Henry Cowell : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Air and Scherzo

    Orchestration   str

  •  American Pipers (1943) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4321/timp.perc/str

  •  Ancient Desert Drone (1940) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/perc/hp/str
    (11+ca.21/2210/perc/str)

  •  Ballad (1954) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Carol (1965) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2200/hp[=pf]/str

  •  Celtic Set (arranged from original for concert band, 1938) (1944) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2211/timp.perc/str

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by Henry Cowell

  •  Chiaroscuro (1961) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.2perc/str

  •  Ensemble (revised version of String Quintet and Thundersticks) (1956) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Exultation

    Orchestration   str

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2 (1944) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3 (1944) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4(2 ad lib)221/timp.perc.chm.xyl/str

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 5 (1945) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Hymn, Chorale and Fuguing Tune No. 8 (1947) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str
    (str4t)

  •  Movement (1934) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str
    (str4t)

  •  Music for Orchestra (1957) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.perc.xyl/cel/str

  •  Old American Country Set (1939) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2211/perc/bjo/str

  •  Ongaku (1957) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   22(ca)22/2200/timp.perc/cel.hp/str

  •  Pastorale and Fiddler’s Delight (1940) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/perc/str

  •  Philippine Return (Rondo on Philippine Folk Songs) 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2121+4sax/2220/timp.perc/str

  •  Rondo (1952) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   33(ca)33/4331/timp/str

  •  Saturday Night at the Firehouse (1948) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1121/2200/perc/str

  •  Some Music (1922) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   43+ca.3+bcl.3+cbn/5331/timp.perc/pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 10 (1953) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   22(ca)2(bcl)2/2200/timp/str

  •  Symphony No. 11 Seven Rituals of Music (1953) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.3perc/hp.pf(cel)/str

  •  Symphony No. 12 Pere Marquette (1955) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)2(ca)32/4321/timp.perc.xyl/cel.pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 14 (1959) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3332/4331/timp.3perc/cel.pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 15 Thesis (1960) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3332/4331/timp.2perc/str

  •  Symphony No. 16 Icelandic (1962) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2221/timp.2perc/hp/str
    (3333/4221/timp.2perc/str)

  •  Symphony No. 17 Lancaster (1962) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4221/timp.2perc/str

  •  Symphony No. 19 (1964) - 26 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3/4331/timp.3perc/pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 3 Gaelic (1942) - 23 minute(s)

    Orchestration   334.2asx+tsx+barsx.3/4332/perc/str

  •  Symphony No. 4 Short Symphony (1947) - 19 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/perc/hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 5 (1948) - 28 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/perc.xyl/pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 7 (1952) - 24 minute(s)

    Orchestration   21(ca).2(bcl).1/2110/timp.perc.xyl/pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 9 (1953) - 22 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/2220/timp.perc/hp(pf)/str

  •  The Tender and the Wild: Song and Dance (1964) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)3(ca)3(bcl)3/432[+]1[opt]/timp.2perc/str

  •  United Music (1943) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3332/4331/perc/hp/str

  •  Variations for Orchestra (1956) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.3perc/pf/str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Air and Scherzo (arranged from original alto sax and piano version, 1961) (1963) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Alto Saxophone

    Orchestration   2121/0000/str

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by Henry Cowell

  •  Concerto grosso (1963) - 24 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Harp, Cello

    Orchestration   str

  •  Concerto No. 1 for Koto and Orchestra (1961) - 24 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Koto

    Orchestration   1+pic.222/2220/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Concerto Piccolo [Little Concerto] (1925) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   3(pic)333/4331/timp.perc/str

  •  Duo Concertante (1961) - 14 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Flute and Harp

    Orchestration   3333/4331/timp.2perc/pf(cel)/str

  •  Flirtatious Jig (Fiddler’s Jig) 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   str
    (str4t)

  •  Four Irish Tales (Tales of Our Countryside) (1940) - 13 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2+pic.333/4331/timp.perc/str

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 10 (1955) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Oboe

    Orchestration   str

  •  Little Concerto for Piano and Band (1925) - 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   concert band

  •  Rhythmicana

    Soloist(s)   Rhythmicon

    Orchestration   1+pic.111/4331/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  Celtic Set 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2[=ca].3+ebcl+acl+bcl.ssax.2asax.tsax.bsax.2/2+3cnt.4.3.2+euph/timp.3perc/db

  •  Old American Country Set (concert band) (1939) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   concert band

    Arranger / Editor   Jim Worman

  •  Singing Band

    Orchestration   concert band

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Polyphonica for 12 instruments or chamber orchestra (1930) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, tbn, 2 vn, va, vc, db
    (1111/1110/str)

  •  Sinfonietta (1928) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1111/1110/str (2.2.1.1.1 players)

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Air and Scherzo (1961) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   asax.pf

  •  Ballad (1956) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, hn

  •  Ensemble (original version for String Quintet and Thundersticks) (1925) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn.va.2vc, thunder sticks

  •  Four Declamations with Return (1949) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 12 (1957)

    Orchestration   3 hn

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 13 (1960)

    Orchestration   tbn, pf

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 9 (1950) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc, pf

  •  Hymn, Chorale and Fuguing Tune No. 8 (1947) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn, va, vc, opt db

  •  Mosaic Quartet — String Quartet No. 3 (1935) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn.va.vc

  •  Movement (1934) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2vn.va.vc

  •  Quartet (1954) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, vc, hpd

  •  Quartet (arrangement of Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord, 1954) (1954)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, vc, hp

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by Henry Cowell

  •  Sonata (1945) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  String Quartet No. 1 (1916) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Suite (1925) - 11 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Gravely and Vigorously (1963) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vc

  •  Perpetual Rhythm (1949) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   acn

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  Aeolian Harp (1923)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Anger Dance

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Banshee (1925)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Celtic Set (1941) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2pf, 4-hands

  •  Deep Color

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Dynamic Motion

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Elegie (2005) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Episode

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Euphoria (2005) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Exultation

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Fabric

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Fairy Bells

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Five Encores to Dynamic Motion

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Harp of Life (1927) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Hero Sun

    Orchestration   pf

  •  High Color

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 14 (1962) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   org

  •  The Lilt of the Reel

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Nine Ings

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Piano Music of Henry Cowell, Volumes I and II

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Piece for Piano

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Prelude (1925) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   org

  •  Rhythmicana (1938) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Set of 4 (1960) - 9 minute(s)

    Orchestration   hpd
    (pf)

  •  Set of Two Movements (1941) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Sinister Resonance

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Slow Jig (Irish Jig) (1925) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   piano

  •  The Snows of Fuji-Yama (1927) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Three Irish Legends

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Tides of Manaunaun

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Tiger

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Trumpet of Angus Og

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Two-Part Invention

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Vestiges

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Voice of Lir

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  Edson Hymns and Fuguing Tunes (1960)

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Psalm 121

    Chorus   SAB chorus

  •  Sweet Was The Song The Virgin Sung (1948) - 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   org[=pf]

  •  The Irish Girl 1 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf [optional]

  •  The Irishman Lilts 2 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSA

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Road Leads Into Tomorrow 4 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATTBB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Ultima Actio 3 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSATB

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Edson Hymns and Fuguing Tunes: Suite (1960) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   SSAATB

    Orchestration   2222/4221/timp/str

  •  Lines from the Dead Sea Scrolls (1956) - 10 minute(s)

    Chorus   TTTBBB

    Orchestration   2222/2200/timp/str