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Creators | View on IMSLP | Key | Opus | Composed | Instrumentation | Code |
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| Eastertide Mass | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2015 | unison chorus and organ | |||
| This Endris Night | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2014 | 3 voices and organ | |||
| Ligature for Oboe | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Microtonal | 2010 | oboe | ||
| Organ solo on 'A solis ortus cardine' | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2013 | organ | |||
| A solis ortus cardine (Vom Morgentor der Sonnenbahn) | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2013 | voice and 4 tubas | |||
| Referencias Portuguesa | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2009 | clarinet | |||
| Czardas | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2012 | 5 double basses and piano | |||
| Eros ; Liebe ; Love | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2012 | voice and orchestra | ||
| Psalm 130 ; Shir hamalos, Mimaamakim Kerosicho Adonoi | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2012 | tenor, baritone, 2 male chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, double bass and organ | ||
| First Delphic Hymn | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2012 | soprano and orchestra | ||
| Tuche, das Zufallige | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2013 | voice, flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | ||
| Urworte, Orphisch | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2013 | soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | ||
| Antigone | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Bertolt Brecht (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2013 | soprano and orchestra | ||
| Elpis ; Hoffnung | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (librettist) | ![]() |
(Atonal) | 2013 | voice and orchestra | ||
| The Shield of Achilles | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Wynstan Hugh Auden (librettist) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Atonal | 2013 | voice, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, bass trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | ||
| Aristeas I ; Die erste Fruhe | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Peter Huchel (librettist) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Atonal | 2013 | voice, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, bass trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | ||
| Aristeas, in Seven Years | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Jeremy Halvard Prynne (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2013 | voice, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | ||
| Notigung | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (librettist) | ![]() |
F minor | 2013 | soprano and orchestra | ||
| Konzert für Blechblaser | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Quasi tonal | 2013 | brass ensemble 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones and 4 tubas |
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| Holy Trinity Funchal Mass for Lent | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2015 | unison chorus and organ | ||
| Missa Ave Maris Stella | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal | 2009 | soprano, alto, tenor and bass | ||
| Anthem for Communion | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2014 | 3 voices and organ voice and organ |
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| Hymnus | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal | 2013 | soprano, alto, bass and organ | ||
| Kyrie | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
F major | 2014 | 3 voices and organ | ||
| Music for the Eucharist | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2014 | 3 sopranos and organ 3 tenors and organ |
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| Conditor alme siderum (Creator of the stars of night) | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal | 2013 | mixed chorus soprano, alto and bass |
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| Geistlichen Konzert | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Paul Gerhardt (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal F | 2014 | organ and soprano | ||
| Geistlichen Konzert II | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Christian Scriver (librettist) | ![]() |
F | 2014 | voice and organ | ||
| Handel's intricate canons. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Atonal | 2001 | 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 saxophones, accordion, horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, marimba, mandolin, 2 violins, 2 cellos and piano | ||
| Expectation of the resurrection | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2003 | mezzosoprano and piano | ||
| A Hymn to God the Father | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and John Donne (librettist) | ![]() |
F mode | organ and soprano tenor and organ unison chorus and organ |
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| Sobre el Evangelio 'In principio erat Verbum' acerca de la Santisima Trinidad | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
E modal | 2011 | organ and soprano | ||
| Advent Antiphons and Magnificat. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
G sharp G modal. | 2014 | organ and soprano 3 sopranos and organ |
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| El ente dilucidado ; The Deluded Ones | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2000 | orchestra | ||
| Just a faint memory | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal | 1993 | piano | ||
| The Song of Solomon II | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Old Testament (librettist) | ![]() |
F-sharp / E modal. | 2011 | organ and soprano | ||
| Rout | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2004 | violin, viola, cello and piano | ||
| Kyrie | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2007 | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ mixed chorus and organ organ |
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| Of the coming to, Of the being at, Of the going from | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal | 2001 | clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello | ||
| Piece without end | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2004 | piano | ||
| quasi una scherzo | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2004 | piano | ||
| Klavier Stucke IV | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Quasi tonal. | 1995 | piano | ||
| Klavier Stucke V | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal / Serial | 2004 | piano | ||
| Song without words | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2001 | piano | ||
| Cherubic Hymn For Holy Saturday | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal / Atonal | 2013 | voice, alto flute, English horn, bass clarinet, bass trombone, tuba, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | ||
| To Emily Dickinson | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Hart Crane (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal / Atonal | 2002 | baritone and piano | ||
| Touch lightly nature's sweet guitar ... | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Emily Dickinson (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 1996 | soprano and piano | ||
| Over the fence ... | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Emily Dickinson (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 1996 | soprano and piano | ||
| Echoes 1-3 | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Hart Crane (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal / Atonal | 2001 | baritone and piano | ||
| Love Song | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Elizabeth Jennings (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2003 | voice and piano | ||
| Old Song | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Hart Crane (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal / Atonal | 2002 | baritone and piano | ||
| Song, for soprano and piano to words by Emily Dickinson | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Emily Dickinson (librettist) | ![]() |
Quasi tonal | 2001 | soprano and piano | ||
| all the unsoiled light of the new day, of the new day at last, and everyone is gone home to oblivion ... | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal | 2001 | 2 clarinets, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos and piano | ||
| Scenes from a life-story ; An operatic song cycle. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Quasi tonal / Atonal | 2001 | soprano, recorder, percussion, violin and piano | ||
| Fix | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2001 | piano | ||
| Oboe Quintet | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Microtonal | 2003 | oboe, 2 violins, viola and cello | ||
| A Fruity Toccata | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Quasi tonal. | 2015 | organ | ||
| Variations on 'Die goldne Sonne, voll Freud' und Wonne' | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2014 | organ | ||
| Jubilate | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal | 2002 | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ mixed chorus and organ |
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| Laudate. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal | 2002 | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ mixed chorus and organ |
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| Agnus Dei | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2009 | mixed chorus and organ | ||
| Music for the Eucharist | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2007 | mixed chorus and organ | ||
| Song for Baritone voice with Piano. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Hart Crane (librettist) | ![]() |
2003 | baritone and piano | |||
| Sanctus | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2009 | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ mixed chorus and organ |
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| Music for the Eucharist | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2007 | mixed chorus and organ | ||
| A solis ortus cardine for organ solo | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2012 | organ | ||
| Gloria | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2014 | unison chorus and organ male chorus and organ |
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| One crown that no one seeks ... | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Emily Dickinson (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 1996 | baritone and piano | ||
| The Sky is Thin as Paper Here | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Mixed tonality. | 2003 | piano | ||
| Fantasia I | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2009 | 4 saxophones | ||
| A weather spell | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Elizabeth Jennings (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2003 | voice and piano | ||
| I feel | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Elizabeth Jennings (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2003 | soprano and piano | ||
| Psalm I | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Bertolt Brecht (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2012 | tenor, baritone, bass, flute, alto flute, English horn, clarinet, 2 violins, 2 violas, cello, double bass and piano | ||
| Mass for Edith Stein | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Edith Stein (librettist) | ![]() |
Quasi tonal. | 2014 | 4 sopranos, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and organ | ||
| The Lord's Prayer | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Atonal | 2002 | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ mixed chorus and organ |
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| Variationen 'Complainte a la mode ancienne' (Jehan Alain) für die Orgel | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Modal | 2013 | organ | ||
| Song of Solomon I. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Old Testament (librettist) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2011 | male chorus and organ | ||
| Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Atonal | 2014 | tuba and piano | ||
| Fugues: Evocations for Claribel Alegria. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Polytonal / Atonal | 2001 | saxophone and piano | ||
| Invention for Piano | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2008 | piano | ||
| Little Preludes for Piano and Percussion. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 1996 | percussion and piano | ||
| Meditation | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2008 | organ | ||
| Agnus Dei for Ordinary Time Eucharist | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal | 2007 | soprano, alto, tenor, bass and organ | ||
| Communion Hymn | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Fred Kaan (librettist) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2014 | unison chorus and organ | ||
| Geistliche Konzert II (Orgel) | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
B flat. | 2014 | organ | ||
| Hail Holy Spirit | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2007 | organ | ||
| Attend to the music divine ... | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2012 | soprano, tenor and organ mixed chorus and organ |
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| Missa | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2014 | organ and soprano voices and organ unison chorus and organ |
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| Lord Have Mercy version 3. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2007 | unison chorus and organ | ||
| Song for Baritone voice with Piano. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal / Atonal | 2002 | baritone and piano | ||
| Die Krise | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2003 | horn and piano | ||
| incident | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2003 | orchestra | ||
| The Sky is Thin as Paper There | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Tonal. | 2002 | clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano | ||
| No number ( ... for pianoforte solo ...: 2003 / 2015) | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2003 | piano | ||
| Organ Piece in Memoriam Jean Langlais | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2009 | organ | ||
| Organ Piece i | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal | 2009 | organ | ||
| Cantos de Fernando Echevarria | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2010 | soprano, 2 flutes, alto flute, viola and 2 cellos | ||
| To What Serves Mortal Beauty? | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Gerard Manley Hopkins (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal. | 2012 | male chorus, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and organ | ||
| My Melancholy … from Seven Pieces with short Introductions. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2001 | violin and piano | ||
| 'Thee, God, I come from, to Thee go' | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2012 | voice, organ and strings | ||
| a graphic score | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
no key? | 2001 | |||
| Fantasia e Toccata | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2006 | 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors, 2 basses and organ mixed chorus and organ |
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| Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano. | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal / Modal | 2005 | violin, cello and piano | ||
| Faune et flore | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal / Time bracket. | 2002 | soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, guitar, 2 bass guitars, 2 violins, cello, double bass and piano soprano, alto, tenor, bass, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, trumpet, percussion, guitar, 2 bass guitars, 2 violins, cello, double bass and piano |
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| A Religious Song Cycle | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Elizabeth Jennings (librettist) | ![]() |
Atonal | 1995 | soprano and piano | ||
| I. An die Musik; II. ... Wer singt das ferne Herz | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2002 | viola and piano | ||
| Roundelay for chamber ensemble | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal | 2002 | flute, alto flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, guitar, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2 pianos and electronic sounds | ||
| Spiritual | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2008 | organ | |||
| Ave Regina caelorum | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Atonal / Modal | 2008 | organ | ||
| Music for Abu Jusuf Jaqub ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2015 | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | ||
| Choral | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2008 | organ | ||
| Interlude | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
Modal. | 2008 | organ | ||
| Kammersymphonie fur 18 Solo-Instrumente | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2014 | orchestra | |||
| Study for Wind Quintet | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2017 | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn | |||
| String Quartet No. 2 | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2016 | 2 violins, viola and cello | |||
| Quintet for Brass ensemble | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2018 | horn, 2 trumpets, bass trombone and tuba | |||
| Concerto for ten instruments | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2018 | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass | |||
| Quasi modo geniti infantes... Introit (Second Sunday of Easter) | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2018 | ||||
| Metamorphic Intermezzo on Eram outros os outros | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2010 | soprano, 2 flutes, alto flute, viola and 2 cellos | |||
| Inventory II | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2018 | piano | |||
| Inventory I | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2018 | piano | |||
| Inventory III | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2018 | piano | |||
| Hymn without words (2) | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) | ![]() |
2015 | organ | |||
| NA PRIMAVERA OS MORTOS ABREM SITIOS | Melvin Clive Bird (composer) and Fernando Echevarria (librettist) | ![]() |
2010 | soprano, 2 flutes, alto flute, viola and 2 cellos |
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