Winner of the 2011 National Academy of Music International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition™ Duo for "Piano With Clarinet," dedicated to my dearest friend and accompanist for this performance, Rita Angel (1949-2000); Premiered at our Joint Masters recital at the University of Southern California 5 Dec 1974 c.08'20" Music available from the composer at andrew@gelt.net

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