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RECENT ...
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2nd WAKE (for Bob) (2009) Fokker Organ in 31-tone temperament
(2 versions)		 11'
Cucumber Serenades (2009)
(Gurkenlieder)		 solo violin, violin choir
electronics		 30'
November 15, 1935 - Leaving Santa Barbara (2007)
based on a sketch by Harry Partch		 solo male Intoning Voice and Violin
with spoken voice aside		 5'
Father’s suit and watch (2009)
Marc Sabat / Lorenzo Pompa
based upon the song “House Carpenter”
by Clarence Ashley		 live video ballet in ten tableaux with
Prologue, Entr’acte and Epilogue
>> watch a short trailer		 54'

4'20"



an interview by Daniel Vezza (2009)
a broadcast about my music
by Matthias Entress		 DeutschlandRadio
29 April 2008		 56'32"
short video documentations :
wave piano scenery player 6'00"
AUTOMAT 3'52"
Magister Zacharias 3'40"
reminded again 4'13"
Wonderful Scatter 5'27"
Change in your pocket 2'32"
SOLOS
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Erbsen (2009) recorders and prerecorded track 10'
1. Tarantella
2. Saraband
3. Menuet
4. Ricercar
5. Anglaise
6. Courante
Hairy Hippy Happy #2a (2008)
computer intonation		 sampled and filtered
Indian sruti box		 11'45"
eudaimonia (2009)
composed jointly with Stefan Bartling		 piano 3'
Berlin street scenes (2008) field recording 10'
wave piano scenery player (2007)
Marc Sabat / Lorenzo Pompa
 scenery with paintings, piano,
pianist, computer, loudpeakers		 18h
1. WAKE for JIM computer-piano 5'
2. to Damascus live-piano 30'
November 15, 1935 - Leaving Santa Barbara (2007)
based on a sketch by Harry Partch		 solo male Intoning Voice and Violin
with spoken voice aside		 5'
reminded again (2007)
music scenery with accordion		 accordion and recorded
electronic tones		 72'
reminded again (2007)
music scenery with harmonium		 harmonium and recorded
electronic tones		 72'
Wonderful Scatter (2005)
music scenery with tuba		 6-valve F tuba with valve-sensors
computer and loudspeaker		 104'
from Les Duresses:
a book of music in Just intonation (2004)
1. Intonation after Morton Feldman #1 violin circa 10'
2. Intonation after Morton Feldman #2 violin circa 10'
3. Two Commas violin circa 10'
Artificial Music for Machines (2002) MIDI-output acoustic piano with live
computer generated tuned sinewaves		 11'
John Jenkins (2001) 2 manual harpsichord in Helmholtz Tuning 15'
4 piano inventions (1999) piano 9'
1.
2.
3.
4.
For Magister Zacharias (1997) amplified Steinway piano mechanism 10'
for solo voice (1997) soprano 8'
Change in your pocket (1997) amplified bowed string instrument
and delay		 12'
Nocturne (1996) piano 7'
2 piano studies (1995) piano 9'
DUOS
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in the valley (2008)
(for Stefan and Säde)		 violin and voice 1'05"
Claudius Ptolemy (2008) violin and cello 4'
wave piano scenery player (2007)
Marc Sabat / Lorenzo Pompa
 scenery with paintings, piano,
pianist, computer, loudpeakers		 18h
3. wave scenery duo for computer and pianist 17h 30'
WAKE for JIM (2007) pianist and player-piano 5'
reminded again (2007) 2 harmoniums in unison
and recorded electronic tones		 72'
from Les Duresses:
a book of music in Just intonation (2004)
4. Duas Quintas 2 violins circa 15'
YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE HERE
(after Bruce Nauman) (2000)
composed jointly with Matteo Fargion		 recorded voices, prepared piano,
electric and/or acoustic violins		 31'
Composition for trumpet and bass drum (1996) high trumpet and bass drum 3'
3 Chorales for Harry Partch (1993) retuned violin and viola 6'
ENSEMBLE
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Cucumber Serenades (2009)
(Gurkenlieder)		 solo violin, violin choir
electronics		 30'
Garden Songs (2009)
music about a text by Wolfgang Betke		 dobro, alto flute, percussion,
prerecorded voice track		 9'
Erbsen (2009) recorders and prerecorded track 10'
1. Tarantella
2. Saraband
3. Menuet
4. Ricercar
5. Anglaise
6. Courante
De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine (2008) viola, adapted viola, cello
each player also singing		 circa 6'
reminded of charlemagne palestine (2007) violin, cello, piano 25'
Hairy Hippy Happy #2 (2006) double horn, tenorbass trombone, F-tuba 12'
Hairy Hippy Happy #1 (2006)
music scenery		 double horn, tenorbass trombone, F-tuba open
Spectral Canon No. 1
(for James Tenney) (2005)		 12 contrabasses 10'
Henrys Cowbell DJ & Strike (2004)
music scenery		 5 percussionists and computer-
generated electronic tones		 45'
John Jenkins (2003) violin, adapted viola, cello,
2 manual harpsichord in Helmholtz Tuning 		15'
John Jenkins (2001) 6 instruments (open),
2 manual harpsichord in Helmholtz Tuning 		15'
Johann Sebastian Bach RICERCAR
Musikalisches Opfer 1 (2001) (2001)
composed jointly with Wolfgang von Schweinitz		 3 instruments (open),
optional voices and computer sounds		 open
‘Hope’ (2000)
text : Philostratus (the elder)
English translation : Christian Wolff 		male and female voices, bass flute,
clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano 		8'
Idyllily (2000)   composed jointly with
Martin Arnold, John Oswald, Richard Wagner		 11 solo strings and optional voices 13'
Backyard summer patio (1999) bass clarinet, percussion, piano 9'
Three Fleshy Loves (1998) clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano 19'
#1
#2
#3
Everlasting sweet peas (1998) 3 violins 10'
1. Tarantella
2. Saraband
3. Menuet
4. Ricercar
5. Anglaise
6. Courante
Ein modernes Kaufhaus (1998) clarinet, trombone, cello, muted piano 11'
1. Swabian Queen
2. Rathaus
3. König X
Trio for piano violin cello (1998)
tuned in Just Intonation		 17'
You & Mr Mason (1997) 11 piano players
no previous experience required		 10'
Mein Mantel ist weg (1997) piano, amplified clavichord, violin,
soprano/alto sax, whistling, electric bass		 10'
Quiet Winter (1996) violin solo and ensemble 20'
pier (1996)
composed jointly with John Oswald		 ship’s horns 5'
Beautiful city (1994) string quartet 10'
MUSIC-THEATER
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Father’s suit and watch (2009)
Marc Sabat / Lorenzo Pompa
based upon the song “House Carpenter”
by Clarence Ashley		 video ballet in ten tableaux with
Prologue, Entr’acte and Epilogue		 54'
New shoes, without laces (1998)
text / video : Nicolás Fernández		 female voice, accordion,
violin, cello, percussion		 23'
An Opera (1997)
based on a text by Emmett Williams
composed jointly with Matteo Fargion		 male and female voices,
violin and marimba
(or clavichord)		 3h 15'
VIDEO
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Father’s suit and watch (2006/8)
music : Marc Sabat video : Lorenzo Pompa
remix : Michael Hynes
 video ballet 51'39"
AUTOMAT (1999/2007)
music : Marc Sabat video : Peter Sabat		 music scenery for 2 violins
video and field recording 		14'
Three for Magister Zacharias (1997/2002)
music : Marc Sabat video : Peter Sabat		 videotaped performance at
Skywalker Sound, Marin County California		 25'
Change in your pocket (1997/2002)
music : Marc Sabat video : Nicolás Fernández
DVD realization : Peter Sabat		 videotaped performance at
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart		 12'
WRITING
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The Helmholtz-Ellis Font (2008)
cross-platform Unicode font
for microtonal JI accidentals		 zip archive
31-Limit Helmholtz-Ellis Calculator (2008)
accidentals and ratios to cents
parser for microtonal MIDI playback		 cross-platform MaxMSP package:
zip archive (coming soon!)
Micromaelodeon I (2008)
self-tuning 3-voice synthesizer		 cross-platform MaxMSP package:
zip archive (coming soon!)
An algorithm for real-time
harmonic microtuning (2008)		 paper presented at the congress
on Sound and Music Computing		 10 pages
Three Crystal Growth Algorithms in
23-limit constrained Harmonic Space (2007)
based on an article by James Tenney		 published in MusikTexte 112 and
in Contemporary Music Review
(vol 27 part I 2008)		 26 pages
Towards an Expanded Definition of
Consonance: Tuneable Intervals on
Horn, Tuba and Trombone (2006)		 Marc Sabat & Robin Hayward 50 pages
Double Horn in Bb and F:
tuning in Just Intonation (2005)		 11 pages
Natural Harmonics on Cello and Violin (2005) 4 pages
The Extended Helmholtz Ellis JI Pitch Notation
English text (2005)
Deutsche Fassung : Natalie Pfeiffer		 22 pages
Helmholtz Ellis JI Pitch Notation Legend (2005)
version with accidentals up to 23-limit		 Marc Sabat & Wolfgang von Schweinitz 2 pages
Johann Sebastian Bach RICERCAR
Musikalisches Opfer 1 INTONATION :
an experimental application of
Extended Rational Tuning (2003)		 16 pages
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