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Hovhaness, Alan

(3/08/1911 - 6/21/2000)

Of Armenian and Scottish ancestry, the American composer Alan Hovhaness was a pupil of Frederick Converse at the New England Conservatory. He was amazingly prolific, with a body of instrumental music often inspired by Armenian sources and by his study of Japanese and Korean music, for which there was not always a contemporary audience.

Instrumental Music

Hovhaness wrote 67 symphonies and a wide variety of concertos and other orchestral works. He left an equally vast list of works for chamber ensembles of various kinds.

Vocal Music

Vocal music by Hovhaness includes accompanied and unaccompanied choral settings of predominantly religious texts, and a number of solo songs with texts of more varied provenance.

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Composer: Hovhaness, Alan Period: 20th Century

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Work Name	Category	Year Composed
Achtamar, Op. 64, No. 1	Instrumental	1948
Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b	Orchestral	1941
Anahid, Op. 57	Orchestral	1945
And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1	Orchestral	1970
Armenian rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45	Orchestral	1944
Armenian rhapsody No. 2, Op. 51	Orchestral	1944
Armenian rhapsody No. 3, Op. 189	Orchestral	1944
Artik, Op. 78	Orchestral	1949
A Simple Mass, Op. 282	Choral - Sacred	1975
Avak the Healer, Op. 64	Vocal	1946
Ave Maria, Op. 100, No. 1a	Choral - Sacred	1952
Black Pool of Cat, Op. 84, No. 1	Vocal	1949
Boreas and Mount Wildcat, Op. 2, No. 2	Orchestral	1931
Cantate Domino, Op. 385	Choral - Sacred	1983
Celestial Canticle, Op. 305 (1994 version)	Vocal	1977
Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44	Orchestral	1944
Cello Concerto, Op. 27 (Op. 17/2)	Concerto	1937
Cello Sonata, Op. 255	Chamber Music	1972
Chahagir, Op. 56, No. 1	Instrumental	1945
Chanson du marin	Chamber Music
Clarinet Trio, Op. 415, "Lake Samish"	Chamber Music	1988
Concerto for Orchestra No. 7, Op. 116	Concerto	1953
Concerto for Orchestra No. 8, Op. 117	Concerto	1957
Consolation, Op. 419	Instrumental	1989
Dance Ghazal, Op. 362	Instrumental	1941
Dark River and Distant Bell Op. 212	Instrumental
Dawn at Laona, Op. 153	Vocal	1957
Duet for Violin and Harpsichord, Op. 122	Chamber Music	1954
Easter Cantata, Op. 100, No. 3, "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"	Choral - Sacred	1953
Elibris, Op. 50	Orchestral	1944
Fanfare for the New Atlantis, Op. 281, No. 1	Orchestral	1975
Fantasy on an Ossetin Tune, Op. 85	Instrumental	1951
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints, Op. 211, "Han-ga Genso"	Orchestral	1965
Fantasy, Op. 15	Instrumental	1936
Fantasy, Op. 16	Instrumental	1953
Fantasy, Op. 277	Chamber Music	1974
Five Visionary Landscapes, Op. 214	Instrumental	1965
Floating World, Op. 209, "Ukiyo"	Orchestral	1964
Flute Sonata No. 1, Op. 118	Instrumental	1964
Flute Sonata, Op. 406 (arr. for violin and harp)	Chamber Music	1987
Fra Angelico, Op. 220	Orchestral	1967
From the end of the Earth, Op. 177	Choral - Sacred	1952
Ghazal, Op. 36	Instrumental	1938
Greek Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 63	Instrumental	1946
Guitar Concerto No. 1, Op. 325	Concerto	1979
Guitar Concerto No. 2, Op. 394	Concerto	1985
Guitar Sonata No. 1, Op. 316	Instrumental	1978
Guitar Sonata No. 2, Op. 329	Instrumental	1979
Haroutiun, Op. 71	Orchestral	1948
Harp Concerto, Op. 267	Concerto	1973
Harp Sonata, Op. 127	Instrumental	1954
Hear my prayer, O Lord, Op. 149	Choral - Sacred	1960
Hermes Stella, Op. 247	Instrumental	1971
How I Adore Thee, Op. 7	Vocal	1936
Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1969
Immortality, Op. 134	Choral - Sacred	1960
In Memory of an Artist, Op. 163	Orchestral	1958
Invocations to Vahaken, Op. 54	Chamber Music	1945
Is There Survival (King Vahaken), Op. 59	Chamber Music	1949
I Will Rejoice in the Lord, Op. 42	Choral - Secular
Jesus, lover of my soul, Op. 53, No. 1	Choral - Sacred	1935
Jhala, Op. 103	Instrumental	1952
Journey Into Dawn	Instrumental	1954
Khaldis, Op. 91	Concerto	1951
Khirgiz Suite, Op. 73a	Chamber Music	1951
Khrimian Hairig, Op. 49	Orchestral	1944
Komachi, Op. 240	Instrumental	1971
Lady of Light, Op. 227	Choral - Secular	1969
Lake of Van Sonata, Op. 175	Instrumental	1946
Lalezar (arr. for piano)	Instrumental	1952
Laona	Instrumental	1956
Live in the Sun, Op. 169	Vocal	1954
Lousadzak, Op. 48	Concerto	1944
Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 33 (revised version)	Vocal	1938
Love Song Vanishing into Sounds of Crickets, Op. 328	Instrumental	1979
Lullaby of the Lake, Op. 74, No. 4	Vocal	1948
Macedonian Mountain Dance No. 1, Op. 144	Instrumental	1937
Macedonian Mountain Dance No. 2, Op. 144b (version for piano)	Instrumental	1937
Magnificat, Op. 157 (version for mixed choir and orchestra)	Choral - Sacred	1958
Make a Joyful Noise, Op. 105	Choral - Sacred	1967
Make Haste, Op. 86	Choral - Sacred	1951
Meditation on Ardalus, Op. 156, No. 2	Instrumental	1964?
Meditation on Orpheus, Op. 155	Orchestral	1957
Meditation on Zeami, Op. 207	Orchestral	1964
Mountains and Rivers without End, Op. 225	Chamber Music	1968
Mountain Under the Sea, Op. 392	Chamber Music	1984
Mystic Flute, Op. 22	Instrumental	1937
Nagooran, Op. 237, No. 2	Chamber Music	1964
October Mountain, Op. 135	Chamber Music	1942
Ode to the Temple of Sound, Op. 216	Orchestral	1966
O for a shout of sacred joy, Op. 161	Choral - Sacred	1958
O God our help in ages past, Op. 137	Choral - Sacred	1963
O Lord God of Hosts, Op. 27	Choral - Sacred	1940
Orbit No. 1, Op. 90, No. 2 (arr. L. Lawrence)	Chamber Music	1952
Orbit No. 2, Op. 102	Instrumental	1952
Oror (Lullaby), Op. 1	Chamber Music	1927
Out of the Depths, Op. 142, No. 3a, "Psalm 130"	Choral - Sacred	1960
Out of the Depths, Op. 142, No. 3, "Psalm 130"	Vocal	1938
Pagan Saint, Op. 74, No. 1	Vocal	1948
Pastoral No. 1, Op. 111, No. 1	Instrumental	1952
Piano Sonata, Op. 301, "Fred the Cat"	Instrumental	1977
Piano Sonata, Op. 303, "Ananda"	Instrumental	1977
Piano Sonata, Op. 340, "Blue Job Mountain"	Instrumental	1979
Piano Sonata, Op. 346, "Prospect Hill"	Instrumental	1980
Piano Sonata, Op. 354, "Journey to Arcturus"	Instrumental	1981
Piano Sonata, Op. 366, "Hiroshige's Cat Barhing"	Instrumental	1982
Piano Sonata, Op. 390, "Cougar Mountain"	Instrumental	1985
Piano Sonata, Op. 405, "Mt. Katahdin"	Instrumental	1987
Piano Suite, Op. 96	Instrumental	1967
Prayer of Saint Gregory, Op. 62b (arr. for choir)	Choral - Sacred	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b	Orchestral	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (arr. for soprano saxophone and organ)	Chamber Music
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (arr. R. Longfield for orchestra)	Orchestral	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (arr. R. Smedvig for organ and chamber ensemble)	Chamber Music
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (version for trumpet and piano)	Chamber Music	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (version for trumpet and wind band)	Orchestral	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (version for trumpet and wind ensemble)	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (verson for trumpet and organ)	Chamber Music	1946
Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62b (arr. R. Smedvig for trumpet and organ)	Chamber Music	1946
Prelude and Quadruple Fugue, Op. 128	Orchestral	1936
Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40a	Orchestral	1941
Requiem and Resurrection, Op. 244	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1968
Return and Rebuild the Desolate Places, Op. 213	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1944
Rubaiyat, Op. 308	Orchestral	1975
Ruins of Ani, Op. 250, No. 1, "Lament for Ani, City of a Thousand Churches"	Instrumental	1972
Saturn, Op. 243	Vocal	1971
Saxophone Concerto, Op. 344	Concerto	1980
Shalimar, Op. 177	Instrumental	1949
Shatakh, Op. 73b	Chamber Music	1947
Slumber Song, Op. 52, No. 2	Instrumental	1938
Sonata for Harp and Guitar, Op. 374, "Spirit of Trees"	Chamber Music	1983
Sonata for Piano and Percussion, Op. 54, No. 2, "Hakhpat"	Chamber Music	1951
Sonata, Op. 121	Chamber Music
Songs with Armenian Words, Op. 238	Vocal	1948
Spirit of Ink, Op. 230	Instrumental	1968
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8	Chamber Music	1936
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 147	Chamber Music	1951
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 208, No. 1	Chamber Music	1964
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 208, No. 2	Chamber Music	1964
String Trio, Op. 201	Chamber Music	1962
Suite for Band, Op. 15	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1948
Suite for Cello and Piano, Op. 193, No. 1	Chamber Music	1927
Suite in D Minor, Op. 21	Chamber Music	1935
Suite on Greek Tunes	Instrumental	1949
Suite, Op. 291	Chamber Music	1976
Symphony No. 10, Op. 184, "Vahaken"	Orchestral	1944
Symphony No. 11, Op. 186, "All Men are Brothers"	Orchestral	1960
Symphony No. 12, Op. 188	Orchestral	1960
Symphony No. 14, Op. 194, "Ararat"	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1961
Symphony No. 15, Op. 199, "Silver Pilgrimage"	Orchestral	1962
Symphony No. 19, Op. 217, "Vishnu"	Orchestral	1966
Symphony No. 1, Op. 17, No. 2, "Exile Symphony"	Orchestral	1937
Symphony No. 20, Op. 223, "3 Journeys to a Holy Mountain"	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1968
Symphony No. 21, Op. 234, "Etchmiadzin"	Orchestral	1970
Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light"	Orchestral	1971
Symphony No. 23, Op. 249, "Ani"	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1972
Symphony No. 24, Op. 273, "Majnun Symphony"	Choral - Secular	1973
Symphony No. 25, Op. 275, "Odysseus"	Orchestral	1973
Symphony No. 29, Op. 289 (version for wind ensemble)	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1976
Symphony No. 2, Op. 132, "Mysterious Mountain"	Orchestral	1955
Symphony No. 31, Op. 294	Orchestral	1977
Symphony No. 3, Op. 148	Orchestral	1956
Symphony No. 48, Op. 355, "Vision of Andromeda"	Orchestral	1981
Symphony No. 49, Op. 356, "Christmas Symphony"	Orchestral	1981
Symphony No. 4, Op. 165	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1958
Symphony No. 50, Op. 360, "Mount St. Helens"	Orchestral	1982
Symphony No. 53, Op. 377, "Star Dawn"	Orchestral	1983
Symphony No. 53, Op. 377, "Star Dawn"	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1983
Symphony No. 60, Op. 396, "To the Appalachian Mountains"	Orchestral	1985
Symphony No. 63, "Loon Lake", Op. 411	Orchestral	1988
Symphony No. 66, Op. 428, "Hymn to Glacier Peak"	Orchestral	1992
Symphony No. 6, Op. 173, "Celestial Gate"	Orchestral	1959
Symphony No. 7, Op. 178, "Nanga Parvat"	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1959
Symphony No. 9, Op. 80, "Saint Vartan"	Orchestral	1950
Tale of the Sun Goddess Going into the Stone House, Op. 323	Opera	1978
Tapor No. 1, Op. 14	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1948
The Burning House: Overture, Op. 185a	Chamber Music	1959
The Flowering Peach, Op. 125	Chamber Music	1954
The Flute Player of the Armenian Mountains, Op. 239	Vocal	1946
The Garden of Adonis, Op. 245	Chamber Music	1971
The God of Glory Thundereth, Op. 140	Choral - Sacred	1960
The Holy City, Op. 218	Orchestral	1965
The Lord's Prayer, Op. 35	Choral - Sacred	1958
Trumpet Sonata No. 1, Op. 200	Chamber Music	1962
Tzaikerk, Op. 53	Orchestral	1945
Upon Enchanted Ground, Op. 90, No. 1	Chamber Music	1951
Vijag, Op. 37	Instrumental	1946
Vision on a Starry Night, Op. 384	Chamber Music	1985
Yakamochi, Op. 193, No. 2	Instrumental	1965
Yenovk (The Troubadour), Op. 176, No. 2	Instrumental	1948
12 Armenian Folk Songs, Op. 43	Instrumental	1943
2 Pieces, Op. 55	Instrumental	1945
2 Shakespeare Sonnets, Op. 31	Vocal	1942
30th Ode of Solomon, Op. 76: No. 5. Processional and Fugue	Orchestral	1948
3 Haikus, Op. 113	Instrumental	1964
3 Improvisations on Folk Tunes, Op. 248, No. 2	Wind Ensemble/Band Music	1952
3 Motets, Op. 259	Choral - Sacred	1972
3 Odes of Solomon, Op. 5	Vocal	1937
4 Bagatelles, Op. 30	Chamber Music	1964
4 Motets, Op. 246	Choral - Sacred	1971
4 Motets, Op. 268	Choral - Sacred	1973
4 Motets, Op. 87	Choral - Sacred	1951
4 Songs, Op. 238	Vocal	1949
4 Songs, Op. 242	Vocal	1971
6 Dances, Op. 79	Chamber Music	1967
7 Greek Folk Dances, Op. 150	Chamber Music
7 Greek Folk Dances, Op. 150 (version for harmonica and orchestra)	Orchestral	1956

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