List of compositions by Morton Feldman


This article presents a complete list of compositions by American composer Morton Feldman, organized by instrumentation. There are about 184 compositions in total. Within each category, the works are arranged chronologically by year of composition. Note that works for piano solo are in the solo instrumental category, however, works for 2 or more pianos are in the chamber category.
Many pieces by Feldman are titled after the instruments used: for example, Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet is scored precisely for clarinet and string quartet. In cases like this, instrumentation is not given separately. Works with titles in square brackets are unpublished works, left untitled by the composer; these are commonly referred to using the generic title "Composition".

Orchestral

Dirge: In Memory of Thomas Wolfe Jubilee Night, for string orchestra
  • , for string orchestra Episode Intersection 1, for large orchestra Marginal Intersection, for large orchestra Out of 'Last Pieces' Structures for Orchestra In Search of an Orchestration On Time and the Instrumental Factor String Quartet and Orchestra Orchestra The Turfan Fragments
  • ''Coptic Light''

For solo instrument and orchestra

The Viola in My Life IV, for viola and orchestra Cello and Orchestra Piano and Orchestra Oboe and Orchestra Flute and Orchestra
  • ''Violin and Orchestra''

Vocal

Chorus and Orchestra 1, for soprano, choir, and orchestra Chorus and Orchestra 2 Voice and Instruments, for soprano and orchestra Elemental Procedures, for soprano, choir, and orchestra

Stage works

Ixion, for chamber ensemble Neither , for soprano and orchestra Samuel Beckett, Words and Music, for 2 flutes, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, and cello

Chamber

  • , for horn, celesta and string quartet
  • , for violin and piano
  • , for cello and piano Two Pieces, for cello and piano
  • , for cello and 2 pianos Piece for Violin and Piano Projection 2, for flute, trumpet, piano, violin and cello Projection 3, for 2 pianos Projection 4, for violin and piano Projection 5, for 3 flutes, trumpet, 2 pianos and 3 cellos Structures, for string quartet
  • , for cello and piano Music for the Film "Jackson Pollock", for 2 cellos Extensions 1, for violin and piano Extensions 4, for 3 pianos Extensions 5, for 2 cellos Intermission 6, for 1 or 2 pianos Eleven Instruments, for chamber ensemble Music for the Film "Sculpture by Lipton"
  • , for flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, piano and cello Two Pieces for Two Pianos Three Pieces for String Quartet Two Pieces for Six Instruments, for flute, alto flute, horn, trumpet, violin and cello Piece for Four Pianos Two Pianos Work for Two Pianists, for 2 pianos Two Instruments, for horn and cello Atlantis, for chamber ensemble
  • Arrangement of Tu Pauperum Refugium by Josquin des Prez, for chamber ensemble Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann's Theme, for horn, celesta and string quartet Montage 2 on the Theme of "Something Wild", for jazz ensemble Montage 3 on the Theme of "Something Wild", for jazz ensemble Untitled Film Music, for flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, and double bass The Sin of Jesus , for flute, horn, trumpet, and cello Durations 1, for alto flute, piano, violin, and cello Durations 2, for cello and piano Piece for Seven Instruments, for flute, alto flute, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, and cello Durations 3, for violin, tuba, and piano Durations 4, for vibraphone, violin, and cello Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet Durations 5, for horn, vibraphone, harp, piano or celesta, violin, and cello The Straits of Magellan, flute, horn, trumpet, harp, electric guitar, piano, and double bass Merce, for percussion and piano or celesta
  • , for percussion and celesta De Kooning, for horn, percussion, piano, violin, and cello Vertical Thoughts 1, for 2 pianos Vertical Thoughts 2, for violin and piano Numbers, for chamber ensemble Four Instruments, for chimes, piano, violin and cello Two Pieces for Three Pianos First Principles, for chamber ensemble False Relationships and the Extended Ending, for trombone, 3 pianos, chimes, violin and cello Samoa, for flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, vibraphone, piano, and cello Between Categories, for 2 pianos, 2 chimes, 2 violins, and 2 cellos Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety, for chamber ensemble The Viola in My Life 1, for viola, flute, percussion, piano, violin, and cello The Viola in My Life 2, for viola, flute, clarinet, percussion, celesta, violin, and cello The Viola in My Life 3, for viola and piano Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano Five Pianos Trio for Flutes, for three flutes Half a Minute It's All I've Time For, for clarinet, trombone, piano, and cello For Stockhausen, Cage, Stravinsky and Mary Sprinson, for cello and piano For Frank O'Hara, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello Instruments 1, for alto flute, oboe, trombone, percussion, and celesta Instruments 2, for chamber ensemble Four Instruments, for piano, violin, viola, and cello Routine Investigations, for oboe, trumpet, piano, viola, cello, and double-bass Instruments 3, for flute, oboe, and percussion Spring of Chosroes, for violin and piano Why Patterns?, for flute, percussion and piano String Quartet Trio, for violin, cello, and piano Patterns in a Chromatic Field/Untitled Composition For Cello And Piano, for cello and piano Bass Clarinet and Percussion, for bass clarinet and two percussionists For John Cage, for violin and piano Crippled Symmetry, for flute, percussion and piano String Quartet II Clarinet and String Quartet For Philip Guston, for flute, percussion, and piano/celesta Violin and String Quartet Piano and String Quartet For Christian Wolff, for flute and piano/celesta Samuel Beckett, Words and Music, for 2 flutes, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, and cello For Samuel Beckett, for 23 instruments
  • ''Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello''

Chamber & vocals

I Loved You Once, for voice and string quartet Journey to the End of the Night, for soprano, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, and bassoon Lost Love, for voice and piano Four Songs to e. e. cummings, for soprano, piano, and cello Three Ghostlike Songs and Interlude, for voice, trombone, piano, and viola Wind, for voice and piano The Swallows of Salangan, for choir and chamber ensemble Intervals, for bass-baritone, trombone, percussion, vibraphone, and cello Followe Thy Faire Sunne, for voice and tubular bells For Franz Kline, for soprano, horn, chimes, piano, violin, and cello The O'Hara Songs, for bass-baritone, chimes, piano, violin, viola, and cello Vertical Thoughts 3, for soprano and chamber ensemble Vertical Thoughts 5, for soprano, tuba, percussion, celesta, and violin Rabbi Akiba, for soprano and chamber ensemble Chorus and Instruments, for choir and chamber ensemble Chorus and Instruments II, for choir, tuba and chimes
  • , for voice, clarinet, cello and double bass Rothko Chapel, for soprano, alto, choir, percussion, celesta and viola I Met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg, for female voice and chamber ensemble Pianos and Voices, for 5 sopranos and 5 pianos Voices and Instruments, for chamber ensemble and chorus Voices and Instruments 2, for 3 voices, flute, 2 cellos and double bass Voices and Cello, for 2 female voices and cello Voice and Instruments 2, for female voice, clarinet, cello and double bass Voice, Violin and Piano, for female voice, violin, and piano
  • Arrangement of Weill/Brecht Alabama Song, for bass, voice ad lib, 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, marimba, and piano For Stefan Wolpe, for choir and 2 vibraphones

Solo instrumental

Piano

First Piano Sonata Preludio Self Portrait Illusions For Cynthia Three Dances Two Intermissions Nature Pieces Intermission 3 Variations Intersection 2 Intermission 4 Intermission 5 Extensions 3 Piano Piece 1952 Intersection + Intersection 3 Intermission 6 Three Pieces for Piano Piano Piece 1955 Piano Piece 1956 A Piano Piece 1956 B Piano Three Hands Piano Four Hands Last Pieces Piano Piece Vertical Thoughts 4 Piano Piece 1964

Other instruments

Projection 1, for cello Intersection 4, for cello The King of Denmark, for percussion The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar Principal Sound, for organ, commissioned by the Hartt School of Music for the 1981 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival.For Aaron Copland, for violin
  • , for violin A Very Short Trumpet Piece, for trumpet

Solo vocal pieces

Only, for solo voice Christian Wolff in Cambridge, for chorus a cappella Three Voices, for soprano, or 3 sopranos

Chronological order

This article presents a complete list of compositions by American composer Morton Feldman, in chronological order.

19??-1949

  • , for horn, celesta and string quartet
  • , for piano I Loved You Once, for voice and string quartet Dirge: In Memory of Thomas Wolfe First Piano Sonata Jubilee Night, for string orchestra Preludio, for piano
  • , for string orchestra
  • , for violin and piano Self Portrait, for piano
  • , for cello and piano Journey to the End of the Night, for soprano, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, and bassoon Only, for solo voice Two Pieces, for cello and piano Illusions, for piano Episode Lost Love, for voice and piano

1950-1959

For Cynthia, for piano Three Dances, for piano Two Intermissions, for piano Wind, for voice and piano
  • , for cello and 2 pianos Piece for Violin and Piano Projection 1, for cello Nature Pieces, for piano Intermission 3, for piano Variations, for piano Intersection 2 Four Songs to e. e. cummings, for soprano, piano, and cello Three Ghostlike Songs and Interlude, for voice, trombone, piano, and viola Projection 2, for flute, trumpet, piano, violin and cello Projection 3, for 2 pianos Projection 4, for violin and piano Projection 5, for 3 flutes, trumpet, 2 pianos and 3 cellos Structures, for string quartet
  • , for cello and piano Music for the Film "Jackson Pollock", for 2 cellos Extensions 1, for violin and piano Intersection 1, for large orchestra Marginal Intersection, for large orchestra Extensions 3, for piano Piano Piece 1952 Intermission 4, for piano Intermission 5, for piano Intersection 4, for cello Intersection +, for piano Intersection 3, for piano Intermission 6, for one or two pianos Extensions 4, for 3 pianos Extensions 5, for 2 cellos Intermission 6, for 1 or 2 pianos Eleven Instruments, for chamber ensemble Intersection for Magnetic Tape, for 8-track tape
  • N.B. Marginal Intersection has electronic elements; two oscillators and a recording of riveting from a construction site. The Intersection For Magnetic Tape and Marginal Intersection are the only works by Feldman to contain electronic elements.Three Pieces for Piano Music for the Film "Sculpture by Lipton"
  • , for flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, piano and cello Two Pieces for Two Pianos Piano Piece 1955 Piano Piece 1956 A Piano Piece 1956 B Three Pieces for String Quartet Two Pieces for Six Instruments, for flute, alto flute, horn, trumpet, violin and cello Piece for 4 Pianos Two Pianos Piano Three Hands Work for Two Pianists, for 2 pianos Two Instruments, for horn and cello Piano Four Hands Atlantis, for chamber ensemble Last Pieces, for piano Ixion, for chamber ensemble

1960-1969

  • Arrangement of Tu Pauperum Refugium by Josquin des Prez, for chamber ensemble Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann's Theme, for horn, celesta and string quartet Montage 2 on the Theme of "Something Wild", for jazz ensemble Montage 3 on the Theme of "Something Wild", for jazz ensemble Untitled Film Music, for flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, percussion, and double bass The Sin of Jesus , for flute, horn, trumpet, and cello Durations 1, for alto flute, piano, violin, and cello Durations 2, for cello and piano Piece for Seven Instruments, for flute, alto flute, trumpet, horn, trombone, violin, and cello The Swallows of Salangan, for choir and chamber ensemble Out of 'Last Pieces' Durations 3, for violin, tuba, and piano Durations 4, for vibraphone, violin, and cello Two Pieces for Clarinet and String Quartet Durations 5, for horn, vibraphone, harp, piano or celesta, violin, and cello The Straits of Magellan, flute, horn, trumpet, harp, electric guitar, piano, and double bass Intervals, for bass-baritone, trombone, percussion, vibraphone, and cello Followe Thy Faire Sunne, for voice and tubular bells For Franz Kline, for soprano, horn, chimes, piano, violin, and cello The O'Hara Songs, for bass-baritone, chimes, piano, violin, viola, and cello Structures for Orchestra Merce, for percussion and piano or celesta
  • , for percussion and celesta De Kooning, for horn, percussion, piano, violin, and cello Vertical Thoughts 1, for 2 pianos Vertical Thoughts 2, for violin and piano Vertical Thoughts 3, for soprano and chamber ensemble Vertical Thoughts 5, for soprano, tuba, percussion, celesta, and violin Rabbi Akiba, for soprano and chamber ensemble Chorus and Instruments, for choir and chamber ensemble Piano Piece Vertical Thoughts 4, for piano Christian Wolff in Cambridge, for chorus a cappella Piano Piece 1964 Numbers, for chamber ensemble The King of Denmark, for percussion Four Instruments, for chimes, piano, violin and cello Two Pieces for Three Pianos The Possibility of a New Work for Electric Guitar In Search of an Orchestration First Principles, for chamber ensemble Chorus and Instruments II, for choir, tuba and chimes False Relationships and the Extended Ending, for trombone, 3 pianos, chimes, violin and cello Samoa, for flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, vibraphone, piano, and cello On Time and the Instrumental Factor Between Categories, for 2 pianos, 2 chimes, 2 violins, and 2 cellos

1970-1979

Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety, for chamber ensemble The Viola in My Life 1, for viola, flute, percussion, piano, violin, and cello The Viola in My Life 2, for viola, flute, clarinet, percussion, celesta, violin, and cello The Viola in My Life 3, for viola and piano
  • , for voice, clarinet, cello and double bass Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano The Viola in My Life IV, for viola and orchestra Chorus and Orchestra 1, for soprano, choir, and orchestra Rothko Chapel, for soprano, alto, choir, percussion, celesta and viola I Met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg, for female voice and chamber ensemble Pianos and Voices, for 5 sopranos and 5 pianos Voices and Instruments, for chamber ensemble and chorus Voices and Instruments 2, for 3 voices, flute, 2 cellos and double bass Cello and Orchestra Chorus and Orchestra 2 Voice and Instruments, for soprano and orchestra Five Pianos Trio for Flutes, for three flutes Half a Minute It's All I've Time For, for clarinet, trombone, piano, and cello For Stockhausen, Cage, Stravinsky and Mary Sprinson, for cello and piano String Quartet and Orchestra For Frank O'Hara, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello Voices and Cello, for 2 female voices and cello Voice and Instruments 2, for female voice, clarinet, cello and double bass Instruments 1, for alto flute, oboe, trombone, percussion, and celesta Piano and Orchestra Instruments 2, for chamber ensemble Four Instruments, for piano, violin, viola, and cello Oboe and Orchestra Orchestra Elemental Procedures, for soprano, choir, and orchestra Routine Investigations, for oboe, trumpet, piano, viola, cello, and double-bass Voice, Violin and Piano, for female voice, violin, and piano Instruments 3, for flute, oboe, and percussion Spring of Chosroes, for violin and piano Neither , for soprano and orchestra Piano Flute and Orchestra Why Patterns?, for flute, percussion and piano Violin and Orchestra
  • ''String Quartet''

1980-1987

The Turfan Fragments Trio, for violin, cello, and piano Principal Sound, for organ For Aaron Copland, for violin Patterns in a Chromatic Field/Untitled Composition For Cello And Piano, for cello and piano Bass Clarinet and Percussion, for bass clarinet and two percussionists Triadic Memories, for piano For John Cage, for violin and piano Three Voices, for soprano, or 3 sopranos Crippled Symmetry, for flute, percussion and piano String Quartet II Clarinet and String Quartet For Philip Guston, for flute, percussion, and piano/celesta
  • Arrangement of Weill/Brecht Alabama Song, for bass, voice ad lib, 2 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, marimba, and piano
  • , for violin Violin and String Quartet Piano and String Quartet Coptic Light For Bunita Marcus, for piano For Christian Wolff, for flute and piano/celesta For Stefan Wolpe, for choir and 2 vibraphones Palais de Mari, for piano A Very Short Trumpet Piece, for trumpet Samuel Beckett, Words and Music, for 2 flutes, vibraphone, piano, violin, viola, and cello For Samuel Beckett, for 23 instruments
  • ''Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello''

Electronic

Intersection for Magnetic Tape, for 8-track tape
  • N.B. Marginal Intersection has electronic elements; two oscillators and a recording of riveting from a construction site. The Intersection For Magnetic Tape and Marginal Intersection are the only works by Feldman to contain electronic elements.