George Frederick McKay composed several hundred musical works during his lifetime, including about 250 volumes which were eventually published. He taught and composed for 40 years at the University of Washington, Seattle; with visiting professorships at the University of Southern California, the University of Oregon, Drake University and the University of Michigan. He authored textbooks and journal articles and musical reviews. McKay also conducted the Seattle Symphony on several occasions for premieres of his symphonic pieces, and was a guest conductor for other ensembles.
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
ORGAN WORKS
THREE MINIATURES
SONATA NO. 1
POEME PASTORAL
ADAGIETTO
BENEDICTIONS
SUITE ON 16TH CENTURY HYMN TUNES
ELAGAIC POEM
A NATIVITY TRILOGY
CANZONE CELESTI
IN REMEMBRACE
FOUR POETIC IMAGES
THREE PASTORAL PRELUDES
POEMS OF EXALTATION
EVOCATIONS
WEDDING MUSIC
SUITE ON EASTER HYMNS
MEDITATIONS
LAMENT FOR ABSOLAM
CONTEMPLATIONS
SONATA MISTICA
SING CHOIR OF ANGELS
TWO VOLUNTARIES ON THEMES BY LITURGICAL MASTERS
GLORIA ON A PEDAL THEME
ASCENSIONS
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