Principal compositions •
Four Short Pieces for Piano (1955) •
Chaconne Variations for Orchestra (MFA thesis, 1956) •
Essay for Orchestra (1957) •
Refrains, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, celeste (1967) •
Six Compositions for Piano (1968) • String Quartet (PhD thesis, 1969) •
Plus ça change, string orchestra and percussion (1971) •
PRIM Cycles, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello (1972) •
Sound Play, solo violin (1974) •
Mixed Modes, bass clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, piano (ISCM-NYSCA commission) (1975) • ''For Suite's Sake'', harpsichord (for Fred Hammond) (1975) •
Inward & Outward Bound, chamber orchestra (1975) •
String Trio (1976) •
Plein Chant, solo alto flute (for Anahid Nazarian) (1977) •
EbbTide, two vibraphones (1977) •
Two Emily Dickinson Choruses for Donn Weiss and the UCLA Madrigal Singers (1977) •
"...the supple suitor...", song cycle, Emily Dickinson texts; mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, violoncello, harpsichord/piano, vibraphone/bells (NEA commission) (1978) •
"...the sky...", SSA and piano;
E. E. Cummings' texts for Robert Tusler and the UCLA Women's Choral Society (1978) •
De Amore, mini-opera based on love texts from the 12th to the 20th century, 4 female, 4 male speaker-singers, viola, guitar, harp, contrabass, slides Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, Italy and MacDowell Colony Residencies (April, May 1980) •
Media Speak, theater piece about nuclear technology, 9 speakers, tape, saxophone, masks and slides –
Millay Colony for the Arts (1981) •
N.B. Suite, flutes, contrabass – UCLA College of Fine Arts commission; for Nancy and Bertram Turetzky (1982) •
At the piano, solo piano – written for
Gloria Cheng (1982) •
"...to piety more prone...", theater piece, 4 women readers, 4-track tape collage (1982) •
Anonymous was a woman, 4-track tape collage, for dancer Annamaura Silverblatt (1984) •
Still Life :CPEBS, jazz baritone saxophone, vibraphone – for Carl Pritzkat (1984) •
On the way to becoming, 4-track tape collage on original text (1985) •
Past is part of, 4-track tape collage on original text (1985) •
3 Rhapsodies, flutes, clarinet – for Catherine Schieve and Robert Paredes (1986) •
OutBack, 4-track tape collage – for Peggy Circerska and 2 dancers (1987) •
Anything Goes – in memoriam
Abraham Schwadron; 4-track tape collage (1987) •
Encore for Javanese gamelan (1988) •
"...out of the air...", basset horn, tape – written for
Georgina Dobrée (1989) •
To Whom It May Concern #2 4-track tape collage; textline by
Benjamin Boretz (1989) •
Legong Dreams, solo oboe (1990) •
Social Contracts, theater piece, texts, five improvising players (1990) •
Exploring the Rigors of In Between & Coming Apart at the Seams, flute, French horn, violin, viola, violoncello (Southern California Music Librarians Association commission) (1991) •
Kotekan Jam, conceived for the University of Oregon's Pacific Rim Balinese Gamelan (1991) •
continuous, texts designed to stimulate interactive music-making (1992) •
Gamelange, harp, mixed gamelan, hand percussion – written for Sue DeVale and the UCLA New Music Gamelan Band (1993) • ''"...for my friends' pleasure..."'', harp and soprano – written for Sue DeVale and Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy, texts by
Sappho, Sue DeVale,
bell hooks, Santal girl,
Emily Dickinson (1995) •
Touching all Bases/Di Mana-mana, collaboratively composed with I Nyoman Wenten for Basso Bongo & Gamelan; Meet the Composer Commission (1996) •
Lagu Kapal Kuning (Song of the Yellow Boat) for Balinese gamelan
angklung (1996) •
Poem for Tom Lee and the UCLA Symphonic Wind & Percussion Ensemble (1999) •
Song for Sarah solo violin – written for and with Mark Menzies (2001) •
Ode, 16 woodwinds and percussion (2001–02) •
Ballade, solo violoncello and voice (2002–04) •
Tambellan Suite for Ron George and his Tambellan (2003–04) •
Warna/Colors for Balinese and Javanese Gamelan, in memoriam
Leonard Stein (2003) •
Purnama, Cut Short, Step by Step, From the Abbeys, MIDI pieces (2004) • ''Faygele's Footsteps'', MIDI dulcimer, sitar, gamelan, harp, piano (2005) •
Inti Sari for Loyola Marymount's gamelan angklung (2005) •
Easy Pieces for Harp for Sue Carole DeVale (2005–06) •
Piano Suite [Prelude, Umbrella Steps, Sara's Dance, When the Wind Blows] (2007) •
5 Little Machine Pieces [Barely There, Whorl, IF, ShadowPlay, Ending] (2007–08) •
Violin Duo & 3 Little Violin Duets (2007) •
6 Pieces for Piano (2008) •
XTET: Last Dance for Milton, MIDI pianos, celesta, harpsichord, organ, drum set – for the
Open Space/
Perspectives of New Music Milton Babbitt Memorial CD (2011) •
Fidl Trio (+1) (in memoriam Paul Des Marais), 2 violins, contrabass + (2012) Publishers: Mobart Music; Association for the Promotion of New Music; American Gamelan Institute; Yelton-Rhodes Music
Recordings: cassettes, CDs, videos •
String Quartet,
Composers Recordings, Inc./
New World Records, NWCRL 338 (American Composers Alliance Recording Award, 1974). •
Two Dickinson Choruses, Composers Recordings, Inc./New World Records, NWCRL 482. •
Plein Chant, Composers Recordings, Inc./New World Records, NWCRL 513. Participant on two Interplay tape cassettes: #10 & #32. •
5 Tape Collage Pieces, Anonymous was a Woman, on the way to becoming, past is part of, Out Back, & To Whom it May Concern #2, Open Space CD 3. •
ee2: A Sound Album: Sounds Words Music Collages by Elaine Barkin, Tildy Bayar, Renee Coulombe, and collaborators, Open Space CD 12. •
Electronic, Instrumental and Vocal Music by Elaine Barkin, Emma Carle, Judith Exley, Mara Helmuth, Open Space CD 16. •
4 MIDI Pieces on JK Randall 3-CD set, Open Space CD 21. •
Elaine Barkin: Blanc, MIDI Suite, Violin Duo; Dorota Czerner, reading her own poetry, Open Space CD 24. • ''Song for Sarah, XTET, Aria for harp, ERB for AVB's 65th''; poetry of / read by Dorota Czerner; music of
Benjamin Boretz, Open Space CD 29. •
New Music in Bali (a video featuring rehearsals and performances of music of 3 Balinese composers, edited by ERB & Grace M) (1993) •
New Music in Bali; cassette with music of 3 Balinese Composers, produced by Elaine Barkin and Linda Burman-Hall, (UC Pacific Rim Grant) (1994). •
I Wayan Ssuweca: "It All Comes from Inside", Balinese Master Musician (a video edited by ERB & Grace M) (1994)
Books and articles •
File: a collection (texts, photos, graphics by Elaine Barkin, JK Randall, Robert Paredes, Jane Coppock, Benjamin Boretz), 1987. •
e : an anthology : music texts & graphics (1975–1995) (endpaper by Benjamin Boretz), Open Space, 1997. •
Audible Traces: gender, identity and music. Edited by Elaine Barkin & Lydia Hammesley. Carciofoli Press, 1999. • ''e2 : an anthology : music texts & graphics 1980–2020] : 'Are we nearly there?''', edited by
Mark So, Open Space, 2020. Barkin has published reviews, analyses, speculative texts, interviews, commentaries, and graphics in
Perspectives of New Music,
The Musical Quarterly,
Music Review,
Contemporary Music Newsletter,
Journal of Music Theory,
Balungan,
Journal of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute,
American Music,
Grove Dictionary of American Music and
Grove Online,
Sonus,
Intercultural Music,
News of Music,
G.E.M.S. Online Journal, the
Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, and
The Open Space Magazine. ==References==