WORKS BY JEFFERY L. BRIGGS

orchestral, chamber, and electronic music

 

 

COMPOSITIONS 

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

  1. Two Poems of Hyam Plutzik (2011)

  2. Celebration for Orchestra, (2009)

  3. Fanfare for Civilization (and Aaron) (2008)

  4. Washington’s Artillery (2007)

  5. Comets (1980)

 

CHAMBER MUSIC

  1. Bartok's 14 Bagatelles Revisited (Arrangements for String Quartet) (2018)

  2. The (New) Beethoven String Quartets (Arrangements of the Piano Sonatas) (2016)

  3. Adjectives for String Quartet (2016)

  4. Luck of the Draught, Duo for Violin and Cello (2014)

  5. 4th String Quartet (2010)

  6. 3rd String Quartet (2011)

  7. For the Dawn, for Chamber Orchestra (2004)

  8. Firaxis, for mixed ensemble and percussion, 1984

  9. Adjectives: 13 little words for wind quartet (1979)

  10. Block Concrete, for percussion trio (1978)

  11. Natural Well, for clarinet (1978)

  12. Neversink, for flute (1977)

  13. Clarinet Duo, 5 movements for 2 clarinets (1976)

  14. 2nd String Quartet (1976)

  15. Music for Columns and Strings (1975)

  16. 1st String Quartet (1975)

  17. Events, for Strings and Winds (1974)

  18. Music for Winds and Percussion (1973)

  19. Patterns, for Brass Sextet (1973)

  20. Woodwind Quintet (1972)

 

PIANO MUSIC

  1. Aurora, for two pianos (1982)

  2. Chimera, three pieces for piano (1984)

  3. Three Little Pieces (1973)

 

SONGS FOR PIANO AND SOPRANO

  1. Tickletoby and Friends, Three Children’s Poems by Hyam Plutzik (1986)

  2. A Song of Songs, Text by Solomon (1980)

  3. The White Rose, Text by John Boyle O’Reilly (1978)

 

ELECTRONIC MUSIC

  1. Beyond Glory: Examining Terror, a documentary with Ramsey Clark et al, (1993)

  2. Descending – an animated short with Jackie Ross (1994)

  3. Dance Triptych: Ecliptic, Silk, Celebration (1988)

  4. Stars and Trees (1979)

  

COMPUTER GAMES (selected list) 

1.    Sword of the Samurai

2.    Silent Service II

3.    Railroad Tycoon

4.    Covert Action

5.    Lightspeed

6.    Knights of the Sky

7.    Civilization

8.    Hyperspeed

9.    Gunship 2000

10. F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0

11. Task Force 1942

12. Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender

13. F-15 Strike Eagle III

14. Darklands

15. Command HQ (Macintosh)

16. The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

17. Super Strike Eagle

18. Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

19. Pirates! Gold

20. Colonization

21. Civilization II

22. Gettysburg!

23. Alpha Centauri

24. Alien Crossfire

25. Antietam!

26. Civilization III

27. Civilization III: Conquests

28. Pirates!

29. Civilization IV

30. Civilization IV: Warlords

THE (NEW) BEETHOVEN QUARTETS (2016)

“Jeff Briggs has brought his own contemporary creative voice to a monumental part of the musical canon.”
— Jason Calloway, Amernet String Quartet

To hear selections from this collection of 32 Sonatas (98 movements), see Jeff’s Soundcloud.