E. Kramer) Valedictory (1973) for soprano and computer (text by L. E. Kramer) Two Stevens Songs (1975) for soprano and computer (texts by Wallace Stevens) The men that are falling (1978) for soprano, piano, and computer (text by Wallace Stevens) Peter Quince at the Clavier (1988) for soprano and computer (text by Wallace Stevens) Three Wordsworth Songs (2005) for soprano and computer (texts by William Wordsworth) In Darkness (2007) for soprano and computer (texts by Amy Lowell) Aftermath (2009) for soprano and computer (texts by Amy Lowell) For Milton (2011) for soprano and computer (text by Percy Bysshe Shelley) A Japanese Wood-Carving (2014) for soprano and string quartet (text by Amy Lowell) Electro-Acoustic Solo and Chamber 91 Plus 5 (1969–70) for brass quintet and computer Zonnorities (1974) for oboe/English horn, clarinet/bass clarinet, and computer Transparences (1977) for trumpet and computer Passages (1977–78) for tuba and computer Accelerazioni (1979) for flute and computer In tenebris (1980) for piano and computer L'Infinito (1980) for string trio and computer Wind, Sand and Stars (1983) for 8 instruments and computer Alto Rhapsody (1986) for alto saxophone and computer And I remembered the cry of the peacocks (1988) for English horn, string trio, and computer Threeplay (1989) for flute, clarinet, contrabass, and computer String Quartet No. 3 (1989–90) with computer Zonnorities II (1991) for oboe/English horn, clarinet/Eb clarinet, and computer Acoustic Chamber Four Pieces for String Quartet (String Quartet No. 1) (1963–64) Music for Six Players (1966) for woodwind quintet and piano String Quartet No. 2 (1968) Composition for Five Brasses (1968) Epitaph (in memoriam Carl Ruggles) (1975) for winds and percussion O, wind, if winter comes... (2014) for woodwind quintet String Quartet No. 4 (2014) Brass Quintet (2015) Piano Quintet (2016) String Quartet No. 5 (2017) String Quartet No. 6 (2017) String Quartet No. 7 (2019) Acoustic Solo First Piano Sonata (1964–65, rev. 1993) Second Piano Sonata (1966) The rest is silence... (1994) for organ Electronics Alone A forandre: Seven Variations for Digital Computer (1969) ...of quiet desperation (1976) Chor der Steine (1979) Layers (1981) Chor der Waisen (1985) Chor der Toten (1988) Choral Oculi omnium in te sperant, Domine (1976) References External links John Melby website John Melby's page at Theodore Presser Company Albany Records release 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers American male classical composers American classical composers Living people 1941 births 21st-century American composers 20th-century American composers West Chester University faculty