Sheet Music by Frank Wallace
Sheet Music by Frank A. Wallace
Click on the title links below for more info and to buy PDF downloads
Frank Wallace is one of the most prolific classical guitar composers active today.
This is a complete list of original solo, song, and chamber works
in chronological order published by Gyre Music.
Guitar Solo easy to moderate
Sketches I
1997 – 28 brief character pieces
Sketches II
2002 – six short suites; intermediate to advanced
Nuevas Cantigas
2000 – seven short modal works
Five Fantasies
2001 – eight contrapuntal studies
Diversions
2001 – eight contrapuntal studies
Española
2007 – 3 short movements; intermediate
A Season of Light
2007 – 30 carols traditional, ancient and original by F Wallace; easy to advanced
Solo Guitar Concert Repertoire guitar, unless noted
Quadrangle
** 1996 – four movements
Suite Blues
** 1996 – complex chromatic blues
From the Windy Place
** 1997 – four movements
Cunctipotens Genitor
1997 – fantasy on Gregorian chant
The Stubborn Oak
** 1997 – Prelude, Chorale and Fugue based on Shaker tune
Sweet Ladyslipper
** 1999 – 6 movements
Suite in B minor
2000 – 4 movements in Baroque style
Song of Albin
2000 – 6 movements
Harlequin in Love
2000 – 5 short melodic studies
Dake’s Song
* 2001 – short modal and melodic
Six Prayers on Six Strings
2001 – 6 melodic studies
Passacaglia
2001 – Baroque style
After Sylvius
2002 – Prelude, Allegro and Passacaglia
Débil del Alba
2003 – fantasy in three sections
The Elements
2005 – 4 movements
Sonata #1
2005 – 3 movements
Paca la Roseta
2010 – for ten-string guitar
The Bells
2010 – 3 preludes
Passing in the Night
2012 – 5 works for
Black Falcon
2013 – for Edel Muñoz
A Heavy Sleep
2013 – for Detlev Bork
White Albatross
2013 – for Fabian Hinsche
A Wisp in the Dark
2014 – for Richard Provost
Cry Among the Clouds
2014 – for Christopher Ladd
Shadow of the Sun
2014 – for the Hartt School
Caracara
2014 – for Pablo Garibay and Juan Carlos Laguna
Clusters
2015 – for Adam Levin
Film Scores
2015 – 11 short solos
Stone Face
2016 – 4 short movements
Amanda’s Dance
2017 – fantasy in two movements
Timid Nightingale, Sonata #2
2017 – for Joseph Mayes
Fünf Kleine Stücke
2017 – 5 short studies
Cyrcles, sonata #3
2018 – for David William Ross
A Distant Wind
2018 – 2 medieval works
Friends
2018 – 10 short woks
Guitar Ensembles
Triptych
2001 – 3 movements for 3 guitars; for Back Bay Guitar Trio
Duo Sonata #1
2002 – 3 movements for 2 guitars
Sketches for Two
2002 – 6 duos for guitars
Betty Botter
2004 – guitar quartet
New England Sextets
2010 – guitar orchestra, six parts; for Timberlane High School
Sombra para mis Gritos
2011 – 2 guitars; for ChromaDuo
Twelve Inventions
2012 – 2 guitars; for Marek Pasieczny
More Gargoyles
2012 – 3 guitars; for Mobius Trio
Renaissance Duets for Guitar
2013 – 23 duets from Medieval and Renaissance times
Changes Upon the Guitar
2014 – violin, viola, and seven guitars; for Hartt School of Music Guitar Department
A World Not So Round
2014 – guitar quartet; for New England Guitar Quartet
Spring Symphony
2014 – guitar ensemble in four parts; for New Hampshire Music Educators Association
Cacti
2017 – guitar ensemble in four parts; for ASU, GCC and ASA (Phoenix, AZ)
Mandolin Music
The Coming of Arthur
2009 – mandolin and guitar; for Mare Duo
Nocturne
2010 – mandolin orchestra; for Das JugendZupfOrchester des Landes NRW
New England Quintets or Quartets
2011 – mandolin orchestra, arrangements of NE Sextets
On the Sol, in Mi
2011 – 2 mandolins and guitar; for Mark and Beverly Davis
Night Owl
2012 – mandolin solo; for Annika Hinsche
Blue Heron
2012 – mandolin or violin; for Robert Margo
Gargoyles
2012 – 2 mandolins and guitar; for Mare Duo
My Vital Breath
2013 – mandolin orchestra; Prize-winner José Fernández Rojas 2013 International Composition Competition; for New American Mandolin Ensemble
Chamber Music
Katrina Sonata
2004 – 3 movements for guitar and flute; for Ciraldo Duo
Triangulo
2002 – 1 movement for guitar, violin and flute
Random Act
2005 – cello or viola and guitar
Mi Jardín de Calla
2007 – mezzo, alto, four guitars, flute and cello; for Boston Classical Guitar Society
Advice
2009 – oboe, bassoon, piano or guitar
Deep Autumn
2009 – English horn or viola and guitar; for Scott Morris & Richard Kravchak
El Primero
2010 – violin and guitar; for Nick Cutroneo and Sarah Larsen
Fraktured
2011 – piano and guitar
On the Sol, in Mi
2011 – two mandolins (or melody instruments) and guitar; for Mark & Beverly Davis
La Perla del Pico
2011 – flute (or violin) and four guitars
Un Establo de Oro
2012 – flute, cello and two guitars
The Bells
2013 – 3 works for wind quintet
A Tune Beyond
2013 – violin, viola and guitar; for Phenix Ensemble
So to Serenade
2014 – flute and guitar; for Pandora Duo
Tom-tom, Pourquoi?
2014 – percussion and guitar; for Kaleidos
The Whirling
2014 – viola and guitar; for Alturas Duo
As It Could Be
2014 – chamber suite for violin, viola, flute, percussion, 2 alto voices and 7 guitars; for the Hartt School of Music
Enfin
2015 – percussion and guitar; for
String Songs
2015 – string quartet and guitar
Gryphon
2015 – violin and guitar
Woolgathering
2018 – violin and three guitars
Guitar and Voice
Song Without Words
1997 – medium voice; poem Nancy Knowles
A Single Veil
2001 – six spiritual songs, mezzo soprano; poetry: Rumi, Guillevic, Creeley, Knowles, Shem Tov ben Palquera (English)
Bestiary
* 2001 – six songs, baritone and soprano (or tenor); comic poems by Theodore Roethke and Nancy Knowles
Father Said:
2003 – 16 songs, medium voice; poems by Frank C. Wallace (1887-1951)
How Fragile She Is
2005 – cycle for baritone and soprano; 11 poems by Frank Wallace and Nancy Knowles
Speak Love
++ 2005 – seven songs for baritone; poems by Henriette de Saussure Blanding
Syzygy
2005 – 15 songs, mezzo soprano; poems by Nancy Knowles
El Canto
2005 – for mezzo soprano, baritone and guitar (or E vihuela/lute); Spanish poem by Mexican artist Jaime Goded
Advice
2006 – mezzo soprano and baritone with guitar; poem by Wendy Homes Noyes
Mi Jardín de Calla
++ 2007 – medium voice and guitar; poem by Nancy Knowles in Spanish|
The Game
2007 – 5 songs, medium voice and guitar; poems by Frank A. Wallace
Wool Gathering [unpublished] 2007 – mezzo soprano and 3 guitars; poem by Deborah Dill
The Great Deep
++ 2008 – 8 songs, high voice and 10-string guitar or piano; poems by Shakespeare, Tennyson, Donne, Pope, Shelley, Rosetti, Turner
The Chimes
++ 2008 – 4 songs, medium voice and 10-string guitar; lyrics from The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Men, Women and Molecules
2010 – 6 songs, soprano and guitar; poems by Roald Hoffmann; for Olson/De Cari Duo
Ovejita
2010 – mezzo soprano and guitar; poem by Federico Garcia Lorca; written for Emerson College
Epitafio a un Pajaro
2011 – mezzo soprano, flute and two guitars; poem by Federico García Lorca
De la Muerte Oscura
2012 – narrator and guitar; poem by Federico García Lorca; written for Lynn McGrath
like black snow
2012 – alto voice, clarinet or liuto cantabile, and guitar; poems by Nathan G. Wallace; for Asteria Ensemble
Lute solo and song
Voices in the Dark
2000 – 6 songs, baritone and lute; poetry by LiveOak workshop participants
Pearly Everlasting
* 2001 – 4 songs, soprano, baritone and 10-course lute; elegy by Nancy Knowles in memory of John Fleagle
Fantasy #1
2001 – solo lute
Woman of the Water
* 2002 – 9 songs, soprano and 10-course lute or piano; poems by Theodore Roethke
After Sylvius
2002 – 10-course lute
El Canto
2005 – for mezzo soprano, baritone and E vihuela/lute; Spanish poem by Mexican artist Jaime Goded
Una Luz Santa
2005 – duo for 10-course and 8-course lutes; fantasy on Sephardic theme
In the Cornfields [unpublished] 2006 – soprano and ten-course lute; poem by Deborah Dill
Compositions by Frank Wallace are played by
Daniel Acsadi
Alturas Duo
Back Bay Trio
Jamie Balmer
Jan Bartlema
Sylvain Bergeron
Detlev Bork
Calum Borthwick
Boston Guitar Orchestra
Isaac Bustos
Russ Callison
Chanson du Soir
ChromaDuo
Ciraldo Duo
Nicholas Cutroneo
Derelict Hands
Norbert Dams (deceased)
Mark Davis
Duo Cordes et Ames
Duo Cancionâncias
Pablo Garibay
Daniel Hartington
Annika Hinsche
Fabian Hinsche
David Isaacs
Rene Izquierdo
Jarring Sounds
Kaleidos
Nancy Knowles
Christopher Ladd
Mare Duo
Robert Margo
Mayes Duo
Lynn McGrath
Elizabeth Merrill
Scott Morris
Edel Muñoz
New American Mandolin Ensemble
New England Guitar Quartet
Michael Nicolella
Olson / De Cari Duo
Krystin O’Mara
Pandora Duo
Phenix Ensemble
Richard Provost
Kathryn Radakovich
Claire Rafaelson
San Francisco Guitar Quartet
Lynda Sayce
Learn more about Frank Wallace on the About Page
Keep up to date on news of new videos and publications on the Blog
* Available on CD: Woman of the Water Songs of Frank Wallace (Gyre 10082)
** Available on CD: Frank Wallace, his own new works (Gyre 10012)
+ Available on CD: Sketches (Gyre 10012)
++ Available on CD: The Great Deep (Gyre 10102)