List of Compositions By Gregory Short - Sonatas in Tribute

Sonatas in Tribute

• "Anwar Sadat" Sonata for Cello and Piano - Based on Egyptian Songs
  1. Pretty Little Dove, Village Song
  2. Camp David: What Wants This Lad (Egyptian), Let Us Be Friends Again (Israeli), Going to Georgia (American)
  3. Return, What Wants this Lad (reprise)
  4. Riesa Sadat's Lament, A Love Song,Wedding Processional
• "George Catlin" Sonata for Viola and Piano - Based on Native American Songs:
  1. Paddling Song (Lummi)
  2. Dance Song (Sioux), Quail Song (Cherokee)
  3. Hunting Song (Navajo), Buffalo Dance (Kiowa), Song of the Horse (Navajo), Antelope (Kiowa), Blue Bird (Pima), Song of the Hare (Ho-Chunk), Viola cadenza: Geronimo's Song (Apache)
  4. Ribbon Dance (Cayuga)
• "John F. Kennedy" Sonata for Violin and Piano:
  1. Camelot
  2. Elegy: The Riderless Horse
  3. Eternal Flame
• "Korean Air Flight 007" for Flute, Viola and Harp - Based on Korean Songs:
  1. Jinando Arirang
  2. Song of the Broad Bell Flower
  3. Song of the Birds
• "Martin Luther King Jr." Sonata for Piano Four Hands - Based on Spirituals
  1. In Bright Mansions Above,We Shall Overcome
  2. Wayfaring Stranger, Wondrous Love, O' Freedom, We Shall Overcome
  3. Great Day, Sit Down Servant, We Shall Overcome
• "Robert F. Kennedy" Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
  1. Slowly and majestically, fast and rhythmic - quotes the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts," slowly
  2. Dirge
  3. Hymn: Confess Jehovah
  4. Finale ("Simple Gifts" reprise)

(For more sonatas, see Chamber Music)