Rumson Publications

Journal, Newspaper, Magazine and Book Publications

"Some Musical Fingerprints in the Compositions of Leo Ornstein," [Musica]: Russian Music Past and Present, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2005, p. 1.

"Egon Petri Remembered," (co-written with Mark Arnest), International Piano, March/April 2003.

Final Note (guest editorial on 19th century performance practice), International Piano, November/December 2003, p. 88.

Articles on the composers Leo Ornstein, Conlon Nancarrow and R. Murray Schafer for Avant-Garde Composers in the Twentieth Century, edited by Larry Sitsky (Greenwood Press, 2002).

"The Piano Music of Ronald Stevenson [An Appreciation]," International Piano, Summer 2002.

"Arthur Friedheim and the Liszt Sonata" in The Journal of the British Liszt Society, 2001.

"Sound Knows No Borders," Clio's Psyche, Volume 7, No. 4, March, 2001.

"From Avant-Garde to Oblivion and Back, [The life and music of Leo Ornstein]," International Piano Quarterly, Spring 2001. Rollography included.

'Wilfrid Mellers' and 'Arthur Fickénscher' for The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2001.

"Arthur Friedheim: Maligned Master," International Piano Quarterly, Spring, 2000, p. 62-64. Discography and Rollography included, p. 67-69.

"The Chinook Keyboard Centre: An Unparalleled Musical and Historical Resource," Music Alberta, Spring 2000, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 18. (revised reprint of article published in Impromtu, September, 1999).

"The Organ Music of Denis ApIvor," The American Organist, (January, 1999).

"Schafer novel offers unique two-way read, if you can find it," [Review of Wolftracks by R. Murray Schafer] Calgary Herald, November 28, 1998, p. J17.

"Media Kills Artist in Brutal Slaying (News at Eleven)," Falstaff's Table, Volume 2, Issue I (Calgary: January 1996).

"The Oboe Music of Gunnar Johansen: Two Compositions and One Mystery," in The Double Reed, Journal of the American Double Reed Society, (Vol. 18 No. 3 Winter, 1995).

"Gunnar Johansen: The Trajectory of a Life," in Journal of the American Liszt Society, (Volume 37, January/June 1995).

"Lessons in Acoustics for the Young Pianist," Piano Guild Notes, Vol. 44, No. 6 (Austin, Texas: May/June 1995).

"One way or another, we are all artists," Guest Column, Calgary Herald, (Calgary, Alberta: April 25, 1995).

Review of Sorabji: A Critical Celebration in Abraxas, (St. Austell, Cornwall, England: Issue 7 1994).

Review of "Sorabji: A Critical Celebration" in The American Organist, vol. 28, no. 1 (New York: January 1994), pp. 78-79.

"Gunnar Johansen and Franz Liszt: The Search for the Spontaneous Moment" in Wisconsin Academy Review, (Madison, Wisconsin: December 1993).

CD Reviews

"George Frederick Pinto: Piano Music (Míceál O'Rourke, piano)," (Review) International Piano Quarterly, Spring, 2000, p. 91.

"Masterwork: Time to Listen with New Ears. Composer Gordon Rumson admires Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum," Music and Vision, June 16, 2000.

"CD Review: John Cage Piano Music Performed by Louis Goldstein," ComposerUSA (The Bulletin of the National Association of Composers, U.S.A.), Series IV, Volume 3, Number 2 Winter 1996/97 (Los Angeles, CA).

(many others not listed here).

Ezine and Web Publications

"Armenian Music in America," Music and Vision, March 2, 2005 http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2005/03/armenia.htm

"A Contrapuntal Review," [review of Wondrous Strange by Kevin Bazzana], Music and Vision, August 4, 2004 (Includes Special Composition by Gordon Rumson) http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2004/08/gouldintroduction.htm

THE PIANO MUSIC OF BERNARD VAN DIEREN:
A DICHOTOMY EXAMINED -March 2004 http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2004/Mar04/bvd_piano.htm

"Scrutiny: [Wilfrid Mellers'] Early Writings, 1936-1949," Music and Vision, April 24, 2004, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2004/04/scrutiny1.htm

"Denis ApIvor Quartets: The Tide is Turning," Music and Vision, April 20, 2004, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2004/04/apivor1.htm

"Vladislav Kovalsky: Master musician and representative of the St Petersburg tradition," Music and Vision, March 25, 2004,
http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2004/03/kovalsky1.htm

"Caleb Simper: Surging up again?" [Gordon Rumson investigates the sacred choral music of Caleb Simper, (no longer) sung throughout the civilized world], Music and Vision, December 13, 2003, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/12/simper1.htm

"Whirlwind of Activity," [Charles Barber's book 'Lost in the Stars: The Forgotten Musical Life of Alexander Siloti'], Music and Vision, November 22, 2003
http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/11/siloti1.htm

"Celestial Music," [review of "Celestial Music? Some Masterpieces of European Religious Music" by Wilfrid Mellers], Music and Vision, April 27, 2003
http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/04/celestial1.htm

"But the Daring!" [Paul Badura-Skoda recital in Calgary], Music and Vision, March 11, 2003, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/03/skoda1.htm

"Utopian Ideals: 'Oleana : The Ole Bull Colony' by Paul W Heimel," Music and Vision, February 21, 2003, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/02/olebull1.htm

"A Unique Voice: Aspects of the music of Keith Barnard", Music and Vision, January 31, 2003, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/01/barnard1.htm

"Dull Music," [As the Calgary Philharmonic faces financial ruin, Gordon Rumson asks some difficult questions], Music and Vision, December 27, 2002,
http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2002/12/mba1.htm

"Music Matters: [Review of Wilfrid Mellers] 'Singing in the Wilderness: Music and Ecology in the Twentieth Century,' Music and Vision, November 28, 2002, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2002/11/matters1.htm

"I've got the Music in Me...[The status and behaviour of musicians], Music and Vision, October 25, 2002, http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2002/10/music1.htm

"Shamans of the Cyber-Steppes: essay on the network invocation....." Beehive, Volume 4 : Issue 3, Dec.2001.

"Gunnar Johansen: Legendary Artist," Music and Vision, January 14, and 21, 2001. (With RealAudio musical examples and numerous photos).

"Methods of Genocide: The Abuses of Soundscape in Extermination," Other Voices The (e)Journal of Cultural Criticism, Edited by Vance Bell, Volume 2, Number 1 (http://dept.english.upenn.edu/~ov/index2.html) [refereed journal]

"Power and Grandeur, [The Music of Wilfrid Mellers]," Music and Vision, October 16, 17, 18, 1999 http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/1999/10/dangers.htm

"A Long and Difficult Road: Denis ApIvor's music remains little-known and unrecorded. GORDON RUMSON pleads his case." Music and Vision, (July 25/26 1999).

Newsletter (and other) Publications

Leo Ornstein 1998 Wisconsin Alliance for Composers http://www.wiscomposers.org/news/1998_06/feature.html
"The Passacaglia on DSCH by Ronald Stevenson," The Ronald Stevenson Society Newsletter, Volume 7, Number 1, May 2000.

"Yerma," British Music Society Newsletter, Spring 2000

"Sliding the thumb and other fingers at the piano," APTA News & Views, Winter 1999 Vol. VII No. 2 p. 31-

"The Chinook Keyboard Centre: An Unparalleled Musical and Historical Resource," Impromptu, September, 1999.

"The Chinook Keyboard Centre: A Resounding Resource," APTA News and Views, Fall 1999.

"Accent on the Right Syllable," APTA News and Views, Vol. VI No. 4, Summer 1999, p. 37-40.

"Tuning, Temperament and the Piano," APTA News and Views, Vol. VI, No. 2, Winter 1999, 17-19.

"So You Want to Give a Recital?" APTA News and Views, Vol. VI, No. 1, Fall 1998, p. 13+.

"Denis ApIvor: A Brief Introduction," British Music Society Newsletter, September, 1998. (Works List available on request from the editor).

"The Simple Music of Franz Liszt: There Really is Such a Thing," APTA News and Views, Vol V, No. 4, Summer 1998. (With 6 musical examples and bibliography).

"How to Produce a Good Sound at the Piano," APTA News and Views, Vol. V, No. 3, Spring 1998 (With 6 musical examples).

"Tuning, Temperament, Equal and Well: A New Focus for Pianists," Impromptu, January 1998.

"About the Theme and Variations for piano by Stephen Hansen Smythe," (with six musical examples and piano works list), Impromptu, January 1998.

"Gunnar Johansen: Master Musician," Wisconsin Alliance for Composers Newsletter (Series V, Volume XIV, Number 2, February, 1998 reprint) .

"Playing in Tune on the Piano," (reprint) "CFMTA Meets the Internet," The Canadian Music Teacher, December 1997.

"Remembering Richard Johnston," (with musical example: Romantic Elegy - a la Schumann, from 15 Aphoristic Conceits by G. Rumson), Impromptu, November 1997.

"Leo Ornstein," The Godowsky Society Newsletter, Vol. 10 No. 1, Fall 1997.

"Gunnar Johansen: Master Musician," ComposerUSA (The Bulletin of the National Association of Composers, U.S.A.), Series IV, Volume 3, Number 3 Spring 1997 (Los Angeles, CA).http://www.wiscomposers.org/news/1998_02/feature.html

Contribution to the First Web Novel Undo [no longer on-line].

"Some Reflections: Going into Music," (part 2), Tempo [Alberta], February, 1997

"Review of Piano Connections 7," (reprint), Tempo [Alberta], February, 1997

"Meet a Member: Roberta Stephen," Tempo [Alberta], February, 1997

"Concert and Master Classes with Vladislav Kovalsky," (revised reprint), Tempo [Alberta], February, 1997

"Big Techniques and the Rest of Us," Impromptu, November, 1996.

"Vladislav Kovalsky: Concert and Master Classes: Observations and Considerations," Impromptu, November, 1996.

"Review of New Music [The Keys by Steve Dogrogosz]," Tempo [Alberta], (September, 1996).

"Some Reflections: "Going into Music" (part 1)," Tempo [Alberta], (September, 1996).

"Meet a Member: Eileen Craig," Tempo [Alberta], (September, 1996).

"The Joyous Song Of..." [music], Impromptu, (September 1996).

"Alan Walker's Franz Liszt, Volume Three, The Final Years 1861-1886," Impromptu, (September 1996).

"Playing in Tune on the Piano," reprinted in Notes from Keys Newsletter of Alberta Keys [n.d. ca. 1996].

"Playing in Tune on the Piano," Impromptu, (April, 1996).

"Specialists Talk about Musicians' Injuries and Possible Therapies," Impromptu, (April, 1996).

"Review of Autumn Leaves by Nathan Perelman," (reprint) Tempo [Alberta], (February, 1996).

"Profile: Peter Turner," Tempo [Alberta], February, 1996.

"Review: Richard Johnston, Three Sketches for Piano," Tempo [Alberta], (February, 1996).

"Review : Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard," (reprint), Tempo [Alberta], (February, 1996).

"Gunnar Johansen" and "Arthur Fickénscher," Biography and Works List at Unknown Composers on the Web.

Review of Autumn Leaves by Nathan Perelman, Impromptu, (Calgary: November 1995).

"Taking Aim at the Piano," Impromptu, (Calgary: November 1995).

"Profile: Clayton and Dorothy Hare," Tempo [Alberta], (ARMTA Alberta Provincial Newsletter) (Edmonton, Alberta: September 1995).

"Teaching Tips: "How Long Does it Take?"" Tempo [Alberta], (ARMTA Alberta Provincial Newsletter) (Edmonton, Alberta: September 1995).

"One Reason Why Students Sound Like Students," Impromptu, (Calgary: April 1995).

Review of Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard by Paul Badura-Skoda, Impromptu, (Calgary: April 1995).

Review of Piano Connections 7 in Impromptu, (Calgary: April 1995).

"Reviews of Loreena McKennitt The Mask and Mirror," Tempo, (ARMTA Newsletter) (Edmonton, Alberta: February 1995).

"The Piano Music of Leo Ornstein," Tempo, (ARMTA Newsletter) (Edmonton, Alberta: February 1995).

"Larry Sitsky Music of the Repressed Russian Avant-Garde, 1900-1929," Tempo, (ARMTA Newsletter) (Edmonton, Alberta: February 1995).

"Little Known Music for the Piano Student," in Impromptu, (Calgary: November 1994).

Three poems in the anthology Lighter than Light, (Toronto: June 1993).

‘Blood Red Sun' in the anthology Far Fringes of Hope, (Toronto: February 1991).

Editor of program notes to the Orchestral Music of Peter Mieg, CD with Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakow, Poland conducted by André Froelicher and released by Gallo (Switzerland: 1991).

‘Sea, Sky, Heart and Mind' in PARA*phrase, (Toronto: March 1991).

The Newsletter of the Friends of Gunnar Johansen (G. Rumson, editor):

Issue #3 Winter 1999
"Anton Rubinstein: An Annotated Catalog of Piano Works and Biography by Larry Sitsky" (review)
"Storm Bull: Town Hall Recital November 21, 1939" (review)
"Wilfrid Mellers: The Art of the Artful Review..."(review)

Issue #2 Summer 1998:
"The Piano Concertos of Gunnar Johansen: A Descriptive Inventory"
"Sonata II ‘Pearl Harbor' Finished December 6, 1941"
"Arthur Fickénscher: A Brief Overview" (with musical examples and 17 notes)
Reviews of Toccata: The Transcriptions of Ignaz Friedman and Sound Education by R. Murray Schafer

Issue #1 December 1997:
"The Double Keyboard Piano"
"Profile: Vladislav Kovalsky: Master Pianist, Master Teacher"
"Perspectives on the Sonata XXIII "Trilogie der Leidenschaft""
"Denis ApIvor: A Brief Introduction"
Reviews of The Piano Music of Busoni, Weinerblut and books by Larry Sitsky, Paul Rapoport and Alan Walker.

Musical Editions (* indicates inclusion of editorial commentary)

Gunnar Johansen (for piano unless otherwise marked)
Affection*
‘a la fontenele'*
Atonal Sonatina I (1943)*
Canzona II (1932)*
Lullaby for Lorraine*
Sonata II "Pearl Harbor December 6, 1941"*
Vocalise for voice or flute/oboe and piano*
Sonata I for violin and piano (1930)*
String Quartet (1937)
Ballad for Lorraine (1942)
Three songs for voice and piano (The Dead, Consummation, an Helmut)
Ballade for Lorraine
Sonata XXIII Trilogie der Leidenschaft
Paul Bunyan Stalk
Sonata (1975)
Suite (1929)
Wedding Bells (1942)
String Quartet (1937)
Atonal Sonatina II (1944)
Prelude and Mini Fugue (1971)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt In Memoriam
Mother's Lullaby

Arthur Fickénscher
Lament for organ
Old Irish Tune for seven instruments
Willowwood for voice, viola, bassoon and piano

K.S. Sorabji
Frammento Cantato for voice (baritone) and piano
Benedizione di San Francesco d'Assisi for baritone and organ
Four Frammenti Aforistici for piano*
Passeggiata Variata for piano

Leo Ornstein
4 Songs Without Words

All scores have been prepared from original sources, compared where possible with all available manuscripts. These items are published by Sikesdi Press.

Recordings

3 Preludes, Marcel Bergmann (pianist), Four Degrees of Freedom, Land's End Chamber Ensemble. CD (2004)

Fragments of a Sound Forgotten. Music by Gordon Rumson. CD 2002

5 Tone Waltz in CFMTA Diamond Jubilee Collection (Waterloo Music: Waterloo, Ontario, 1997) Performed by Valery Lloyd Watts.

Gunnar Johansen. The Music of Gunnar Johansen. Fiona Pinnell, flute; Caroline Horne, voice; Gordon Rumson, piano. Calgary, Alberta: Sikesdi Pressings, 1991. Sound cassette.

Maelstrom, with Peter Moller and Caroline Horne. Forthcoming CD

The Incense of Music: Compositions by Keith Barnard. Forthcoming CD.