John Melby, composer

List of compositions in reverse chronological order

Note: Some of the compositions in this list are accompanied by recordings of either excerpts or (in most cases) complete performances in the form of .mp3 audio files. These files can be played by many applications; two of the most popular are Apple’s iTunes and QuickTime, both of which are available for both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. For further information about QuickTime and iTunes, click here.

All sound clips on this site except as indicated are now in stereo. Since these files take more space and will consequently require more time to download, they will in general not work well in streaming mode with modems of speeds lower than 56k. Sorry about that!

With the recent proliferation of broadband connections, I have chosen to assume that most users have some kind of high-speed Internet access such as a cable modem or a DSL modem. Consequently, the sound clips on this page may take a substantial amount of time to download if you are using a modem with a 56k or slower transfer rate. However, in such a case, as a “consolation prize”, you can download the complete .mp3 file and listen to it offline without problems. The video files require Apple’s QuickTime software.

Links preceded by a single asterisk (*) refer to the publisher of the music. A double asterisk (**) denotes a link to the recording company (if any) that has issued a recording (LP or CD) of the work.

A link to [temporarily unavailable] If you have a particularly pressing need for performance materials for any piece so marked, please send an e-mail message to the composer via the link at the bottom of this page.


Key to publishers:

“Margun/AMP” = Associated Music Publishers

“Merion” = Merion Music., Inc. (Theodore Presser Company)

“ACA” = American Composers Alliance

“CSC” = Centro di Sonologia Computazionale dell’ Università di Padova (Italy)

“available from the composer” = (click on the link or see the e-mail address at the bottom of this page)

“ms” = in manuscript and unavailable

“n/a” = not available

Margun Music, Inc., the publisher of several of the works listed above, is now owned by Associated Music Publishers, Inc., a division of Music Sales Corporation. Pieces whose publisher listing is Margun/AMP are available from the Rental Department of Associated Music Publishers, Inc.

A link to [temporarily unavailable] signifies that the work is in the process of being transferred to American Composers Alliance from another publisher and is currently not commercially available. In the meantime, if you have a particularly pressing need for performance materials for any piece so marked, please send an e-mail message to the composer via the link at the bottom of this page.

Key to recording companies:

“Albany” = Albany Records

“Centaur” = Centaur Records

“CRI” = Composers Recordings, Inc.

NOTE CONCERNING CRI RECORDINGS: CRI’s catalogue has been acquired by New World Records, and the currently available information concerning this acquisition includes the statement that New World Records is “committed to keeping every title active in [CRI’s] catalogue and available at all times.” I have been assured by a spokesman at New World that this is the case, as follows: “The process of making the CRI LPs that were never issued on CD available again as on-demand CDs will commence this spring (in a month or so) and will continue until they have all been done. We are proceeding numerically so your titles may not surface for another year yet [i.e., sometime in 2010]. The speed at which we can proceed is somewhat contingent on the flow of funds but we are committed to the completion of the project. In addition, as these titles become available as on-demand CDs we will apply to the various publishers/composers for DPDs so that we can also make them available via iTunes and other such online services.”

“GMEB” = Institute International de Musique Electroacoustique

“New World” = New World Records

“Zuma” = Zuma Records

“ASUC” = American Society of University Composers
(now the “Society of Composers, Inc.”);
LP issued as a supplement to Vol. 7/8 of the
Proceedings of the American Society of University Composers,
1973: long out of print

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date last modified: March 1, 2010