Works Alphabetical | Composer John Corigliano

2005

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

One Sweet Morning

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Music from the Edge

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Three Cabaret Songs (voice(s) and piano)

2003

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra ("The Red Violin")

violin solo and orchestra: 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolos, 1 doubling alto flute), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (1 doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets or trumpet and piccolo trumpet, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano (doubling celeste), and strings

2008

Solo Keyboard(s)

Winging it

solo Piano

1970

Opera

The Naked Carmen

Opera, Rock Orchestra

2017

Solo voice and up to 8 players

The Passionate Shepherd to his Love (Voice and Piano)

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Voice, Pierrot Ensemble plus percussion

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan

2-8 players

“The Food of Love” oboe, ‘cello

2021

Solo Keyboard(s)

Prelude for Paul

2021

Opera

The Lord of Cries

1971

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Wedding Song

medium voice and melody instruments, keyboards, or guitar

For medium voice and melody instruments, keyboards, or guitar; text by William M. Hoffman

1988

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Three Irish Folksong Settings

voice and flute

For voice and flute

2003

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Shatter Me, Music

soprano solo and piano

Unaccompanied voice

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Poem in October

tenor and chamber ensemble: flute, oboe, clarinet, harpsichord, and string quartet

Flute, oboe, clarinet, harpsichord, string quartet

1996

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Liebeslied

soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, with piano four hands

SATB vocal quartet and piano four hands

1994

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Jack and Jill

For voice and piano

text by William M. Hoffman

2001

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Irreverent Heart

For tenor and piano

Voice and piano

1959

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Petit Fours

For voice and piano

2008

Solo voice and up to 8 players

End of the Line

Mezzo Soprano

2001

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Marvelous Invention (Songbook for a New Century)

For mezzo soprano and piano

1997

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Dodecaphonia

For voice and piano

1965

Solo voice and up to 8 players

The Unicorn

voice and piano

1965

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Christmas at the Cloisters (for Voice & Piano)

voice and piano

1965

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Song to the Witch of the Cloisters

voice and piano

1965

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Fort Tryon Park: September

voice and piano

1965

Solo voice and up to 8 players

The Cloisters (for Voice and Piano)

For voice and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Forever Young

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Chimes of Freedom

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

All Along The Watchtower

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Masters of War

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Blowin' in the Wind

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Clothes Line

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man

For soprano and piano

2000

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan

For soprano and piano

1992

Solo voice and up to 8 players

O God of Love

3 sopranos, mezzo soprano, 2 tenors, and piano

Sextet from The Ghosts of Versailles

1992

Solo voice and up to 8 players

Come Now My Darling

two sopranos, mezzo soprano, baritone, and piano

from The Ghosts of Versailles for two sopranos, mezzo soprano, baritone, and piano

1992

Solo voice and up to 8 players

As Summer Brings a Wistful Breeze

for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano

from The Ghosts of Versailles for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano

1992

Solo voice and up to 8 players

They Wish They Could Kill Me

Baritone and Piano

Figaro’s Aria from The Ghosts of Versailles for baritone and piano

1962

Chorus and orchestra

What I Expected Was . . .

mixed chorus, 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, and percussion (2 players)

For mixed chorus, brass ensemble, and percussion

2005

Chorus and orchestra

Salute

SATB chorus (minimum 24) all playing kazoos, and brass and percussion: 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, and percussion (2 players)

for chorus (with kazoos), brass and percussion

1976

Chorus and orchestra

Poem on His Birthday

baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra: 2 flutes (doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, piano, and strings

For baritone and mixed chorus

1991

Chorus and orchestra

Of Rage and Remembrance

mezzo soprano, boy soprano, men's chorus with 12 chimes, 8 cellos, and 4 double basses.

For mezzo soprano, boy soprano, men's chorus, and chamber ensemble

1960

Chorus and orchestra

Fern Hill

mezzo soprano, SATB chorus, harp, piano, and strings

1960

Chorus and orchestra

Fern Hill

2fl, 2ob, 2cl, 2bn, 4hns, 2tpts, 2 tbs, timp., 3 perc., pno, hrp, stgs

1960

Chorus and orchestra

Fern Hill (1961; revised 1965, 1999)

Mezzo voice, SATB Chorus, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, harp, strings

1961 original version for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and chamber ensemble

1976

Chorus and orchestra

A Dylan Thomas Trilogy

SATB chorus & 3(2pic).3.3(bcl).3(cbn)/4331/timp.3perc/pf.hp.hpd/str

1976

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

Psalm No 8

Four-part chorus (mixed voices) and organ

For four-part chorus of mixed voices and organ

2005

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

One Sweet Morning

SSAA Chorus (a capella)

1971

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

L’ Invitation au Voyage

SATB chorus (a capella)

For SATB chorus Text by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Richard Wilbur

2000

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

Forever Young

Soprano and chorus (a capella)

From Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan For soprano and chorus a cappella

1966

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

Christmas at the Cloisters (for SATB chorus and piano)

chorus and piano

From "The Cloisters", four songs to texts by William M. Hoffman (1966)

1994

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

Amen

antiphonal double chorus (a cappella)

For antiphonal double chorus a cappella

1991

Opera

The Ghosts of Versailles - Metropolitan Opera Version

coloratura soprano, 6 sopranos, 4 mezzo sopranos, 2 altos, 5 tenors, 3 baritones, bass baritone, 2 basses. SATB chorus, and orchestra: 3 flutes (doubling piccolo), 3 oboes (doubling english horn), 3 clarinets doubling Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano, synthesizer, and strings; onstage players from pit orchestra: flute, oboe, viola, percussion

Grand opera buffa in two acts

2009

Opera

The Ghosts of Versailles (Reduced Version)

coloratura soprano, 6 sopranos, 4 mezzo sopranos, 2 altos, 5 tenors, 3 baritones, bass baritone, 2 basses. SATB chorus, and orchestra: 2 Flutes (both doubling Piccolo), 2 Oboes (1 doubling English Horn), 2 Clarinets in Bb (doubling Clarinets in A, Eb and Bass Clarinet in Bb), 2 Bassoons (1 doubling Contrabassoon), 2 Horns in F, 2 Trumpets in C, 2 Trombones, Timpani, Percussion (3 players), Synthesizer, Piano (Celesta), Harp and Strings

Grand opera buffa in two acts

1998

Film Scores

The Red Violin

1980

Film Scores

Altered States

Music for the motion picture Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Film Score, 1980

1972

Chorus a cappella or plus 1 instrument

A Black November Turkey

SATB Choir

1997

Solo Keyboard(s)

The Red Violin: Anna's Theme

solo Piano

from The Red Violin

1991

Solo Keyboard(s)

O God of Love

solo Organ

from The Ghosts of Versailles, arranged for solo organ by Richard Wayne Dirksen (2000)

1959

Solo Keyboard(s)

Kaleidoscope for Two Pianos

Two Pianos

1972

Solo Keyboard(s)

Gazebo Dances

Piano Four-Hands

For piano four-hands

1985

Solo Keyboard(s)

Fantasia on an Ostinato

solo piano

1978

Solo Keyboard(s)

Etude No. 1 (from Etude Fantasy, 1978)

Piano (LH)

from Etude Fantasy For piano left hand, revised by the composer (2007)

1976

Solo Keyboard(s)

Etude Fantasy

solo Piano

For piano

1972

Solo Keyboard(s)

Adagio (from Gazebo Dances, 1972)

solo Piano

from Gazebo Dances Arranged for solo piano by Dolores Fredrickson (1992)

1999

Solo (excluding keyboard)

The Red Violin Caprices

solo Violin

For solo violin

2011

Solo (excluding keyboard)

STOMP

solo Violin

For Violin Solo

1996

Solo (excluding keyboard)

Fancy on a Bach Air

solo Viola

Viola version by Melia Watras (2006)

1996

Solo (excluding keyboard)

Fancy on a Bach Air

solo cello

1971

2-8 players

Voyage (from L'Invitation au Voyage)

Flute, 2 Violins, Viola, Double Bass

Arranged for flute and string quintet by Clare Hoffman (1988) from L'Invitation au Voyage, 1971

1971

2-8 players

Voyage (from L'Invitation au Voyage)

Flute and piano

from L'Invitation au Voyage, 1971

1988

2-8 players

Voyage (from L'Invitation au Voyage)

flute and harp

Arranged for flute and harp by Valerie von Péchy Whitcup (1988) From L'Invitation au Voyage

1997

2-8 players

The Red Violin

Violin and Piano

1995

2-8 players

String Quartet

2 Vln, 1 Vla, 1 Clo

Winner, 1996 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition Cleveland Quartet recording winner, 1996 Grammy Award for for Best Chamber Music Performance

1963

2-8 players

Sonata for Violin and Piano

for Violin and Piano

Winner of the Festival of Two Worlds prize for chamber music, 1964

1977

2-8 players

Soliloquy (from the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra)

for Clarinet and String Quartet

Adapted by the composer from the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra

2003

2-8 players

Snapshot: Circa 1909

For string quartet

1975

2-8 players

Scherzo for Oboe and Percussion

oboe soloist and percussion: timpani, three percussionists, harp, and piano or celeste

Third movement of the Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

1994

2-8 players

How Like Pellucid States, Daddy

For bassoon quartet

2000

Large Ensemble

Utah Fanfare

4 horns, 2 C trumpets, 2 piccolo trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, and percussion (2 players)

For brass ensemble and percussion

Large Ensemble

Two Works for Antiphonal Brass

Brass Ensemble

Written for the dedication of the new Apex field house in New York

1993

Large Ensemble

Fanfares to Music

on- and off-stage brass ensembles; on-stage: horn, trumpets, trombone, bass trombone; off-stage: 2 horns, 2 piccolo trumpets, trombone, and tuba

from Two Works for Antiphonal Brass

1994

Large Ensemble

Antiphon

8 or 10 brass players; for 8 players; 4 trumpets, 2 trombones (or 2 horns), and 2 bass trombones (or two tubas) ; for 10 players: 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 bass trombones, and 2 tubas

from Two Works for Antiphonal Brass

1988

Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble

Tarantella from Symphony No. 1

3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo plus 2 more piccolos), 3 oboes and english horn, 3 clarinets in Bb, bass clarinet (doubling contrabass clarinet), soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones (contrabass clarinet may substitute for bass saxophone), 6 horns 5 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 euphoniums, 2 tubas, 2 timpanists, percussion (6 players), piano, harp, mandolin (optional), and double bass

Arranged for band by Jeff Gershman (2001)

1972

Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble

Gazebo Dances

piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 Bb clarinets, Eb clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 3 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, baritone, 2 tubas, timpani, percussion (4 players)

Arranged for band by the composer (1974)

1997

Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble

DC Fanfare

2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes and english horn, 3 clarinets, Eb clarinet, and bass clarinet, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba and euphonium, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano, and string bass

Arranged for wind ensemble by Mark Spede (2001)

2004

Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble

Circus Maximus

three bands: stage, antiphonal, and marching

Symphony No. 3 for Large Wind Ensemble

1971

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Voyage (from L'Invitation au Voyage)

for flute and string orchestra

Arranged by the composer for flute and string orchestra (1983) from L'Invitation au Voyage)

1999

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Vocalise

Soprano and orchestra: 3 flutes (1 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 3 clarinets (1 doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 4 trumpets (1 doubling piccolo trumpet), 3 trombones, tuba (optional), timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano (doubling celeste), and strings; trumpets 2 and 3, off-stage, double Crotales, trumpet 4, off-stage, doubles glockenspiel

for soprano, electronics and orchestra

1993

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Troubadours

Solo guitar with 2 flutes (picc), 2 oboes (E.H.), 2 clar. (bass cl), 2 bsns, 2 hns, 2 perc. , piano (opt.), strings (min. 6-6-4-4-2)

Variations for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra

1999

Soloist(s) and orchestra

The Red Violin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra

Violin solo and orchestra: timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, and strings

1997

Soloist(s) and orchestra

The Red Violin

3 flutes (2 doubling piccolos), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 C or D trumpets , 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, piano or celeste, and strings

1965

Soloist(s) and orchestra

The Cloisters

voice or chorus and piano or chamber orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion, and strings

Four songs to texts by William M. Hoffman

1977

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Soliloquy (from the Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra)

solo clarinet and orchestra: 2 flutes and piccolo, 2 oboes (doubling english horn), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons and contrabassoon, 1 horn, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, harp, piano, and strings

Adapted by the composer for performance as an independent work (1995)

1970

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Poem in October

tenor and chamber orchestra: flute, oboe, clarinet, harpsichord, and strings

Arranged for chamber orchestra by the composer (1999; revised 2003)

1982

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Pied Piper Fantasy

flute soloist (also playing tin whistle or piccolo) and orchestra: 2 flutes and piccolo, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets (doubling E clarinet and bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion (4 players), harp, piano (doubling celeste), and strings (minimum 14 first violines, 12 second violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 6 basses), and a children's group of 9–18 flutes and 2 percussionists

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

2011

Soloist(s) and orchestra

One Sweet Morning

mezzo-soprano soloist and 3(pic).3.3(bcl,Ebcl).3(cbn)/4.3.2+btbn.1/timp.4perc/pf(cel).hp/str

for voice and orchestra Milosz, Homer, Li Po, Harburg

2000

Soloist(s) and orchestra

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (for Amplified Soprano and Orchestra)

soprano and orchestra: 3 flutes (2 doubling piccolos), 3 oboes (1 doubling english horn), 3 clarinets (1 doubling Eb clarinet and 1 doubling bass clarinet), alto saxophone (doubling baritone saxophone) 3 bassoons, (1 doubling contrabassoon), 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, percussion (3 players), harp, piano, and strings

Version for amplified soprano and orchestra by the composer (2003) Winner of two Grammy Awards, 2008 ("Best Contemporary Composition", “Best classical vocal performance”)

Works

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A Black November Turkey (arr. string quartet) (2003)

A Black November Turkey (for chorus) (1972)

A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (1976; revised 1999)

Adagio (from “Gazebo Dances") (1972)

Altered States (music for the motion picture) (1980)

Amen (1994)

Antiphon (1994)

Aria (4th Movement of Concerto for Oboe) (1975)

Aria of the Worm (1992)

As Summer Brings a Wistful Breeze (1992)

Campane di Ravello (A Celebration Piece for Sir Georg Solti) (1987)

Chiaroscuro (1997)

Christmas at the Cloisters (for chorus and piano) (1966)

Circus Maximus (Symphony No. 3 for Large Wind Ensemble) (2004)

Come Now My Darling (1992)

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1977)

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra (1975)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1968)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (“The Red Violin") (2003)

Conjurer: Concerto for Percussionist and String Orchestra (2007)

Creations: Two Scenes from Genesis (1972)

DC Fanfare (1997)

DC Fanfare for Wind Ensemble (1997)

Dodecaphonia (1997)

Elegy (1965)

Etude Fantasy (for piano) (1976)

Etude No. 1 (for the left hand) (1978)

Fancy on a Bach Air (viola version) (1996)

Fancy on a Bach Air (cello version) (1996)

Fanfares to Music (1993)

Fantasia on an Ostinato (for piano) (1985)

Fantasia on an Ostinato (for orchestra) (1986)

Fern Hill (harp, piano, and strings) (1960)

Fern Hill (full orchestra) (1960)

Fern Hill (chamber orchestra) (1960)

Figaro was Supposed to Return the Necklace (1992)

Forever Young, from “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan" (2000)

Gazebo Dances (for orchestra) (1974)

Gazebo Dances (for piano, four-hands) (1972)

Gazebo Dances (1972)

How Like Pellucid States, Daddy (1994)

Irreverent Heart (voice and piano) (2001)

Jack and Jill (voice and piano) (1994)

Jamestown Hymn (2007)

Kaleidoscope for Two Pianos (1959)

Liebeslied (SATB vocal quartet and piano 4-hands) (1996)

L’ Invitation au Voyage (1971)

Midsummer Fanfare (2004)

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (voice(s) and piano) (2000)

Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan (2000)

O God of Love: (1992)

O God of Love (1991)

Of Rage and Remembrance (1991)

One Sweet Morning (2005)

One Sweet Morning

One Sweet Morning (for voice and piano) (2005)

Overture to the Imaginary Invalid (from “Gazebo Dances") (1974)

Petit Fours (for voice and piano) (1959)

Phantasmagoria — Suite from “The Ghosts of Versailles" (2000)

Pied Piper Fantasy, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1982)

Poem in October (flute, oboe, clarinet, harpsichord, string quartet)

Poem in October (version for chamber orchestra) (1970; revised 1999, 2003)

Poem on His Birthday (1976)

Promenade Overture (1981)

Psalm No 8 for Four-part Chorus of Mixed Voices and Organ (1976)

Revolution (music for the motion picture) (1985)

Ritual Dance, from the film “Altered States" (1981)

STOMP

Salute for chorus (with kazoos), brass and percussion (2005)

Samira

Scherzo for Oboe and Percussion (1975)

Shatter Me, Music (unaccompanied voice) (2003)

Snapshot: Circa 1909 (2003)

Soliloquy (for clarinet and string quartet) (1977)

Soliloquy (for clarinet and orchestra) (1977)

Sonata for Violin and Piano (1963)

String Quartet (1995)

Symphony No. 1 (1988)