Continuing the story of Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss, the character finally gets his revenge after narrowly escaping the noose. In Strauss, the descending major seventh prominently sounds at the point that he is supposedly hanged. Similarly, it is an important thematic element in Rache aus Till.

Premiered at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hollywood, CA by Paul Sifler and the composer, 15 Dec 1974

Dies Irae "Pathos" for Clarinet & Tape Op. 23 (1974) The Dies Irae is a thematic element. For Clarinet, and electronic music composed on the University of Southern California Electronic Laboratory Synthesizer (analog) and recorded on half-inch magnetic tape in the mid-seventies (as an accompaniment to a solo clarinet). Premiered at the University of Miami Student Composers' Concert 14 Feb 1977, Andrew Gelt, Clarinet Music and/or background track available from andrew@gelt.net