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Ezra Sims

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Ezra Sims (born January 16, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama) is one of the pioneers in the field of microtonal composition. He invented a system of notation which was adopted by many microtonal composers after him, including Joseph Maneri. His professional debut (12 note ET music) occurred on a Composers Forum program in New York, 1959. In 1960, compelled by his ear, he began writing microtonal music, and has continued to do so ever since, with the occasional exception being taped music for dancers.

Top songs

  1. All Done From Memory
  2. Sextet
  3. Two For One
  4. And As I Was Saying
  5. Quintet: I. Headlong
  6. Concert Piece: Still And Timeless (Nocturnal)
  7. Quintet: III. Hell For Leather
  8. Flight
  9. Quintet: II. Placid & Meditative
  10. Quintet: IV. Solid - sustained and floating
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  1. Solo In Four Movements: II. Oration
  2. Night Piece: In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni
  3. Solo In Four Movements: I. Introduction
  4. Solo In Four Movements: IV. Conclusion
  5. Solo In Four Movements: III. Meditation
  6. Concert Piece: Excited
  7. Concert Piece: Intensely Inward
  8. Concert Piece: Buoyant and Insouciant
  9. Armstrong St James
  10. Night Pieces
  11. Night Piece
  12. Indian Spirit
  13. Sonatine: I. Briskly
  14. Sonata
  15. Clarinet Quintet I
  16. Quintet for Clarinet & Strings (1987) I. Headlong
  17. Musing and Reminiscence
  18. Sonatine: III. As fast as possible and strongly accented
  19. If I Told Him
  20. Bouyant And Insouciant
  21. AEDM in mem: I. Singing quietly
  22. String Quartet No. 2: I. Fluent And Always Placid
  23. String Quartet No. 2: II. Calmly Moving
  24. Louis Armstrong: St. James Infirmary
  25. Sonatine: II. Very Slow
  26. Elegie - nach Rilke
  27. Concert Piece II: I. Fast & Eager
  28. String Quartet No. 2: III. Cheerfully Fast
  29. String Quartet No. 2: IV. The Same
  30. Concert Piece for Viola with Flute, Clarinet, Cello & Small Orch. (1990) III. Intensely inward
  31. Intensely Inward
  32. AEDM in mem: IV. Moderately
  33. II - Placid & Meditative
  34. String Quartet No. 2: V. Quick And Lightfooted
  35. AEDM in mem: V. Plangent
  36. String quartet no.2 I. Fluent and always placid
  37. Third Quartet: II. Quite slow - still and intense
  38. Quintet for Clarinet & Strings (1987) II. Placid and Meditative
  39. AEDM in mem: III. Gently
  40. Third Quartet: I. Rushing
  41. Third Quartet: III. Fast and furious
  42. Armstrong St. James
  43. III - Meditation
  44. Quintet for Clarinet & Strings (1987) III. Hell for Leather
  45. Third quartet IV. Slow but moving
  46. Quintet for Clarinet & Strings (1987) IV. Solid: Sustained and flowing
  47. Concert Piece for Viola with Flute, Clarinet, Cello & Small Orch. (1990) I. Buoyant & insouciant
  48. Concert Piece II: II. Thoughful and very flexible; Tempo I°
  49. In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni, for Flute, Clarinet, Viola, Cello & Computer (1989, from Night Pieces)
  50. Solo in Four Movements, for Cello (1987) I. Introduction
  51. Solo in Four Movements, for Cello (1987) II. Oration
  52. Solo in Four Movements, for Cello (1987) IV. Conclusion
  53. Third Quartet: V. Calm fluent and graceful
  54. Solo in Four Movements, for Cello (1987) III. Meditation
  55. Sims 01 all done from memory
  56. All done from memory (1980)
  57. II - Oration
  58. Third Quartet: IV. Slow but moving
  59. String quartet no.2 IV. The same
  60. Concert Piece for Viola with Flute, Clarinet, Cello & Small Orch. (1990) II. Still & timeless (nocturnal)
  61. Flight, for Flute & Electronic Sound (1989)
  62. Clarinet Quintet III
  63. Clarinet Quintet II
  64. Sextet (1981)
  65. Two for one (1980)
  66. Quintet
  67. Sims 02 two for one
  68. Sims 04 sextet
  69. Sims 05 Armstrong St James
  70. Still And Timeless (Nocturnal)
  71. III - Hell For Leather
  72. Concert Piece for Viola with Flute, Clarinet, Cello & Small Orch. (1990) IV. Excited
  73. Clarinet Quintet IV
  74. Solo In 4 Movements, For Cello, I
  75. Solo In 4 Movements, For Cello, II
  76. I - Introduction
  77. IV - Solid -- Sustained And Floating
  78. Solo In 4 Movements, For Cello, IV
  79. Flight For Flute And Electronics
  80. all-done-from-memory
  81. Quintet (1987), for clarinet and string quartet - 2 Placid & Meditative
  82. Concert Piece For Viola And Ensemble I
  83. Concert Piece For Viola And Ensemble IV
  84. Sims 03 and as I was saying
  85. Solo in Four Movements (1987), for Cello - 3 Meditation
  86. Clarinet Quintet - I. Headlong
  87. Quintet (1987), for clarinet and string quartet - 1 Headlong
  88. Quintet (1987), for clarinet and string quartet - 4 Solid -- sustained and floating
  89. Night Pieces (1989) In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni
  90. Solo In 4 Movements, For Cello, III

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