List of compositions by Georgy Crumb
Content:Works:
Orchestral
Vocal/choral orchestral
Chamber/instrumental
Piano
Vocal
Choral
Works
Orchestral
- Gethsemane (1947), for small orchestra
- Diptych (1955)
- Variazioni (1959), for large orchestra
- Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) (1967)
- A Haunted Landscape (1984)
Vocal/choral orchestral
- Star-Child (1977, revised 1979), for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra
Chamber/instrumental
- Two Duos (1944?), for flute and clarinet
- Four Pieces (1945), for violin and piano
- Violin Sonata (1949)
- String Trio (1952)
- Three Pastoral Pieces (1952), for oboe and piano
- Viola Sonata (1953)
- String Quartet (1954)
- Sonata for Solo Cello (1955)
- Four Nocturnes (Night Music II) (1964), for violin and piano
- Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965 (Echoes I) (1966), for violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano
- Black Angels (Images I) (1970), for electric string quartet
- Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971), for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano
- Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (1974), for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players).
- Dream Sequence (Images II) (1976), for violin, cello, piano, percussion (one player), and off-stage glass harmonica (two players)
- Pastoral Drone (1982), for organ
- An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986), for amplified flute and percussion (three players).
- Easter Dawning (1991), for carillon
- Quest (1994), for guitar, soprano saxophone, harp, double bass, and percussion (two players)
- Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) (1998), for guitar and percussion
Piano
- Piano Sonata (1945)
- Prelude and Toccata (1951)
- Five Pieces (1962)
- Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972), for amplified piano
- Makrokosmos, Volume II (1973), for amplified piano
- Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV) (1979), for amplified piano (four hands)
- A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (1980)
- Gnomic Variations (1981)
- Processional (1983)
- Zeitgeist (Tableaux Vivants) (1988), for two amplified pianos
- Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) (2001)
- Otherworldly Resonances (2003), for two pianos
Vocal
- Four Songs (1945?), for voice, clarinet and piano
- Seven Songs (1946), for voice and piano
- Three Early Songs (1947), for voice and piano
- A Cycle of Greek Lyrics (1950?), for voice and piano
- Night Music I (1963, revised 1976), for soprano, piano/celeste, and two percussionists
- Madrigals, Book I (1965), for soprano, vibraphone, and double bass
- Madrigals, Book II (1965), for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, and percussion
- Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968), for baritone, electric guitar, electric double bass, amplified piano/electric harpsichord, and two percussionists
- Night of the Four Moons (1969), for alto, alto flute/piccolo, banjo, electric cello, and percussion
- Madrigals, Book III (1969), for soprano, harp, and percussion
- Madrigals, Book IV (1969), for soprano, flute/alto flute/piccolo, harp, double bass, and percussion
- Ancient Voices of Children (1970), for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players)
- Lux Aeterna (1971) for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)
- Apparition (1979), for soprano and amplified piano
- The Sleeper (1984), for soprano and piano
- Federico's Little Songs for Children (1986), for soprano, flute/piccolo/alto flute/bass flute, and harp
- American Songbook I: The River of Life (2003), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
- American Songbook II: A Journey Beyond Time (2003), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
- American Songbook III: Unto the Hills (2001), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
- American Songbook IV: Winds of Destiny (2004), for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
- American Songbook V: Voices from a Forgotten World (2007), for soprano, baritone, percussion quartet and piano
- American Songbook VI: Voices from the Morning of the Earth (2008), for soprano, baritone, percussion quartet and piano
- Spanish Songbook I: The Ghosts of Alhambra (2008), for baritone, guitar and percussion
- Spanish Songbook II: Sun and Shadow (2009), for female voice and amplified piano
- American Songbook VII: Voices from the Heartland (2010), for soprano, baritone, percussion quartet and piano
- Spanish Songbook III: The Yellow Moon of Andalusia (2012), for mezzo-soprano and amplified piano
Choral
- Alleluja (1948), for unaccompanied chorus