David Sosnowski
David J. Sosnowski
Biography

Born in Connecticut in 1952, composer and pianist David Sosnowski studied with Terrence Greenawalt, David Barnett, Alan Hovhaness, Gundaris Poné, Harry Dart, Earl Sauerwein, Irene Schneidemann and Howard Rovics, amongst other notables.

Sosnowski lives in the woods of a New England mountain, whence he heads the well known CodeBrain InterNET Group.

See the Wikipedia article here for more on David Sosnowski..

Contact
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Acknowledgements
Profound thanks to Gary Garritan, without whose brilliantly innovative work in sound technologies, the recordings on this site would not be possible.

A special thanks to Karen Kaczynski of Harwinton, CT, who diligently serves as the designated archivist for David Sosnowski's music.

Composers Forum
Many thanks to Northern Sounds and Gary Garritan,
who host The Listening Room; probably the largest and most active composers' forum on the internet. For those interested in open discussion and comment by writers, arrangers and producers, as well as candid responses by the composer, the links for threads concerning specific pieces are below:
Quarks

Sublime Delta

Kuiper's Trousers

The Discourse of Stars

The Emergence of Time

The Realization of Light

Lucifer and Gandhi

A Delectation of Woolgathering

A Woman of
Windswept Years


Ingredients in a Sauce

Beyond the
Event Horizon


A Glance at Evening

 


Music
Beyond the Event Horizon
For Violin & Symphony Orchestra
©2008 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
CD Album... [ BUY ]
A View to the North
Piano Improvisations
©2008 by David Sosnowski
A Glance at Evening
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Talking Back to Lightning
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Perseids
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
The First to Turn
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
The Emergence of Time
For Symphony Orchestra
©2006 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
The Discourse of Stars
For Symphony Orchestra
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
The Realization of Light
For Symphony Orchestra
With Jazz Trumpet and Piano
©2006 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (192/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
Lucifer and Gandhi
For Piano and Symphony Orchestra
©2006 by David Sosnowski
Conducted by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (192/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]

Conducted by Dan Kury
Recording: * Play (192/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Quarks
A Relativistic Romp for Symphony Orchestra
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
Online Animated Score... [ SEE ]
A Woman of Windswept Years
For Symphony Orchestra
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
Sublime Delta
Stochastic Fantasia No. 2
©2008 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Kuiper's Trousers
Stochastic Fantasia No. 1
©2008 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Ingredients in a Sauce
A Very Brief Suite for Woodwind Quintet
©2007 by David Sosnowski

I. Olive Oil
II. Basil
III. Garlic
IV. Onions
V. Tomatoes
Recording:* Play (256/Kbs) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
A Delectation of Woolgathering
For Symphony Orchestra
©2006 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (192Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Published Score... [ YES ]
Ruminations on Providence
For Piano and Symphony Orchestra
From South Mountain Sketchbook
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (192Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Ascension
For Symphony Orchestra
From South Mountain Sketchbook
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (128Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
The Departure of Rosa Parks
For Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (192Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Discomposure While At Prayer
For Symphony Orchestra
From South Mountain Sketchbook
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (128Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Catherine In Winter
For Chamber Orchestra
From South Mountain Sketchbook
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (128Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View  [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Weather Coming In
For Chamber Orchestra
From South Mountain Sketchbook
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (128Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Installer:** Download [ EXE ]
Three Gaseous Preludes for Piano
©2007-2008 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Published Score: [ YES ]
Online Animated Player... [ SEE ]
Piano Sonata #7 (Preview)
"And Light Upon Them"
©2003-2008 by David Sosnowski
Narrative: View [ SEE ]
Complete Sonata (All Movements)
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Individual Movements and Scores:
Movement #1 - 'Wilderness of Thought'
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Movement #2 - 'Diverging Principles'
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Movement #3 - 'Providence Speaks'
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Movement #4 - 'Celebrating Clarity'
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Movement #5 - 'Undiscovered Truths'
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
South Mountain
Orchestral Fantasia
©2005 by David Sosnowski
Recording:*  Play (32 Kb/s) [ WMA ]
Prelude No. 5 for Piano
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Recording:* soft pedal Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Prelude No. 17 for Piano
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Prelude No. 21 for Piano
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]
Prelude No. 27 for Piano
©2008 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ TBA ]
Prelude for Four Hands (Two Pianos)
©2007 by David Sosnowski
Recording:* Play (256Kb/s) [ MP3 ]
Score:* View [ PDF ]

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Copyrights, Licensing & Performance

Copyrights and General Use

All music, scores, and files on this site are protected by copyright.  ©2003-2008 by David Sosnowski, All Rights Reserved.  No musical or other content from this site may be copied, used, reproduced, or redistributed, in any way, without the composer's consent.  Downloaded material is strictly for personal use.

Licensing

David Sosnowski's music is available for licensing.  Contact the composer (below) concering fees and rates.

Performance

Those wishing to perform David Sosnowski's work should contact the composer (below).  Generally, no fees are charged for student, not-for-profit, or benefit performances, etc.  In many cases, scores and parts are available free of charge.

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Contact
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Notes
Note 1 *

Files with a single asterisk * may be downloaded.  Right-click over the link, and use Save Target As... from the browser context menu.

Note 2 **

Files marked with two asterisks ** are standard installers, which will install the mp3 file to your desktop and start>programs menu.  A standard uninstaller is included. Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista compatible.

Note that the installers contain only the mp3 file, and usually the pdf score.  There is no adware or other content of any kind in these downloads.

 
Mobile Users:

A specially formatted mp3 site of Mr. Sosnowski's music is now available for mobile users here.
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News
Improvisations
A brief series of piano improvisations, A View to the North, has been added.  These are studio rough cuts, unedited from the original recordings.

08.05-20.2008
Hosting
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08.05.2008
Newsletter
An opt-in newsletter is now
available.  This is sent only
to announce new music.
Subscribe at the bottom of
the center column, here.

11.19.2007
Beyond the
Event Horizon
The preview recording of
Beyond the Event Horizon
for violin and symphony orchestra is now available at left. The complete score and a downloadable installer have also been posted.

04.10.2008
Sublime Delta
The studio recording of Sublime Delta, another experimental algorithmic piece, is now available. This piece incorporates subliminal delta rhythms and other 
"brain wave" elements. A downloadable installer
 is also posted.

04.28.2008
Kuiper's Trousers
The studio recording of Kuiper's Trousers, an experimental algorithmic piece for piano, vibes, bells, mixed percussion, and strings, is now available at
left.  A downloadable
installer is now also posted.

04.22.2008
Garritan Releases
Steinway Grand Piano
Garritan has released the
first and only sampled piano
authorized and endorsed by Steinway & Sons... the legendary Steinway concert grand Model D. A stunning technical and musical achievement, it brings forth state-of-the art fidelity and unsurpassed realism.

All solo piano recordings on this site have been updated with the new Garritan instrument. This product is recommended and endorsed by David Sosnowski.

For more information visit the Garritan Steinway page.

03.31.2008
New Preview
The preview recording of
Quarks is now available at
left. The complete score
and a downloadable
installer are also now
available, with a new
feature, too -- an online
animated score.

11.28.2007
Free Jazz
Arranging Course
The new Garritan Online
Interactive version of 
Jazz legend Chuck Israels'
superb book, Exploring Jazz
Arranging
has been
announced. This free online
course is open to all.

This course is recommended and endorsed by David Sosnowski. For more information, click here.

11.19.2007
New Preview
The preview recording of
A Woman of Windswept
Years
is now available at
left. The complete score 
and a downloadable
installer are also now
posted.

05.12.2007
New Recording
The preview recording of 
The Discourse of Stars
is
now available at left. The complete score is also now
posted, as is a download of the installer.

02.12.2007
New Recording
The preview recording of
Ingredients in a Sauce, a
very brief suite for wood-
wind quintet, is now avail-
able at left. The complete
score is also posted.

10.19.2007
New Server Host
The DavidSosnowski.com
site has been moved to a
new hosting home to
improve performance.

01.15.2007
Update: Scores
All scores on this site now
come in downloadable and
printable .pdf format. For
those who prefer to defray the cost of self-printing,
commercial-quality, printed
and bound copies of more
recent scores are available
at very low cost here:
Scores.

01.04.2007
New Release
The preview release of The Emergence of Time is now available at left. The score and installer are also now posted.

12.27.2006
New Preview
The preview recording of A Delectation of Woolgathering is now available at left, as is the score and an installer.

09.26.2006
Free Orchestration Course
The "Garritan Interactive Principles Of Orchestration by Rimsky-Korsakov" is completely free, open to all. Garritan's superb online course includes real-time, playable scores of all excerpts from the venerable master's original work. In forum format, respected and experienced professionals Terry Dwyer, Andy Brick, and Alan Belkin moderate.

This course is recommended and endorsed by David Sosnowski. For more information, click here.

06.23.2006
New Release
The preliminary recording of The Realization of Light has been released. For symphony orchestra, it features Jazz trumpet and piano with the orchestra.

The score is also available, as is a downloadable installer.

05.26.2006

Dan Kury Conducts
It is a great pleasure to announce the addition of the recording of Lucifer and Gandhi by esteemed colleague Dan Kury.

His exemplary rendering of this difficult piece is now available at left.

04.08.2006