Reply To: Do you know melodica original compositions?
Sounds like a great project André – is it personal research or are you doing it as part of a course, or with an institution?
Terry Riley wrote a piece for melodica. I can put you in touch if you like.
There’s Nathan De Broize-King’s MA (2018) on melodica, which is I believe the first academic writing on the instrument. Some advanced compositions in it explore extended techniques.
I have some beginner compositions on my Melodica Lessons book. But most of my melodica pieces were composed and recorded for TV, with no published score. And a set was composed and performed as part of my course at Trinity Laban, again with no published scores.
I don’t think you’ll find a canon for melodica, but interested to see what you come up with…