Peter Elyakim Taussig

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Vocal and stage compositions
  • About..  Eve of Life - Oratorio (2009) (from The Celestial Choir)
The biblical story of the Garden of Eden put on its head. In this version based on the Gnostic Gospels, God is evil, Eve is the daughter of Pure Spirit, bestowing life and consciousness on Adam, and the snake is her wise messanger.
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  • About..  Fibonacci - or the Language of the Gods - Opera (2009) (from The Math Lecture, Act 1)
A contemporary  opera about mathematics, derived from the the Fibonacci Series, a number series that mysteriously shows up evrywhere in Nature. What happens when the deepest secret of the Universe is uploaded to the Internet disguised as music? Why is the FBI trying to kill the mathematician who discovered it? Why does the goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom, decide to descend from Mount Olympus and intervene?
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  • Associated Press - Song cycle (2000)
AP news bulletins culled from newspapers are treated as poetry in this eclectic song cycle, for voice and electronic backup.

  • Catatonics - Video opera (1990)
A selection of the 1991 Montreal International Film Festival's experimental video showcase, and the Images Video Festival in Toronto. An opera about a stock broker who becomes obsessed with a mysterious mentally ill woman who sits every day on a park bench outside his financial district office. A dark past that connects them is revealed. The work uses improvised sing-songing by the actors which is later manipulated, harmonized, and orchestrated.
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Instrumental works
  • "Fragments" - String quartet #2 (2007) (unpublished)
  • String quartet #1 (2005) (unpublished)
  • Braithwaite's Original Brass Band - for Narrator, synthesizer and symphony orchestra (1989)
A Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra commision, premiered at the Young People Series by the composer.

  • Cabaret Suite - Concert paraphrases for piano (1983) Listen
A CBC commision premiered at Hart House, University of Toronto, by the composer.




Electronic compositions
  • Film Without Pictures - Electronic Suite (1991)
  • Songs and Dances from the Interior - Dance suite (1991)
Commissioned by choreographer Peter Chin, premiered at Kingston, Jamaica, National Gallery
  • Child of Memories - Dance suite (1990)
  • Icicle of Fire - Electro-acoustic album (1988)


Music for film and video
  • Music for video projects of Peter Elyakim Taussig
    • Art Angel (2008)  Listen
    • The Four Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Air (1987)     (A  series of four half-hour meditative music videos)
  • Music for other filmmaker's projects:
    • Mold Grows On Baby (Shalhevet Goldhar 1987)
    • The Musician (Johnny Amithay 1988) - (Sesame Street)
    • Yoga in the Workplace (Kripalu Center 1993)
    • Pain Release (Kripalu Center 1994)
    • Still Life (Shalhevet Goldhar 1996)

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