Music by Joseph Dillon Ford


Following the death of my good friend Joseph Dillon Ford in 2017, I discussed various matters with his other friends and relations.

Finally it was decided to publish his works on sheetmusicplus.com so that his music can be preserved.

Proceeds will go to his family.

These are the pieces published to date and references to his other works and activities:

Orchestral – Chamber – Harpsichord – Piano – Vocal – Choral – Other (incl mixed instrumental versions)

Joseph’s Spotify playlist        Joseph’s Video playlist           Joseph’s website: newmusicclassics.org

Joseph’s writings                 Delian Society Suites

Orchestral

Tribute to Ludwig van Beethoven for chamber orchestra                                     Downloadable mp3           

Siyotanka or Variations on Westron Wynde for flute (or North American Native Flute) and strings

Fitch Overture for chamber orchestra                                                Video          Downloadable mp3

Symphony No 1 G Minor (“The Muse in the Attic”)

Symphony in C MINOR – The Fitch Symphony – all four movements (33 minutes)

               Symphony in C MINOR – The Fitch Symphony – 1st movement (Allegro agitato)

               Symphony in C MINOR – The Fitch Symphony – 2nd movement (Andantino)

               Symphony in C MINOR – The Fitch Symphony – 3rd movement (Minuet)

               Symphony in C MINOR – The Fitch Symphony – 4th movement (Rondo Allegro)

Symphony in F In Memoriam Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for orchestra (complete symphony with parts)

     Symphony in F In Memoriam Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for orchestra – 1st movement

     Symphony in F In Memoriam Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for orchestra – 2nd movement

     Symphony in F In Memoriam Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for orchestra – 3rd movement

     Symphony in F In Memoriam Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for orchestra – 4th movement

Thanatopsis (contemplation of death) for string orchestra (or string quartet)                   Downloadable mp3

Serenissima for string orchestra with flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon soloists                 Downloadable mp3

Invocation for string orchestra (or string quartet or synthesizers)

Sinfonia No. I for harpsichord and strings

Sinfonia No. 2 for harpsichord and strings

Eclatant, le soleil surgit: c’est le matin! – for bassoon and strings                                    Video

Chamber

Après l’homme le Horla – for violin, bassoon and piano

Prelude to the Delian Suite No 7 Robin Hood and his Merry Men for clarinet quartet                 Video

Robin Hood & His Merry Men (Scherzo) for clarinet quartet                                        Downloadable mp3

Eidolons for clarinet quartet in memory of Johannes Brahms

Les Sept péchés capitaux [The Seven Deadly Sins] for Bassoon

(with optional short solo for contrabassoon near the end) and Piano

String Trio

Summer Evening on the Terrace of the Café Maxim Gorky for clarinet and piano

OX for flute and guitar with optional narrator – a contemplative Zen Buddhist work

Fuga a tre (3 part fugue) for string trio

Fuga a tre (3 part fugue) for wind trio

Suite for Two Violins (all 8 movements)

               Suite for Two Violins – 1 Allemande

               Suite for Two Violins – 2 Courante

                Suite for Two Violins – 3 Sarabande

                 Suite for Two Violins – 4 Hornpipe

                Suite for Two Violins – 5 Lamento

                Suite for Two Violins – 6 Duetto

               Suite for Two Violins – 7 Polacca

               Suite for Two Violins – 8 Fuga

Tombeau for Unaccompanied Viola

Tombeau for Unaccompanied Violin

Tombeau de Sébastien I for guitar solo

Tombeau de Sébastien II for guitar duo

Dodo Titite – Serenade – for the Haiti 2010 earthquake appeal – flute and guitar                    Downloadable mp3

Dodo Titite – Wide Awake – for the Haiti 2010 earthquake appeal – flute and guitar               Downloadable mp3

Thy Speech is as silence for cor anglais, harpsichord and cello

Sonnet for cor anglais, harpsichord and cello

Childe Henry’s Booke of Excellent Adventures for Trumpet in C and Pianoforte

Harpsichord

Fuga a quattro voci (4 part fugue) for harpsichord (4 hands and 2 manuals)

Ancient Dances for harpsichord

Variationen über ein Thema von Georg Friedrich Händel für das Cembalo (Variations on a Theme by George Frideric Handel for Harpsichord)

Partita in D minor for harpsichord

Harpsichord Concerto (for harpsichord and string quartet or harpsichord and string orchestra)                   Video

                       Downloadable mp3s of the harpsichord concerto:  1st movement     2nd movement    3rd movement

Capricietto per il clavicembalo (Capricietto for Harpsichord)

Capriccio per il clavicembalo (Capriccio for Harpsichord) in D Minor

Fuga a tre (3 part fugue) for keyboard

Piano

Drei Satanische Skizzen (“Three Satanic Sketches”) for piano solo

Caprice en forme d’arabesques (Caprice in the Form of Arabesques) for piano solo

Three Chromicons for piano solo                                               Downloadable mp3

Eine Kleine Geistermusik: Variationen über ein eigenes Thema (A Little Spirit-Music: Variations on an Original Theme) for piano solo

There and Back Again for piano solo

The Tears of Ishtar (Les pleurs d’Istar) for piano solo

Yellowstone Joan (in E flat) for piano solo

Yellowstone Joan (in B flat) for piano solo

A House of Pomegranates for piano solo (all 4 movements)

The Young King from “A House of Pomegranates” for piano solo

The birthday of the Infanta from “A House of Pomegranates” for piano solo

The Fisherman and his soul from “A House of Pomegranates” for piano solo

The Star-Child from “A House of Pomegranates” for piano solo

Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo (complete bundle)

Sonatina (La Stravagante) from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

2 Minuets from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Variations on an Original Theme from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Andantino from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Sonatina (La Siciliana) from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Scherzo (Il Singulto -The Hiccough) from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Rondo in D from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Rondo in C from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Sonatina in C from Sonatinas and Other Pieces from the Viennese Sketchbook for piano solo

Christopher’s Closet – 6 pieces for piano

The Devil’s Millhopper for piano solo

Vier Romantische Klavierstücke (Four Romantic Piano Pieces)

Tombeaux for piano solo

The Abduction of Princess Elena for piano solo

Escala for piano solo

Raven’s Flight for piano solo

Coquetterie for piano solo

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) for piano and orchestra all three movements – Scores only

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) – all three movements – Orchestral Scores and Parts

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) – Orchestral Score and Parts – 1st movement

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) – Orchestral Score and Parts – 2nd movement

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) – Orchestral Score and Parts – 3rd movement

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) piano duo version – all three movements

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) piano duo version – 1st movement

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) piano duo version – 2nd movement

Piano Concerto No. I in C Major (“Schroedinger’s Cat”) piano duo version – 3rd movement

Cadenza to the First Movement of W. A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 – piano solo

Etudes Tombeaux Series 1 for piano solo                              Video (of Capriccio)

Etudes Tombeaux Series 2 for piano solo

Wanderers Nachtlied (“Wanderer’s Night Song”) for piano solo

Fantasia in C minor for piano solo

Suite française no. 1 pour le clavecin (French Suite No. 1 for Harpsichord)

Suite française no. 2 pour le clavecin (French Suite No. 2 for Harpsichord) based on Voltaire’s Candide

From the Shadowland 6 pieces for piano solo

From the Shadowland (supplement) for piano solo

Sonata in C Minor for Pianoforte Solo (“Werther”)

Sonata in F Major for Pianoforte Solo

Sonata in A Major for Pianoforte solo

3 cameos for piano solo – also available separately as below)

                  The Golden Way for piano solo

                   Deep Blue for piano solo                                          Downloadable mp3

                  ¡Espero que si! for piano solo

Solo Vocal

Thy Speech is as silence for alto voice, harpsichord and cello

Sonnet for alto voice, harpsichord and cello

Three Poems by Henry Stevens for alto and piano

Three Songs of Love and Death for soprano voice and piano

There’s Somebody Lookin’ at Me for soprano voice and piano

Yellowstone Joan (in E flat) for soprano and piano

Yellowstone Joan (in B flat) for alto and piano

Loves Ancient and Forbidden – 3 songs for tenor and piano

                            To an unknown God, from Loves Ancient and Forbidden – for tenor and piano

                             Icarus, from Loves Ancient and Forbidden – for tenor and piano

                             Marisol, from Loves Ancient and Forbidden – for tenor and piano

Choral

Amelia’s Song for TTBarB (or ATBarB) chorus

Requiem in tempore belli (Requiem in Time of War) for SATB choir and strings

Celestial Light for choir (SATB) and strings or keyboard

The Gate of Hell  for male voice choir (from Dante’s Inferno)                                Video

The Gate of Purgatory for alto, bass and organ  (from Dante’s Inferno)                 Video

The Gate of Heaven (or the Gate of Paradise) for male voice choir and organ (from Dante’s Inferno)           Video

Surrender for male voice choir                                  Video

MYTHUS for Choir and Orchestra – Stanza 1   (note: only Stanzas 1, 3, 5, and 7 of Mythus are available)

MYTHUS for Choir and String Orchestra – Stanza 3

MYTHUS for Choir and Orchestra – Stanza 5

MYTHUS for Choir and Orchestra – Stanza 7

Other (including mixed instrumental versions)

Eine kleine Augenmusik – A Little Eye Music – Sacred and Profane Musings on the Homograph ‘Agape’ for any instruments

Video

Themes of the Buddhas of Bamiyan

Theme of The Colors of Peace – (versions in 4 time and 3 time)