Click on individual work for information about publisher and further description of the music. For information regarding synthesizers and software for individual works, please click here.
____________________________________________________________
Stage works

Nixon in China
opera in three acts (1985-87)

The Death of Klinghoffer
opera in two acts (1990-91)

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky
songplay in two acts (1995)

El Niño
A Nativity Oratorio (1999-2000)

Doctor Atomic
opera in two acts (2004-5)

A Flowering Tree
opera in two acts (2006)
____________________________________________________________
Orchestra

Common Tones in Simple Time
(1979)

Harmonium
for chorus and large orchestra (1980-81)

Shaker Loops
version for string orchestra (1983)

Harmonielehre
(1984-85)

The Chairman Dances
foxtrot for orchestra (1985)

Tromba lontana
fanfare for orchestra (1985)

Short Ride in a Fast Machine
fanfare for orchestra (1986)

Fearful Symmetries
(1988)

Eros Piano
for piano and orchestra (1989)

Violin Concerto
(1993)

El Dorado
(1991)

Lollapalooza
(1995)

Slonimsky’s Earbox
(1996)

Century Rolls
for piano and orchestra (1996)

Naive and Sentimental Music
(1997-98)

Guide to Strange Places
(2001)

On the Transmigration of Souls
for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack
(2002)

My Father Knew Charles Ives
(2003)

Dharma at Big Sur
for electric violin and orchestra (2003)

Doctor Atomic Symphony
(2005)
____________________________________________________________
Voice and orchestra

The Nixon Tapes
three suites for voices and orchestra from Nixon in China (1987)

The Wound-Dresser
for baritone voice and orchestra (1988)
____________________________________________________________
Chamber Music

Piano Quintet
(1970)*

Shaker Loops
for string septet (1978)

Chamber Symphony
(1992)

John’s Book of Alleged Dances
for string quartet (1994)

Road Movies
for violin & piano (1995)

Gnarly Buttons
for clarinet and chamber ensemble (1996)

Son of Chamber Symphony
(2007)
____________________________________________________________
Other ensemble works

American Standard
for unspecified chamber ensemble (1973)*

Christian Zeal & Activity
for unspecified chamber ensemble (1973)

Grounding
for six voices, three saxophones and live electronics (1975)*

Grand Pianola Music
for 2 pianos, 3 female voices, winds, brass & percussion (1982)

Scratchband
for amplified ensemble (1996)
____________________________________________________________
Chorus

Ktaadn
for mixed chorus, osciallators and filters (1974)*

Harmonium
for chorus and large orchestra (1980-81)

Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer
(1991)

On the Transmigration of Souls
for orchestra, chorus, children’s choir and pre-recorded soundtrack
(2002)
____________________________________________________________
Tape and electronic compostions

Heavy Metal
two-channel tape (1970)*

Studebaker Love Music
two channel tape (1976)*

Onyx
four channel tape (1976)*

Light Over Water
two channel tape (1983)

Hoodoo Zephyr
(1992-93)
____________________________________________________________
Piano solo or duet

Phrygian Gates
for piano (1977)

China Gates
for piano (1977)

Hallelujah Junction
for two pianos (1996)

American Berserk
for solo piano (2001)

____________________________________________________________
Film score

Matter of Heart
music for the documentary film about C.G. Jung (1982)*

An American Tapestry
music for the film
Directed by Gregory Nava
Produced by Barbara Martinez-Jitner
released on the Showtime Cable Channel
____________________________________________________________
Arrangements and Orchestrations

The Black Gondola
(orchestration of La Lugubre Gondola by Franz Liszt) (1990)

Berceuse élégiaque
(arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni’s original) (1991)

Le Livre de Baudelaire
mezzo soprano & orchestra (orchestration of four songs by
Claude Debussy from Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire) (1993)

La Mufa
(orchestration of tango by Astor Piazzolla) (1995)

Todo Buenos Aires
(orchestration of tango by Astor Piazzolla) (1996)

Six Songs by Charles Ives
arranged for voice and chamber orchestra (1989-93)

____________________________________________________________

*=unpublished compositions

< Return to top of page