The Classical MIDI Connection: Jay Samples

Jay Samples
The MIDI Sequences of Jay Samples

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MASSES - - - - VOCAL WORKS - - - - DANCES AND MARCHES - - - - PIECES FOR SOLO OR ENSEMBLE AND KEYBOARD - - - - SMALL ORCHESTRAL WORKS - - - - SYMPHONIES

'MASSES'

'MISSA DE GLORIA'

Gloria in Exclesis Deo (16K)
Et in Terra Pax Hominibus (6K)
Laudamus Te (25K)
Gratias Agimus Tibi (40K)
Propter Magnam (15K)
Domine Deus (10K)
Domine Fili Unigentite (20K)
Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi (5K)
Qui Sedes Ad Dexteram (18K)
Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus (8K)
Cum Sancto Spiritu (40K)
My setting of the Gloria. Patterned loosely after Vivaldi's Gloria in D

'MISSA PRO DEFUNCTIS'

Introit (Choir, Sop. Solo, Orchestra)(36K);
Kyrie (Choir, Orchestra)(16K);
Dies Irae (Choir, Orchestra)(29K);
Tuba Mirum (Ten. Solo, Orchestra)(4K);
Liber Scriptus (Mez. Solo, Orchestra)(10K);
Quid Sum Miser (Choir, Orchestra)(7K);
Rex Tremendae (Choir, Orchestra)(17K)
Recordare (Mezz. and Ten. Solos, Orchestra)(19K);
Lacrymosa (Choir, Orchestra)(20K);
Work in Progress

'MASS IN E MINOR'

Kyrie (48k)
Work in Progress
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'VOCAL WORKS'

At Her Fair Hands (11K)
Setting of a poem by Walter Davison about a young man suffering the pangs of unreturned love.
For 8-Part Choir Acapella

He and She

Pt 1. - She is Dead (6K) - Text (769 bytes)
Pt 2. - Is There No Voice? (4K) - Text (468 bytes)
Pt 3. - Now I Will Listen (3K) - Text (530 bytes)
Pt 4. - O Perfect Dead! (5K) - Text (324 bytes)
Setting of a poem by Sir Edwin Arnold about a man mourning the death of his wife.
For SATB Choir Acapella. In the 3rd part, the tenor section sings a solo with the rest of the choir accompanying.
As yet incomplete.

Night Falls (5K) - Text- (569)
A solemn love song for unaccompanied choir. I am the lyricist for this one

She Was A Phantom of Delight (12K) - Text (1K)
Setting of a poem by William Wordsworth for Tenor Solo and piano.

She Walks In Beauty (6K) - Text (743)
Setting of a poem by Lord Byron for Acapella Choir. Along a more modern road than I normally go

Tenor Solos

No. 1. (5K)
No. 2. (5K)
No. 3. (10K)
Three solos, as yet without words, with piano.

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (5K)
This setting of the famous poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is set for 4 Pt. Women's Choir A capella

The Lord Is My Shepherd (27K)
A piece for choir and piano (maybe orchestra later). A small problem with the midi seems to have occurred as a G is repeatedly playing throughout the piece. Feel free to change the choir sound to whatever works best on your sound card.
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'DANCES AND MARCHES'

Allen Eagle March (41K)

Goblin Suite

Goblin Waltz (15K)
March of the Goblins (18K)
Goblins' Wedding Dance (27K)

Fantasy Dances . Scored for goblins, xylophones, and pizzicato bass.

Waltzes

Polka Bach Waltz (11K)
Royal Processional (7k)
Spanish Waltz (11K)
Waltz for Flute Violin and Piano (12K)
Waltz for Two Clarinets in A min (Sicilian) (6K)

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'PIECES FOR SOLO OR ENSEMBLE AND KEYBOARD'

Allegro-Adagio for Violin and Piano (20K)
Sonatina for Recorder and Harpsichord (20K)
Sonatina for Two Clarinets and Piano (21K)
Quartet for Flute, Two Clarinets, and Oboe with Piano (24K)

Sonatina for Clarinet and Oboe with Piano (35K)

Commisioned by Michael Raposo. A small problem between second and third part during change from 4/4 to 2/2
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'SMALL ORCHESTRAL WORKS'

Adventures of the Sheik (29K)
My first serious attempt at an orchestral piece. Actually turned out nicely.
My mother says it sounds like the soundtrack to a silent movie

Medieval Fanfare (19K)

Pastoral in C (12K)

Scored for String orchestra, this Pastoral tell's the story of a picnic and celebration that begins at dawn and ends at dusk.

String Sextet (24K)

My first serious work. NOTE : This was largely and expirement by myself.
I did some exploring in dissonance and modulation, so some of it is pretty interesting :)

Concerto for Recorder

M'vt 1 - Andante (21K)
M'vt 2 - Allegro (26K)

As yet incomplete.

Concerto for Violin, Cello, and String Orchestra

M'vt 1 : Allegro-Adagio-Allegro (52K)
M'vt 2 - Adagio-Moderato-Adagio (19K)

Work in Progress

Episodes from Tinseltown USA

A Shift in the Day of the Life of A Concessionist (10k)

Truly for a smaller chamber ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and xylophone. A small piece composed for the La Musique Petite Challenge, definitely more modern.
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'SYMPHONIES'

Symphony No. 1.

Movement 1 (37K)
Movement 2 (32K)
Movement 3 (26K)
Maybe not a symphony by definition, but nonetheless a larger scale orchestral work.

Symphony No. 2.

Movement 1 (21K)
Movement 2 (20K)
Movement 3 (21K)
Movement 4 (33K)
A piano symphony and my first attempt at using percussion at all.

Symphony No. 3.

Movement 1 (31K)
Movement 2 (29K)
Movement 3 (22K)
Movement 4 (37K)
A symphony for an orchestra with extra woodwind players. Also called The Final Battle Symphony. I stuck to thematic material more consistently in this one.
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