List of compositions by Gerardo Gandini

A list of compositions by Gerardo Gandini.

Opera

• La ciudad ausente (The Absent City) (1995), libretto by Ricardo Piglia, an opera in two acts, for soprano, coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, baritone, tenor buffo, tenor, bass, baritone, a group of six sopranos and orchestra - (120’).
• Liederkreis (An Opera about Schumann) (2000), libretto by Alejandro Tantanian.
• La pasión de Buster Keaton (The Passion of Buster Keaton) (1970/78), libretto by Rafael Alberti, one-act chamber opera for baritone, chamber ensemble, jazz quintet, puppets and tape - (70’).
• Testimonio de María Schumann (Testimonial by María Schumann) (1985), chamber opera for actress (soprano), piano and tape.
• Espejismos II (La muerte y la doncella) (Mirages II (Death and the Maiden)) (1987), chamber opera for two sopranos, two mezzo-sopranos, two dancers and chamber ensemble - (60’).
• La casa sin sosiego (The Restless House) (1992), libretto by Griselda Gambaro, chamber opera in six scenes for two sopranos, two mezzo-sopranos, contralto, tenor, six actors and chamber orchestra - (100’).

Orchestra

• Variations for orchestra (1962), for harp, piano, percussion, timpani, celesta, xylophone, glockenspiel, vibraphone and strings - (16').
• Cadencias II (1967), for harp, piano, percussion, strings - (6').
• Laberynthus Johannes (1973), for orchestra divided in three groups: harpsichord, harp, marimba, piano, xylophone, tenor saxophone, drums, percussion and strings - (15').
• Soria moria (1974), for string orchestra made up of four solo violins, a string quartet and a string trio (viola, violoncello and double bass) - (8').
• ... E sarà (1976), five pieces for orchestra, for english horn, harp, percussion, solo violin and strings - (20').
  • Homenaje a Girolamo Frescobaldi
  • Círculos sobre "L'enharmonique"
  • Planh
  • Sarabande et Double
  • Homenaje a Domenico Scarlatti
• Eusebius (1984-85), five nocturnes for orchestra divided in four groups: Group A: percussion, celesta, harp, strings; Group B: strings s/b.; Group C: strings; and Group D: percussion, piano, strings - (12').
• Música ficción III (1990), three pieces for chamber orchestra, for voice, percussion, piano, celesta, harmonica and strings - (12’).
  • Neobarroco
  • Pasos (en la nieve)
  • Reescritura y continuación de una pieza de Arnold Schoenberg
• Mozartvariationen (1991) for voice, percussion, piano and strings - (15’).
• Estudios para descripción de la luna (Studies for a depiction of the moon) (1993), for chamber orchestra, percussion and piano - (12').

Soloists and Orchestra

• Cadencias I (1966), for violin and chamber orchestra - (15’).
• Contrastes (1968), for 2 pianos and orchestra - (18’).
• Fases (1969), for clarinet and orchestra - (14’).
• Fantaisie - Impromptu (1970) - for piano and orchestra - (15’).
• Tropos (1973), for trombone, choir and orchestra - (18’).
• Los Caprichos (1975-77), for guitar and orchestra - (16’).
• Concert for viola and orchestra (1979) - (20’).
• Concert for piano and Orquesta (1980) - (25’).
• Concierto del Fandango (Boccherini - Gandini) (1973), for guitar and orchestra - (20’).
• Balada (1983), for oboe, violin and 2 string groups - (6’).
• RSCH: Escenas (1984), for piano and orchestra - (20’).
• Concert for flute, guitar and orchestra (1984-86) - (25’).
• Artificios (1986), for piano and string orchestra - (15’).
• Imaginary Landscape (1988), for piano and orchestra - (31’).

Chamber Music

• Concertino (1960), for clarinet and instruments (string trio, piano, celesta and percussion) - (16').
• Concertino III (1963), for harpsichord and instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, string trio and percussion) - (13').
• Pequeña música para Mauricio (1963), for 15 instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, french horn, trombone, solo piano, percussion and strings) - (6').
• Música nocturna I (1964), for flute, string trio and piano - (5').
• ...hecha sombra y altura (1965), for flute, clarinet, string trio, piano and percussion - (7').
• ...l'adieu (1966), for piano and two percussionists - (6').
• ...fuggevole (1967), for 6 instruments (flute, piccolo, bass clarinet, violin, piano and percussion) - (5').
• Piagne and sospira (1969), for flute, clarinet, violin and piano - (5').
• Il concertino (1971), for flute and instruments (clarinet, violin, double bass, piano, pump organ and percussion) - (20').
• Double (1971), for wind quintet - (5').
• Lamento de Tristano (1975), for one or two pianos and instrumental echo ad lib. - (7').
• Representaciones (1975), for voice and instruments (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass, piano and percussion) - (15').
• A cow in a Mondrian painting (1975), for 2 flutes - (5').
• Música nocturna IV (1977), for guitar and string quartet - (20').
• Trioneiron (1980), for clarinet, viola and piano - (6').
• Dos versiones (1981), for string quartet - (6').
• Soliloquio sobre paisaje triste (1983), for oboe, viola, double bass and piano - (8').
• Los adioses (1983), for piano, percussion and mechanical instruments - (10').
• JSB: Quodlibet (1983), for flute, clarinet, piano and percussion - (10').
• Berceuse (1984), for violin, violoncello and piano - (8').
• RSCH: Testimonios (1984), for voice, piano and tape - (35').
• Espejismos (1985), for voice, flute, string trio, piano and percussion - (18').
• Lunario sentimental (1989), for violin, violoncello and piano - (15').
• Escuchando Pierrot chez Mme Ocampo (1993), for four percussionists.
• In Memoriam Tomás Tichauer (1996), for alto flute, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncelli, double bass, piano.
• Subtangos (1997), for piano and brass quintet.
• Sobre un canto de Luigi Nono (1997), for piano, clarinet and string quartet - (20’).

Two Instruments

• Fantasía (1967), for clarinet and piano - (6’).
• La serenata interrumpida (1972), for flute and piano - (5’).
• In-Promptu (1975), for flute and piano - (5’).
• Oneiron (1978), for viola and piano - (6’).
• Four pieces (1978), for flute and guitar - (10’).
• Estudios I - V (1990), for violin and piano - (12’).

Piano

• Tres pequeñas elegías (1959) - (4’).
• Cuatro bagatelas (1962) - (4’).
• ... E sarà, five pieces (1974) - (15’).
• Siete preludios (1977) - (14’).
• Música ficción, 3 pieces (1980) - (15’).
• Cuaderno de canciones (1980) - (20’).
• Eusebius, four nocturnes for piano or a nocturne for four pianos (1984) - (8’).
• Berceuse (1984) - (5’).
• RSCH: Elegía (1986) - (6’).
• Diario 1960/87 (1988) - (50’).
• Rondando a la menor (1991), for two pianos - (10’).
• Diario 1987/91 (1991) – (20’).
• Tres tristes (1994) – (6’).
• Diario IV: Verano 1994/95 (1995) - (15’).
• Anatomía de la melancolía – Sonata I (1995/96)
• Anatomía de la melancolía – Sonata II (1998)
• Anatomía de la melancolía – Sonata III (2001)
• Anatomía de la melancolía – Sonata IV (2004)
• Anatomía de la melancolía – Sonata V (2005)
• Anatomía de la melancolía – Sonata VI (2006)

Solo Instruments

• Los caprichos (1975), for guitar and recorded guitar - (15’).
• Seis tientos (1977), for guitar - (12’).
• Sol-Oneiron (1980), for clarinet - (5’).
• Soliloquio (1982), for oboe - (4’).
• Arnold Strikes Again (Estudio para Espejismos) (1985), for flute - (4’).
• Viejos ritos (Estudio para Espejismos) (1985), for percussion - (6’).
• Hani-Ramaprah (I) (1990), for harp - (4’).
• Hani-Ramaprah (II) (1990), for alto flute - (4’).

Voice and Instruments

• Poemas de Quasimodo (1963), for voice, clarinet, viola, harp and celesta - (10’).
• Canciones de Lorca (1976), for voice and guitar - (12’).
• Siete versiones de un canto (1981), for (1) voice, flute, piccolo, viola, guitar, harp and vibraphone, or for (2) voice, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and guitar - (18’).
• Tanka (1975-84), for voice and piano - (3’).
• Prespejismos (Estudios para Espejismos) (1985), for voice and piano - (4’).
• Los pequeños cantos (1987), for voice and piano - (7’).
• Los pequeños cantos (1988), for voice, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano - (8’).
• Pessoa: Tres fragmentos (1997), for baritone, clarinet and piano – (10’).

Choir

• Los proverbios (Choir from La pasión de Buster Keaton) (1973) - (8’).
• Laberinto III (1975) - (15’).

Film Music

• Allá lejos y hace tiempo (Far Away and Long Ago) (1978) dir. Manuel Antin
• La nube (The Cloud) (1998) dir. Pino Solanas
• Vidas privadas (Private Lives) (2001) dir. Fito Páez
• Memoria del saqueo (Social Genocide) (2004) dir. Pino Solanas
• Esas cuatro notas (Those four notes) (2004) dir. Rafael Filippelli
• La dignidad de los nadies (The Dignity of the Nobodies) (2005) dir. Pino Solanas
• Argentina latente (2007) dir. Pino Solanas
• La próxima estación (The Next Station) (2008) dir. Pino Solanas

Bibliography

• Lambertini, Marta. "Gerardo Gandini. Obras", Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana (E. Casares ed. Madrid, SGAE, 1999-2000), Vol. V, p. 368. ISBN 8480483083
• Gandini, Gerardo. Catálogo de obras editadas. Buenos Aires, Ricordi, s/f. (not before 1991). Biography (Spanish, English) and List of Works, 9 p.
• Fessel, Pablo. Inventario de manuscritos musicales del Fondo Gerardo Gandini (Biblioteca Nacional) 1a. ed. Buenos Aires: Biblioteca Nacional, 2015. 200 p. ISMN 979-0-9016798-2-5
• Mondolo, Ana María. "Anexo III: Catálogo de obras", in Marta Lambertini: "Gerardo Gandini - Música ficción" (Madrid, SGAE, 2008), pp. 187-224.