Michael DRapkin

Compositions/ Transcriptions/arrangements

Updated June 17, 2007

Two Clarinets and Bass Clarinet (or Bassoon) (transcriptions)

Alford: Army of the Nile March

Alford: Colonel Bogey March

Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring

Bagley: National Emblem March

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Berlioz: March to the Gallows from Symphonie Fantastique

Chopin: Military Polonaise

Dinicu: Tempest Hora

Disney: Mickey Mouse

Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (march)

Gounod: The King of Thule

Grafulla: Washington Greys (march)

Holst: First Suite in Eb for Military Band

1. Chaconne

2. Intermezzo

3. March

Khatchaturian: Sabre Dance

K.L. King: Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite (march)

Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite – Intermezzo

Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony Slow Movement

Mendelssohn: Wedding March

Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio

Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

Pachelbel: Canon

Ravel: Piece en forme de Habanera

Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture

Rossini: Largo al Factotum

Schubert: Octet in F – Allegro Vivace

Sousa: El Capitan (march)

Sousa: King Cotton (march)

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus

1. Chacun a son gout

2. Bruderlein

3. Die Majestat ist amerkannt

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel (entire tone poem)

Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite

1. March – Seventeen Come Sunday

2. Intermezzo – My Bonnie Boy

3. March – Folk Songs from Somerset

Verdi: Opera Trios (published by Roncorp)

1. La Traviata: Parigi, o cara

2. La Traviata: Un di felice, eterea

3. Rigolette: La donna e mobile

Verdi: Scena e Romanza from La Forza Del Destino

J.F. Wagner: Under the Double Eagle (march)

Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

Wagner: Magic Fire Music

Clarinet Solo

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream

1. Nocture

2. March

Bass Clarinet Solo

The Rite of Spring for Solo Bass Clarinet (in progress)

Clarinet Solo with Concert Band

Dinicu: Tempest Hora [Arranged by Ron Combes for Michael Drapkin]

Gershwin: Walking the Dog

Tarras: Dovid’l Bazetst Di Kallah (doina and chosid’l) [Arranged by Ron Combes for Michael Drapkin]

Clarinet and Piano

Dinicu: Tempest Hora (Published by Roncorp)

Gershwin: Walking the Dog

Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen (Traditional)

Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (Published by Roncorp)

Clarinet and String Quartet

Led Zeppelin: In The Light

The Band: The Last Waltz

Weber: Quintet No. 2 in Eb, Op. 74

1. Allegro

2. Romanze (Andante)

3. Alla Polacca

Four Clarinets and Bass Clarinet

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Prelude

Flute Solo

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

Violin and Piano

The Doors: Light My Fire

Concert Band

Drapkin: Hurray for IDT March

Drapkin: Suite of Old Yiddish Melodies  [premier performance 3/6/05 by the Wind Ensemble at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Dr. James Kalyn conducting.

Gershwin: Walking the Dog for Clarinet Solo and Concert Band

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Introduction

Drum and Bugle Corps

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Introduction

Lead Sheets

Miserlou (Traditional)

Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen (Traditional)

Orchestral Excerpt Books

Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet, Volume One (published by Roncorp)

Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet, Volume Two (published by Roncorp)

Symphonic Repertoire for the Bass Clarinet, Volume Three (published by Roncorp)

Transposed Parts for the Bass Clarinet, Volume Four (expected publication by Roncorp 2007)