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Frog Peak Music is an artist-run composers\\' collective dedicated to publishing and producing experimental and unusual works by its member artists, and is committed to the idea of availability over promotion. Frog Peak Music is a not-for-profit organization in which member artists determine the form and content of their own work.

Lou Harrison

Composer, theorist, performer

Books & Writings

• Joys and Perplexities. A beautiful limited edition of Lou Harrison\\'s poetry. Har14. $20.
   
  Instruction manual: The Colvig-Harrison Monochord. Har45. $10.
   
  An American Gamelan. Description and notes on the construction and tuning of the western gamelan built by Lou Harrison and William Colvig. Har42. $10.
   
  Painting of Lou Harrison by Remy Charlip. A blank notecard, with the front showing an image of a painting done in 1949 by Remy Charlip of Lou Harrison, in the style of a 12th century traveling player. On the back is a hand written description of the story behind the painting. Limited availability. Har43. $5.
   

Scores

Frog Peak is proud to distribute Lou Harrison\\'s own Hermes Beard Press editions. Scores for Lou Harrison\\'s compositions for gamelan are also listed in the catalog of the American Gamelan Institute.

• May Rain. Voice and accompaniment. Text by Elsa Gidlow. Har01. $15.
   
  Mass for St. Cecilia. Unaccompanied chorus, with Latin text. Har02. $15.
   
  Varied Trio (score only). Violin, piano and percussion. Har03s. $20.
   
  Varied Trio (score and parts). Violin, piano and percussion. Har03. $50.
   
  Varied Trio (piano score only). Violin, piano and percussion. Har04. $20.
   
  Grand Duo (score only). Violin and piano. Har20s. $25.
   
  Grand Duo (score and parts). Score and violin part. Har20. $45.
   
  Serenade in C. Arrangement for woodwind quintet by Robert Hughes. Score and parts. Har06. $18.
   
  Pedal Sonata for Organ. Har07. $15.
   
  Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan. Har08. $15.
   
  Clay\\'s Quintet (score only). For Trumpet in B-flat, horn in F, mandolin, harp, and percussion. Har09s. $15.
   
  Clay\\'s Quintet (score and parts).Trumpet in B-flat, horn in F, mandolin, harp, and percussion. Har09. $45.
   
  A Summerfield Set. Piano or harpsichord. Har10. $15.
   
  Air from "The Scattered Remains of James Broughton". Chamber orchestra. Har11. $35.
   
  Ariadne. Flute and percussion. Har12. $15.
   
  Peace Piece One: From the Metta Sutta (score only). Chorus, trombone, percussion, 2 harps, reed organ and strings. Har13s. $15.
   
  Peace Piece One: From the Metta Sutta (score and parts). Chorus, trombone, percussion, 2 harps, reed organ and strings. Har13. $35.
   
  Peace Piece Two: Passages by Robert Duncan. Dramatic tenor, three percussionists, two harps, two violins, viola, cello and bass. Har15. $15.
   
  Peace Piece Three: Little Song on the Atom Bomb. Voice, viola, harp and two violins. Har16. $15.
   
  Sanctus. Contralto and piano. Har17. $15.
   
  Elegy, to the Memory of Calvin Simmons (score only). Chamber ensemble. Har18s. $15.
   
  Elegy, to the Memory of Calvin Simmons (score and parts). Chamber ensemble. Har18. $35.
   
  Holly & Ivy. Tenor, two violins, cello, bass and harp. In just intonation. Har19. $15.
   
  Piano Trio (score only). Piano, violin, and cello. Har23s. $25.
   
  Piano Trio (score and parts). Piano, violin, and cello. Har23. $40.
   
  Vestiunt Silve (score only). Mezzo-soprano, flute/piccolo, 2 violas and harp. Har26s. $15.
   
  Vestiunt Silve (score and parts). Mezzo-soprano, flute/piccolo, 2 violas and harp. Har26. $45.
   
  In Memory of Victor Jowers. Clarinet and accompaniment. Har28. $15.
   
  Third Piano Sonata. Har31. $15.
   
  Largo Ostinato. Solo piano. Har32. $15.
   
  Strict Songs. SATB. Har33. $15.
   
  Festival Dance. Two pianos. Har34. $20.
   
  Sonata for Psaltery. Har36. $15.
   
  The garden at one & a quarter moons. For psaltery or cheng. Har37. $15.
   
  Suite for Sangen. Solo piece for Japanese plucked lute. Har38. $20.
   
  Sonata for Harpsichord or Fortepiano. Har39. $15.
   
  Music for Remy. For oboe and percussion. Har47. $15.
   
  Fantasia a 4. Flute, clarinet, horn in F, bassoon, and piano. Har48. $15.
   
  Scenes from Nek Chand. Solo guitar. Edited by John Schneider. Har49. $15.
   
  New York Waltzes. Includes "Waltz in C", "Hesitation Waltz", and "Waltz in A". Har51. $15.
   
  Nova Odo. Male chorus, reciting chorus, occidental orchestra, percussion and assimilated Oriental instruments. Har52. $60.
   
  New Moon. Clarinet, trombone, violin, bass, and percussion. Har54. $15.
   
  Easter Cantata (score only). Mixed chorus, two trumpets, two trombones, glockenspiel, chimes, harp, two violins, viola, cello, contrabass. Har56s. $15.
   
  Easter Cantata (score and parts). Mixed chorus, two trumpets, two trombones, glockenspiel, chimes, harp, two violins, viola, cello, contrabass. Twelve individual parts. Har56. $45.
   
  Round for Jafran Jones. Gamelan. Har57. $15.
   
  Air in G Minor. Flute alone, or with drone. Har05. $15.
   
  Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin. From 1936. Har30. $15.
   
  Air. Violin with selected drone instruments. Violin, ye cheng, or similar instrument or effect, and gender. Har22. $15.
   
  Solo to Anthony Cirone. D major bells in just intonation. Har24. $15.
   

CDs

• Lou Harrison/Carl Ruggles. Harrison: Symphony on G; Ruggles: Organum; Men & Mountains. Har40. $15.
   
  Gay American Composers. Music by gay American composers, incl. Harrison, et al. Har41. $15.
   
  Night of the Living Composers. 2 CD set of works by Harrison, Body and others. Presented by New Music Works; Philip Collins, conductor. Har50. $25.
   

DVDs

• Cherish, Conserve, Consider, Create: A Portrait of the American Composer. As seen on PBS and The Learning Channel. An imaginative portrait of the American composer, performer, and instrument maker. An eclectic artist whose music reflects a profound appreciation of world cultures. Included in this biographical film is a series of evocative musical sequences and performances interwoven with statements by Harrison and some of his close friends and colleagues. A film by Eric Marin. Har58. $25
   

Editions

• The Federal Music Project. Chorus. 1936. Copied and edited by Margaret Fisher/Lou Harrison. FP/JB#4.This is an edition of Johanna Beyer\\'s choral work assisted by Lou Harrison. Bey04. $15.
   

Lou Harrison Font Collection

A number of beautiful fonts designed by Harrison and implemented by Carter Scholz. Available on CD or floppy disc (please specify).

• The Lou Harrison Font Collection (IBM). Har21i. $100.
   
  The Lou Harrison Font Collection (Mac). Har21m. $100.
   

Frog Peak Collections

• Frog Peak Anthology. Writings by Harrison, Corner, Diamond, Powell, Didkovsky, Burk, Garland,Povall, Mann, Wendt, and others, edited by Carter Scholz. Frog Peak Publication. FP07. $25.