Salvatore Martirano

Salvatore Giovanni Martirano (January 12, 1927 – November 17, 1995) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.

Born in Yonkers, New York, he taught for many years at the University of Illinois. He also worked in electronic music and invented electronic musical instruments.

A music composition award in his name, the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, has been given annually since 1996.

Compositions
1949 Sextet for winds (9')

1950 Prelude for orchestra (12')

1950 Variations for flute and piano (6')

1951 String Quartet #1 (19')

1951 The Magic Stones, chamber opera based on a tale from the Decameron. (55')

1952 Piece for orchestra (14')

1952 Sonata for violin and piano (14')

1952-1955 Mass A CAPPELLA for mixed double chorus (37')

1954 Contrasto for orchestra (9')

1957 Chansons Innocentes for soprano and piano (8')

1958 0,0,0,0, That Shakespeherian Rag for mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble, text by Shakespeare, commissioned by the League of Composers/International Society for Contemporary Music (24')

1962 Cocktail Music for piano (7')

1963 Octet for flute, bass clarinet, conta-alto clarinet, marimba, celesta, violin, cello, contra-bass, commissioned by the Koussevitsky Music Foundation in thge Library of Congress. (8')

1963 Three Electronic Dances for tape recorder (4')

1964-1965 Underworld for 4 actors, 4 percussion, 2 string basses, tenor sax and 2 channel tape, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation. (19')

1964 Sound Rotation System (hardware - real-time performance instrument scored in UNDERWORLD)

1965 Buffet for tape recorder (13')

1966 Ballad for amplified nite-club singer and instrumental ensemble (14')

1967 The Malmstadt-Enke Blues real-time performance system using the Heathkit Analog/Digital Designer and custom hardware - variable form (15-20')

1967-1968 L's. G. A. for gassed-masked politico, helium bomb, 3 16mm movieprojectors, and 2 channel tape recorder - (Films: Ronald Nameth) (24')

1968 The Proposal for 2 channel tape recorder and slide projector (Slides: Ronald Nameth) (8')

1968 Action Analysis for 12 musicians, Bunny, and Controller (12')

1968 Marvil Construction real-time performance system

1969 Selections for alto flute, double bass, clarinet, viola and cello - commissioned by the Aeolin Chamber Players (work in progress)

1969-1972 The SAL-MAR CONSTRUCTION (real-time performance instrument)

1971-1975 SAL-MAR CONSTRUCTION 4 channel tape recordings I-VII (3 hours)

1974 Shoptalk for tape recorder (13')

1977 Fast Forward for tape recorder (14')

1978 Fifty One for tape recorder (12')

1978 In Memoriam Luigi Dallapiccola for tape recorder (40')

1979 She Spoke for tape recorder and storyteller - based on Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare - commissioned by W???, Columbia, MO.

1979 Stuck On Stella for solo piano ()

1980 Fantasy for violin and tape recorder (7')

1984 Thrown for winds and percussion (18')

1985 SAMPLER: Everything Goes When The Whistle Blows for violin and the yahaSALmaMAC MIDI orchestra (12')

1987 THREE NOT TWO the yahaSALmaMAC using the Sound and Logic program(SAL) Salvatore Martirano, DX7 Keyboard (20')

1988 FOUR NOT TWO The yahaSALmaMAC using the Sound and Logic program(SAL) Dorothy Martirano, Zeta Violin Salvatore Martirano, DX7 Keyboard (20')

1988 PHLEU for amplified flute and synthetic orchestra (12')

1989 LON/dons for chamber orchestra (18')

1990 undisNONcon for yahaSalmaMac and Poet (25')

1991 UIUS & Jest Fa'laffs for flute, clarinet, double bass and synthetic orchestra (14')

1992 Improvs for Violin and Tape The will never be another you, Cherokee, I remember April, Blues