Maslanka Periodization:

* 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.