George Frederick McKay Music

                                                                                                                     
SYMPHONIES
                                                                                                                      
SINFONIETTA NO. 1 
SINFONIETTA NO. 2
SINFONIETTA NO. 3
SINFONIETTA NO. 4
FIRST SYMPHONY
EVOCATION SYMPHONY (SYMPHONY FOR SEATTLE)

SYMPHONIC POEMS

A PRAIRIE PORTRAIT
TO A LIBERATOR
SYMBOLIC PORTRAIT
A LANIER PASTORAL
A PIONEER EPIC
MACHINE AGE BLUES
SONG OVER THE GREAT PLAINS
A GREAT DAY IS COMING

ORCHESTRAL SUITES

FROM A MOONLIT CEREMONY (NATIVE AMERICAN THEMES)
HARBOR NARRATIVE
SUITE ON FIDDLERS' TUNES
TLINGIT (ALASKAN NATIVE AMERICAN THEMES)
DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

LYRIC POEMS
FANTASY ON A WESTERN FOLKSONG
VARIANTS ON A TEXAS TUNE
ETERNAL SONG
CARNIVALESQUE

YOUTH ORCHESTRA

THE BIG SKY
SYMPHONIE MINIATURE
SYMPHONIE MINIATURE NO. 2
HOMAGE TO STEPHEN FOSTER
SYMPHONETTE IN D (EASY)
FOLK SONG MINIATURES
ARIA, CANON, AND ALLEGRO (FRANK)
SINFONIA NO. 1
SINFONIA NO. 2
FIVE PIECES (BARTOK)
SIX PIECES (BARTOK)
SOUTHWEST SCENES
A LITTLE NEW WORLD SYMPHONY (DVORAK)
SIX CHRISTMAS SONGS FOR ELEMENTARY ORCHESTRA

STRING ORCHESTRA

MOODS FANTASTIC AND LYRIC
PORT ROYAL 1861
SUITE ON CHILDREN'S THEMES
SUITE ON 16TH CENTURY HYMN TUNES
SKY-BLUE AND MEADOW GREEN
HALYARD AND CAPSTAN
ROCKY HARBOUR AND SANDY COVE
BUFFALO AND CROW
FROM THE MAINE WOODS
MISSOURI HARMONY
SINFONIETTA FOR STRINGS
SEA SPRAY
FOLK DANCE MINIATURES
FROM OUTDOOR LIFE
ACCENT ON STRINGS (3 VOL.)
EIGHT FAMOUS PIECES
TWO MACDOWELL PIECES

SOLO INSTRUMENT WITH ORCHESTRA

SONATINE FOR CLARINET AND STRING ORCHESTRA
CONCERTO FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
THREE FOSTER SONGS FOR SOPRANO & ORCHESTRA
VARIATIONS ON A PENTATONIC THEME FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA
SONATINE FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA
PASTORALE FOR OBOE AND ORCHESTRA
SUITE FOR VIOLA AND ORCHESTRA
SONATA FOR TROMBONE AND ORCHESTRA
THREE TROUBADOUR SONGS FOR HARPS AND ORCHESTRA

CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA

LINCOLN LYRICS (POETRY OF MARKHAM)
THE SEER (POETRY OF EMERSON)
IN GREEN WAYS (POETRY OF STEPHENS)
LANIER PASTORALE (EPOCH)
TO A LIBERATOR



CHAMBER MUSIC


STRING QUARTET NO. 1
STRING QUARTET NO. 2
STRING QUARTET NO. 3
STRING QUARTET NO. 4
STRING QUARTET NO. 5
QUINTET FOR STRINGS AND PIANO
TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO AND PIANO
SUITE FOR TWO DOUBLE BASSES AND PIANO
"TLINGIT" FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
EVOCATIVE POEMS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
SUITE FOR FLUTE
SUITE FOR VIOLA AND PIANO
REMEMBERING APRIL FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
SUITE FOR HARP AND FLUTE (OR PIANO AND FLUTE)
VIOLIN SONATA
VIOLIN SUITE NO. 1
VIOLIN SUITE NO. 2
VIOLIN SUITE NO. 3
VIOLIN SUITE (SEVEN EXPRESSIVE PIECES)
SONG OF THE JOLLY MILLER FOR VIOLIN
BALLADE FOR VIOLA
THREE SEA SKETCHES
ANDANTE MISTICO (FOR 8 CELLI)
DUO SONATINE FOR VIOLIN AND CELLO
ARCTIC LEGEND
BALLAD FOR CLARINET AND STRINGS
STRING SEXTET (FOR THE SOKOL FAMILY)
TEN EASY RECITAL PIECES FOR VIOLIN
SIX EASY PIECES FOR VIOLIN





CHORAL

CANTATAS WITH ORCHESTRA

CHORAL RHAPSODY, PIONEERS (POETRY OF WALT WHITMAN)
THE SEER (POETRY OF EMERSON)
LINCOLN LYRICS (POETRY OF MARKHAM)
IN GREEN WAYS (POETRY OF STEPHENS)


LIGHT OPERA
(INCLUDING SELECTED SONGS & INCIDENTAL MUSIC WITH OTHER NORTHWEST COMPOSERS)
THESE WORKS USE A CHAMBER ORCHESTRA.


CALICO CARGO

SAN JUAN STORY


CHORUS WITH BRASS


HERTHA

CHORAL RHAPSODY


FOR MIXED VOICES


TO A GOLDEN HAIRED GIRL (VACHEL LINDSEY)
SING HEIGH HO (KINGSLEY)
VENDOR'S SONG
FOR ALL DAYS, ALL PEOPLES
A HYMN FOR UNITED NATIONS
SONG OF THE VOYAGEURS
TWO NONSENSE SONGS (EDWARD LEAR)
A PRAYER IN SPRING (ROBERT FROST)
THE FOUR WINDS
THE RAGGED PIPER
A MORNING PRAYER
MERRY ARE THE BELLS
CHRISTMAS HYMN (EUGENE FIELD)
ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY (MILTON)
WONDROUS LOVE
WAYFARING STRANGER
PROMISED LAND
THE THREE KINGS (TRANSCRIPTION)
NIGHT MAGIC (SCHUBERT)
AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE (OLD FRENCH)
THE POET AND THE NIGHTINGALE (12TH CENTURY)
SONG TO SUMMER (13TH CENTURY)
BE MERRY, BE MERRY (15TH CENTURY)
THE FINE OLD COUNTRY GENTLEMAN (PURCELL)
BRETON FISHERMAN'S SONG
PRAYER FOR THIS HOUSE
THE CREATION
MERCY, PITY, PEACE AND LOVE
TWO MODERN MADRIGALS
COMMON SENSE FROM OLD ENGLAND
CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS
SONG OF THE CREATURES
AN APRIL PASTORALE
SUMMER (THOREAU)
TWO NATURE POEMS
THE PRAYER OF FIONA MACLEOD
TO A SNOWFLAKE
THREE LULLABIES (EUGENE FIELD)
GHOSTS OF INDIANS
ROUNDELAY
ELFIN SONG
PRAIRIE LULLABY
A MORNING IN SPRING (WORDSWORTH)
TREASURE THIS DAY
ON A NANKIN PLATE (AUSTIN DOBSON)
JOHN HIGHLANDSMAN (ROBERT BURNS)
A BLOSSOMING FLOWER (CAWEIN)
THE SONGBIRD (CAWEIN)
THREE CHORAL POEMS (CAWEIN)
A WISH (CHOPIN)
JOY (CHOPIN)
RETROSPECT (CHOPIN)


FOR MEN'S VOICES


HEAVEN BELLS
THREE PHILOSOPHICAL POEMS
FIFTY CENTS
THE OCTOPUS
OLD STORMALONG
INDIAN COUNTRY
THE JOLLY MILLER
THE LARK ASCENDING
THE OLD HOME


SOLO SONGS


SIX ROBERT FROST SONGS
REQUIESCAT (WILDE)
THE SHEPHERD (BLAKE)
FIVE SONGS FOR SOPRANO
SEVEN SONGS FOR BARITONE
FIVE HYMNS
FIVE POETIC SONGS


CHILDRENS' SONGS


TRAVELERS LUCK
SUMMERLAND
ABOUT ABE LINCOLN
LET THE FUN BEGIN
GRAND CANYON AT SUNRISE
GREAT GRAND COULEE DAM
THE LONE PRAIRIE
THE FARMER'S BREAKFAST
ADRIFT WITH THE MOUNTAIN MIST
ABE OF ILLINOIS
SEA BIRDS
THE TALL PINE TREE
WESTERN HORIZON
SOURDOUGH PETE AND KLONDIKE JOE
THE GARDENER'S SONG (LEWIS CARROLL)


HUMOROUS SONG COLLECTIONS


ALL IN FUN (14 NONSENSE SONGS)
AN IVAR BOOK OF BALLADS (PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOLKLORE)





DANCE MUSIC

EPOCH (FOUR SYMPHONIC MOVEMENTS)


PROLOGUE
LANIER PASTORALE
PIONEER EPIC
MACHINE AGE BLUES
(EACH MOVEMENT COMMEMORATES AN AMERICAN POET,
INCLUDING EDGAR ALLEN POE, SIDNEY LANIER, WALT WHITMAN,
AND CARL SANDBURG) 1 HOUR IN DURATION.


SHORTER DANCE PIECES


"HILARIOUS DANCE CONCERT/MARRIAGE ON THE EIFFEL TOWER"(AVANT-GARDE PIECES IN COLLABORATION WITH JOHN CAGE & OTHER 20TH CENTURY COMPOSERS) - STAGED AT SEATTLE'S CORNISH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, 1939

DANCE SUITE NO. 2
CARICATURE DANCE SUITE
AMERICAN STREET SCENES

WALKING PORTRAITS (SATIRE)

 

WOODWIND ENSEMBLES

JOYFUL DANCE (WOODWIND QUINTET)

THREE SEA SKETCHES (WOODWIND QUINTET)

THREE NAUTICAL CHARACTERS (WOODWIND QUINTET)

CHRISTMAS MORNING SUITE (FLUTE QUARTET)

SONATINA GIOCOSA (FLUTE QUARTET)

TWO MACDOWELL PIECES (CLARINET QUARTET)

TWO SCHUMANN PIECES (CLARINET QUARTET)

FOUR SEASONS (FLUTE TRIO)

AMERICAN STREET SCENES

SAXOPHONE QUARTET, PIANO OR CLARINET ACC.

FIVE PIECES FOR CLARINET QUARTET

ON A PASTORAL THEME (CLARINET QUARTET)

STACCATO CAPRICE

LYRIC POEM (FLUTES)

BAND

 THE FORTY-NINERS (AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY)

THREE STREET CORNER SKETCHES

BURLESQUE MARCH

WAKE ME UP FOR THE GREAT JUBILEE

RAILROADERS

WESTERN MARCH (MARCH GIOCOSO)

ROUNDABOUT TUNE

THE GREEN CATHEDRAL (HAHN)

THE PLAINSMAN

FOLK SONG VARIANTS

PORTRAITS IN TONE

SCHERZO (BRAHMS)

TO A LIBERATOR

BRASS ENSEMBLES

BRAVURA PRELUDE (BRASS CHOIR)

PRELUDE TO A DRAMA FOR SIX TRUMPETS

ALLEGRO SCHERZOSO FOR FOUR TROMBONES

ARCTIC LEGEND FOR BRASS QUARTET

TEN FOR BRASS (MCKAY/LARRY MCVEY)

ON A CHORDAL THEME FOR BRASS SEXTET

TWO MACDOWELL PIECES FOR BRASS SEXTET (TRISTAMENTE & SCOTTISH POEM)

PIANO

CACTUS TOWN

CALL OF THE CANYON

THE ROBIN AND THE WOODPECKER

MEN AT WORK

HI-WAY SCENES

FOLK SONG STORIES

TRAIN TRACKS

PRAIRIE VISTA

SPACED SILENCE

MODAL MELODY

FROM THE NORTH WOODS

SPIRITUAL

MORNING PRAYER

CIRCLING

FIDDLER'S DANCE

LITTLE PRAYERS AND CANTICLES

DANCE IN THE MEADOW

SAGEBRUSH COUNTRY

EXPLORATIONS

TWELVE TONAL ADVENTURES

EXCURSIONS

DANCING IN A DREAM (TWO PIANOS)

DANCE SUITE NO. 2

SIX PIECES ON WINTER MOODS AND PATTERNS

SUMMER MOODS AND PATTERNS

CARICATURE DANCE SUITE

ECHOING LAUGHTER

A REMEMBERED HAPPINESS

A VISIT TO GRANDFATHER'S FARM

NAVAJO LULLABY

PRAIRIE HORIZON

DANCE PASTORALE

A WISTFUL MEDITATION

FOUR FOLK DANCE ETUDES

MELODY FOR SPRINGTIME

MIDSUMMER

AN OUTDOOR SONG

FIVE INTIMATE PORTRAITS

SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH PIANO ACC.

TROMBONE SONATA

THREE PASTORAL SCENES FOR HORN

SUITE FOR BASS CLEF INSTRUMENTS

RHUMBA SERENADE FOR TRUMPET

PASTORAL SOLILOQUY FOR OBOE

FLUTE SUITE

VIOLA SUITE

SUITES 1,2, AND 3 FOR VIOLIN

REMEMBERING APRIL FOR VIOLIN

EVOCATIVE POEMS FOR VIOLIN

TEN EASY RECITAL PIECES FOR VIOLIN

SIX EASY RECITAL PIECES FOR VIOLIN

SONG OF THE JOLLY MILLER FOR VIOLIN

BALLADE FOR VIOLA

LITTLE CONCERT SOLO PIECE FOR TRUMPET

CONCERT SOLO SONATINE (ALL INSTRUMENTS)

ARIETTA AND CAPRICCIO (ALL INSTRUMENTS)

TWO DANCE SCENES FOR CLARINET

MOODS-THREE PIECES FOR CLARINET

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