Allen Shawn

American composer and writer

Allen Evan Shawn (born August 27, 1948) is an American composer, pianist, educator, and author based in Vermont.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Coruscations
  • Diptych
  • Etudes for Piano
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 1
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 2
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 3
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 4
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 5
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 6
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 7
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 8
  • Etudes for Piano, Book I: No. 9
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 10. With Driving Rhythm
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 11. Floating
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 12. Presto
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 13. “Tears”
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 14. Staccatissimo
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 15. Presto‐Dance‐Like
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 16. Hymn–maestoso (In Memory of Gordie Thorne)
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 17. Soliloquy
  • Etudes for Piano, Book II: No. 18. Presto
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 19. Doleful, Into the Keys
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 20. Eighth‐Note = 120
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 21. Leggero
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 22. Dance‐Like
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 23. Quarter‐Note = ca. 42
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 24. Allegro Feroce
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 25. With Intensity, Quarter‐Note = 52
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 26. Tranquil, Floating, Bell‐Like
  • Etudes for Piano, Book III: No. 27. Leggero, Quarter‐Note = 84
  • Ice Path
  • If Not Now, When?
  • Night Piece
  • Partita for Oboe and Piano: 1. Introduction and Toccata
  • Partita for Oboe and Piano: 2. Gavotte
  • Partita for Oboe and Piano: 3. Sarabande
  • Partita for Oboe and Piano: 4. Fughetta
  • Partita for Oboe and Piano: 5. Minuet
  • Piano Sonata no. 6 (in one movement): Lilting — Slow (hymn‐like) — Gradually faster
  • Piano Sonata no. 7 (in memory of Bálint András Varga)
  • Piano Sonata no. 7 (in memory of Bálint András Varga): I. Barcarolle
  • Piano Sonata no. 7 (in memory of Bálint András Varga): II. Scherzo
  • Piano Sonata no. 7 (in memory of Bálint András Varga): III. Chaconne
  • Piano Sonata no. 8
  • Piano Sonata no. 8: I. Interrupted Chorale
  • Piano Sonata no. 8: II. Theme and Variations
  • Piano Sonata no. 9
  • Piano Sonata no. 9: I. Freely, improvisatory; tempo giusto
  • Piano Sonata no. 9: II. Interlude
  • Piano Sonata no. 9: III. Adagio ‐ Molto rubato
  • Rem Sleep
  • Summer Pages for Flute, Oboe, and Piano
  • The Heart of Things
  • Through the Veil
  • Two Pieces for English Horn, Two Bassoons, Cello, and Double Bass
  • Two Pieces for English Horn, Two Bassoons, Cello, and Double Bass: No. 1. Elegy
  • Two Pieces for English Horn, Two Bassoons, Cello, and Double Bass: No. 2. Dance