List of compositions by Lou Harrison


Lou Harrison composed in a wide array of musical styles and for various ensembles. The following list is all of his compositions sorted by both genre and chronology.

Works

Chamber works

  • Adagio for flute, harmonium, strings, and piano
  • Adagio for flute, two mandolins, guitar, and cello
  • Aubade for Gabriel for chorus, strings, and percussion
  • The Geography of Heaven for 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, 2 basses, and quarter-tone organ
  • Midnoon for strings and harp
  • Concerto for Flute and Percussion for flute and percussionist
  • The Perilous Chapel, mixed quartet
  • Solstice, octet
  • Suite for Cello and Harp
  • Seven Pastorales for chamber orchestra
  • Songs in the Forest, mixed quartet
  • Praise for the Beauty of Hummingbirds for mixed quintet
  • Serenado Por Gitaro for guitar solo
  • Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra
  • Concerto in Slendro
  • At the Tomb of Charles Ives for chamber orchestra
  • Pacifika Rondo for chamber orchestra
  • Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra for organ with ten person ensemble of celesta, piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone, tubular chimes, and percussion quintet on various unpitched standard and "found" percussion instruments.
  • Serenade for Guitar with optional Percussion for mixed duo, guitar solo
  • String Quartet Set
  • Suites for Cello and String Orchestra
  • Varied Trio for rice bowls, violin, vibraphone, and piano
  • Ariadne, flute and percussionist
  • Grand Duo for violin and piano
  • Suite for Violoncello and Piano
  • New First Suite for Strings for string orchestra
  • Rhymes with Silver for violoncello, ensemble and mixed quintet
  • Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra for pipa and string orchestra
  • Suite for Violin with String Orchestra
  • Scenes from Nek Chand for guitar solo

Orchestral works

  • Fore-piece to St. George or After the Dragon for orchestra
  • for orchestra
  • Overture for a Tragic, Heroic Drama for orchestra
  • Fugue for orchestra
  • Symphony No. 2 'Elegiac'
  • Canticle #6
  • Symphony On G
  • Political Primer for solo baritone, choir and orchestra
  • Suite from Marriage at the Eiffel Tower
  • Music for Violin with Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African, string solo and orchestra
  • Symphony No. 3 For the Cabrillo Music Festival
  • Piano Concerto, for piano tuned in Kirnberger #2 and orchestra
  • Last Symphony
  • ''A Parade for MTT''

Percussion works

  • ”Bomba” - Quintet
  • ”Fifth Simfony” - Quartet
  • ”Tributes to Charon: Counterdance in the Spring”, “Passage Through Darkness” - Trio
  • ”Oriental” - Trio
  • ”Rune”
  • ”Canticle No. 1” - Quintet
  • ”Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra” - Percussion Quintet + Violinist
  • ”Labyrinth No. 3” - 11 Percussionists
  • ”Double Music” - Quartet
  • ”The Song of Queztelcoatl” - Quartet
  • ”Simfony No. 13” - Quartet
  • ”The Drums of Orpheus” - 11 Percussionists
  • ”In Praise of Johnny Appleseed” - Trio
  • ”Canticle No. 3” - Percussion Quintet + Guitarist
  • ”Fugue” - Quartet
  • ”Suite” - Qunitet
  • ”Canticle No. 5” - Quartet
  • ”Recording Piece for Concert Boobams, Talking drums, with other percussion”
  • ”Solo for Tony Cirone”
  • ”Concerto Organ and Percussion Orchestra”

Vocal works

  • May Rain poem by Elsa Gidlow, for female voice
  • Mass to Saint Anthony, mixed chorus and ensemble
  • Sanctus, for contralto and piano
  • Alma Redemptoris Mater, low voice and ensemble
  • Vestiunt Silve, for soprano and four instruments
  • Air from Rapunzel, high voice and ensemble
  • Strict Songs, baritone solo, chorus and chamber orchestra
  • Orpheus, soloists, mixed chorus and ensemble
  • La Koro Sutro, mixed chorus and gamelan, mixed chorus and ensemble
  • The Foreman's Song Tune for chorus and Javanese gamelan
  • Ketawang Wellington for voice and Javanese gamelan
  • Three Songs, men's chorus and ensemble

Keyboard works

  • Adagio for piano solo
  • Choral for organ solo
  • Choral Preludes for clavichord
  • Dance for two pianos
  • Dance for a Little Girl for piano solo
  • Feelingly for piano solo
  • Gothic Piece for harpsichord solo
  • Three Dances of Conflict for Carol Beals for piano solo
  • Project No. 2 for piano solo
  • Ground in E Minor for piano solo
  • Hill-Rise for piano solo
  • Tribunal for piano four-hands
  • Sonata #1 for piano solo
  • Sonata #2 for piano solo
  • Slow for organ solo
  • Simphony for Organ for organ solo
  • A Bit of Rotten Chopin on Order of J. Cleghorn for piano solo
  • Opening Dance for piano solo
  • R. A. H.'s Extatic Moment for piano solo
  • Third Sonata for Piano for piano solo
  • Usonian Set for piano solo
  • Reel for piano solo
  • Exposition of a Cause for piano solo
  • Music for the River-Mechant's Wife for piano solo
  • Gigue and Musette for piano solo
  • Six Sonatas for Cembalo for piano solo
  • Serenade in C for piano solo
  • A 12-Tone Morning After to Amuse Henry for piano solo
  • Waltz in C for piano solo
  • Triphony for piano solo
  • Praises for Michael the Archangel for organ solo
  • Homage to Milhaud for piano solo
  • Little Suite for Piano for piano solo
  • Chorales for Spring for piano solo
  • Io and Prometheus for piano solo
  • Double Canon for piano solo
  • Festival Dance for two pianos
  • A Thought on the Anniversary of Katherine Litz and Charles Oscar for piano solo
  • A Little Gamelon for Katherine Litz to Teach By for piano solo
  • Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen for piano solo
  • Estampie for organ solo
  • A Summerfield Set for piano solo
  • Pedal Sonata for organ solo

Gamelan works

  • Suite for Violin with American Gamelan
  • Gending Samuel for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Pak Cokro for Javanese gamelan
  • Buburan Robert for Javanese gamelan
  • Lancaran Daniel for Javanese gamelan
  • Lagu Sociseknum for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Paul for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Jody or Lancaran Jody for Javanese gamelan
  • Music for the Turning of a Sculpture by Pamela Boden for Javanese gamelan
  • Main Bersama-Sama for Gamelan Degung and French horn
  • Serenade for Betty Freeman and Franco Asseto for Gamelan Degung and suling
  • Threnody for Carlos Chavez for Gamelan Degung and viola
  • Gending Bill or Gending William Colvig for Javanese gamelan
  • Lancaran Samuel for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Alexander for Javanese gamelan
  • Ladrang Epikuros for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Hephaestus for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Hermes for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Demeter for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending in Honor of the Poet Virgil for Javanese gamelan
  • Double Concerto for violin, cello and Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Claude for Javanese gamelan
  • Lancaran Molly for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Dennis for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Pindar for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending in Honor of Herakles for Javanese gamelan
  • Beyond the Far Blue Mountains for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Vincent for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending in Honor of James and Joel for Javanese gamelan and two suling
  • Lagu Lagu Thomasan for Cirebon gamelan
  • Lagu Cirebon for Cirebon gamelan
  • Lagu Victoria for Cirebon gamelan
  • For the Pleasure of Ovid's Changes for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending in Honor of Sinan for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending in Honor of Palladio for Javanese gamelan
  • Lagu Elang Yusuf for Cirebon gamelan
  • Gending in Honor of Max Beckmann for Javanese gamelan
  • Gending Ptolemy for Javanese gamelan
  • Ladrang in Honor of Pak Daliyo for Javanese gamelan
  • Lagu Pa Undang for Gamelan degung
  • Concerto for Piano and Javanese Gamelan
  • Round for Jafran Jones for Balinese gamelan

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