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Information on premieres and durations is from Vivian Fine: A Bio-Bibliography,
by Judith Cody, Greenwood Press, 2002.

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SOLO PIANO

Four Polyphonic Piano Pieces (1931)

Suite in E Flat* (1940)

Music for Study (1935-41)

Five Preludes* (1941)

Rhapsody on a Russian Folk Song (1943)

Variations for Piano (1952)

Sinfonia and Fugato* (1952)

Four Piano Pieces (1966)

Concerto for Piano Strings and Percussion (One Performer)* (1972)

Momenti* (1978)

Double Variations for Piano Solo* (1982)

Toccatina* (1982)

Aegean Suite* (1985)

Toccatas and Arias for Piano* (1987)

 

OTHER SOLO WORKS

Solo For Oboe (1929)

Second Solo for Oboe* (1947)

Variations for Harp (1953)

Song of Persephone for Solo Viola* (1964)

Melos (1964) for double bass

The Flicker* (1973) for flute

Toccatas and Arias for Harpsichord* (1986)

Discourse of Goatherds (1989) for bass or tenor trombone

 

VOICE WITH PIANO OR PERCUSSION  

Four Lyric Pieces for Voice and Piano (1939) for contralto or mezzo soprano and piano

Four Elizabethan Songs* (1940) for medium high or medium voice and piano

"Epigram" and "Epitaph: upon the death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife" (1941) for contralto and piano

Songs of Our Time (1943) for medium high or medium voice and piano

Psalm 13 (1953) for women’s chorus, baritone solo and piano or organ

Two Neruda Poems* (1971) for mezzo-soprano and piano

The Nightingale* (1976) for mezzo soprano, accompanying herself on percussion

Canticles for Jerusalem* (1983) for mezzo- soprano and piano

Inscriptions* (1986) for two voices and piano

The Human Mind (1987) for voice and piano

The Garden of Live Flowers* (1988) for soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano

Four Victorian Songs* (1991) for piano and voice (arrangement of Five Victorian Songs)

 

VOICE AND CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Four Songs* (1933) for soprano and string quartet

There is a Garden in Her Face (1947) for soprano, flute, violin, cello, and piano

The Great Wall of China (1947) for soprano, flute, cello, and piano

A Guide to the Life Expectancy of a Rose* (1956) for soprano, tenor, and chamber ensemble (flute, violin, cello, clarinet, and harp)

The Confession* (1963) for soprano, flute, violin, viola, cello, and piano

Missa Brevis* (1972) for Four Cellos and Taped Voice

For a Bust of Erik Satie: A Short Mass (1979) for soprano, mezzo soprano, narrator, and chamber ensemble (flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, cello, and double bass)

Gertrude and Virginia: a Dialogue between Gertrude Stein and Virginia Woolf, using their own words (1981) for soprano, mezzo soprano, clarinet, piano, double bass, and percussion (2 players)

Teisho* (1975) for eight solo singers or small chorus and string quartet

Ode to Henry Purcell* (1984) for soprano and string quartet

Asphodel* (1988) for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, and piano

Five Victorian Songs* (1988) for soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, and cello

Songs of Love and War* (1991) for soprano and chamber ensemble (violin, oboe, bassoon, percussion, and piano)

 

VOICE AND ORCHESTRA

Sounds of the Nightingale (1971) for soprano, women's chorus, and chamber orchestra

Meeting for Equal Rights 1866* (1975) a Cantata for Chorus, Orchestra, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Narrator

Sonnets for Baritone and Orchestra* (1976)

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day* (1985) for chorus, string orchestra, and two trumpets

 

CHORUS

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love and Her Reply (1938) for women's chorus

Psalm 13 (1953) for women’s chorus, baritone solo and piano or organ

Valedictions (1959) for chorus, soprano, tenor, and ten instruments

Morning (1962) for mixed chorus, narrator, and piano or organ

Paean* (1969) for brass ensemble (six trumpets, six trombones), female chorus, and narrator (tenor)

Sounds of the Nightingale (1971) for soprano, women's chorus, and chamber orchestra

Teisho* (1975) for eight solo singers or small chorus and string quartet

Meeting for Equal Rights 1866* (1975) a Cantata for Chorus, Orchestra, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Narrator

Oda a las Ranas (1980) for women's chorus, flute, oboe, cello and percussion

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day* (1985) for chorus, string orchestra, and two trumpets

Light in Spring Poplars (1987) for mixed chorus, soprano, viola, and piano

 

INSTRUMENTAL: DUOS, TRIOS, AND QUARTETS

Four Pieces for Two Flutes* (1930)

Trio in Three Movements for Violin, Viola, and Violoncello* (1930)

Prelude for String Quartet* (1937)

Sonatina for Oboe and Piano* (1942)

Three Pieces for Violin and Piano* (1940)

Capriccio for Oboe and String Trio* (1946)

Divertimento for Violoncello and Percussion (1951)

Sonata for Violin and Piano* (1952)

String Quartet* (1957)

Duo for Flute and Viola* (1961)

Fantasy for Cello and Piano* (1961)

Lieder for Viola and Piano* (1979)

Music for Flute (alto flute), Oboe (English horn), and Cello* (1980)

Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano* (1980)

Sonata for Violoncello and Piano* (1986)

Ma's In Orbit (1987) for violin, double-bass, percussion, and piano

Emily's Images* (1987) for flute and piano

In Memoriam: George Finckel (1987) for four cellos or multiples thereof

L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes (1988) for piano, clarinet, bass, percussion

Songs and Arias* (1990) for French horn, violin, and cello

Portal* (1990) for violin and piano

Hymns* (1991) for two pianos, French horn, and violoncello

Canciones y Danzas * (1991) for guitar, flute, and cello

 

INSTRUMENTAL: LARGER CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Divertimento (1933) for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion, and piano

Dreamscape (1964) for percussion ensemble, 3 flutes, cello, piano, and lawnmower

Concertino for Piano and Percussion Ensemble* (1965) for piano, xylophone, vibraphone, marimba, 3 tom-toms, and timpani

Chamber Concerto for Cello and Six Instruments* (1966) for solo cello, oboe, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano

Quintet for Trumpet, String Trio, and Harp (1967)

Missa Brevis (1972) for Four Cellos and Taped Voice

Nightingales-Motet for Six Instruments (1979) for flute, oboe, violin, 2 violas, and double bass

Quintet for Violin, Oboe, Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1984)

Dancing Winds* (1987) for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon)

Madrigali Spirituali* (1989) for trumpet and string quartet

Canticles from the Other Side of the River* (1993) for violin, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, and piano

 

BRASS AND WIND ENSEMBLES

Paean* (1969) for brass ensemble (six trumpets, six trombones), female chorus, and narrator (tenor)

Quartet for Brass* (1978)

Dancing Winds* (1987) for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon)

The Triple Goddess (1988) for concert band

 

ORCHESTRAL WORKS

Piece for Muted Strings (Elegiac Song) (1937) for string orchestra, also arr. for flute and string orchestra

Dance Suite (1938) for orchestra: 2232, 4221, timpani, percussion, piano, harp, strings

Concertante for Piano and Orchestra* (1944)

Alcestis* (1960) for orchestra with piano and harp

Sounds of the Nightingale (1971) for soprano, women's chorus, and chamber orchestra

Romantic Ode (1976) for string orchestra with solo violin, viola and cello

Sonnets for Baritone and Orchestra (1976)

Meeting for Equal Rights 1866* (1975) a Cantata for Chorus, Orchestra, Mezzo Soprano, Baritone, and Narrator

Drama for Orchestra* (1982)

Poetic Fires (1984) for orchestra

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day* (1985) for chorus, string orchestra, and two trumpets

After the Tradition* (1987) for orchestra

 

WORKS FOR DANCE

The Race of Life (1937) for piano and percussion; also arr. for orchestra

Opus 51 (1938) for piano and percussion

Tragic Exodus (1939) for baritone and piano

They Too Are Exiles (1939) for piano duet

My Son, My Enemy (1965) for string quartet, piano, and percussion

 

OPERAS

The Women in the Garden* (1977) chamber opera for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, bassoon, viola, cello, double bass, percussion (2 players) and piano)

Memoirs of Uliana Rooney* (1993) for soprano, two baritones, two female voices as chorus, and chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion) (chamber opera