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Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Opera premiered at the Festival d'Avignon in 1989 for the French Bicentennial. A numbered edition of 200 copies.

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Opera 
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Dialogues Dialogues
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Five movements for percussion trio: Similarities, Differences, Canons, Well-Formed, and Mirrors. Easy to play for percussionists who never make mistakes. Small instruments. About 15 minutes.

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Percussion Trio 
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Door Door (from Shaggy Dog Opera)
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Someone is at the door, but the two singers are too tired to answer it. They sing many cadences on the word "yawn." Two sopranos and piano.

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Opera 
$13.00
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Doublings for Double Bass Doublings for Double Bass
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Six ways of transforming a melody of two notes into a melody of four notes, eight notes, 16 notes, 32 notes, etc. until you have a piece as long as you like. A rather formidable concentration exercise,

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String Bass Solo 
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Dragons in A Dragons in A
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Five movements for orchestra, each following the dragon formula, also known as the "paper-folding formula." 18 minutes, orchestra material on rental.

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Full Score Parts are Rental Only
$25.00
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Drawers Drawers (from Shaggy Dog Opera)
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

She looks for her thimble and finally finds it on her finger. Soprano and piano, text in English, French, German. 15 minutes.

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Opera 
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Dropping Balls Dropping Balls
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

A difficult piece for a talking and singing juggler, who normally doesn't drop balls but eventually will. 

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 Score Juggler
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Dryer Dryer (from Shaggy Dog Opera)
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The baritone catches fish and hangs them up to dry while the tenor looks on, wondering why. Baritone and piano, in English, 15 minutes.

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Opera 
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2 Pianos, 4 Hands
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Ecoutez le temps Ecoutez le temps
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The baritone, the tenor and the soprano all try to listen to time for 15 minutes. The pianist and the audience do too. In French but easily translatable.

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Opera 
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Eggs and Baskets Eggs and Baskets
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

One explains how many ways there are of putting six eggs into two baskets, with the help of a narrator and two unspecified instrumentalists, who play the permutations as melodies. Also published in French

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 Duet with Narrator - Score
$10.00
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Eight Patterns for Eight Instruments Eight Patterns for Eight Instruments
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

A suite of short pieces for unspecified upper-register instruments. 20 minutes.

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Mixed Ensemble Score
$18.00
Mixed Ensemble Parts
$23.00
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Einstimmiger Einstimmiger
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Trio for saxophone, guitar and bass, written for the German ensemble Ugly Culture. The title means "Unison Polyrhythms." 18 minutes.

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Mixed Trio Saxophone, Guitar & Bass
$16.00
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Failing, A Very Difficult Piece For Solo String Bass Failing, A Very Difficult Piece For Solo String Bass
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

One of Johnson's most often performed pieces, written for Jon Deak, and also interpreted by Bertram Turetzky, Gary Karr, and many other virtuosos. A classic among bassists. 

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Falling Thirds With Drum Falling Thirds With Drum
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The falling thirds are played by some solo instrument, the drum keeps the beat, and everything is the result of a drawing. Eight minutes.

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Miscellaneous Solo with Drum
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Five Notes for Five Instruments Five Notes for Five Instruments
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The composer writes : In this work I wanted to listen to all the ways that chords of one note, two notes, three notes, four notes, and five notes could be orchestrated using five instruments. 

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 Quintet 
$15.00
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Formulas for String Quartet Formulas for String Quartet
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The first Johnson string quartet, premiered by the Brindisi Quartet in 1994. Eight movements, each following a mathematical formula, 20 minutes.

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String Quartet Score
$17.00
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The Four Note Opera The Four Note Opera
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The composer's first opera, and the best known. Published in America by G. Schirmer, but now also available in French from Editions 75.

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Opera in French Only
$35.00
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Full Rotation of 60 Notes Through 36 Positions Full Rotation of 60 Notes Through 36 Positions
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

Piece for player piano, in collaboration with Wolfgang Heisig. No score, just another roll, ready to roll.

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Player Piano
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Harpiano Harpiano
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

The subtle differences between the colors of these two isntruments continue for 16 minutes. Harp and piano.

 

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Harp Solo with Piano 
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Hexagons Hexagons
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

About the score, the composer writes : The numbers 1 to 19 represent 19 notes of the chromatic scale. Begin with the central chord (4, 11, 16), and following the lines, move to adjacent chords, always

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 Solo or Trio
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Hidden Melodies Hidden Melodies
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

This pieces makes good use of the fact that organ sounds can be held indefinitely, quite different from instruments that have to breathe, and the music is special in another important way. Usually when an

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Piano
$22.00
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Imaginary Music Imaginary Music
Tom Johnson - Two-Eighteen Press

104 drawings with music notation symbols, many of which have been reprinted in magazines and as program covers. Perhaps the best known is the "Celestial Music for Imaginary Trumpets," which ascends 103

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