Complete Piano Works of Ernst Bacon

Below is a complete listing of Ernst Bacon's piano works. At present, most are still in manuscript form only. (Note that some of the pieces have duplicate names.)

TITLE TYPE LEVEL DESCRIPTION COLLECTION
Academic Procession, The solo      
After School solo beginner Six eighths pattern - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Afternoon Piece solo advanced beginner Fourths with melody - EB  
Air des Bouffons 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced beginner    
America solo beginner    
Ancestors solo beginner Menuet - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
And Now and Then 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Ape, The        
Armchair        
Asleep in the Hay solo beginner    
Autumn Woods solo beginner Melody by seconds and thirds - EB  
Auxerre   solo early intermediate A cathedral town in France, varied triple time in melody - EB Places  
Ballet solo advanced beginner Black against white - EB  
Banner at Daybreak, The solo advanced beginner Staccato chords in the left hand - EB  
Banner at Daybreak, The 1 piano / 4 hands advanced beginner Wherin two anthems combine in march time - EB  
Barnyard, The 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Basilisk, The 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Basse-Danse 2 pianos / 4 hands early intermediate    
Battle of Jericho, The 2 pianos / 4 hands very
advanced
A four hand extravaganza on a battle tune - EB
 
Bearwalla 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Bell Tower, The solo beginner Delayed bases - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Bells solo advanced intermediate    
Betrayal 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced beginner From the Appalachians, a melody in the pentatonic scale - EB  
Betrayal solo beginner    
Betty Anne 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Bird Talk 2 pianos / 4 hands early intermediate    
Bird-Gossip solo advanced beginner Staccati - EB  
Black Canyon, The solo advanced    
Blue Bells solo advanced beginner Alternating broken chords with melody - EB  
Blue of Heaven, The 1 piano / 4 hands      
Blue Pool, The solo intermediate From Butler's 'Erewhon', a study in off-beat melody and concealed sequences - EB  
Boisterous Fugue solo very
advanced
   
Boston Boy 1 piano / 4 hands early intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Boys' Choir, The solo beginner A ground - EB  
Br'er Rabbit solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Bransle 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Brave Volunteer, The 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Brawl 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Brown Maid, The solo beginner Based on an Irish folk tune  
Buffalo Skinners, The 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Bunker Hill solo beginner    
Burr Frolic, The 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced Title inexplicable, yet agreeably exasperating - EB  
Burro, The solo early intermediate    
Butzelmann, Der        
Cackling Hen 1 piano / 4 hands      
Camp Meeting solo beginner Crossing hands - EB  
Canaries 2 pianos / 4 hands early intermediate    
Canon solo advanced beginner    
Canon de Chelly, NM   solo early intermediate An imposing defile with ancient cliff dwellings - EB Places
Canonische Fugue solo advanced    
Canons on Names        
Captain Kidd solo advanced beginner    
Casey Jones        
Cat Asleep solo beginner    
Cathedral, The solo beginner Transition from counterpoint to accompanist melody - EB  
Cavaleer Dandsen solo advanced beginner Based on a Danish folk tune  
Cavatina solo beginner    
Chama River, NM, The 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Chasing Your Shadow 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Chez Hanon        
Child and Mother        
Child Asleep in the Hay solo beginner Off beat melody - EB  
Child Looking at the Mozart Haus in Salzburg solo      
Child's Goodnight, A solo beginner Crossing hands - EB  
Children 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Children's Tunes (The Zoo): Rabbit, Gazelle, Hippo, Anaconda, The Warthog, Chipmunk        
Chilhowee solo      
Chilly Waters solo intermediate    
Chilly Waters 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Chinquapin        
Chittenango 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Chucklehead, The solo intermediate A nonsense tune - EB  
Chucklehead, The 1 piano / 4 hands      
Climb, The solo intermediate Wherein a few triad uses are exemplified - EB  
Coal Scuttle Blues, The 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced Jazz, sophistically corned - EB  
Cold Blaws the Wind solo advanced beginner Based on a Scottish folk tune  
Colorado solo advanced    
Come In 1 piano / 4 hands advanced beginner   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Conversation solo beginner    
Cool Moon, The 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Cool Moon, The (a nocturne) solo      
Coon Hollow 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Copy Cat solo beginner    
Creede, CO solo advanced beginner Ghosts of a Roaring Past - EB   
Cripple Creek 1 piano / 4 hands advanced intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Crooghan A Venee solo advanced beginner Based on an Irish folk tune  
Cuckoo, The solo advanced beginner    
Cullowhee, NC solo intermediate    
Dandelions solo beginner    
Dawn 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Deep Valley solo beginner    
Degas and the Paris Opera Ballet solo advanced beginner  
Delirium of the City solo very
advanced
   
Deluge and Storm 2 pianos / 4 hands very
advanced
   
Devil's Kitchen, The 1 piano / 4 hands      
Dixie solo advanced beginner    
Dolly Asleep solo beginner    
Doodle-Bug solo beginner Grace notes - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Drip-drop Rain solo beginner    
Drum-Taps solo beginner Battle cry of freedom - EB  
Early Compositions: Theme and Variations, Prometheus, Etude No. II, Etude No. III, Etude No. IV, Etude No V, Eine Fantasia in 4 Theile, Barcarolle, Etude No. 1, Kanzone No. 3, Kanzone No. 2, Kanzone No. 1 in 3 Geilen, Kanzone No. 4, Canon in 4 voices solo   Earliest known works of the composer  
Early Contrapuntal Studies: Fugue 1, Fugue 2, Prelude, Fugue 3, Fugal Fantasy, Fugue for 2 Pianos solo      
Ellen's Dance solo      
Encounter        
Erewhon solo beginner Samuel Butler's Utopia, polychords and converging rhythms - EB  
Erie Canal, The 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Evening solo beginner Melody below  
Exercises        
Exhilaration solo beginner From G. P. Jackson spiritual folk songs of early America - EB  
Eyes Dim With Love solo early intermediate Based on an Austrian folk tune  
Falling Snow solo very
advanced
   
Featherpates 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Fenesta Vascia solo early intermediate Based on an Italian folk tune  
Finger-Lake Hills   solo beginner Suspensions - EB Places
First Time Skating solo beginner Fermati - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Flat Rock, NC solo advanced beginner    
Flat Rock, NC student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) early intermediate Folk melody against guitar-like accompaniment - EB  
Flibbertigibbet, The solo advanced beginner Based on a German folk tune  
Flight solo advanced    
Flitericks solo advanced beginner    
Flop-Eared Mule 1 piano / 4 hands advanced A duet for 4 hands, rhythmic irregularities witha braying 7th - EB  
Flop-Eared Mule solo advanced intermediate    
Fog solo advanced intermediate To be played while the poem is recited  
Fog Horn solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Fog Over Calais   solo advanced beginner   Places
Follow the Leader solo beginner    
Fording the Chama River   solo advanced beginner A tributary of the Rio Grande, alternating 3/4 and 6/8 with ostinato - EB Places
Four Notes: Doremifa, Doremido, Soladose, Famidore, Dosilasol, Dorefami, Solfaremi, Soladosido, Soladosila, Remisolfa, Dosisola, Lasolmifa solo beginner Twelve short teaching pieces based on a 4 note motive 
A solfegic cycle of pieces for beginners - EB
 
Fox and the Grapes        
Fox and the Hens, The solo advanced beginner From a German chirdren's song; can be narrated, if desired - EB  
Friends solo beginner    
From a Window in Graz (Austria) solo      
Fugue solo advanced    
Fugue solo      
Garry Owen 1 piano / 4 hands early intermediate    
Garufalia solo advanced beginner Based on a Greek folk tune  
Gaspe solo early intermediate The peninsula at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, a remnant of early French settlement - EB  
Gazing out the Window solo early intermediate    
Gentle Annie solo advanced beginner Based on a tune by Stephen Foster  
Gilligaloo, The solo      
Gillyaloo, The        
Gimcrack, The solo early intermediate Based on an American folk tune  
Girl Walking to School solo beginner    
Give and Take solo      
Gnaw Bone, Indiana   solo early intermediate Basso ostinato - EB Places
Go to Sleep, Little Child 1 piano / 4 hands early intermediate    
Gone Forever 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Goober Peas solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Goodbye to the Princess solo intermediate    
Grace solo beginner    
Grand Canyon        
Granite Boys solo      
Grave America, A solo beginner Root positions with archaic harmony - EB  
Gray Days solo advanced    
Gray Dreams solo advanced beginner Changing harmony on two notes - EB  
Gray Goose 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Ground 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate    
Ground, A student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) advanced beginner Wherein the 8 bars of the bass repeat throughout - EB  
Ground Hog solo intermediate    
Gunnison        
Gunnison River solo advanced    
Guraburg        
Gurahung solo      
Habanera solo advanced    
Hail Columbia solo advanced beginner    
Hancock Pond, NH solo beginner    
Hanon solo beginner    
Heavy Hangs the Sky solo early intermediate    
Hebrew Children solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Heidi solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Hell in Texas solo advanced    
Hell in Texas solo advanced    
Hesitation solo      
Honey Creek solo beginner    
Hopscotch solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Hornpipe 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
How Still the Bells 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Hunting Lost Dreams solo      
I Thank You for Your Love solo beginner Based on a Swedish folk tune  
Iceberg solo early intermediate    
Iceberg solo advanced beginner    
In a Hurry solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
In and Out of the Window solo advanced beginner    
In Hungary 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
In Summer's Mellow Midnight solo beginner Suspended melody, pentatonic scale - EB  
In the Dumps 2 pianos / 4 hands      
In Valleys Green and Still solo advanced beginner A tender waltz - EB  
Incantation solo beginner Based on a Rumanian folk tune  
Inversals 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
It is Raining 1 piano / 4 hands beginner    
J.E. Fry 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate    
Jalopy, The 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Jalopy, The student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) early intermediate    
Jalopy, The solo      
Jazzing Shadows, The solo very
advanced
a blues piece  
Jehovah's Rebuke 2 pianos / 4 hands early intermediate    
Jericho 1 piano / 4 hands      
Jockie and Jinnie 1 piano / 4 hands advanced beginner Can (but need not) be construed as He, She (A to B), He again, and Both, last 8 bars - EB  
Jocky Said to Jinnie 1 piano / 4 hands advanced beginner    
John Anderson, My Jo solo beginner Based on a Scottish folk tune  
Jollification student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Joshua Ebenezer Fry 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate    
Jota solo intermediate    
Jota 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Kankakee River 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced A two piano, mid-western stomp - EB  
Kansas Cowboy, A solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Kitten Waltz        
Klamath River solo advanced    
La Scillitana solo advanced beginner Based on an Italian folk tune  
Lake of Nesiedel, The solo      
Lavender Waltz solo advanced beginner    
Leather Britches 1 piano / 4 hands advanced intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Liberty Song, The solo advanced beginner    
Lingering Last Drops 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Lion and the Lamb, The        
Little Girl Walking to School solo beginner Left hand syncopations - EB  
Little Girl's Toys, A        
Little Things solo advanced beginner    
Lobo Girl of Devil's River, Texas solo very
advanced
   
Locomotive solo advanced    
Locomotive solo advanced Steam, D. and RB. narrow guage, Salida to Crede, CO - EB  
Lost Children solo beginner    
Lost Star solo advanced beginner Based on a Spanish folk tune  
Louse Creek 1 piano / 4 hands advanced    
Louse Creek solo advanced intermediate In a 'tobacco road' spirit - EB  
Lumkin County solo intermediate    
Maple Sugaring solo advanced beginner    
Melodious Sonnet solo beginner Chords added to melody - EB  
Menuet 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Mexican Hat 1 piano / 4 hands      
Mockingbird and the Crow        
Moon Over the Water        
Morning solo beginner Melodic decorations - EB  
Morsel        
Mother and Child student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner A melody with decoration above and below - EB  
Mother and Child solo advanced beginner    
Mother's Goodnight solo beginner Pedal use - EB  
Mozart Haus in Salzburg   solo intermediate   Places
Mt. Blanc solo intermediate Triad progressions - EB  
Mt. Blanc solo intermediate    
Muffin Man, The student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Musing        
My Evaline solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Nantahala, NC 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Napoleon Crossing the Alps solo intermediate    
Narcissus solo intermediate Wherein the left hand reflects the right in symmetric as well as pianistic inversion - EB  
Neusiedler See, The solo intermediate Between Austria and Hungary, a large lake, but nowhere beyond 4 feet in depth - EB   
New-Laid Snow, The solo beginner    
Nicasio Valley (Calif) 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Night at the Opera solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
No Cars        
Noble Skewball, The 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate A famous piebold (the melody on the black keys) - EB  
Nolichucky River solo advanced beginner    
None But the Righteous 1 piano / 4 hands advanced beginner A glorification - EB  
Now and Then        
Now This and That 1 piano / 4 hands      
Nuka solo advanced beginner    
Okefenoke 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Old Gray Goose, The student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner A game song - EB  
Old Gray Goose, The 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Old Gray Goose, The solo      
Old Paint solo      
Old Smokey 1 piano / 4 hands advanced    
Old Woman Who Went to Market, The solo advanced beginner    
Organ Grinder with Monkey 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Organ Grinder with Monkey solo advanced intermediate    
Organ, The solo beginner    
Overture & Prelude, Act I: Children's Dance 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Oyster River 1 piano / 4 hands advanced intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Ozark Story, An solo advanced    
Papa and Mama solo beginner A canon - EB  
Paper of Pins, A student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Parting        
Pentatone        
Petticoat Slide, TN   solo intermediate Places
Pico Perdido, Spain      
Pigtown Fling, The solo advanced    
Pilgrim Hymn solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Pipe Organ, The solo beginner    
Places on the Map solo beginner Shifting tonalities - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Poor Land 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Poor Rosie solo intermediate Source: Slave songs on the U.S, Peter Smith, N.Y.  
Poor Rosy solo advanced beginner Source: Slave songs on the U.S, Peter Smith, N.Y.  
Prairies From a Far, The solo      
Pray On solo advanced beginner Source: Slave songs on the U.S, Peter Smith, N.Y.  
Prelude student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner Simple rhythms in 4/4 time - EB  
Prelude solo early beginner    
Prelude and Slow Waltz        
Pretty Little Horsey 1 piano / 4 hands      
Pretty Milkmaid solo early intermediate    
Pretty Saro solo advanced beginner    
Puddles solo beginner    
Puppytown 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate    
Puppytown 1 piano / 4 hands advanced    
Puppytown solo advanced beginner Syncopation accompaniment - EB  
Putman's Hill solo advanced beginner Based on an American folk tune  
Ragged Rascal, The solo advanced A ground - EB  
Rain Dripping Off the Roof 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Rain Forest, The solo early intermediate Canon in 8 tone scale - EB  
Reel of Tullochgorum, The solo advanced beginner Based on a Scottish folk tune  
Reuben solo intermediate    
Revery 1 piano / 4 hands advanced beginner    
Rills solo intermediate    
Riolama solo beginner A study in minor triads; ostinato of 4 chords; Birthplace of Rima of 'Green Mansions' (W.H. Hudson) - EB  
Riolama, Venez 2 pianos / 4 hands      
River Queen, The 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate A two piano elegy on Abraham Lincoln's presidential yacht  
Road, The 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Rolling Years, The solo intermediate    
Rose Tree, The solo beginner Legato against staccato - EB  
Ruidoso, New Mexico        
Ruminato solo intermediate    
Rumptifusel, The solo beginner    
Ruptifusit, The        
Ruwenzori   solo advanced beginner or Mountains of the Moon in Africa - EB Places
Sacred Harp, The solo advanced beginner    
Sad Betrayal student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Sad Betrayal solo advanced beginner Based on an English folk tune  
Saint Albans student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Saint Patrick's Day solo advanced beginner    
Salem, Mass 2 pianos / 4 hands    
Saluda, N.C.        
Same Destination, The 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Sandy Mush solo advanced intermediate    
Santa Fe Fandango solo advanced In the Pyrenees - EB  
Sarabande 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced beginner    
Sarvis Mountain solo advanced beginner Melody with varying rhythms - EB  
Sassafras 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Schlummerlied        
School solo beginner Melodic imitations - EB  
School Day, A        
Second Time Skating solo beginner    
Seldom Seen Hollow solo beginner Melody in both left and right hands - EB  
Serpents 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Shamus O'Brien 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Shepherd Maid solo advanced beginner Based on a French folk tune  
Short Piano Cycle (Evening): Prelude, Wind in the Trees, The Organ, Evening, The Boys' Choir solo      
Sleep Song 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced beginner A berceuse - EB  
Sleepy River 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Slumber Song solo beginner Based on a tune by Carl Maria Von Weber  
Snake in the Grass solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
So Still        
So Still "Mary" solo      
Soft Air solo advanced beginner    
Soldiers on the March solo early intermediate Based on a German folk tune  
Sombrero solo intermediate    
Sonata solo      
Song After the Rain        
Song of a Summer Eve solo early intermediate    
Sorcery, A solo advanced beginner Based on a Swedish folk tune  
Sorrow solo beginner    
Sourwood Hens 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Sparrows solo advanced beginner Black against white keys - EB  
Speculations solo advanced beginner Canon in 6 tone scale - EB  
Spire at Hancock, NH, The 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Spring Prairie, Wis solo      
Squonk, The        
Star-Spangled Banner, The solo advanced beginner    
Stitching Tune        
Stony Lonesome solo beginner Appalachian-type tune - EB  
Stroll, A        
Study, A        
Sugar Lump student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner A rhythmic piece - EB  
Sugarlump student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Sugarlump solo      
Sunday solo beginner   It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Swamp and Meadow solo intermediate    
Swannanoah 1 piano / 4 hands early intermediate   The Hootnanny - Summy Birchard Inc. 1995
Sweet Tones solo early intermediate    
Symphony Number 1 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Symphony Number 2 2 pianos / 4 hands      
Tarantella 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Tender Hands 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Thames by Night, The solo      
The Pusta solo      
Thepusta        
Thing, The 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Thinking solo beginner    
Those Damned Foreigners solo very
advanced
   
Three Fables: The Nightingale and the Crow, The Lion and the Lamb, The Fox and the Grapes solo beginner    
To Pass the Time solo   For right hand alone  
To the Children 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced intermediate    
Tortuga, West Indies solo advanced The pirate stronghold - EB  
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp solo beginner    
Uncompaghre student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Uncompaghre 2 pianos / 4 hands intermediate    
Uncompaghre 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate A great Colorado mountain - EB  
Untitled solo      
Upright Man, The        
Vilulia 1 piano / 4 hands intermediate    
Violin, The solo beginner Two against one - EB  
Vogelein, Das solo beginner German child melody - EB  
Volunteer, The 1 piano / 4 hands      
Wake Up 1 piano / 4 hands      
Waltz solo      
Wastin' Time 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced A quasi-jazz frivolity - EB  
Way Back 2 pianos / 4 hands early intermediate    
Weary Hut student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner    
Western Habanera, A solo advanced    
When Johnnie Comes Marching Home solo advanced beginner    
White Church, The student and teacher duet (1 piano / 4 hands) beginner A chorale - EB  
White Church, The solo beginner Two part chorale - EB  
White Marsh 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
White Window, The solo advanced beginner    
Wild Horse 2 pianos / 4 hands advanced    
Wind in the Trees solo beginner    
Wisconsin Frog Pond solo advanced beginner    
Woodchuck solo beginner    
Wounded Bird solo beginner Alternating figures - EB It's a Kid's World, Summy-Birchard
1992
Yankee Doodle solo advanced beginner    
Yemassee River (South Carolina) solo intermediate   Places