The Works for Marimba Composed by Keiko Abe
  Title Year  Composed Premier  Year/Place Premier Performer Publisher
1 Frog 1958 1964 Tokyo Keiko Abe Studio 4 Productions
2 Michi 1978 1979 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Music for Percussion
3 Variations on Japanese Children's Songs 1982 1982 Austria Keiko Abe Yamaha Music Foundation-Schott
4 Dream of the Cherry Blossoms 1984 1984 Germany Keiko Abe Zimmermann
5 Sea of Galilee for Six Mallets 1984 1984 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
6 Wind in the Bamboo Grove  1984 1984 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Schott
7 Ancient Vase 1986 1986 Germany Keiko Abe Schott
8 Memories of the Seashore 1986 1986 Poland Keiko Abe Schott
9 Prism ~for Solo Marimba~ 1986 1986 Poland Keiko Abe Xebec
10 Little Windows 1986 1986 Poland Keiko Abe Schott
11 Memories of the Seashore Ⅱ ~for Two Marimbas~ 1988 1988 Canada Keiko Abe/Angela Knight Schott
12 Conversation in the Forest I ~for Solo Marimba and 3
Percussionists~
1988 1988 Tokyo Keiko Abe/Michigan Percussion Ensemble Xebec
13 In Praise of Nature ~for Marimba and Tape~ 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
14 Sylvan Stanzas ~Mountain Stanzas~ 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
15 From the far side of Earth ~for Marimba and Tape~ 1990 1990  Tokyo Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
16 Prism ~for Two Marimbas~ 1992 1992 Osaka Keiko Abe/Kuniko Ueda Xebec
17 Voice of Matsuri Drums 1992 1992 Sweden Keiko Abe Xebec
18 Wind Across Mountains ~for Six Mallets~ 1992 1992 Tokyo Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
19 Wind Across Mountains ~for Solo Marimba~ 1992 1992 Tokyo Keiko Abe Xebec
20 Conversation in the Forest II ~for Marimba, Oboe and 2
Percussionists~ 
1993 1993 U.S.A. Keiko Abe/Michigan Chamber Players  Unpublished manuscript
21 Wind Sketch ~for Solo Marimba~ 1993 1993 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Xebec
22 Itsuki Fantasy for Six Mallets 1993 1993 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Xebec
23 Ban-ka ~for Solo Marimba~ 1993 1993 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
24 Tambourin Paraphrase ~for Solo Marimba~ 1993 1993 Osaka Keiko Abe Xebec
25 Ban-ka ~for 4 Players~ 1994 1994 Tokyo Keiko Abe/ D.Samuels/ P.McCandless/ G.Cronkhite Unpublished manuscript
26 Ban-ka ~for Solo Marimba and Percussion Group~ 1994 1994 Tokyo Keiko Abe/Nexus Unpublished manuscript
27 Tambourin Paraphrase ~for Two Marimbas~ 1994 1994 France Keiko Abe/Pascal Zavaro Xebec
28 Prism Rhapsody ~for Solo Marimba and Wind Ensemble~ 1995 1995 Hamamatsu Keiko Abe/Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble cond:Timothy Reynish Xebec-Rental
29 Prism Rhapsody Piano Reduction ~for Solo Marimba and Orchestra or Wind Ensemble (Marimba Concerto)~ 1995 1995 Nagano Keiko Abe/Takashi Saiki Xebec
30 Prism Rhapsody ~for Solo Marimba and Orchestra~ 1996 1996 Sweden Keiko Abe/Umea Symphony Orchestra cond:Arvo Volmer Xebec-Rental
31 Memories of the Seashore ~for Marimba Ensemble~ 1997 1998 Tottori Keiko Abe/Sekar Sakura Xebec-Rental
32 Conversation in the Forest ~for Two Marimbas~      1997 1997 Tokyo Mayuko Matsumura/Yoshiko Nakagawa  Xebec
33 Wind Across Mountains ~for Two Marimbas~ 1997 1997 Tokyo Mayuko Matsumura/Yoshiko Nakagawa   Xebec
34 Wind Sketch III ~for Solo Marimba and Percussion Players~ 1997 1997 Tokyo Keiko Abe/Michael Udow/Anthony DiSanza Unpublished manuscript
35 Tambourin Paraphrase ~for Marimba Ensemble~ 1997 1997 Tokyo Toho Marimba Ensemble Xebec-Rental
36 Michi II 1998 1998 U.S.A. Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
37 Conversation in the Forest ~for Marimba Ensemble~      1998 1998 Osaka Toho Marimba Ensemble Unpublished manuscript
38 Conversation in the Forest ~for Marimba Ensemble, 3 Percussionists and Gamelan Jegog~      1998 1998 Tottori Keiko Abe/Sekar Sakura Unpublished manuscript
39 Marimba d'Amore 1998 1998 Sweden Keiko Abe Schott
40 Wind Sketch II ~for Two Marimbas~ 1999 2000 Germany Keiko Abe/Marta Klimasara Xebec
41 Conversation in the Forest III ~for Two Marimbas and 3 Percussionists~      2000 2000 England Keiko Abe/Royal Northern College of Music Percussion Ensemble Xebec
42 Ancient Letter 2000 2000 Holland Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
43 Marimba Concertino "The Wave" ~for Solo Marimba and 4 Percussionists~  2000 2000 Holland Keiko Abe/Amsterdam Percussion Group Xebec
44 Wind Sketch IV ~for Two Marimbas and 2 Percussionists~ 2001 2001 U.S.A. Keiko Abe/Michael Udow/Anthony DiSanza/Christopher Froh Unpublished manuscript
45 Prism Rhapsody 2nd Edition ~for Solo Marimba and Orchestra~ 2001 2001 Korea Keiko Abe/Seoul Philharmoney Orchestra cond:Mark Ermler   Xebec-Rental
46 Prism Rhapsody 2nd Edition ~for Solo Marimba and Wind Ensemble~ 2001     Xebec-Rental
47 Prism Rhapsody II ~for Two Marimbas and Orchestra~ 2001 2001 Germany Katarzyna Mycka/Frantz Bach Rundfunk-Sinfornieorchester Saarbrucken   Xebec-Rental
48 The WAVE Impressions ~for Marimba Ensemble and 2 Percussionists~ 2002 2002 Gifu Keiko Abe/Gifu Marimba Ensemble Xebec-Rental
49 Song of the Seashore for Solo Marimba 2002 2002 Korea Keiko Abe Xebec
50 Kazak Lullaby for Solo Marimba 2002 2002 Germany Katarzyna Mycka Xebec
51 Piacer d'amor for Solo Marimba 2002 2002 Austria Bogdan Bacanu Xebec
52 Prism Rhapsody II ~for Two Marimbas and Wind Ensemble~ 2003 2003 U.S.A. Keiko Abe/Mark Ford, North Texas Wind Symphony cond:Eugene Corporon Xebec-Rental
53 Prism Rhapsody II Piano Reduction ~for Two Marimbas and Orchestra or Wind Ensemble (Marimba Concerto)~ 2003 2003 Tokyo Keiko Abe, Mutsuko Fujii Xebec
54 Reflections on Japanese Children's Songs III ~for Two Marimbas and Percussionist~  2003 2003 Tokyo Infinity GP Percussion
55 Reflections on Japanese Children's Songs II ~for Two Marimbas~ 2003 2003 Germany Katarzyna Mycka/Frantz Bach Xebec
56 Alone ~ for  Marimba~ 2003 2003 Austria Bogdan Bacanu Xebec
57 Wind Across Mountains ~for Marimba Ensemble~ 2003 2003 Tokyo Toho Marimba Ensemble Unpublished manuscript
58 Wind in the Bamboo Grove II ~for Two Marimbas~  2003 2003 Tokyo Keiko Abe/Christopher Froh Schott
59 Tambourin Paraphrase III ~for Two Marimbas and Percussionist~ 2003 2003 Hamamatsu Keiko Abe/mba:Atsuko Kaneda,               perc:Hikaru Kojima Unpublished manuscript
60 Reflections on Japanese Children's Songs III ~for Marimba Ensemble and 2 Percussionists~ 2004 2004 Tokyo Marimba Ensemble "Cadendia" Xebec-Rental
61 The WAVE Impressions ~for Marimba Ensemble and Gamelan Jegog~ 2004 2004 Nagoya Keiko Abe/Sekar Sakura Unpublished manuscript
62 Galilee Impression ~for Six Mallets~ 2004 2004 Osaka Keiko Abe Xebec
63 Prism Rhapsody II ~for Two Marimbas and 6 Percussionists~ 2004 2004 Saitama Keiko Abe/Mutsuko Fujii, Fuyu Musica Ensemble Xebec-Rental
64 Prism Variations ~for Marimba Ensemble and Percussionists~ 2005 2005  Seoul Keiko Abe, Marimba Ensemble "Dorops" and Academy Percussion Ensemble Xebec-Rental
65 Mi-chi III ~for Marimba and Voice" 2005 2006 Belgium Ludwig Albert, mezzo: Katrine Druyts Xebec-Rental
66 Memories of the Seashore III ~for Marimba, Percussion and Voice~ 2005 2006 Taiwan Ludwig Albert & Chin Cheng Lin, mezzo: Qiao-Fen Hu Unpublished manuscript
67 The WAVE ImpressionsⅡ ~for Marimba Ensemble and  Percussionists ~ 2006 2006 U.S.A  Keiko Abe with Marimba Ensemble Japan and UNTPercussion Ensemble Xebec-Rental
68 Variations on Dowland's Lachrimae Pavana~for Solo Marimba~ 2007 1993 Netherlands Keiko Abe- Xebec
69 Conversation in the Forest V ~for Marimba Ensemble and 2 Percussionists" 2007 2007 Belgium Keiko Abe and Marimba Ensemble Japan Xebec-Rental
70 Kodama ~for Solo Marimba~ 2007 2008 Japan Keiko Abe Unpublished manuscript
71 The Breath of the Tree II ~for Two Marimbas~ 2008 Xebec
72 The WAVE Impressions ~for Solo Marimba and 2 Percussionists~ 2008 2008 Austria Marimba: Emiko Uchiyama
Perc:Manuel Hofstaetter,Vladimir Petrov
Xebec
73 Mi-chi Paraphrase ~for solo Marimba~ 2009 2009 Nagoya Keiko Abe Xebec
Collaborative Works
  Collaborative Works   Premier  Year/Place Composer Premier Performer Publisher
1 She Dies, My Water Lily Tonneke   1989 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Walter van Hauwe Keiko Abe/Walter van Hauwe Unpublished manuscript
2 Torrent 1989 1989 Holland Keiko Abe-Walter van Hauwe Keiko Abe/Walter van Hauwe Unpublished manuscript
3 Sylvan Stroll 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Dave Samuels Keiko Abe/Dave Samuels Unpublished manuscript
4 Early Spring 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Dave Samuels Keiko Abe/Dave Samuels Unpublished manuscript
5 Autumn in Nara 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Dave Samuels Keiko Abe/Dave Samuels Unpublished manuscript
6 Sunday Afternoon 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Dave Samuels Keiko Abe/Dave Samuels Unpublished manuscript
7 Dream 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Dave Samuels Keiko Abe/Dave Samuels Unpublished manuscript
8 Labyrinth 1990 1990 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Dave Samuels Keiko Abe/Dave Samuels Unpublished manuscript
9 Aqua-Harmonia based on "Memories of the Seashore" 1992 1992 Tokyo Keiko Abe-Masakazu Natsume Keiko Abe/ Saburo Ueki/ Midori Kugota/ Kroumata/ Sweden Percussion Ensemble Unpublished manuscript