1970) 15. Assignations (1974) 16. The Madeline Songs (1975) 17. The Emma Virginia Alderman Opera in One Act (1978) 18. Addendum To Songs For Ad Veritatem (1979) 19. Ad Veritatem (Tone Poem & Song) (1980) 20. Acts of Defiance for String Quartet (1,2,3,4,5) (no date) 21. Deep Blue Sea (no date)

date of composition included in title

Cello Duet (Homage to Hitchcock) - 1930*

* original recording: Dagmar Vollemeyer & Amon Rowley cellos

Organ Mysterium St. Malo - 1930

The Woodcut Variations I - 1942

The Woodcut Variations II - 1942

N'Hush - Part 1 -1962

N'Hush - Part 2 - 1962

N'Hush - Part 3 - 1962

* the pieces above all performed by members of the T.R.I. Ensemble (mastered by F. Lemore)

Ad Veritatem - selection 3 - 1980 (performed by Diedre Claythmore - piano & Panu Moon - guitar)

Quo Vidas - selection from "Fete of Fire & Drums" - 1939 (performed by the Duckett Bohemian Trio)

Lull-a-bye -from "Invitation to Spend The Weekend Away" - 1935 (performed by Victoria Melfi - vocal & Diedre Claythmore - piano)

Three offerings from the "Madeline Songs " - 1975 (arranged and reconstructed by Anton Apasov Anchor Mejans - vocal) Claude Houghton Poetry - musical themes by Amon Rowley

1. Morning 2. Menace 3. Mystery

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