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Compositions by Benjamin Johnston

23 compositions
Composition M Catalog Comp'd Duration Publisher Notes  
Quartet No. 1

9 Variations

1959 B Smith Publications  
Quartet No. 2 1964 B Smith Publications  
Commissioned by: LaSalle Quartet
Dedicated to / written for: LaSalle Quartet
Quartet No. 3

Vergings (first part of Crossings)

1966 B Smith Publications

Revised in 1973

Quartet No. 4

The Ascent (last part of Crossings)

1973 B

Smith Publications

 
Commissioned by:

Fine Arts Quartet


Quartet [197u] 197u

Labelled No. 5, this incomplete manuscript is not the published No. 5.

Quartet No. 5 1979 B Smith Publications  
Commissioned by: Concord Quartet
Dedicated to / written for: Kronos Quartet
Quartet [1979?] 1979?

Labelled No. 6, this incomplete manuscript is not the published No. 6.

Quartet No. 6 1980 Smith Publications  
Commissioned by: New World Quartet; Walter W. Naumburg Foundation
Dedicated to / written for: New World Quartet
Quartet [198ua] 198u

Labelled No. 7, this incomplete manuscript is not the published No. 7.

Quartet [198ub] 198u

Labelled No. 7, this complete manuscript is not the published No. 7.

Quartet No. 7 1984

Smith Publications

 
Quartet No. 8 1986

Smith Publications

 
Dedicated to / written for:

Kronos Quartet


I Concentrate on You 1987 A

Adaptation of music of Cole Porter

Revised Standards 1987 ca.

Adaptation of “How Long Has This Been Going On?” of George and Ira Gershwin; “Little Girl Blue” of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart; “Yesterdays” of Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach

Set for Billie Holliday 1987 ca.

Adaptation of “Lover man”; “No more”; “When your lover has gone”

Quartet No. 9 1988 B Smith Publications  
Commissioned by: Stanford Quartet
2 Studies on Ancient Greek Scales 1994 A

Adaptation of music of Harry Partch

Barstow 1994?

Adaptation of music of Harry Partch; text is inscriptions by hitchhikers

Includes: Voice
Quartet No. 10 1995 B Smith Publications  
Calamity Jane to her Daughter 1995

Adaptation by the composer of his own music; text purportedly by Martha Jane Cannary Burke

Includes: Voice
Quietness 1996 A

Smith Publications

Text by Jalāl u’d-Dīn Rūmī, translated by Coleman Barks and John Moyne

Includes: Baritone (speaking on pitch)
Dedicated to / written for:

Salvatore Martirano (m.)


US Highball 1997?

Adaptation of music of Harry Partch; text by Harry Partch

Includes: Male voice
“O Waly Waly” Variations 200u

Adaptation with Eric Segnitz of the composer’s own music