Henry Cowell(1897-1965): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

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In order to construct this list I have trawled through almost 1500 items in the Cowell manuscript collection. With the Hovhaness and Cowell catalogues now on the site I think that I need a rest   So no more American Composers....at least for the time being


HENRY COWELL: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1914-22:"Some Music" for orchestra: 7 minutes
1915-22/
   47:   Symphony No.1
1918:   March for orchestra
1919:   "Symphonic Communication" for orchestra
1920:   "Whaf's This?: First Encore to Dynamic Motion" for orches"Vestiges" for orchestra    +  (Naxos cd)
1924:   "Some More Music" for orchestra
1926:   "Adantis(Prologue): Ballet Music" for orchestra   + (Mode cd)
1927-28:"Marked Passages" for chamber orchestra
             Piano Concerto    +  (Col Legno cd)
1928:   Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra    +  (Col Legno cd)
1928-29:Irish Suite: a Concerto for String-Piano and Chamber Orchestra   +  (Naxos cd)
1930:   "Exultation" for strings or piano and orchestra
             "Polyphonica" for twelve instruments or chamber orchestra  *    +  (Mode and Naxos cds)
             "Synchrony" for orchestra: 12 minutes     + (CRI cd)
1931:   Concerto for Rhythmicon and Orchestra
             "Dance of Sport(Competitive Sport)" for flute, oboe, clarinet and strings  + (Mode cd)
1932:   Reel No.1 for small orchestra
             "Two Appositions" for string orchestra
             "Continuations" for string orchestra
1933:   "Slow Jig" for orchestra
             "Horn Pipe" for orchestra
1933-34:"Six Casual Developments" for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra  +  (Naxos cd)
1934:   Movement for strings: 4 minutes
             Suite for small orchestra    +  (Mode cd)
             "The Trojan Women" for chamber orchestra
             Reel No.2 for small or full orchestra     +  (Mode cd)
1936:   "Jig in Four" for orchestra
1937-38:Symphony No.2 "Anthropos": 23 minute     +  (commercial download available)
1937-39:Old American Country Set for orchestra or band: 13 minutes  +  (Koch cd)
1938:   Celtic Set for concert band (and orchestral version 1944): 14 minutes
             Air for band
             Symphonic Set    +  (Claves cd)
             "Herman's Wedding March" for band
1939:   "Shoonthree(The Music of Sleep)" for band
             "The Exuberant Mexican: Danza Latina" for band
             "Vox Humana" for orchestra or band
1940:   Easter Music for band and chorus
             Pastoral and Fiddler's Delight for orchestra: 6 minutes
             Ancient Desert Drone for orchestra: 5 minutes    *
             "American Melting Pot" Set for chamber orchestra: 16 minutes    +  (Koch cd)
             "58 for Percy" for band
             "Purdue" for orchestra
             "Bit o'Blarney(This One is a Wise-Cracker)" for band
             "Four Irish Tales(Tales of Our Countryside)" for Piano and Orchestra: 13 minutes    *   +  (Col Legno cd)
             "Lilt of the Reel" for Piano and Orchestra
1941:   "Blarneying Lilt" for band
             Indiana University Overture
             "Shipshape Overture" for band
             Suite for Piano and Orchestra
1942:   Concerto Piccolo for Piano and Band(or Orchestra 1945): 12 minutes  + (Col Legno cd)
             "Festive Occasion" for band
             Fanfare to the Forces of Our Latin-American Allies for brass and percussion    + (Regis cd)
             Symphony No.3 "Gaelic" for band with strings: 23 minutes
1943:   "Fire and Ice" for men's chorus and band
             "United Music" for orchestra: 9 minutes
             "American Pipers" for orchestra: 4 minutes    *
             "Philippine Return: Rondo on Philippine Folk Songs" for orchestra: 4 minutes
             "Improvisations on a Persian Mode" for orchestra
1943-44:Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.1 for symphonic band
1944:   Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.2 for strings: 5 minutes    +  (Koch and cpo cds)
             "Animal Magic of the Alaskan Esquimo" for band
             Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.3 for orchestra: 7 minutes    +  (First Edition cd)
1945:   Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.5 for strings: 6 minutes     +  (cpo cd)
             "Big Sing" for orchestra: 11 minutes
1946:   Hymn for strings
             "Grandma's Rhumba" for band
             Festival Overture for two orchestras
             "Congratulations!" for string orchestra
             Symphony No.4 "Short Symphony": 19 minutes  +  (commercial download available)
1947:   Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.8 for strings: 8 minutes    + (cpo cd)
1948:   Symphony No.5: 28 minutes    *
             "Saturday Night at the Firehouse" for orchestra: 4 minutes
1949:   "Curse and a Blessing" for symphonic band
             Overture for Large Orchestra
1951:   TV Song for impromptu chorus and orchestra
1951-52:Symphony No.6: 23 minutes
1952:   Fantasie(Enigma Variations) on a Theme by Ferdinband Klicken" for band
             Symphony No.7 for small orchestra: 26 minutes    +  (CRI cd)
             Rondo for orchestra: 7 minutes
             Air for violin and string orchestra: 6 minutes     +  (Koch and cpo cds)
             "Fiddler's Jig" for violin and string orchestra: 2 minutes   +  (cpo cd)
             Symphony No.8 for optional contralto, chorus and orchestra   *
1953:   Symphony No.9: 22 minutes   *
             Symphony No.10: 23 minutes   *
             Symphony No.11 "Seven Rituals of Music": 21 minutes   + (First Edition cd)
             "Singing Band" for concert band
1954:   Ballad for strings: 3 minutes
             "Toward A Bright Day" for orchestra   (lost)
1955:   Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.10 for Oboe and Strings: 7 minutes   + (cpo and Decca cds)
             Dalton Suite for school orchestra
             "if He please" for mixed chorus, boys; chorus and orchestra: 18 minutes      + (CRI cd)
1955-56:Symphony No.12: 15 minutes
1956:   "Lines from the Dead Sea Scrolls" for men's voices and orchestra: 10 minutes
             "Ensemble" for string orchestra: 18 minutes    + (cpo cd)
1956/69:Variations for Orchestra: 18 minutes     +  (CRI cd)
1956-57:"Persian Set" for chamber orchestra: 15 minutes   + (Koch and CRI cds)
1956-58:Symphony No.13 "Madras": 20 minutes    *
1957:   "Teheran Movement" for chamber orchestra
             Music for Orchestra: 10 minutes     + (CRI cd)
             "Ongaku" for orchestra: 14 minutes      + (First Edition cd)
1958:   Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: 19 minutes
1959:   "Antiphony" for divided orchestra: 12 minutes
             "Mela(Fair)" for orchestra
             "Characters" for orchestra
1959-60:Symphony No.14: 25 minutes   *
1960:   Concerto Brevis for Accordion and Orchestra: 17 minutes    *
             Suite "Edson Hymns and Fuguing Tunes" for chorus and orchestra or band: 10 minutes
             Variations on Thirds for Two Violas and String Orchestra: 15 minutes  +  (cpo cd)
             Symphony No.15 "Thesis": 20 minutes   +  (First Edition cd)
1961:   "Chiaroscuro" for orchestra: 11 minutes
             Duo Concertante for Flute, Harp and Orchestra: 14 minutes
1961-62:Concerto No.1 for Koto and Orchestra: 24 minutes
1962:   Andante for orchestra
             Harmonica Concerto: 18 minutes
             Symphony No.16 "Icelandic": 25 minutes    + (CRI cd)
1962-63:Symphony No.17 "Lancaster": 22 minutes
1963:   Air and Scherzo for Alto Saxophone and Small Orchestra
             Concerto Grosso for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Harp, Cello and Strings: 24 minutes
             Oratorio "The Creator" for soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra
             Music from a visit to a Japanese school for school orchestra
1963-64:Symphony No.18: 26 minutes
1964:   Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.16 for orchestra: 6 minutes    *
             "The Tender and the Wild Song and Dance" for orchestra
1964-65:Symphony No.19: 26 minutes
1965:   Concerto No.2 for Koto and Orchestra in the Form of a Symphony: 20 minutes
             "Twilight in Texas" for studio orchestra
             Carol for orchestra: 9 minutes
             Symphony No.20
             Harp Concerto