* Pieces that still need to be cataloged exactly (lacking manuscript score, or need exact date)
First Period: 1967 to 1979
- Double Image (1967)*
— Marriage of first wife, Suzanne in 1968 —
- String Quartet No. 1 (May 1968 – no exact day listed)
- Symphony No. 1 (1971 – no exact month listed, most likely late winter/spring) Part of Final Project for PhD in 1971
- Trio No. 1 for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (1971, rev. 2012)*
- The One and Only Book and Madrigals (1971 – no exact month listed, most likely summer or fall) Based off Madrigals learned in a 1970 course given by Paul Harder; this furthers Maslanka’s love of song, and tonality.
- Pray for Tender Voices in the Darkness (April 1972 – no exact day listed)
- City Tree (1972 – no exact month listed, most likely summer)
- Duo for Flute and Piano (1972 – no exact month listed, most likely late fall/winter)
- Trio No. 2 for Viola, Clarinet, and Piano (March 25th, 1973, rev. June 1981)
- I wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day (1974, rev. 2004 – no exact month listed, most likely spring/summer)*
- Death and the Maiden: Opera in Three Scenes (August 21st, 1974)*
- Three Pieces (April 19th,1975)
- Three Songs “Anne Sexton Songs” (June 27th, 1975)
- Five Songs (1975)*
- Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (1976)*
— Time of Serious Mental Stress – Divorce – Therapy —
— Discovered self-hypnosis and the examination of the subconscious —
- Hear My Prayer, O Lord (1977 – no exact month listed, most likely late winter/early spring)
- Variations on ‘Lost Love’ (1977)*
- Orpheus (October 29th, 1977)*
- Cello Songs (June 26th, 1978) Completed at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
- Piano Song (July 7th, 1978) Completed at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
- Hills of May (1978, rev. 2005, no exact month listed, most likely late summer/early fall)
- Music for Doctor Who (January 21st, 1979)
- Untitled (June 1st-25th, 1979) Completed at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
- Fourth Piece (October 30th, 1979)
- The Nameless Fear; Or: The Unanswered Question Put Yet Another Way (1979)*
Second Period: 1980 to 1995
— Married in January 1980 to Alison Jane Matthews —
- My Lady White (1980)*
- Rollo Takes a Walk (1980)*
- Heaven to Clear When Day Did Close: Fantasy on a Theme of Barney Childs (January 24th, 1981)
- Meditation on ‘Dr. Affectionate’ (March 27th, 1981)!!!
- Prelude on a Gregorian Tune (June 4th, 1981)
- A Childs Garden of Dreams (June to August 1981)
- Arcadia (Sometime between January and July 1982)
- Arcadia II: Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble (August 1982, rev. June 1985)
- Rain, Rain (1983 – no exact month listed, could be any time of year, potentially spring/early summer)
- Seven Lyrics from Sappho*
- Lincoln Speaks at Gettysburg (July 1984)
- Quintet for Winds No. 1 (January 1984 – no exact day listed)
- Symphony No. 2 (January 11th, 1986)
- Quintet for Winds No. 2 (1986 – no exact month listed, sometime from February to December)
- Arise! (1986 – no exact month listed, sometime from February to December)
- Four Lullabies (1987)*
- In Memoriam Mitchell Chetel (1987)*
- C Minor Variations (October 1987 – no exact day listed)
- Images from The Old Gringo: Eleven Little Pieces for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (1987)*
- A Litany for Courage and the Seasons (1988 – no exact month listed, most likely late winter/early spring)*
- Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1988)*
- A Childs Garden of Dreams, Book 2 (1989)*
- In Memoriam (October 23rd, 1989)
- Little Symphony on the name BArnEy CHilDs (December 28th, 1989)
- Nocturne (January 17th, 1990) Last piece completed in New York City.
- Golden Light (1990)*
- Little Concerto for Six Players (July 14th, 1990)
- Concerto for Marimba and Band (1990 – no exact month or day listed, most likely after August)
- Crown of Thorns (1991)*
- Symphony No. 3 (1991)*
- Music for String Orchestra (March 4th, 1992)
- Sonata for Oboe and Piano (May 5th, 1992, rev. 1999)
- Montana Music: Three Dances for Percussion (December 18th, 1992)
- Montana Music: Trio (April 1st, 1992)
- Symphony No. 4 (November 5th, 1993)
- Montana Music: Fantasy on a Chorale Tune (February 1993, no exact day listed)
- Montana Music: Chorale Variations (June 27th, 1993)
- Variants on a Hymn Tune (1994)*
- Tears (May 31st,1994)
- Tears: Montana Music No. 5 (1994 – no exact month listed, sometime after May 31st)
- Laudamus Te (October 18th, 1994)
- A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter (May 8th, 1995)
- Mass (November 27th,1995, rev. July 29th, 2005)
Third Period: 1996-2008
- Black Dog Songs (1996)*
- The Hungry Heart (June 14th, 1996)
- Sonata for Horn and Piano (September 11th, 1996)
- Hell’s Gate (December 19th, 1996)
- Variations on a Medieval Tune (1997)*
- Morning Star (February 16th, 1997)
- Mountain Roads (May 30th, 1997)
- Sea Dreams: Concerto for Two Horns and Wind Ensemble (October 6th, 1997)
- In Lonely Fields (November 28th, 1997)
- Heart Songs (December 31st, 1997)
- Blue Mountain Meadow, Missoula, Montana (1998)*
- Song Book for Alto Saxophone and Marimba (1998)*
- UFO Dreams: Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble (January 29th, 1999)
- Quintet for Winds No. 3 (July 7th, 1999)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble (December 27th, 1999)
- Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano (trans. 2000, originally written May 5th, 2000)
- Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble (June 23rd, 2000)
- Symphony No. 5 (November 2nd, 2000)
- Hohner (February 5th, 2001)
- 11:11 – A Dance at the Edge of the World (September 26th, 2001)
- Testament (December 17th, 2001)
- Time Stream (February 13th, 2002)
- Concerto No. 2 for Piano, Winds, and Percussion (September 1st, 2002)
- World Music (October 25th, 2002)
- Alex and the Phantom Band: A Young Listeners Introduction to Wind, Brass, and Percussion Instruments (December 26th, 2002)
- Mother Earth (2003)*
- String Quartet No. 2 (June 18th, 2003)
- Traveler (September 8th, 2003)
- Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (2004)*
- Symphony No. 6 (January 13th, 2004)
- Symphony No. 7 (September 24th, 2004)
- Collected Chorale Settings (2005)*
- Desert Roads: Four Songs for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (February 12th, 2005)
- Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (October 29th, 2005)
- Recitation Book (February 22nd, 2006)
- David’s Book: Concerto for Solo Percussionist and Wind Ensemble (July 3rd, 2006)
- A Carl Sandburg Reader (October 22nd, 2006)
- Procession of the Academics (2007)*
- Unending Stream of Life (Variations on All Creatures of Our God and King) (April 16th, 2007)
- Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (August 16th, 2007)
- Quintet for Winds No. 4 (2008)*
- A Song of Coming Awake (Sometime between January to May 2008 – written for Andrea and Steve Steele on their wedding day, June 7th, 2008)
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (July 14th, 2008)
- Symphony No. 8 (October 3rd, 2008) Last piece published through Carl Fischer.
Fourth Period: 2009-2017/18
- Songs of My Nights (2009)*
- This is the world we know, the world of air and breathing and sun and beating hearts (2009)*
- Eternal Garden: Four Songs for Clarinet and Piano (July 3rd, 2009)
- Aria with 30 Variations “Goldberg Variations” (2010)*
- Tone Studies (2010)*
- Liberation (January 3rd, 2010)
- O Earth, O Stars (September 8th, 2010)
- …and I am a child before there are words… (February 15th, 2011)
- Symphony No. 9 (September 30th, 2011)
- Hurtling Through Space at an Unimaginable Speed (December 19th, 2011)
–2012 Matthew Maslanka creates Maslanka Press to publish David’s works-
- Songs for the Coming Day (July 10th, 2012)
- Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble (September 12th, 2012)
- Peace (2012 – sometime after September 12th, 2012)
- Evening Song (2012)*
- A Solemn Music (2013)*
- Out of This World (2013)*
- Beloved (2013)*
- Remember Me: Music for Cello and Nineteen Players (2013)*
- Requiem (2013)*
- On This Bright Morning (November 6th, 2013)
- Illumination (December 18th, 2013)
- Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble (June 18th, 2014)
- Hymn for World Peace (August 3rd, 2014)
- Saint Francis: Two Studies for Wind Ensemble (October 1st, 2014)
- California (2015)*
- Letter to Martin (2015)*
- Hosannas (January 8th, 2015)
- Angel of Mercy (December 9th, 2015)
- Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Wind Ensemble (2016)*
- Song Lines (2016)*
- First Light (April 1st, 2016)
- The Seeker (December 1st, 2016)
- Husa (January 4th, 2017) Written in remembrance and memory of Karel Husa
- Symphony No 10: The River of Time (2018) Completed by Matthew Maslanka after David’s death in 2017.