List of compositions by Alan Hovhaness


This is a list of compositions by Alan Hovhaness, ordered by opus number. Composition dates shown in Roman font are as given at Hovhaness.com, while conflicting dates from Kunze or New Grove are shown in italics. Similarly, instrumentation shown in Roman font is as given at the Hovhaness.com website. Several place names and other names in composition titles are linked to disambiguation pages rather than to specific Wikipedia articles, because Hovhaness did not specify which "Wildcat Mountain", for instance, had been intended.
  • Op. 1, No. 1: Oror
  • Op. 1, No. 2: Suite for violin and piano
  • Op. 2, No. 1: Monadnock
  • Op. 2, No. 2: Storm on Mt. Wildcat
  • Op. 3: Trio No. 1 in E Minor
  • Op. 4: Missa Brevis
  • Op. 5: Three Odes of Solomon
  • Op. 6, No. 1: Toccata and Fugue
  • Op. 6, No. 2: Toccata and Fugue on a Kabardin Tune
  • Op. 7: How I Adore Thee
  • Op. 8: String Quartet No. 1
  • Op. 9: Piano Quintet No. 1
  • Op. 10: Three Preludes and Fugues
  • Op. 11: Sonata for violin and piano
  • Op. 12: Sonata Ricercare
  • Op. 13: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
  • Op. 14: Tapor [Processional for band]
  • Op. 15: Suite for band
  • Op. 16: Fantasy for piano
  • Op. 17, No. 1: Cello Concerto
  • Op. 17, No. 2: Symphony No. 1 Exile Symphony
  • Op. 18: Variations and Fugue
  • Op. 19: Angelic Song
  • Op. 20, No. 1: Nocturne
  • Op. 20, No. 2: Nocturne
  • Op. 20a: Lament
  • Op. 20b: Lament
  • Op. 21: Suite in D Minor
  • Op. 22: Mystic Flute
  • Op. 23: Makiko Suite
  • Op. 24, No. 1: Yar Nazani
  • Op. 24, No. 2: Vaspooragan
  • Op. 25: Lament
  • Op. 26: Behold, God is My Help
  • Op. 27: O Lord God of Hosts
  • Op. 28: O Lord, Rebuke Me Not
  • Op. 29: Layla
  • Op. 30: Bagatelles
  • Op. 31: Two Shakespeare Sonnets
  • Op. 32, No. 1: Starlight of Noon
  • Op. 32, No. 2: O World
  • Op. 33: Love Songs of Hafiz
  • Op. 34: Watchman, Tell Us of the Night ; or bass voice, SATB chorus, organ
  • Op. 35: The Lord's Prayer
  • Op. 36: Two Ghazals, rev. 1966 per Kunze
  • Op. 37: Vijag
  • Op. 38: Mazert Nman Rehan
  • Op. 39: Artinis
  • Op. 40a: Psalm and Fugue
  • Op. 40b: Alleluia and Fugue
  • Op. 41: Protest and Prayer
  • Op. 42: I will Rejoice in the Lord
  • Op. 43: 12 Armenian Folk Songs
  • Op. 44: Celestial Fantasy
  • Op. 45: Armenian Rhapsody No. 1
  • Op. 46: Let Us Love One Another ad lib., and organ )
  • Op. 47a: Varak
  • Op. 47b: Arshalouis
  • Op. 48: Lousadzak
  • Op. 49: Khrimian Hairig
  • Op. 50: Elibris
  • Op. 51: Armenian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Op. 52, No. 1: Lousnag Kisher
  • Op. 52, No. 2: Lullaby
  • Op. 53, No. 1: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
  • Op. 53, No. 2: Tzaikerk
  • Op. 54, No. 1: Invocations to Vahakn
  • Op. 54, No. 2: Hakhpat
  • Op. 55, No. 1: Vanadour
  • Op. 55, No. 2: Farewell to the Mountains
  • Op. 56, No. 1: Chahagir
  • Op. 56, No. 2: Yeraz
  • Op. 56, No. 3: Hercules
  • Op. 57, No. 1: Anahid: The Mother Goddess
  • Op. 57, No. 2: Vosdan
  • Op. 58: Sharagan and Fugue
  • Op. 59: Is There Survival?
  • Op. 60: Mihr
  • Op. 61: Divertimento
  • Op. 62: Etchmiadzin
  • Op. 62b: Prayer of Saint Gregory
  • Op. 63: Greek Rhapsody No. 1
  • Op. 64: Achtamar
  • Op. 65: Avak the Healer
  • Op. 66, No. 1: Kohar
  • Op. 66, No. 2: Agori
  • Op. 67: Saris
  • Op. 68: Sing Aloud
  • Op. 69: Sanahin
  • Op. 70: Five Fantasies for brass choir
  • Op. 71: Haroutiun
  • Op. 71a: Haroutiun
  • Op. 72: Canzona and Fugue
  • Op. 73, No. 1: Khirgiz Suite
  • Op. 73, No. 2: Shatakh
  • Op. 74, No. 1: Pagan Saint
  • Op. 74, No. 4: Lullaby of the Lake
  • Op. 74, No. 5: I Heard Thee Singing
  • Op. 74, No. 8: Raven River
  • Op. 75: Sosi – Forest of Prophetic Sounds
  • Op. 76: Thirtieth Ode of Solomon
  • Op. 77: Zartik Parkim
  • Op. 78: Artik
  • Op. 78a: Artik
  • Op. 79: Six Dances
  • Op. 80: I have Seen the Lord
  • Op. 81: Janabar
  • Op. 82: Transfiguration . Based on bible text Mark 9:2-9. Movements/numbers 13-16 of this work, based on Mark 9:9, was extracted and published by C. F. Peters as a separate work "And As They Came Down From The Mountain". Peters erroneously labels this extracted work as Opus 18.
  • Op. 83: Hymn to Yerevan
  • Op. 84, No. 1: Black Pool of Cat
  • Op. 84, No. 2: Innisfallen
  • Op. 85: Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune
  • Op. 86: Make Haste
  • Op. 87: Four Motets
  • Op. 88: Concerto No. 1
  • Op. 89, No. 1: Concerto No. 2
  • Op. 90, No. 1: Upon Enchanted Ground
  • Op. 91: Khaldis
  • Op. 92: Orbit No. 1
  • Op. 93, No. 1: Tallinn
  • Op. 93, No. 2: I will Lift up Mine Eyes
  • Op. 94: Concerto No. 3
  • Op. 95: Three Songs
  • Op. 96: Suite for piano
  • Op. 97: Quartet No. 1
  • Op. 98, No. 1: Partita
  • Op. 98, No. 2: Concerto No. 4
  • Op. 98, No. 3: Concerto No. 5
  • Op. 99: Suite for violin, piano and percussion
  • Op. 100, No. 1: Ave Maria voices, 2 oboes, 2 horns, harp )
  • Op. 100, No. 2: Christmas Ode
  • Op. 100, No. 3: The Beatitudes
  • Op. 100, No. 4: Easter Cantata
  • Op. 101: Hanna
  • Op. 102: Orbit No. 2
  • Op. 103: Jhala
  • Op. 104: Allegro on a Pakistan Lute Tune
  • Op. 105: Make a Joyful Noise, SATB chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, organ )
  • Op. 106: Gamelan and Jhala
  • Op. 107: Island Sunrise 3
  • Op. 108: Sextet
  • Op. 109: Piano Quintet No. 2
  • Op. 110: Two Sonatas
  • Op. 111, No. 1: Pastorale No. 1
  • Op. 111, No. 2: Hymn to a Celestial Musician
  • Op. 112: Quartet No. 2
  • Op. 113: Three Haikus
  • Op. 114: Concerto No. 6
  • Op. 114a: Concerto No. 6
  • Op. 115: Canticle
  • Op. 116: Concerto No. 7
  • Op. 117: Concerto No. 8
  • Op. 118: Sonata No. 1 for flute
  • Op. 119: Mountain Idylls
  • Op. 120: Sonatina
  • Op. 121: Sonata for ryuteki and sho, and sho )
  • Op. 122: Duet
  • Op. 123: Vision from High Rock
  • Op. 123, No. 3: Concerto No. 10
  • Op. 124: Glory to God
  • Op. 125: The Flowering Peach
  • Op. 126: The Stars
  • Op. 127: Sonata for harp
  • Op. 128: Prelude and Quadruple Fugue
  • Op. 129: Tower Music
  • Op. 130: Sonata for 2 oboes and organ
  • Op. 131: The Brightness of Our Noon
  • Op. 132: Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain
  • Op. 133, No. 1: The World Beneath the Sea No. 1
  • Op. 133, No. 2: The World Beneath the Sea No. 2
  • Op. 134: Immortality
  • Op. 135: October Mountain
  • Op. 136: Ko-ola-u
  • Op. 137: O God Our Help in Ages Past
  • Op. 138: Dawn Hymn
  • Op. 139: O Lady Moon
  • Op. 140: The God of Glory Thundereth, SATB chorus, organ )
  • Op. 141: Anabasis
  • Op. 142: Out of the Depths, )
  • Op. 143: Ad Lyram 33
  • Op. 144 : Macedonian Mountain Dance
  • Op. 144a: Macedonian Mountain Dance
  • Op. 144b: Mountain Dance No. 2
  • Op. 145: Sonata for piano
  • Op. 146: To the God Who is in the Fire
  • Op. 147: String Quartet No. 2
  • Op. 148: Symphony No. 3
  • Op. 149: Hear My Prayer, O Lord
  • Op. 150: Seven Greek Folk Dances
  • Op. 150, No. 2: Three Greek Folk Dances
  • Op. 151: O Goddess of the Sea
  • Op. 152: Do You Remember the Last Silence?
  • Op. 153: Dawn at Laona
  • Op. 154: Persephone
  • Op. 155: Meditation on Orpheus
  • Op. 156: The Moon has a Face
  • Op. 157: Magnificat
  • Op. 158: Look Toward the Sea
  • Op. 159: Quintet
  • Op. 160: Praise ye Him, All His Angels
  • Op. 160a: Let Them Praise the Name of the Lord
  • Op. 161: O for a Shout of Sacred Joy
  • Op. 162: Unto Thee will I Cry
  • Op. 163: In Memory of an Artist
  • Op. 164, No. 1: Sextet
  • Op. 164, No. 2: Shepherd of Israel, trumpet ad lib., string quartet )
  • Op. 165: Symphony No. 4
  • Op. 166: Suite for accordion
  • Op. 167: Glory to Man
  • Op. 168: Child in the Garden
  • Op. 169: Live in the Sun
  • Op. 170: Symphony No. 5
  • Op. 171: Sonata for hichiriki and sho
  • Op. 172: Blue Flame
  • Op. 173: Symphony No. 6
  • Op. 174: Concerto for accordion and orchestra
  • Op. 175: Lake of Van Sonata
  • Op. 176, No. 1: Madras Sonata
  • Op. 176, No. 2: Yenovk ''
  • Op. 177: Shalimar
  • Op. 178: Symphony No. 7
  • Op. 179: Symphony No. 8
  • Op. 180: Symphony No. 9
  • Op. 181: Koke No Niwa
  • Op. 182: Fuji
  • Op. 183: Wind Drum voices, solo dancer
  • Op. 183a: Dance of the Black-Haired Mountain Storm
  • Op. 184: Symphony No. 10
  • Op. 185: The Burning House
  • Op. 185a: Overture to The Burning House
  • Op. 186: Symphony No. 11
  • Op. 187: From the End of the Earth
  • Op. 188: Symphony No. 12
  • Op. 188b: The Lord is My Shepherd
  • Op. 188, Nos. 2–4: Psalm 23
  • Op. 189: Armenian Rhapsody No. 3
  • Op. 190: Symphony No. 13
  • Op. 191: Poseidon Sonata
  • Op. 192: Bardo Sonata
  • Op. 193, No. 1: Suite for cello and piano
  • Op. 193, No. 2: Yakamochi
  • Op. 194: Symphony No. 14
  • Op. 195: Mountain of Prophecy
  • Op. 196: Pilate
  • Op. 197: Spirit of the Avalanche
  • Op. 198: Three Visions of Saint Mesrob
  • Op. 199: Symphony No. 15
  • Op. 200: Sonata No. 1 for trumpet and organ
  • Op. 201: Trio for violin, viola and cello
  • Op. 202: Symphony No. 16
  • Op. 203: Symphony No. 17
  • Op. 204: Circe
  • Op. 204a: Symphony No. 18
  • Op. 205: Mysterious Horse Before the Gate
  • Op. 206: In the Beginning was the Word
  • Op. 207: Meditation on Zeami
  • Op. 208, No. 1: String Quartet No. 3
  • Op. 208, No. 2: String Quartet No. 4
  • Op. 209: Floating World
  • Op. 210: Bare November Day
  • Op. 211: Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints
  • Op. 212: Dark River and Distant Bell
  • Op. 213: Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places 33
  • Op. 214: Five Visionary Landscapes
  • Op. 215: The Travellers
  • Op. 216: Ode to the Temple of Sound
  • Op. 217: Symphony No. 19
  • Op. 218: The Holy City
  • Op. 219: The Leper King voices
  • Op. 220: Fra Angelico
  • Op. 221: Adoration
  • Op. 222: Praise the Lord with Psaltery 3
  • Op. 223: Symphony No. 20
  • Op. 224: Requiem and Resurrection
  • Op. 225: Mountains and Rivers Without End
  • Op. 226: Vibration Painting
  • Op. 227: Lady of Light
  • Op. 228: Shambala
  • Op. 229, No. 1: And God Created Great Whales
  • Op. 229, No. 2: A Rose for Miss Emily
  • Op. 230: Spirit of Ink
  • Op. 231: Night of the Soul
  • Op. 232: Two Consolations
  • Op. 233: All the World's a Dance of Snobbery
  • Op. 234: Symphony No. 21
  • Op. 235: Saint Nerses the Graceful
  • Op. 236: Symphony No. 22 City of Light 233
  • Op. 237, No. 1: Nagooran
  • Op. 237, No. 2: Nagooran
  • Op. 238: Four Songs
  • Op. 239: The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains
  • Op. 240: Komachi
  • Op. 241: Three Tsamicos
  • Op. 242: Four Songs
  • Op. 243: Saturn
  • Op. 244: Island of the Mysterious Bells
  • Op. 245: The Garden of Adonis
  • Op. 246, No. 1: David Wept for Slain Absalom
  • Op. 246, No. 2: The Word of Our God Shall Stand Forever
  • Op. 246, No. 3: Heaven
  • Op. 246, No. 4: A Rose Tree Blossoms
  • Op. 247: Hermes Stella
  • Op. 248, No. 1: Afton Water
  • Op. 248, No. 2: Three Improvisations
  • Op. 248, No. 3: The Pitchman
  • Op. 248, No. 4: The Spook Sonata
  • Op. 249: Symphony No. 23
  • Op. 250, No. 1: Ruins of Ani
  • Op. 250, No. 2: Ruins of Ani
  • Op. 251: Khorhoort Nahadagats and string orchestra )
  • Op. 252, No. 1: Firdausi
  • Op. 252, No. 2: Shah-Nameh
  • Op. 252, No. 3: Seven Love Songs of Saris
  • Op. 253: Spirit Cat
  • Op. 254: Two Songs
  • Op. 255: Sonata for cello and piano
  • Op. 256: Hermit Bell-Ringer of the Tower
  • Op. 257: For the Waters are Come
  • Op. 258: Three Madrigals
  • Op. 259: Three Motets
  • Op. 260: Dream of a Myth
  • Op. 261: Les Baux
  • Op. 262: Quartet for clarinet, violin, viola and cello
  • Op. 263: Night of a White Cat
  • Op. 264, No. 1: Tumburu
  • Op. 264, No. 2: Varuna
  • Op. 265: Two Biblical Songs
  • Op. 266: Sonata for 2 bassoons
  • Op. 267: Concerto for harp and strings
  • Op. 268: Four Motets
  • Op. 269, No. 1: Though Night is Dark
  • Op. 269, Nos. 2 & 3: Two Songs of Faith
  • Op. 269, No. 4: Jesus Meek and Gentle
  • Op. 270: Suite for harp
  • Op. 271: Pastorale and Fugue
  • Op. 272: Dawn on Mt. Tahoma
  • Op. 273: Symphony No. 24
  • Op. 276: O Lord, Bless Thy Mountains
  • Op. 277: Fantasy
  • Op. 278, No. 1: To the Cascade Mountains
  • Op. 278, No. 2: Ode to the Cascade Mountains
  • Op. 279: The Way of Jesus
  • Op. 280: Symphony No. 26
  • Op. 281, No. 1: Fanfare to the New Atlantis
  • Op. 281, No. 2: Psalm to St. Alban
  • Op. 282: A Simple Mass
  • Op. 283: Pericles
  • Op. 284: Ode to Freedom
  • Op. 285: Symphony No. 27
  • Op. 286: Symphony No. 28
  • Op. 287: String Quartet No. 5
  • Op. 288: Sonatina
  • Op. 289: Symphony No. 29
  • Op. 290: Suite for 4 trumpets and trombone
  • Op. 291: Suite for alto saxophone and guitar
  • Op. 292: Glory Sings the Setting Sun
  • Op. 293: Symphony No. 30
  • Op. 294: Symphony No. 31
  • Op. 295: Septet
  • Op. 296: Symphony No. 32
  • Op. 297: Sonata for 2 clarinets
  • Op. 298: How I Love Thy Law
  • Op. 299, No. 1: Mount Belknap
  • Op. 299, No. 2: Mount Ossipee
  • Op. 299, No. 3: Mount Shasta
  • Op. 300: Suite for flute and guitar
  • Op. 301: Fred the Cat
  • Op. 302: Sonata for oboe and bassoon
  • Op. 303: Ananda
  • Op. 304: A Presentiment
  • Op. 305: Celestial Canticle
  • Op. 306: Harpsichord Sonata No. 1
  • Op. 307: Symphony No. 33
  • Op. 308: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
  • Op. 309: Sketch Book of Mr. Purple Poverty
  • Op. 310: Symphony No. 34
  • Op. 311: Symphony No. 35 33
  • Op. 312: Symphony No. 36 33
  • Op. 313: Symphony No. 37
  • Op. 314: Symphony No. 38
  • Op. 315: Three Songs for high soprano and piano
  • Op. 316: Guitar Sonata No. 1
  • Op. 317: Sonata for flute
  • Op. 318: Harpsichord Sonata No. 2
  • Op. 319: Sunset on Mt. Tahoma
  • Op. 320: Teach me Thy Way
  • Op. 321: Symphony No. 39
  • Op. 322: Sonata for clarinet and harpsichord
  • Op. 323: Tale of the Sun Goddess Going into the Stone House
  • Op. 324: Symphony No. 40
  • Op. 325: Guitar Concerto No. 1 .
  • Op. 326: Sonata No. 1 for 3 trumpets and 2 trombones
  • Op. 327: Love Song Vanishing into Sounds of Crickets
  • Op. 328: Sonata No. 2 for 3 trumpets and 2 trombones
  • Op. 329: Guitar Sonata No. 2
  • Op. 330: Symphony No. 41
  • Op. 331: Trio for 3 saxophones
  • Op. 332: Symphony No. 42
  • Op. 333: Four Nocturnes
  • Op. 334: Symphony No. 43
  • Op. 335: Mount Chocorua
  • Op. 336: Harpsichord Sonata No. 3
  • Op. 337: On Christmas Eve a Child Cried Out
  • Op. 338: Copernicus
  • Op. 339: Symphony No. 44
  • Op. 340: Blue Job Mountain
  • Op. 341: Greek Rhapsody No. 2
  • Op. 342: Symphony No. 45
  • Op. 343: Revelations of St. Paul
  • Op. 344: Concerto for soprano saxophone
  • Op. 345: Catamount
  • Op. 346: Prospect Hill
  • Op. 347: Symphony No. 46
  • Op. 348: Symphony No. 47
  • Op. 349: Sonata No. 2 for trumpet and organ
  • Op. 350, No. 1: Stars Sing Bell Song
  • Op. 350, No. 2: Pleiades
  • Op. 351: Corruption in Office
  • Op. 352: Organ Sonata No. 1
  • Op. 353: Lalezar
  • Op. 354: Journey to Arcturus
  • Op. 355: Symphony No. 48
  • Op. 356: Symphony No. 49
  • Op. 357: Harpsichord Sonata No. 4
  • Op. 358: Psalm
  • Op. 359: God is our Refuge and Strength
  • Op. 360: Symphony No. 50 Mount St. Helens
  • Op. 361: Harpsichord Sonata No. 5
  • Op. 362: Dance Ghazal
  • Op. 363: Lake Winnipesaukee
  • Op. 364: Symphony No. 51
  • Op. 365: Shigure
  • Op. 366: Hiroshige's Cat Bathing
  • Op. 367: On the Long Total Eclipse of the Moon, July 6, 1982
  • Op. 368: Tsugouharu Fujita's Sleeping Cat
  • Op. 369: Lake Sammamish
  • Op. 370: Love's Philosophy
  • Op. 371: Campuan Sonata
  • Op. 372: Symphony No. 52 ]
  • Op. 373: Prelude and Fugue
  • Op. 374: Spirit of Trees
  • Op. 375: Sonata for clarinet and piano
  • Op. 376: The Waves Unbuild the Wasting Shore
  • Op. 377: Symphony No. 53
  • Op. 378: Symphony No. 54
  • Op. 379: Symphony No. 55
  • Op. 380: Symphony No. 56
  • Op. 381: Symphony No. 57
  • Op. 382: Sonatina for organ
  • Op. 383: Killer of Enemies
  • Op. 384: Starry Night
  • Op. 385: Cantate Domino
  • Op. 386: Organ Sonata No. 2
  • Op. 387: Sonata for alto recorder and harpsichord
  • Op. 388: Lilydale
  • Op. 389: Symphony No. 58
  • Op. 390: Cougar Mountain
  • Op. 391: The Spirit's Map
  • Op. 392: Mountain Under the Sea
  • Op. 393: Dawn on a Mountain Lake
  • Op. 394: Guitar Concerto No. 2
  • Op. 395: Symphony No. 59
  • Op. 396: Symphony No. 60 To the Appalachian Mountains
  • Op. 397: Symphony No. 61
  • Op. 398: Srpouhi
  • Op. 399: Sonata for Piano
  • Op. 400: A Friendly Mountain
  • Op. 401: Bless the Lord
  • Op. 402: Symphony No. 62
  • Op. 403: Trio for violin, viola, cello
  • Op. 404: Sonata for Brass Quartet
  • Op. 405: Mount Katahdin
  • Op. 406: Sonata for flute and harp
  • Op. 407: The Frog Man
  • Op. 408: God the Reveller
  • Op. 409: Duet for violin and cello
  • Op. 410: The Aim was Song
  • Op. 411: Symphony No. 63 Loon Lake 122 2210, timpani, 1 percussion
  • Op. 412: Concerto No. 9
  • Op. 413: Concerto No. 10
  • Op. 414: Harpsichord Sonata No. 6
  • Op. 415: Lake Samish
  • Op. 416: Sno Qualmie
  • Op. 417: Why is My Verse So Barren of New Pride?
  • Op. 418: Out of Silence
  • Op. 419: Consolation
  • Op. 420: Harpsichord Sonata No. 7
  • Op. 421, No. 1: Guitar Sonata No. 3
  • Op. 421, No. 2: Guitar Sonata No. 4
  • Op. 421, No. 3: Guitar Sonata No. 5
  • Op. 422: Symphony No. 64
  • Op. 423: Sonata for solo viola
  • Op. 424: Sonata for organ
  • Op. 425: Three Songs for low voice and piano
  • Op. 426: Dream Flame
  • Op. 427: Symphony No. 65
  • Op. 428: Symphony No. 66, Hymn to Glacier Peak,
  • Op. 429: Symphony No. 67
  • Op. 430: Concerto for oboe and orchestra
  • Op. 431: Violin Concerto No. 2
  • Op. 432, No. 1: Pastime with Good Company
  • Op. 432, No. 2: The Baby's Dance
  • Op. 433: How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings
  • Op. 434: Habakkuk''