Musicatlas
Music
- Sonata in F minor - Violin and piano 1936
- Symphonic Prelude - Orchestra 1937
- Sonatina in One Movement - Violin and piano 1938
- Florida Suite - Orchestra 1940
- Suite - String quartet 1942
- 67th Psalm - Women’s voices & piano 1944
- Epigrams - Piano 1945
- Madrigals - Voices 1945
- Scherzo - Flute & bassoon 1945
- Symphony #1 in D - Orchestra 1946
- Recitative, Variations & Canzona - String quartet 1948
- Johnny Appleseed" - Orchestra 1950
- Ode - Harp & string quartet 1951
- Song: "Love is a Witch" - Soprano & piano 1951
- Fantasia - Strings 1953
- Foursome - 3 flutes & clarinet 1954
- Pastoral - Strings 1956
- Festival Prelude - Orchestra 1958
- Improvisation - ‘Cello, celesta & timpani 1958
- Interlude - Piano 1962
- Three Movements - String quartet 1963
- Psalm of Praise - Mixed chorus 1964
- Song: "What is our Life" - Baritone & piano 1965
- Five Miniatures - Brass Quintet 1965
- Carillon - Band 1965
- Allelulia - Chorus and orchestra 1965
- Intrada - Flute, Oboe, bassoon & harpsichord 1966
- Poeme - Violin & piano 1966
- Variegations - Woodwind quintet 1967
- Canzona - 1 violins & viola 1967
- The Lord Sun - Orchestra, chorus, narrator, soloists & Percussion ensemble 1968
- Textures - String quartet 1970
- Concerto - Oboe & strings 1971
- Song Cycle: "Three Poems from a Calendar" - Voice, flute & Violin (Opt. Plus piano & Percussion) 1971
- Trio - Piano, Violin & ‘cello 1972
- Momenti Sonore - Brass quintet 1972
- Montage - Orchestra 1972
- Wandering Unison - Woodwind quintet 1973
- A Musical Offering - Violin & ‘cello 1973
- Integrations - Piano 1973
- Three Profiles - ‘Cello & violin 1973
- Song: "Philosophy" - Soprano & violin 1974
- Three Dimensions - Harp, flute, violin, ‘cello & percussion 1974
- Affirmations - Wind ensemble 1974
- Triptych - Baroque ensemble 1975
- Kunstwerk Begleitung - Piccolo, violin, harpsichord & double bass 1975
- Suite - Clarinet & piano 1975
- Fantasy - Flute & piano 1976
- Benediction - Mezzo soprano, tenor, & piano 1976
- Monologue - Violin 1976
- Conversations - Flue, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone & bassoon 1977
- Five by Seven - Flute oboe (Eng. horn), trombone or bassoon, piano, percussion 1977
- Three Movements for Four Tubas - 4 tubas 1977
- Seven Miniatures - Flute & percussion 1978
- Concerto - Violin & orchestra 1978
- Patterns - Harp 1980
- Vignettes - Woodwind quartet 1981
- Concert Piece - Trumpet & strings 1981
- Sonata - Violin & piano 1981
- Introduction, Soliloquy & Allegro - Flute & piano 1982
- Peregrinations - ‘Cello & piano 1982
- Music for Violin & Strings - Violin & string orchestra 1983
- Duo - Flute & violin 1983
Life
Violinist, conductor, administrator & Composer Dr. Karl Ahrendt, Director of the Ohio University School of Music, Athens, Ohio 1950-1967, was a recognized as an accomplished composer, violinist and conductor.
Among his 60 or more compositions are works for orchestra, band, solo instruments with piano accompaniment and chorus. During his distinguished career, Dr. Ahrendt won numerous awards, including the Philadelphia Arts Alliance Award for Composition (1944), The University of Illinois Contemporary Festival Competition (1950), the First Prize, Ohio Music Teachers Association (1972), and the Baker Award at Ohio University (1969). He is listed in the International Who’s Who in Music. He was also a resident at the MacDowell Colony nine times during the 1950 and 1960s.
Dr. Karl Ahrendt’s manuscripts are archived in the OU School of Music Library (courtesy of Dr. Richard D. Wetzel) along with a revised catalog/thematic index of his works and a collection of performances of his works on CDs (courtesy of Anastasios Polis {A Thesis for a Masters degree in Music History and Literature}).
A duplicate set of CDs are also available for listening requests on WOUB Public Radio Station. They operate six transmitters that broadcast throughout southeastern and east central Ohio. Tune in to:
- WOUB-AM (1340) in Athens, Ohio
- WOUB-FM (91.3) in Athens, Ohio
- WOUC-FM (89.1) in Cambridge, Ohio
- WOUH-FM (91.9) in Chillicothe, Ohio
- WOUL-FM (89.1) in Ironton, Ohio
- WOUZ-FM (90.1) in Zanesville, Ohio