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For mezzo-soprano and chorus For narrator and orchestra, 1944 (1954) Originally conceived as a made-for-TV production, The Tender Land was rejected by producers. It was performed for the first time at the New York City Opera instead. Concerto for cello and orchestra For voice and orchestra, op. 4 For piano, violin and thirteen wind instruments, 1925 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano and orchestra The Poem of Fire, for orchestra, 1910 For soprano, baritone & orchestra, op. 18 For mezzo-soprano or baritone & orchestra, op. 20 For voice and orchestra, op. 20, 1913 Divertimento per Orchestra, op. 65, 1942 For piano and chamber orchestra, op. 44, 1926 For violin and cello, 1990 Taped whale songs and orchestra, 1970 For voice, chorus & organ (or piano), op. 53, no. 1 Symphony No. 7, for wind symphony, op. 178 For trumpet and string orchestra, op. 62b Symphony No. 7, for wind symphony, op. 178 For trumpet and string orchestra, op. 62b Concerto for trumpet and wind symphony, op. 213 Symphony #53, for band, op. 377 Symphony No. 20, for band 1998, for soloist and chamber ensemble For orchestra; composer and conductor For voice, alto flute and piano 1942, used in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001, A Space Odyssey†Symphonic poem for orchestra, 1903, op. 5 Six-minute performance first performed in Albuquerque Monodrama in one act for soprano and orchestra, op. 17, 1909 For speaker, strings and piano, 1942 Org. "Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher"; dramatic oratorio, 1935 Three parts, 27 numbers, for soloists, chorus and orchestra Symphonic poem for orchestra, 1920 Symphonic poem for orchestra, 1920 For baritone, chorus and orchestra; first performed, Oct. 1944 Written by the Estonian composer in 1977 after the death of Britten in 1976; used in Fahrenheit 9/11 Concerto for piano and orchestra Symphony No. 4, for string orchestra, harp and percussion, 2008 For chorus, string orchestra and tape, 1984/5, revised, 1992 Tango cycle for chamber ensemble Tango nuevo for orchestral strings and bandoneón, 1982 Known in his native land of Argentina as "El Gran Ãstor" ("The Great Astor"). For tenor, baritone, chorus, string quartet, piano, harp, timpani and strings; op. 69 For string orchestra, 1932 (1954) Based on the novella of the same name by Henry James. For string orchestra, 1937 For piano, string quartet and string orchestra, 1939 Subtitled Variations and a Fugue on a Theme of Purcell; 1946 Tenor, baritone, double chorus and orchestra, 1930 For voice and piano, 1905 Progressive pieces for piano in six volumes Symphonic poem for orchestra, 1910 For chorus, on folk texts, 1957 String Quartet No. 7, 1947 For soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, speaker, chorus and orchestra For chamber orchestra and piano, 1950 For piano left hand, 1912 (1949) from Sophocles' Antigone. For large orchestra, 1949 Sonata for violin & piano No. 4 After the poem by Vachel Lindsay For chorus, bells, and organ, S. 152 Tone poem for orchestra, 1917 Setting of four poems by John Ashbery, for baritone, trombone, string quartet and piano, 2004 For orchestra; commissioned by the New York City Ballet, 1993 For 4 soloists, strings and timpani, 2007 A fantasy for piano and orchestra, 2008 B.1938; Pulitizer Prize, 1970 For chamber orchestra, 1989 B.1949; winner of Pulitzer Prize, 1993 For voice and piano, 1887-9 Opera after Edgar Allan Poe, unfinished (1902) Adapted from Pelleas et Melisande by Maurice Maeterlinck. Divertissment for orchestra, 1882 20th C. Brazilian and Portuguese music for flute and piano Arts songs of Latin America 1990 composition for prepared player piano For vocal soloists, organ, harpsichord and percussion, 1979 For alto saxophone and orchestra (1937) - also for piano duo For amplified soprano and orchestra, 1979-81 For voice and piano, 1959 B.1937; winner of the Pulitizer Prize in 1980 Symphony No. 13, for brass chorus and orchestra, 1962 Symphony No. 3, with chorus; 1929 Symphony No. 7 in C Major "Leningrad", Op. 60 Oratorio for tenor, bass soli, mixed & boys' chorus and orchestra, 1949 For high voice and chamber ensemble Song cycle setting letters by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1983 Choral work written for the Yale Glee Club B.1927; Pulitzer Prize for music, 1975 Concerto for soprano and orchestra, 1956 Large-scale choral work setting the Book of Revelation, for male chorus, brass and an array of percussion, 1968 Rhapsody for tenor, men's chorus, brass and percussion, 1966 Song cycle for piano and orchestra, 1950 For large orchestra, 1927 For the premiere of Barrere’s platinum flute in 1936 Suite for orchestra, op. 66 Op. 80, for soprano or tenor, chorus and orchestra Suites 1 & 2 for Orchestra Adoration of Aphrodite, 1968 Concerto for Flutes; Rautavaara, Finnish, b. 1928 A Fantasy for Chorus and Orchestra, 1997 Symphony #4 for chorus, children's chorus and orchestra; commissioned by Michigan State University For 5 percussionists & orchestra B.1939; winner of Pulitizer Prize in 1983 For 3 trumpets, vibraphone, and glockenspiel, 1978 For speaker, men's chorus and two pianos, 1941 For flute and cello, 1988 2006, for voice and ensemble For women's chorus and two pianos, 1937 For percussion sextet, 2008 From poems b y Hila Plitmann For chorus; composer b. 1970 For chorus, text by Rudyard Kipling Ballet suite for piano four hands, 1917 Love poem for piano, 1922 Hebrew Rhapsody for cello and orchestra, 1916 For violin or viola and piano, 1953 Ballet in one act with chorus For nine wind instruments, percussion and harpsichord; later version for piano Op. 54, 1946; probably the Swiss composer's best known work English Rhapsody for orchestra, 1907 Rhapsody for orchestra, 1908 For eight pianos, player piano and various percussion instruments, 1926 B.1929; Pulitzer Prize, 1968 A Little Midnight Music, for piano For soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar and percussion Vols 1 and 2, for amplified piano 1998, for guitar and percussion (A Dog's World) Voice of the Whale; for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano For orchestra and Cuban percussion instruments, 1932 (1935) The original cast contained classically trained black singers rather than white singers in blackface (as was widely accepted at the time), and so marked an important step forward for black actors in American theater. For piano and orchestra, 1934 For large wind ensemble, 1964 For a cappella chorus, 1973 For winds and percussion, 1965 For soprano and chamber ensembe, 1961 For small orchestra, 1954 For large orchestra, 1973 Monodrama for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 1973-74 For string orchestra; based on the third movement of String Quartet #3 For clarinet, violin, cello & piano For mezzo-soprano, string quartet, and piano, 1987 Now a Christmas classic, it was first broadcast from NBC studios in New York on Christmas Eve, 1951. Cantata for four vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra, 1975 (1946) Menotti directed a film version in 1951. For brass quintet and orchestra, 1966 For Renaissance instruments and orchestra, 1970 B.1925; Pulitizer Prize for Music, 1994 For chorus and chamber orchestra, 1972 "Homage to Hardy", op. 47 For chorus of female voices and orchestra, 1913 Op. 13, symphonic poem for orchestra For orchestra, op. 33, 1915 Op. 21 No.2 (1907). A full orchestral composition. For violin and orchestra, op. 19 Used in Stanley Kubrick's film, "2001 A Space Odyssey". Trio for horn, violin and piano Used in the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey". Set of eleven pieces for piano For soprano and chamber ensemble For 3 voices and 7 instruments For chamber ensemble, 1974 The Runaway Slave; written while in Cuba Guitar Sonata No. 1, 1976 Six movement orchestral work; homage to Wagner's opera For large ensemble of original instruments (1862) Based on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Sonate-fantaisie no. 2 for violin and piano, 1913 The Unforeseen, Symphony No. 1, 1920 Fantasy for piano and orchestra, 1921 Mountains of Brazil, Symphony No. 6, 1944 C. 1912, for solo keyboard String Quartet #1, op. 62, 1988 Symphony No. 2, for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra, op. 31 His symphony #3 - a surprise recent "best seller" For string orchestra, 1963 Tone poem with viola obbligato, 1923 For narrator, chorus and orchestra, 1969 Inspired by Einstein’s view of time and the sounds of warfare (1922) Based on "The Little House in Kolomna" by Aleksandr Pushkin. Stravinsky once named Mavra as the best thing he'd done. Ballet story about a puppet come to life (1951) A moral lesson based on William Hogarth's series of paintings and engravings entitled "A Rake's Progress" (1733-1735). Recounts the adventures of Tom Rakewell, who is seduced into abandoning his Anne Trulove by the devious Nick Shadow, who (duh) later reveals himself as the Devil. Caused a riot at the premier performance in Paris in 1925 Parable about a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil Three-movement work for chorus and orchestra For two pianos eight hands, 1946 For female chorus and piano, 1970 Symphonic legend for orchestra, 1954 For chorus and orchestra, (1983) 1928-1996; Pulitzer Prize, 1972 Tone poem for orchestra, 1901 Tone poem for orchestra, 1926 Title taken from Blake's poem, Tygre 1980 composition for orchestra and chorus based on poems by John Donne and Emily Dickinson B.1947; minimalist composer; Pulitizer Prize (2003) Composition for orchestra and baritone based on the poem by Walt Whitman No intentional sounds are made during its entire duration Audience participation with 12 phonographs and 300 records Based on the film score "Altered States" For mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra Seven Poems of Bob Dylan for voice and piano, 2000 Suite from the opera, "The Ghosts of Versailles", 2000 For flute, orchestra and 100 children Suite for Violin and Orchestra, 1999 B.1938; text from the St. Mathew Gospel; Pulitzer Prize, 1987 1987, written for cellist Steven Isserlis Played at Princess Diana's funeral. B.1943; Pulitzer Prize, 1979 Fantasy for amplified violin and orchestra Music set to the words of Martin Luther King For soprano, harp and flute, 1977 Theatre piece, first performed, 2002 For chamber ensemble, 1989 String Quartet No. 9, 2004 String quartet version, 1986 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 Revised in 2006 after the death of John Paul II For solo voices, orchestra and two choruses (1928) A collaborative adaptation of an English piece called "The Beggar's Opera", by John Gay. The Threepenny Opera revolutionized theater by breaking what is known as the "fourth wall". The fourth wall is the imaginary barrier between two universes: that of the stage and that of the audience. The wall is an artificial division that was thought to allow audiences to detach themselves from the material being presented on stage. Breaching the fourth wall, a tactic termed "the alienation effect", was devised by Bertolt Brecht. Brecht intended to force audience members to an awareness of the world of the play (and, by extension the greater structure of society as a whole) as an artificial construct. Weill and Brecht collaborated with Elisabeth Hauptman on this anti-capitalist piece. The Threepenny Opera is the source of the song "Mack the Knife", later covered by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darin, and more. For mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano four-hands, 1988 1956 - Musical based on Voltaire's book. For clarinet and jazz ensemble, 1949 For 9 voices and 10 instruments 1895-1968; Pulitzer Prize, 1946 For chorus and orchestra, 1965 For chorus and orchestra, 1957 For tenor, chorus and orchestra, 1976 For chorus and 2 pianos (or organ) 1989, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of her birth Opera in two scenes; premiered 1950 For piano, three or four strings and optional voice, 1979 Voice, distant flute, piano and percussion, 1978 Orchestral suite for orchestra, 1963 Overture for orchestra, 1956 Symphonic Impressions for piano and orchestra Cantata for mail chorus (1943-6) Tone poem for orchestra, 1943 Composition for organ, 1962 For voice and piano, 1932 Choreographic poem for orchestra, 1919-1920 For pianist Paul Wittgenstein, 1931 Concert rhapsody for violin and piano, 1924 Version for orchestra, 1906; second version, 1926 Version for orchestra, 1912 For orchestra and 2000 voices, premiered 2000 Song cycle set to poems by Federico Garcia Lorca For narrator and orchestra For the Atlanta Symphony, 1994 For piano and orchestra, 1958 Motet for chorus with organ ad libitum, 1946 Variations for orchestra, 1952 For soprano and piano, 1950 Seldom-performed tone poem often confused with Rimsky-Korsakov’s composition with a similar name Written as a suite of ten piano pieces Ballet, 1947; based on the life of Lizzie Borden B.1923; Pulitzer Prize, 1976 For mezzo-soprano & chamber orchestra, 2007 For voice and orchestra, 1950 Based on “The Book of 1001 Nights†For narrator, chorus, vocal soloists, orchestra and dancers Written to commemorate the American bicentennial For chorus and French horn, 1943 "bird catalog", composition for piano, 1956-8 Illuminations on the Beyond, for orchestra Blackbird; for flute and piano, 1952 Women's voices, piano and orchestra, 1944 Based on a poem by Goethe Composed for the bicentennial of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1958 Requiem 'For Those We Love'; text from Walt Whitman Suite for orchestra, piano and percussion, 1916
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