Works List - D. Ackerman

Various youthful works

Song on a poem by Anne McCaffrey: "Gone Away" (c. 1982)

Early Prelude for organ on "Stricken Smitten and Afflicted" (c. 1994)

2001

Study No. 1 for piano: Romance

Prelude for piano: "Ad Modem David Diamond"

Duet for viola and piano

Quartet for two flutes oboe and clarinet

SATB chorus on a poem by Robert Herrick: "Upon Her Eyes"

Four Sketches for chamber ensemble (I referred to this for several years as a "chamber symphony." I have since reverted to the original title.)

2002

Study No. 2 for piano: "Child’s Play"

Movement for string quartet: Grave – Allegro (I had always intended that this should be a part of a full quartet, and I later used this as the third movement of the String Quartet in E.)

Study No. 3 for piano: Rondo on "A Lullaby for Norah"

Invention No. 2 for piano in E-flat

Duet for voice and piano on Keats: "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"

2003

Song for voice and piano on a text by Kelly Lasiter: "The Rain is Over and Gone"

Study No. 4 for piano: Fugue in G-sharp Minor

Two voice song in 16th century style: "As the Wild Deer"

Prelude for organ (I later paired this with a fugue in the same key to make the Prelude and Fugue in C.)

2004

String Quartet in E

Study No. 5 for piano: Variations on a Theme Written in Youth

Study No. 6 for piano: Russian March

Invention No. 3 for piano in C Minor

Study No. 7 for piano: A Void

2005

"Flights of Fancy" for digital synthesis (lost)

Invention No. 1 for piano in E Minor (I began this work in 2001, but mislaid it before I could complete it. As a result, the two subsequent inventions were both completed first.)

Symphony No. 1 in F Minor: "War" (This symphony was originally numbered 2, but when I renamed the earlier chamber symphony I renumbered "War.")

Study No. 8 for piano: Scherzo

Study No. 9 for piano: "French Moment"

Study No. 10 for piano: "Something Jazzy"

The Faerie Flute: a ballet in three tableaux

Prelude and Fugue for organ in C

Passacaglia on "Stricken Smitten and Afflicted"

Study No. 11 for piano: "Motorhythm"

Study No. 12 for piano: "Tango"

Study No. 13 for piano: "Slate Grey Skies"

Study No. 14 for piano: "Syncopated Rhythm"

Study No. 15 for piano