Miriam Gideon (23 October 1906 - 18 June 1996) was an American composer. She studied organ with her uncle Henry Gideon and piano with Felix Fox. She also studied with Martin Bernstein, Marion Bauer, Charles Haubiel, and Jacques Pillois. She studied harmony, counterpoint, and composition with Lazare Saminsky and at his suggestion also composition with Roger Sessions after which she abandoned tonality and wrote in a freely atonal or extended post-tonal style (Hisama 2001, pp. 6-7).
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Adonai Malakh (Psalm 93)
Ma tovu
The Hound of Heaven
Piano Suite No. 3
Böhmischer Krystall
Suite for Clarinet and Piano: I. Allegro
Altered Steps to Altered States: Hesitating Seconds
The Shooting Starres Attend Thee: IV. Interlude
The Shooting Starres Attend Thee: V. Around my Neck an Amulet
Altered Steps to Altered States: Stretching Fifths
The Shooting Starres Attend Thee: IV. Know, Celia, Since Thou Art So Proud
Altered Steps to Altered States: Sliding Thirds
Altered Steps to Altered States: Insistent Fourths
Eclogue for Flute and Piano: I. Lively and singing
Eclogue for Flute and Piano: II. Andantino
Suite for Clarinet and Piano: II. Moderato
Lockung
Vergiftet Sind Meine Lieder
The Shooting Starres Attend Thee: II. Give Me More Love, or More Disdaine
The Shooting Starres Attend Thee: I. The Shooting Starres Attend Thee
Mixco
Creature to Creature: I. The Fly
Creature to Creature: II. Spider
Creature to Creature: III. Snake
Creature to Creature: IV. Firefly
Creature to Creature: V. Hoot-owl
Suite for Clarinet and Piano: III. Allegretto
Altered Steps to Altered States: Everything at Sixes and at Sevens
Leise Zieht Durch Mein Gemüt
Altered Steps to Altered States: Wounded Octaves
She Weeps Over Rahoon
Of Shadows Numberless
Sonata for Cello and Piano: I. Agitato ma non troppo vivo
Steeds of Darkness: II. Rather fast
Four Epitaphs: IV. Monody on a Lady Famed for Her Caprice
Four Epitaphs: I. Epitaph for a Wag in Mauchline
The Too-Late Born
Rhymes From The Hill: III. Die Korfsche Uhr
The Resounding Lyre: I. Mutterbildnis
The Resounding Lyre: III. Halleluja
Poet to Poet: III. Ave atque vale (In Memory of Charles Baudelaire)
Steeds of Darkness: I. Moderato
Creature to Creature: VI. Interlude
Creature to Creature: VII. L'Envoi
Four Epitaphs: II. Epitaph on Wee Johnie
Four Epitaphs: III. Epitaph on the Author
Rhymes From The Hill: I. Bundeslied der Galgenbrueder
Rhymes From The Hill: II. Galgenkindes Wiegenlied
Rhymes From The Hill: IV. Palmstroems Uhr
Spirit Above The Dust: V. Black Boy
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