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[federico bonacossa – composer / guitarist]

compositions

Let Them Be Heard (2020)

solo guitar

in four movements – standard tuning

10m


No Potho Reposare (2022)

solo guitar

contemporary arrangement of a traditional Sardinian song

4m


Half Moon, Double Rainbow (2021)

solo guitar

in five movements – standard tuning

3m


Let Them Be Seen (2020)

solo guitar

single movement – scordatura: Eb A D G B E

7m


Imagen Sin Alas (2022)

soprano, saxophone, percussion

in nine movements – based on a poem by Julian de Burgos

17m


Three Pieces in 1/4-Comma Meantone (2023)

retuned guitar/ lute/ any keybaord instrument

set of three pieces in stile antico

7.5m


Tribe (2023) – Music for dance work by Diego Salterini (Dance Now Miami)

soprano, cello, and retuned piano

three movement work in just intonation (standard notation)

16m


A Wolf Howls Away From a Waxing Moon, Hovering Over a Goose as It Bites a Child (2023)

digital guitar, live electronics (multi-channel)

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

10m


Brookdale (2023)

Fixed media

music for dance work by Lazaro Godoy

40m


Three Pieces in Just Intonation (2019 rev. 2023)

violin and cello

in three movements – uses only open strings and harmonics (standard and HEJI notation)

7m


FOR TWO (2023)

two fretless guitars

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

5-7m


On the Form of Trio (2023)

three cellos or cello ensemble

pedagogical work written for students on the Southwood Middle School Orchestra

3m


Tuning Study (2023)

fretless guitar and electronics

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

5-8m


Rests on Water (2023)

flute, digital guitar, and electronics

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

6m


Sonorites (2023)

clavichord and electronics

Clavichord part in 12 EDO, electronics part in just intonation

1m


FOR THREE (7 studies on ancient Greek tetrachords) (2023)

clarinet, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin/viola

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

15m


Three Haiku on Ancient Greek Scales (2023)

soprano, flute, just intonation guitar

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

5.5m


Two Etudes (2022)

digital guitar

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

6.5m


Six Etudes for Just Piano and (optional) Simple Electronics (2021)

digital piano

in just intonation (standard notation)

15m c.


A Sparrow Flies Towards a Woman as She Stares at a Crescent Moon (2022)

guitar, flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, cello, 2 percussionists

in three movements

12m c.


Anusim (2021) – Music for dance work by Dance Now Miami and Dança Em Diálogos

voice, harp, guitar, percussion, and electronics

in five movements

20m


Paradise Lake (2021)

solo guitar

in two movements

7m


Adagio Solenne (2021)

refretted solo guitar

standard notation + HEJI

5m


Omaggio a Marinetti (2020/21)

soprano, 2 guitars, percussion

in four movements with optional additional movement

15m


Omaggio a Marinetti (2020/21)

soprano, harp, electric guitar, percussion

in five movements

18m


This Moment Here (2020) – Music for dance
work by Dance Now Miami

violin, cello, clarinet, guitar, percussion

30m


META (2020)

solo guitar and optional electronics

in two movements

10m


Seven Petals (2020)

violin and cello

in seven movements

8m


Outside Music (2019) – for four or more performers

crotales, shakers, balloons, cell phones, triangles

in seven movements

20m ca. (variable)


Notturno (2019)

soprano and guitar

in three movements

7m


Fonema (2019)

solo euphonium

4m


14 Etudes (2019)

solo guitar

30m

video (etudes 1-7)


EL-EVATE (2017 – rev. 2024)

cello and live electronics with optional drones (3D-printed boxes, Arduinos, speakers, and custom circuit)

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

5m


EL-EVATE (2017 – rev. 2024)

trombone and live electronics

in just intonation (HEJI notation)

5m


Three Algorithmic Etudes (2018)

Arduino-controlled drums

5m


Sora Luce (2018)

solo cello

7.5m


Brevities (2018)

flute and guitar

in three movements

4m


DE-FLUIT (2018)

electric guitar and live electronics

in just intonation – scordatura

8.5m


W-END (2018)

flute and viola

5m

audio


Tre creature (2018)

solo guitar

scordatura – Note: there are two versions of the score. The transposing version is notated as if the guitar was in standard notation.

5m

audio


Tre pezzi in stile antico (2018)

solo viola da gamba

two movements were used in Hannah Baumgarten’s Fire Within, Fire Without: Dido on the Pyre

7m


Tailypo I (2017)

microphones, loudspeakers, computer, and dancers

uses feedback as sound source

10m or more


Tailypo II (2017)

any number of mobile devices

uses feedback as sound source – this version is designed to be performed by a group of performers, ideal for laptop ensembles

10m or more


Tailypo III (2017)

any number of unmanned mobile devices

uses feedback as sound source – this version is designed to be performed as an installation

10m or more


Frate Vento, Frate Focu (2017)

alto flute and guitar

scordatura (written as a kind of sister pieces to Tre Creature)

6m


Volcanic (2017) – Music for dance work by Carlota Pradera

live electronics

30m ca


Tenue Voci (2017)

flute, viola, double bass

in six movements

7m


Wildflower (2016)

guitar and live electronics

6m


Wildflower (2016)

flute, guitar, and live electronics

6m


Omaggio a Henry Cowell (2015)

fixed media

polyrhythmic etude using samples of water drops

4m


Armour (2017) – Music for dance work by Lazaro Godoy

voice, piano, electronics

30m ca


Diversions (2016)

guitar quartet

in just intonation (for standard guitars, using scordatura)

4.5m


The Land Where the Sun Rises (2015)

flute ensemble

4 or more players, any types of flute

6m


Shikantaza (2015)

guitar and live electronics

in just intonation (for standard guitar, using scordatura)

11.5m


Polyrhythmia (2015) – Music for dance
work by Dance Now Miami

guitar (sampled, prepared, etc.)

45m


All Questions and Answers and In Your Very Mind (2015)

flute quartet

4m


Like Flowers in the Sky (2014)

cello and live electronics

13m


In Silico (2014)

flute and live electronics

6m


Tract (2014)

percussion and live electronics

13m


R~T~L (2014)

prepared guitar and live electronics

with scordatura

11m


Antiguo Llanto (2014)

solo guitar

15m


In Principio Erat Sonus (2014)

trombone and electric guitar

in five movements

10m c.


Voice2Voice (2014)

voice (any), toy percussion, and live electronics

6.5m


e poi, solo sfiorandole (2013)

guitar and live electronics

6m


d’improvviso da immobile s’illumina (2013)

bass clarinet and orchestra

10m


Anoesis (2013)

piano

12m


De Profundis (2013)

bass clarinet and live electronics

9m


Tragos (2012)

double bass and live electronics

14.5m


Six Characters (2011) – Music for dance
work by Dance Now Miami

violin and two guitars

30m


Solace (2011)

woodwind quintet

9m


RIVIR (2011)

viola

8m


Introduction and Dance (2010)

guitar quartet

4m


Three Voice Invention (2010)

guitar trio

2.5m


Fatuous Fay (2010)

pedagogical work for guitar ensemble (4 parts), or guitar quartet

2.5m


Lotus (2010)

two pedagogical pieces for guitar ensemble (3 parts), or guitar trio

2.5m


Hocus (2010)

pedagogical work for guitar ensemble (4 parts), or guitar quartet

variable


Spindrift (2009)

guitar trio

5m


Un pequeño vals para el cumpleaños de Orión (2020)

cello and guitar

2m


Shades of Blue (three pieces for guitar) (2004)

solo guitar

8m


Sonata (2007)

for two guitars

5.5m


Prayer and Dance (2005)

solo violin

5m