By Instrument . . .
Here we have pieces for Piano, for Voice, for Recorder, for Flute, for Guitar, for Brass, for Strings, and for various Chamber ensembles. The titles in bold type are in print, and available on-line.
- Piano
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Peter Billam's compositions for piano include Drei Sätze Für Klavier (1981), Fable (1987), Piano Study (1994), Three Suites 2) For Piano (2000), and Three Preludes For Piano (2003), as well as the songs De Profundis and Nacht (1980), Three Songs (1994), Tres Casidas del Diván del Tamarit (1997), and the chamber works Concert Study (1981), A Suite of Curves (1990), Trombone Quintet (1994), Three Suites 3) For Piano and a Solo Line (2000), and For Four Hands (2002).
Arrangements include Forty Chorales by J. S Bach, arranged for piano, Twenty-Four Schubert Dances arranged for piano four hands, Vor deinen Thron, BWV668, Bach's final chorale prelude arranged for piano, Ricercare a 3 from J. S. Bach's Musikalishes Opfer, Contrapunctus 14 from Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge as completed by D. F. Tovey, and the chamber works Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend arranged for flute and piano, Six Chorales with Descant arranged for melody instrument and piano, Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV582, Bach's great organ piece arranged for piano four hands, Fuga Canonica from J. S. Bach's Musikalishes Opfer for keyboard and solo instrument, J. S. Bach, Ricercare a 6 from J. S. Bach's Musikalishes Opfer for two pianos, J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1032 transposed into C major for Alto recorder and Keyboard, 1999, with a new completion for the first movement (Vivace bars 63 to 88) composed by Peter Billam, New ! J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1032 transposed into G major for Descant recorder and Keyboard, 2006, and J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1031 transposed from Eb major into G major for Alto recorder and Keyboard, 1999.
- Voice
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Peter Billam's compositions for voice and piano include De Profundis and Nacht (1980), Three Songs (1994) and Tres Casidas del Diván del Tamarit (1997).
Choral works include two Choral Works, Wheels Within Wheels and Decision, New ! Five Rounds 1986, New ! Go Forth and Multiply for SATB, 1986, We Who Mourn for SMATBrB, 2006, The Poet in the Clouds for SATB, 2005, Die Gestundete Zeit for SATB, 2000, and Wechsel der Zeiten for SAT or SAA or TTB, 2000.
Arrangements include four Schubert Songs arranged for voice and guitar, and Twelve Italian Songs, arranged for voice and guitar.
- Recorder
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Peter Billam's compositions for recorder include To Erich Jantsch (SAATTB 1988), Two Recorder Duets (AT 1991) and Four Dances (SATB, 1995), Three Suites 1) For the Solo Line (2000), and Three Duets (2001).
Arrangements include Recorder Sonata No. 5 by G. F. Haendel, transposed from Bb into G major for tenor or soprano recorder (2007), Bach Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf for SATB-SATB recorders (2006), Cello Suite I in G-Major for recorder or flute (2005), Cello Suite II in d-Minor for recorder or flute (2007), New ! Cello Suite III in C-major for recorder or flute (2007), Schubert Dances for recorders and guitar (2002), from the piano originals, including Acht Ländler, Acht Ecossaises, a Wiener Deutsche and Fünf Deutsche Tänze, Divisions on an Italian Ground by Robert Carr, from The Delightful Companion published in 1682, continuo arranged for guitar, 1980, Fourteen Folk Dances with guitar accompaniment (2001), Twelve Fantasias for Flute by Georg Philipp Telemann, arranged for recorder (2001), Draw On Sweet Night, by John Wilbye, from the Second Set of Madrigals, 1609, for SSATTB recorders, Daily Exercises for Recorders, three pages of scales and arpeggios for recorders (1995), Contrapunctus 14 from Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge as completed by D. F. Tovey, for SATB recorders (1998), J. S. Bach, Fugue in F minor, BWV689 for SATB recorders (2000), Johannes Brahms, 3 Chorale Preludes from op.122 together with earlier settings of the same tunes by Isaaac, Bach and Praetorius, for recorders (2000), Claudio Monteverdi, Ecco Mormorar l'Onde, for SSATB recorders, Johannes Brahms, Fugue in Ab minor, for SATB recorders and viola de gamba, in A minor (1996), the J. S. Bach, Ricercare a 6 from the Musikalishes Opfer, sSATBG (1998), G. F. Händel, Concerto Grosso in A minor, op 6 no 4 arranged for recorders and harpsichord (directed from the harpsichord), and Fuga Canonica from J. S. Bach's Musikalishes Opfer, for keyboard and alto recorder, J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1032 transposed into C major for Alto recorder and Keyboard, 1999, with a new completion for the first movement (Vivace bars 63 to 88) J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1032 transposed into G major for Descant recorder and Keyboard, 2006, and J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1031 transposed from Eb major into G major for Alto recorder and Keyboard, 1999.
- Flute
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Peter Billam's compositions for Flute include Divisions on an Italian Ground, for flute and guitar (1980), Trombone Quintet (1994), Three Suites 1) For the Solo Line (2000) for Flute, Three Suites 3) For Piano and a Solo Line (2000) for Flute and Piano, Three Duets (2001) for Flutes, and Second Solo Suite (2003) for Flute.
Arrangements include Bach Cello Suite I in G-Major for flute or recorder (2005), Cello Suite II in d-Minor for flute or recorder (2007), New ! Cello Suite III in C-major for flute or recorder (2007), Trio super Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend arranged for flute and piano, Six Chorales with Descant arranged for melody instrument and piano, Draw On Sweet Night, by John Wilbye, from the Second Set of Madrigals, 1609, for five Flutes and Alto Flute in G, J. S. Bach, Flute Sonata BWV 1032 in A major for Flute and Keyboard, 2000, with a new completion for the first movement (Vivace bars 63 to 88) composed by Peter Billam, and Fuga Canonica from J. S. Bach's Musikalishes Opfer for keyboard and solo instrument.
- Guitar
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Peter Billam's compositions for Guitar include New ! Five Short Pieces for Guitar (1979), New ! Guitar Duet, for two guitars, three movements (2006-7) and Divisions on an Italian Ground for flute and guitar (1980);
Arrangements include Schubert Dances for recorders and guitar (2002), from the piano originals, including Acht Ländler, Acht Ecossaises, a Wiener Deutsche and Fünf Deutsche Tänze, Divisions on an Italian Ground by Robert Carr, from The Delightful Companion published in 1682, continuo arranged for guitar (1980), Fourteen Folk Dances with guitar accompaniment (2001), four Schubert Songs (1978), arranged for voice and guitar, and Twelve Italian Songs arranged for voice and guitar.
- Brass
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Peter Billam's compositions for brass instruments include A Suite of Curves (1990), Handwriting and Trombone Quintet.
Arrangements include Easy Pieces for Bb Trumpet and Piano (2004).
- Strings
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Peter Billam's compositions for string instruments include Three Suites 1) For the Solo Line (2000) for Violin, for Viola, and for Cello,; also the Second Solo Suite (2003) for Violin and for Viola and for Cello.
- Chamber ensembles
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Peter Billam's compositions for various chamber ensembles include Three Suites 3) For Piano and a Solo Line (2000), Die Frage, Handwriting, Trombone Quintet and Four Dances.
Arrangements include Contrapunctus 14 from Bach's Die Kunst der Fuge as completed by D. F. Tovey, for Violin, Viola and two Cellos, and Ricercare a 6 from J. S. Bach's Musikalishes Opfer, for two Violins, two Violas and two Cellos.
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