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Compositions & Publications
by
Richard Boukas
Original Scores and Parts Available from

Diatessaron Music Publishing


Diatessaron Editions of original published scores and parts are available for professional and educational use

Compositions are alphabetized within each genre. Information about each piece is indicated as follows:

• Title
• Meter/Tempo
• Rhythmic Orientation
• Lead Instrument(s)

Click to hear an excerpt of ChoroBop,
a Brazilian chamber piece performed by the Modern Mandolin Quartet.

For score availability and price email all inquiries to: boukmusik@earthlink.net

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"Richard Boukas
is indeed a special and individual musician. He plays, writes and feels his music with a unique passion.

It might just be because he seems to understand and take joy in the possibility that his own is the fruit of so many musics- from Baroque to the Avant- of which he understands and loves so well.

His work is vibrant-
full of craft and full of life."

George Tsontakis
 composer-conductor
Director,
Aspen Chamber Music Festival
Professor of Music,
Sarah Lawrence College,NY


BRAZILIAN & AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ

MAINSTREAM JAZZ

BRAZILIAN CHAMBER MUSIC

TRADITIONAL CHORO ENSEMBLE

SOLO BRAZILIAN GUITAR



Richard Boukas
is a recipient of

New York Foundation on the Arts Composer Fellowship

ASCAP Popular Composer Awards




Brazilian & Afro-Cuban Jazz
for small ensembles

Title

 
Meter/Tempo/
Rhythmic Orientation
  
Lead Instrument(s)

Amazôna   Ballad/Fusion, 6/4 Even-Eighth   Voice w/ Portuguese Lyrics
Autumn Suite   7/4 Afro-Cuban, 6/4 Swing B section   Tenor saxophone, trumpet
Chanson   Even Eighth-note 6/4   Voice w/ English Lyrics
Baltic St. Bossa   Medium Fast Bossa Nova  

T,A,S Saxophone or Voice
Calico   Jazz Samba   Guitar or Tenor Saxophone
Camouflage Revisited   Samba 3/4 4/4 B section   Guitar or Tenor Saxophone
Capricho dos Ventos   Valsa Brilhante   Flute, Cavaquinho or Voice
Conspiracíon   6/4 Afro-Cuban, Swing B section   Tenor saxophone or Voice
Efkairia Gia Irini (Chance for Peace)  

Even-Eighth 6/4, 11/4

 

Voice without lyrics
Escuridão da Passagem
(Darkness of Passage) 		  Even-Eighth Brazilian Jazz   Guitar, Voice without lyrics
Fantaisie Revisited   3/4 Samba
  Tenor Saxophone
Feiticeiro (The Wizard)
dedicated to Hermeto Pascoal 		  Choro   Flautim (piccolo), Sanfono (accordion), Voice
Frédéric Samba (dedicated to Chopin)   Even-Eighth Brazilian Jazz   Voice, Choral Ensemble
It Might As Well Be Fall   Choro   Sanfono (accordion)
J.S. (dedicated to Bach)   Medium 3/4 Funk Samba   Voice, Arco Bass
Montunomorphosis   Salsa Fusion
 

Voice without lyrics
Tragoudi Horikos
(Peasant Song)		   Even-Eighth Brazilian Jazz  

Voice without lyrics
Gajatucada   Fast Samba/ 6/8 Bembe   Voice without lyrics
Pôr do Sol   Toada   Guitar solo or guitar with voice
Sambacatu   Samba/Maracatu   Voice without lyrics
Baiãotude   Baião   Guitar
Guarânia Coxé   Guarânia 5/4   Voice without lyrics
         
Xaxado do Outuno
(Autumn Xaxado)		   Medium Baião   Voice without lyrics



Mainstream Jazz
for small ensembles

Title

 
Meter/Tempo/
Rhythmic Orientation
  
Lead Instrument(s)

Alaquippa Strut
   Medium Swing   Tenor saxophone
Birthday Ballad (instr. version)   Jazz Ballad
  

Tenor saxophone or flugelhorn (also vocal version w/ lyrics)

Bittersweet

  Slow Waltz   Vocal ensemble without lyrics

Camouflage

  Slow 3/4 Swing  

Soprano Saxophone

Commitment

  Uptempo Swing   Tenor saxophone

Dark Shuffle/Rudolf Goes West

   Swing Ballad/Uptempo   Tenor saxophone, trumpet

Divergence

   Slow Swing Ballad   Voice with lyrics

Fantaisie: Pas de Deux

 

Ballad waltz

 

Alto Flute or Tenor Saxophone

Frankly...

  Medium Swing   Guitar
I Heard the Sound   Slow Gospel Swing   Voice w/ lyrics
In Our Prime   Funk Fusion Ballad   Voice w/ lyrics
Innuendo   Fusion even-eighth   Tenor Saxophone
Keep It Loose, Jack   Medium Swing   Voice without lyrics
Last Call   Swing Ballad   Tenor Saxophone
Let Us Begin   Funk Fusion Ballad  

Voice w/ Lyrics
Mitochondria   Medium up Swing  

Tenor Saxophone
Mitochondria Revisited   Funk Fusion Shuffle  

Guitar synth

Northern Dawn   12/8 Afro-Cuban, 4/4 Swing Bridge   Tenor Saxophone, trumpet
Ontario Moon   6/4 Swing   Voice w/ Lyrics
Osmosis   Medium Swing   Tenor Saxophone, Bass unison
Phantom's Call   6/4 Even-Eighth   Voice w/ Lyrics
Pier at Sunset   Jazz Ballad   Tenor Saxophone
Plars-X   Uptempo Swing  

Tenor Saxophone
Prince of Hipness   Medium Swing   Tenor Saxophone
Sooner for Me, Later for You   Uptempo Swing   Tenor Saxophone, Voice unison
The Love Beyond   Hiphop Shuffle   Voice with lyrics
Twist That Tune   Medium up Swing   Voice without lyrics, Bass unison



Brazilian
Chamber Music
Polyphonic Choros


The following extended chamber works were commissioned by
the Modern Mandolin Quartet

Choro Ricercare   single movement, imitative choro   7 minutes
Choro Sinfônia  

Theme with Variations on Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 no.2
Prélude - Thêma - Intimo - Choro Agitato - Pensivo - Choro Jovem - Finale

   21 minutes
Jacob Suite   Maxixe Romantico - Valsa Chorando - ChoroBop
click for soundfile		   14 minutes

 

these pieces are also currently being transcribed for noted Brazilian chamber ensembles including:

Sujeito a Guincho (Brazilian Clarinet Quintet, São Paulo)

Quinteto Villa-Lobos (Brazilian Woodwind Quintet, Rio de Janeiro)

Quinteto Paraíba (String Quintet with Double Bass), Paraíba


Choro Ensemble (regional)

bandolim, violão/ões,
violão sete cordas
(mandolin, classical guitar(s),
7-string guitar)


Choro Béla Época   Moderate Choro   Bandolim, Violão, Violão Sete Cordas
Sinceramente   Choro Lento   Bandolim, Violão, Violão Sete Cordas


Solo Brazilian Guitar

(commissioned by
Ricardo Iznaola)


Etude No. 1 Waldenscenen   Moderato e Animato   5 minutes
Choro Jovial   Moderate Choro   4 minutes
Valsa Carinhoso   Con moto   4 minutes


Workshops Boukas
in Brasil

click here for more information on:

Richard Boukas
Artist Residency Programs

Duo Residencies
w/ Jovino Santos Neto

Richard Boukas in
BRAZIL
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