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 (c. 1934-36) for flute, harmonium, strings, and piano
• Adagio (c. 1934-36) for flute, two mandolins, guitar, and cello
• Aubade for Gabriel (c. 1934-36) for chorus, strings, and percussion
• The Geography of Heaven (1935) for 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, 2 basses, and quarter-tone organ
• Waterfront - 1934 (1935) for percussion ensemble
• Midnoon (1936) for strings and harp
• Concerto for Flute and Percussion (1939) for flute and percussion ensemble
• Suite for Percussion (1942) for five percussionists
• The Perilous Chapel (1948), mixed quartet
• Solstice (1949), octet (flute, oboe, trumpet, 2 cellos, string bass, celesta, tack piano)
• Suite for Cello and Harp (1949)
• Seven Pastorales (1949 - 1951) for chamber orchestra
• Songs in the Forest (1951), mixed quartet
• Praise for the Beauty of Hummingbirds (1951) for mixed quintet
• Serenado Por Gitaro (1952) for guitar solo
• Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra (1959)
• Concerto in Slendro (1961)
• At the Tomb of Charles Ives (1963) for chamber orchestra
• Pacifika Rondo (1963) for chamber orchestra
• Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra (1972-3) 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 (1978) for mixed duo, guitar solo
• String Quartet Set (1978)
• Suites for Cello and String Orchestra (1984, rev. 1990)
• Varied Trio (1986) for rice bowls, violin, vibraphone, and piano (written for the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio)
• Ariadne (1987), flute and percussion
• Grand Duo (1988) for violin and piano
• Suite for Violoncello and Piano (1995)
• New First Suite for Strings (1995) for string orchestra
• Rhymes with Silver (1996) for violoncello, ensemble and mixed quintet
• Concerto for Pipa with String Orchestra (1997) for pipa and string orchestra
• Suite for Violin with String Orchestra (1997)
• Scenes from Nek Chand (2002) for guitar solo

Orchestral works

• Fore-piece to St. George or After the Dragon (1934-36) for orchestra
• [untitled] (1936) for orchestra
• Overture for a Tragic, Heroic Drama (1936) for orchestra
• Fugue (1937) for orchestra
• Symphony No. 2 'Elegiac' (1942)
• Canticle #6 (1942)
• Symphony On G (No. 1) (1947)
• Political Primer (1947) for solo baritone, choir and orchestra
• Suite from Marriage at the Eiffel Tower (1961)
• Music for Violin with Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African (1967), string solo and orchestra
• Symphony No. 3 (1982) For the Cabrillo Music Festival
• Piano Concerto (1983–85), for piano tuned in Kirnberger #2 (a form of well temperament) and orchestra
• Last Symphony (No. 4) (1990, rev. 1995)
• A Parade for MTT (1995)

Vocal works

• May Rain (1931) poem by Elsa Gidlow, for female voice
• Mass to Saint Anthony (1939), mixed chorus and ensemble
• Alma Redemptoris Mater (1949–51), low voice and ensemble
• Vestiunt Silve (1951), for soprano and four instruments
• Air from Rapunzel (1952-3), high voice and ensemble
• Strict Songs (1955), baritone solo, chorus and chamber orchestra
• Orpheus (1969), soloists, mixed chorus and ensemble
• La Koro Sutro (1970), mixed chorus and gamelan, mixed chorus and ensemble
• The Foreman's Song Tune (1983) for chorus and Javanese gamelan
• Ketawang Wellington (1983) for voice and Javanese gamelan
• Three Songs (1985), men's chorus and ensemble

Keyboard works

• Adagio (1934-36) for piano solo
• Choral (1934-36) for organ solo
• Choral Preludes (1934-36) for clavichord
• Dance (1934-36) for two pianos
• Dance for a Little Girl (1934-36) for piano solo
• Feelingly (1934-36) for piano solo
• Gothic Piece (1934-36) for harpsichord solo
• Three Dances of Conflict for Carol Beals (1936) for piano solo
• Project No. 2 (1936) for piano solo
• Ground in E Minor (1936) for piano solo
• Hill-Rise (1936) for piano solo
• Tribunal (1936) for piano four-hands
• Sonata #1 (1936) for piano solo
• Sonata #2 (1937) for piano solo
• Slow (1937) for organ solo
• Simphony for Organ (1937) for organ solo
• A Bit of Rotten Chopin on Order of J. Cleghorn (1937) for piano solo
• Opening Dance (1937) for piano solo
• R. A. H.'s Extatic Moment (1937) for piano solo
• Third Sonata for Piano (1938) for piano solo
• Usonian Set (1939) for piano solo
• Reel (Homage to Henry Cowell) (1939) for piano solo
• Exposition of a Cause (1941) for piano solo
• Music for the River-Mechant's Wife (1942) for piano solo
• Gigue and Musette (1943) for piano solo
• Six Sonatas for Cembalo (1943) for piano (or harpsichord) solo
• Serenade in C (1944) for piano solo
• A 12-Tone Morning After to Amuse Henry (1944-45) for piano solo
• Waltz in C (1945) for piano solo
• Triphony (1945) for piano solo
• Praises for Michael the Archangel (1946-47) for organ solo
• Homage to Milhaud (1948) for piano solo
• Little Suite for Piano (1949) for piano solo
• Chorales for Spring (1951) for piano solo
• Io and Prometheus (1951) for piano solo
• Double Canon (to Carl Ruggles) (1951) for piano solo
• Festival Dance (1951) for two pianos
• A Thought on the Anniversary of Katherine Litz and Charles Oscar (1951) for piano solo
• A Little Gamelon for Katherine Litz to Teach By (1952) for piano solo
• Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen (1978) for piano (or harp) solo
• Estampie (1981) for organ solo
• A Summerfield Set (1988) for piano (or harpsichord) solo
• Pedal Sonata (1989) for organ solo

Gamelan works

• Suite for Violin with American Gamelan (1973)
• Gending Samuel (1976) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Pak Cokro (1976) for Javanese gamelan
• Buburan Robert (1976) for Javanese gamelan
• Lancaran Daniel (1976) for Javanese gamelan
• Lagu Sociseknum (1976) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Paul (1977) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Jody or Lancaran Jody (1977) for Javanese gamelan
• Music for the Turning of a Sculpture by Pamela Boden (1977) for Javanese gamelan
• Main Bersama-Sama (Playing Together) (1978) for Gamelan Degung and french horn
• Serenade for Betty Freeman and Franco Asseto (1978) for Gamelan Degung and suling
• Threnody for Carlos Chavez (1979) for Gamelan Degung and viola
• Gending Bill or Gending William Colvig (1980) for Javanese gamelan
• Lancaran Samuel (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Alexander (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Ladrang Epikuros (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Hephaestus (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Hermes (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Demeter (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending in Honor of the Poet Virgil (1981) for Javanese gamelan
• Double Concerto (1981–82) for violin, cello and Javanese gamelan
• Gending Claude (1982) for Javanese gamelan
• Lancaran Molly (1982) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Dennis (1982) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Pindar (1982) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending in Honor of Herakles (1982) for Javanese gamelan
• Beyond the Far Blue Mountains (1983) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Vincent (1983) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending in Honor of James and Joel (Devotions) (1983) for Javanese gamelan and two suling
• Lagu Lagu Thomasan (1983) for Cirebon gamelan
• Lagu Cirebon (1983) for Cirebon gamelan
• Lagu Victoria (1983) for Cirebon gamelan
• For the Pleasure of Ovid's Changes (1983) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending in Honor of Sinan (1983) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending in Honor of Palladio (1983) for Javanese gamelan
• Lagu Elang Yusuf (1984) for Cirebon gamelan
• Gending in Honor of Max Beckmann (1984) for Javanese gamelan
• Gending Ptolemy (1984) for Javanese gamelan
• Ladrang in Honor of Pak Daliyo (1984) for Javanese gamelan
• Lagu Pa Undang (1985) for Gamelan degung
• Concerto for Piano and Javanese Gamelan (1986–87)
• Round for Jafran Jones (1991) for Balinese gamelan

Opera

• Rapunzel (1952)
• Young Caesar (1970)

External links

• Lou Harrison: Middle Period Works
• Lou Harrison artist page from Frog Peak Music site