Don Robertson
Publications, Videos and Recordings
Books by Don Robertson
- Tabla – A Rhythmic Introduction to Indian Music (1968 – Peer Southern Music Corp) read the flipbook
- Kosmon (1970 – Earth Media)
- Scriabin (c.1979) unfinished
- Accessing Transport Networks: MPTN and Anynet Solutions (1996 – McGraw-Hill)
- Denver’s Street Railways, Volume 1: 1871-1900 (1999, with Morris Cafky and Ed Haley – Sundance Publications)
- Denver’s Street Railways, Volume 2: 1901-1950 (2004, with Ed Haley – Sundance Publications)
- Denver’s Street Railways, Volume 3: The Interurbans (2010, with Kenton Forrest – Colorado Railroad Museum)
- Songwriting for Dummies [contributions to the 1st edition] (2002 – Wiley Publishing)
- Music Through the Centuries (2005 – DoveSong.com)
- The Scale: Our Musical Inheritance from Nature (2010 – Amazon.com) read the flipbook
- Ripples in Time: Collected Poems (2014 – Amazon.com) read the flipbook
Published Articles by Don Robertson
“The Lost Art of Listening to Music” (Sonflower Magazine, May 1980)
“OSI – Boondoggle or Network Standards of the Future?” (IBM Internet Journal, February, 1993)
“ATM – Technology for Tomorrow” (Stacks – The Network Journal, August, 1993)
“Multiprotocol Transport Networking – A Boon for the Enterprise Network” (Stacks – IBM Internet Journal, February, 1994)
Short Stories by Don Robertson
- The Hare and the Toad (1985)
- Immaculate Journey (c.1992)
- Breakfast at Barky’s (1996)
- Goin’ Home (2005)
- Ole Ted (2010)
Known Books That Include References to Don Robertson
- “New Sounds” by John Schaefer
- “Le son des vibrations” by Emmanuel Comte (2015 – Editions Dangles)
Interviews with Don Robertson
- Ben Kettlewell Interview – National Public Radio (c.1988)
- Diego Oscar Ramos – First Interview (2004)
- Diego Oscar Ramos – Second Interview (2009)
- Dustin Mahrt – Interview (2020)
Music Albums by Don Robertson
All of Don Robertson’s albums may be listened to here
Classical Music
- Anthem – Digital Symphony No. 1 (1981-1986)
- Starmusic – Digital Symphony No. 2 (1982, 1998)
- Celestial Voyager – Digital Symphony No. 3 (1984-1986)
- Alpine Symphony – Digital Symphony No. 4 (1999)
- Poème – Digital Symphony No. 5 (2001)
- Yo Ki – Digital Symphony No. 6 (2001)
- Inroads – Digital Symphony No. 7 (2003)
- Aum – Digital Symphony No. 8 (2001, 2009)
- The Southern Wind String Quartet (performed by the Futureman Digital Orchestra)
- The Jubilation Mass – Instrumental Version
Popular Music
- Resurrection (1981)
- Spring (1983)
- Castles in the Sun (1986, 2018)
- Keys (1999)
- Favorites (1999)
- Take My Hand (2008)
New Age Music
- Dawn (1969) (Re-released in 2003 on vinyl and on CD by Akarma Records, a division of Comet Records in Italy)
- Celestial Ascent (1980) (Re-released in 2015 on vinyl and digital by Black Sweat Records in Italy)
Classical Music Compositions by Don Robertson
- “Hungarian Dance” for orchestra (1963)
- “Pulque” for orchestra (1963)
- “Moments avant de partir” for orchestra (1963). Performed by the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal (1963)
- “Prelude” for piano (c.1963). Featured in the album Keys by Don Robertson
- “Three Variations for Two Clarinets” (1966)
- “A Dream” for signal generator, percussion, piano and celeste (1966)
- “Babar” for piano, percussion and narrator (1966)
- “The Yin and Yang Quintet” (1966). Partially performed in class, Juilliard School of Music.
- “Murchana” for chamber ensemble (1967)
- “Card Music” for chamber ensemble (1967). Performed in class, Juilliard School of Music.
- “Five Piano Pieces” (1967)
- “Two Piano Pieces” (1967)
- “Glissandi” for String Quartet (1967). Performed in class, Juilliard School of Music.
- “MU” for horn and piano (1967). Premiered 1967 in the Juilliard School of Music auditorium
- “Music for Clarinet and Piano” (1967)
- “Constructions” for flute, guitar and contrabass (1967). Premiered 1967 by Bertram Turetzky Ensemble (distinguished emeritus professor of music at the University of California, San Diego)
- “Two Duocord Piano Pieces” for piano (1967-8)
- “Duochord Piece” for piano (1968)
- “Duochord Sonata” for solo violin (1968)
- “Piano Fantasy” for piano (1976). Recorded in 1999 for the album Keys by Don Robertson.
- Prelude – “First Breath of Spring”
- “Kopavi” Ballet for orchestra and chorus (1993)
- “Southern Wind String Quartet” (1996-2001). Performance of first movement in Nashville – 2014
- “Three Sacred Songs” for choir and piano (2003)
- “Sequence” for orchestra (2004)
- “One” for orchestra (unfinished)
- The Jubilation Mass for chorus and orchestra (2004-2007) website
- “The Quest” opera (in progress)
Songs by Don Robertson
Don Robertson’s songs may be listened to here
- “Tete du faun” (1965)
- “Cup of Wine” [words – Tom Bernath] (1967)
- “Look to Me” [words – Tom Bernath] (1967)
- “Untitled 1” (1967) No Words
- “Untitled 2” (1967) No Words
- “Ballad of A Young Girl” [words – Tom Bernath] (1967)
- “Natural Trip” [words – G. Severin] (1967)
- “Pipe Dream” (1967)
- “Heavy Trip” (1969)
- “Dawn II” (1969)
- “I Can See I’m Not Understood” (1969)
- “Joy” (1969)
- “Dew” (1980s). Instrumental song featured in album Keys, by Don Robertson
- “Melissa” Instrumental song featured in album Castles in the Sun, by Don Robertson (1980s)
- “Romance” (1980s). Instrumental song featured in album Keys, by Don Robertson
- “Mary Ellen” (1999)
- “Wise Man from the East” Sacred song for piano and choir
- “Praise the Lord” Sacred song for piano and choir with optional oboe (2003)
- “I Was There all the Time” Sacred song for piano and choir
- “Turning Today into Tomorrow” (2004)
- “My Proud Soldier” [with Toni Staples] (2004)
- “Holy Family” (2004)
- “No Room at the Inn (2004)
- “What Was Eden Like? (Before it Went All Wrong)” (c.2004)
- “Places She’s Never Been” [with Doak Turner, Paul Harbin and Dian Wakinshaw] (2004). Recorded by Brinn Black in 2008
- “The Sun Will Always Shine” [words – Beth Eames] (2004)
- “Via Della Rosa” (2004)
- “Forever and Always” [words – Beth Eames] (2005). From album Take My Hand by Don Robertson
- “Just as You Are” (2005). From album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “Caroline” (2005). From album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “You’re Everything to Me” [words – Beth Eames] (2005). Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “Forever’s Just a Dance” [words – Beth Eames] (2005)
- “The Girl You Left Behind” [by Jesse McRae, with Don Robertson] (2006)
- “Completely” [words – Beth Eames] (2006) Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “Eternally” [words – Beth Eames] (2006) Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “Take My Hand” [with Ashley Owen and Mary Ellen Bickford] (2007) Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “Someday” (2007). Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “Stay” (2008). Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “How Can I Love You More?” [with Ashley Owen] (2008) Featured in the album Take My Hand, by Don Robertson
- “If You Call My Name” (2008)
- Evening Climbing Ladders” (2016)
Don Robertson’s Videos
- “Zurich Trolley Ride 1999” (2006)
- “Nashville Summer Grammy Party” (2009)
- “13th Century Music Performed in la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris” (2009)
- “The Summer NAMM Show in Nashville” (2010)
- “Nawpak in Paris 2009” (2010)
- “Mitch Miller – Meet Mister Callaghan” (2010)
- “America’s Endangered Wetlands” (2010)
- “The Music City Flood – Nashville 2010” (2010)
- “Sortie for a Sunday Mass Improvised by Thierry Escaich” (2010)
- “Groupe Cenizas in the Chatelet Metro Station in 2009” (2009)
- ”Nashville Music History – The Famous 3rd Sunday Party” (2010)
- “Strong Enough” (2011)
- “Tony Bennett sings Hank Williams’ song ‘Cold, Cold Heart’” – 1951 (2011)
- “Mississippi Millie with the Superbad String Band at ‘The Tent’” (2013)
- “Razorblade’s Story – Clarksdale, Mississippi” (2013)
- “The Mauldin Brothers’ Garden” (2013)
- “Alive From Nashville Presents: Sloco” (2015)
- “The Mauldin Brothers – Saving the Bees” (2015)
- “Pourquoi la vie est-elle comme ça ?” (2015)
- “DoveSong Unveiled – Spring 1997” (2016)
- “A Conversation About Films” (2016)
- “Wade in the Moment” [with the late Paris Delane] (2016)
- “Sory Diabate and Friends in Nashville” (2016)
- “Train to Neuschwanstein 1999” (2017)
- “Finding Wagner” [filmed in Europe 1999] (2017)
- “A Tribute to Maurice Duruflé” (2017)
- “Sous le ciel de Paris” (2017)
- “A Ukrainian Band in the Chatelet Metro Station, Paris in 2009” (2017)
- “Fête de la Musique in Belleville, Paris 2009” (2017)
- “Kodály Zoltán – Adventi ének” (2018)
- “Music in the Notre Dame Cathedral 2009” (2019)
- “The Dustin Mahrt Interview” (6 parts) (2020-2021)
- “Don Robertson in His Music Studio in 1984” (2021)
- “Christmas Afternoon 1984 with Don Robertson” (2021)
- “Christmas 1992 – Don Robertson’s Family” (2022)
Videos with Don Robertson's Music
Classical Music
- “Kyrie” excerpt from The Jubilation Mass (2009)
- “Southern Wind String Quartet 1st Movement March 2, 2014” [Performance in Nashville] (2014)
- “Excerpts from Kopavi” (2016)
- “Thrushes in the Moonlight” (2021)
Popular Music
- “’Dance’ from Spring” (2010)
- “Nature Boy” Don Robertson-sitar, Jack Sheldon-Trumpet, Don Sebeski-arranger 1968 (2011)
- “The Contrasts – On Green Dolphin Street 1965” (2012)
- “Castles in the Sun” (2015)
- “Dawn II” (Audio recorded in 1969) (2016)
- “Heavy Trip” (2016)
- “Evening Climbing Ladders” (2016)
- “Master Plan, by Door Frame” (2016)
- “Django’s Nuages” (2019)
- “Dreaming of the Tennessee River” (2019)
- “I Was There All the Time” (2021)
- “Praise the Lord” (2021)
- “The Wise Man from the East” (2021)
Ambient Music (New Age)
- “Dew” video by Mary Ellen Bickford (2009)
- “Le Calme et l’Océan” (2010)
- “Piano Improvisation Good Friday” (2015)
- “Bicycles” (2015)
- “Le jardin enchanté” (2016)
- “Concert Dec 7, 1981 – San Rafael, Ca” (2016)
- “Cry of Infinity” (2016)
- “Shower of Nector – 1980” Steve Coughlin and Don Robertson (Zyther) (2016)
- “Misty Interlude” (2016)