Compositions by William Rehwinkel

Clair de lune (2023)

Organ

Score

Based on the poem by Paul Verlaine.

Written in Spring 2023 while studying composition with Rolando J. Gomez.

Ozymandias - By the Rivers of Babylon (2021)

Voice and organ

Score

This suite of two art songs is inspired by the J. Brombaugh organ in Fairchild Chapel of Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin OH (this is the source of the stopnames of the registrations). The setting of each text principally strives to recreate the feeling of winds and flowing water, respectively.

O Sacred Head now wounded (2021)

Organ

Score

Chorale Variations on the Passion Chorale

The first variation is a simple duo between the cantus firmus and a counterpoint.

The second variation is based off of a continuous stream of minor triad first inversion chords.

The third variation is a trio-cannon in which the alto and soprano voices are transposed.

Romeo and Juliet (2021)

Voice, voice and piano

Score

A miniature for Soprano, Tenor, and Piano, Written so that it may be performed remotely over any video-conferencing application, regardless of latency, or in person

Composed from June 2020-April 2021. Please contact me if you would like the score.

[April 10 2021] First edition.

I wandered lonely as a cloud (2020)

Voice and piano

Score

In Paradisum (2020)

Organ

Score

Ideally, this piece will sound very different than what is written. The manuals and pedal are playing on mixtures only. This means that the fundemental is not heard, but instead we hear a combination of octaves and fifths. I intended for an ethereal texture with this effect.

Ideally, this piece will sound very different than what is written. The manuals and pedal are playing on mixtures only. This means that the fundemental is not heard, but instead we hear a combination of octaves and fifths. I intended for an ethereal texture with this effect.

Ave Maris Stella (2020)

Organ

Score

Inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach: An Wasserflussen Babylon BWV 653b, an earlier version which includes double pedal.

Rev. Jan 2023: Modified engraving, some ties added.

What Wondrous Love is This (2020)

Organ

Score

A chorale prelude for organ

Played at St. John's Lutheran Church, Stamford CT in January 2020.

Requiem Aeternam (2018)

Voice and piano

Score

A simple piece for alto and piano on the opening text of the Requiem Mass