Composer

Donald Erb

American composer (1927-2008)

1927–2008

48 works and musical collections

Born: 1927
Died: 2008
Birthplace: Youngstown
Place of death: Cleveland Heights
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

Donald Erb — American composer (1927-2008). Donald Erb was born in 1927 in Youngstown. The recorded year of death is 2008; place of death: Cleveland Heights. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United States.

Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; music educator; trumpeter
Education: Indiana University; Kent State University; Cleveland Institute of Music; Lakewood High School
Teachers: Nadia Boulanger
Instruments played: trumpet
Awards: Rome Prize; Guggenheim Fellowship; Arts and Letters Award in Music
VIAF ID: 76511685
ISNI: 0000000081569944
GND ID: 103775897
Library of Congress ID: n81048119
MusicBrainz ID: bcf6976f-b450-4a48-8742-4a2c833567c7

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Cello, Bassoon, Flute, Trumpet, violin
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
I. Xanax in Xanadu	See work details	Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
I	See work details	Cello Flute Oboe 7 more instruments violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet Trumpet Tuba percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Drawing Down The Moon	See work details	Flute Piccolo Glockenspiel 4 more instruments percussion Xylophone Marimba Harmonica Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Eyes of Flame	See work details	Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Song for Sarah Gooder	See work details	Harp Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Allegretto grazioso	See work details	Piano Trumpet	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Adagio cantabile	See work details	Piano Trumpet	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Presto	See work details	Piano Trumpet	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Ceremony	See work details	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II	See work details	Cello Flute Oboe 7 more instruments violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet Trumpet Tuba percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III	See work details	Cello Flute Oboe 7 more instruments violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet Trumpet Tuba percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV	See work details	Cello Flute Oboe 6 more instruments violin Bassoon Horn Clarinet Trumpet percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Pointing the Bone	See work details	Flute Piccolo Glockenspiel 4 more instruments percussion Xylophone Marimba Harmonica Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Lilith	See work details	Flute Piccolo Glockenspiel 4 more instruments percussion Xylophone Marimba Harmonica Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. The Demon Drummer	See work details	Flute Piccolo Glockenspiel 4 more instruments percussion Xylophone Marimba Harmonica Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 3 more instruments Horn Clarinet percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vi	See work details	Flute Oboe Bassoon 3 more instruments Horn Clarinet percussion	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Love Song	See work details	Flute	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Melody	See work details	Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Jazzy	See work details	Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Cadenza	See work details	Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Blues Shout	See work details	Clarinet	View sheet music Work & edition details
1	See work details	Bassoon Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
2	See work details	Bassoon Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3	See work details	Bassoon Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
4	See work details	Bassoon Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
5	See work details	Bassoon Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Together forever	See work details	Piano violin	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toccata	See work details	Piano violin	View sheet music Work & edition details
Poem	See work details	Piano violin	View sheet music Work & edition details
Illusions	See work details	Cello Double Bass Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bariolage	See work details	Cello Double Bass Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Harmonics	See work details	Cello Double Bass Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Double Stops and Speed	See work details	Cello Double Bass Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Interlude	See work details	Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Winter in my Heart	See work details	Cello	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. A Quiet Song	See work details	Double Bass	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. A Scherzo	See work details	Double Bass	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Racing for the Exit	See work details	Double Bass	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Round and Round the Wind	See work details	Harp Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. Dirty Rotten Scherzo	See work details	Harp Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Hard Fanfare	See work details	Horn Trumpet Tuba Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Quiet Fanfare	See work details	Horn Trumpet Tuba Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. A Slightly Silly Fanfare	See work details	Horn Trumpet Tuba Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Buffalo Fanfare	See work details	Horn Trumpet Tuba Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. Vesper	See work details	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. Scherzo	See work details	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. Gut Bucket Blues	See work details	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 76511685. Portrait: Janet Century Photography (janetcentury.com), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.