DOUGLAS C WADLE
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CONCERT WORKS
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Precis to Erasures and Additions (2014)
variable ensemble
10'
Erasures and Additions (2013-2014)
for Kristen Smiarowski's The Key Game 
Project: Sleep, Staring, Well
variable ensemble
36'
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Projections on Elevation Tunes (2012)
colored ink on transparencies
for any two instruments, director, audience, and pre-recorded audio
10'-20'
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Credo (2012)
for the People's Microphony Camerata
several voices
10'
Template Piece (2011)
variable ensemble
variable
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Thread (2011)
a meditation
variable (homemade) zither
variable
Drift (2010)
2 five-valved F tubas
variable
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Systema II (2010)
2 violins
3'
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Arbitrary Object, no. 2  (2010)
2 accordions
2'
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Arbitrary Object, no. 1 (2010)
2 B-flat clarinets
2'30"
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Lines (2010)
2 violins, 2 violas
variable
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Inventions on German Communist Sources:
Marsch der Sowjetjugend (2010)
2 violins, 2 violas
2'30"
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Inventions on German Communist Sources:
Lied des alten Kommunisten F (2009)
2 trombones, horn, tuba
1'
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Inventions on German Communist Sources:
Frage und Antwort und Frage (2009)
2 violins, 2 violas
3'
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Inventions on German Communist Sources:
Drei Worte an die Partei (2009)
2 trombones, horn, tuba
2'
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After "Ohio Impromptu" (2009)
(Cloister Walk, No. 3)
for ,,duo
2 tenor-bass trombones
18'
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Sprechstimmung (2009)
for Simone Forti & Terrence Luke Johnson
2-5 non-fluent speakers
variable
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Propaedeutic for Microtonal Performance
on Horn in F (2009)
horn solo
6'
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Valet will ich dir geben (2008)
violin, trombone
6'
Systema (Cognitive Disjunction, proper) (2008)
violin, viola, cello
5'
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Systema (with Linear Distortion) (2008)
violin, viola, cello
10'
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Cloister Walk, No. 2: Realization February 2008 (2008)
4 tenor-bass trombones
10'
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Cognitive Congruence  (2007, orch. 2013)
violin, viola, cello
25'
Logos prior Logos, No. 4  (2005, rev. 2007)
variable ensemble
variable
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Cognitive Disjunction (2005)
violin, viola, cello
30'/45'
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Logos prior Logos, No. 3 (2005)
flute, english horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon
70'
Amphiboly, Three Realizations (2005)
for Chelsea Green
  • Realization 1 (Partch)
  • Realization 2 (Satie)
  • Realization 3 (Cage)
guitar duo
13'30"
  • 3'
  • 4'30"
  • 6'
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Limburger Skunk (2004)
for Jonathan Piper
2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion
12'
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Edit (2004)
for Don Nichols
speaking voice and mixing console
15'
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Invention in Three Parts  (2004)
projections of colored ink on paper
1-3 toy pianos with optional cello and
mixing console
variable
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Insomnambulations: Preachin' Aphasia (2003)
trombone/voice solo
10'
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Incarceration (2002)
guitar solo
10'
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brief sketch (2002)
2 cellos
6'
A Winter's Walk in the Cloisters (2002)
(Cloister Walk, No. 2)
2 trombones
variable
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GRAPHIC SCORES & VISUAL ART
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On the Ethical Status of Fictional & Historical Persons (2014)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle
N/A
N/A
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Towards a Definition of Cultural Memory (2013)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle
N/A
N/A
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On the Obligation to Remember (2013)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle and Bradley Wadle
N/A
N/A
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On the Prospects of a Perfect History (2012)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle, with a short passage from Jorge Luis Borges
N/A
N/A
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Projections on Elevation Tunes (2012)
colored ink on transparencies
for any two instruments, director, audience, and pre-recorded sound
10'-20'
VIEW VIDEO
Drift (2010)
2 five-valved F tubas
variable
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Cloister Walk, No. 2 (2007)
ink and graphite on paper
ur-score for creation of performance installations for trombone quartet
N/A
Logos prior Logos, No. 4 (2005, rev. 2007)
ink on transparencies, colored ink on paper
variable ensemble
variable
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Logos prior Logos (2005)
oil on canvas, score for performance
ur-score for creation of individual realizations
N/A
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Amphiboly (2004)
acrylic on canvas, variable duration
ur-score for creation of individual realizations
N/A
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Invention in Three Parts (2004)
projections of colored ink on paper
toy piano with optional cello and mixing console
variable

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LANGUAGE-BASED WORKS
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Reconstruction Dances (2014)
for Kristen Smiarowski's the Key Game Project:
Sleep, Staring, Well
Hörspiel
7'
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Of Histories and Fictions (2014)
for Kristen Smiarowski's the Key Game Project:
Sleep, Staring, Well
Hörspiel
8'30"
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In Advance of the Archive (2013)
for Kristen Smiarowski's the Key Game Project:
Sleep, Staring, Well
Hörspiel
8'
LISTEN
On the Ethical Status of Fictional & Historical Persons (2014)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle
N/A
N/A
VIEW IMAGE
Towards a Definition of Cultural Memory (2013)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle
N/A
N/A
VIEW IMAGE
On the Obligation to Remember (2013)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle and Bradley Wadle
N/A
N/A
VIEW IMAGE
On the Prospects of a Perfect History (2012)
mixed media on canvas; texts by Douglas C. Wadle, with a short passage from Jorge Luis Borges
N/A
N/A
VIEW IMAGE
Shroud (2013)
for Kristen Smiarowski's the Key Game Project:
Sleep, Staring, Well
3 speakers, video monitors, and audio playback
22'
Credo (2012)
for the People's Microphony Camerata
several voices
variable
Nostalgia Digest (2011)
Hörspiel
12'
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Pedantic Poetry
writer
N/A
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Resection (2011)
speaking voice/trombone (solo) or
speaking voice and trombone (duet)
variable
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Triptych (2010)
language study on a poem by Simone Forti
2 voices and video projection
variable
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Celan Song (2009)
2 speakers
variable
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Sprechstimmung (2009)
2-5 non-fluent speakers
variable
LISTEN
Logos prior Logos, No. 6 (2007)
speaking voice
8'
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Edit (2004)
for Don Nichols
speaking voice and mixing console
15'
VIEW SCORE / LISTEN
Insomnambulations: Preachin' Aphasia (2003)
trombone/voice solo
10'
VIEW SCORE / LISTEN

 

TEXT PIECES (Instruction Scores)
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Shroud (2013)
3 speakers, video monitors, and audio playback
22'
A Principled Reaction to X (2013)
any medium, with noises
variable
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Pedantic Poetry (2011)
writer
N/A
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Template Piece (2011)
variable ensemble
variable
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Thread (2011)
a meditation
variable (homemade) zither
variable
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Systema (Cognitive Disjunction, Proper) (2008)
violin, viola, cello
5'
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Systema (with Linear Distortion) (2008)
violin, viola, cello
10'
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Logos prior Logos, No. 5  (2006)
on the ethical obligations of the individual in society
audience
variable
Echo Narcissus (2006)
reader
variable
Solipsistic Self-Serenade (2004)
a meditation for Jacky and Jonathan
N/A
variable
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INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS
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Sleep, Staring, Well (2013-2014)
original music, Hörspiele, and theater piece for multimedia performance work directed by Kristen Smiarowski (Phase 3 of The  Key Game Project)
clarinet, trombone, accordion, cello, 3 speakers, video monitors, audio playback
60'
Conversation Piece (2010)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.; Kristen Smiarowski, dramaturg
text, trombone, movement
60'
Bricklayers with a Sense of Humor (2009-2010)
soundscore for dance/theater work by Arianne Hoffman
2 violins, 2 violas, horn, 2 trombones, tuba, piano, 4 portable monophonic audio cassette players
75'
To Borrow Salt (2009)
interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.; Kristen Smiarowski, dramaturg
text, voice, trombone, movement
70'
Indexical Permutations (after the Key Game) (2009)
soundscore for dance choreographed by Kristen Smiarowski (Phase 2 of The Key Game Project)
electroacoustic
15'
The Key Game (2008)
soundscore for dance/theater work choreographed by Kristen Smiarowski (Phase 1 of The Key Game Project)
electroacoustic
22'
Turtles All the Way Down (2007)interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.
trombone, voice, text, small sounds, movement
100'
The Bacchae (2006)
text: Euripides, trans. C. K. Williams
directed by Mira Kingsley
female chorus, amplified mandolin
150'
101 (2006)interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.
trombone, voice, text, small sounds, movement
100'
Unbuttoned Sleeves (2005)interdisciplinary theatrical collaboration by The Unbuttoned Sleeves; Simone Forti, dir.
trombone, voice, vinyl hose
45'
Fasteners (2004)
music for experimental dance video by Marianne M. Kim
toy piano, cello, electroacoustic
18'
Duet a Trio (2003)
performance piece for dancer and trombonist created with Kristen Smiarowski, choreographer
trombone, voices, movement
15'
Wall (2003)
accompaniment for site-specific dance choreographed by Kristen Smiarowski
accordion, viola, cello
20'
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