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Cage, John Carter, Elliott Cowell, Henry

Carter, Elliott

Musical-theatrical works

• Philoctetes (incid music, Sophocles), T, Bar, male chorus, ob, perc, 1931, unpubd

• Tom and Lily (comic op, 1), 4 solo vv, mixed chorus, chbr orch, 1934, withdrawn 

• Mostellaria (incid music, Plautus), T, Bar, male chorus, chbr orch, 1936, unpubd 

• Pocahontas (ballet legend, 1), pf, 1936, Keene, NH, 17 Aug 1936, withdrawn; orch version, 1938-9

• Much Ado about Nothing (incid music, W. Shakespeare), 1937, withdrawn 

• The Minotaur (ballet), 1947 

• What next? (chbr op, 1, P. Griffiths), 1997-8

Orchestral and large ensemble

• The Ball Room Guide (ballet suite), 1937, unfinished, withdrawn [Polka used in Prelude, Fanfare and Polka] 

• English Horn Concerto, 1937, unfinished, withdrawn 

• Symphony, 1937, withdrawn 

• Prelude, Fanfare and Polka, small orch, 1938, unpubd 

• Suite, 1939, rev. 1960 [from Pocahontas] 

• Symphony no.1, 1942; rev. 1954

• Holiday Overture, 1944; rev. 1961 

• Suite, 1947 [from The Minotaur] 

• Elegy, str, 1952 [arr. of Elegy, vc, pf]

• Variations for Orchestra, 1953-5

• Double Concerto, hpd, pf, 2 chbr orch, 1961

• Piano Concerto, 1964-5

• Concerto for Orchestra, 1968-9

• A Symphony of Three Orchestras, 1976

• Penthode, 5 inst qts, 1984-5

• A Celebration of Some 100 x 150 Notes, 1986 [no.1 of Three Occasions]

• Oboe Concerto, 1987

• Remembrance, 1988 [no.2 of Three Occasions]

• Anniversary, 1989 [no.3 of Three Occasions]

• Violin Concerto, 1990

• Partita, 1993 [movt 1 of Symphonia]

• Adagio tenebroso, 1995 [movt 2 of Symphonia]

• Clarinet Concerto, 1996

• Allegro scorrevole, 1997 [movt 3 of Symphonia]

• Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei, 1993-7

Choral

• Tarantella (Ovid), male chorus, pf 4 hands/orch, 1936 [from Mostellaria]

• Woodworth, 29 April 1937; orch version unpubd 

• The Bridge (orat, H. Crane), 1937, unfinished 

• Harvest Home (R. Herrick), SATB, 1937; rev. 1997 

• Let's be Gay (J. Gay), SSAA, 2 pf, 1937

• To Music (Herrick), SSAATTBB, 1937

• 12 madrigals, 3-8vv, 1937, most withdrawn [incl. To Music] 

• Heart not so heavy as mine (E. Dickinson), SATB, 1938

• The Defense of Corinth (Rabelais), spkr, male vv, pf 4 hands, 1941

• The Harmony of Morning (M. Van Doren), SSAA, small orch, 1944

• Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (Dickinson), SSATB, str ad lib, 1945

• Emblems (A. Tate), TTBB, pf, 1947

Vocal music

• My Love is in a Light Attire (J. Joyce), 1v, pf, 1928, unpubd; other Joyce settings, late 1920s, lost 

• Tell me where is fancy bred? (W. Shakespeare), A, gui, 1938 

• 3 Poems of Robert Frost, Mez/Bar, pf, 1943: Dust of Snow, The Rose Family, The Line Gang, arr. S/T, chbr orch, 1975 

• Voyage (H. Crane), Mez/Bar, pf, 1943; arr. with small orch, 1975, rev. 1979 

• Warble for Lilac-Time (W. Whitman), S/T, pf/small orch, 1943; rev. 1954 

• The Difference (M. Van Doren), S, Bar, pf, 1944, unpubd 

• A Mirror on which to Dwell (E. Bishop), S, fl + pic + a fl, ob + eng hn, cl + E cl, cl + b cl, perc, pf, vn, va, vc, db, 1975: Anaphora, Argument, Sandpiper, Insomnia, A View of the Capitol, O Breath

• Syringa (J. Ashbery, Ancient Gk.), Mez, B, 11 players, 1978

• In Sleep, in Thunder (R. Lowell), T, 14 players, 1981: Dolphin, Across the Yard: La ignota, Harriet, Dies irae, Careless Night, In Genesis

• Of Challenge and of Love (J. Hollander), S, pf, 1994: High on our Tower, Under the Dome, Am Klavier, Quatrains from Harp Lake, End of a Chapter; L. Shelton, J. Constable

Chamber music

• String Quartet, ?c1928, withdrawn 

• Sonata, fl, pf, 1934, withdrawn 

• String Quartet, 1935, withdrawn 

• String Quartet, 1937, withdrawn 

• Musical Studies, c1938, nos.1-3 rev. as Canonic Suite; no.4, Andante espressivo, withdrawn 

• Canonic Suite, 4 a sax, 1939; rev. for 4 cl, 1955-6, 4 sax, 1981 

• Pastoral, eng hn/va/cl, pf, 1940 

• Elegy, vc, pf, 1943; arr. str qt, 1946; arr. str orch, 1952; arr. va, pf, 1961

• Sonata, vc, pf, 1948

• Woodwind Quintet, 1948

• 8 Etudes and a Fantasy, fl, ob, cl, bn, 1949-50

• String Quartet no.1, 1950-51

• Sonata, fl, ob, vc, hpd, 1952

• String Quartet no.2, 1959

• Canon for 3: in memoriam Igor Stravinsky, 3 equal insts, 1971

• String Quartet no.3, 1971

• Duo, vn, pf, 1973-4

• A Fantasy about Purcell's 'Fantasia Upon One Note', hn, 2 tpt, 2 trbn, 1974

• Brass Quintet, 2 tpt, hn, 2 trbn, 1974

• Birthday Fanfare for Sir William Glock's 70th, 3 tpt, vib, glock, 1978, unpubd

• Triple Duo, fl, cl, pf, perc, vn, vc, 1982-3

• Canon for 4, Homage to William [Glock], fl, b cl, vn, vc, 1984

• Esprit rude/esprit doux, fl, cl, 1984

• String Quartet no.4, 1985

• Birthday Flourish, 5 tpt/(2 tpt, hn, 2 trbn), 1988; tpt version,1988 

• Enchanted Preludes, fl, vc, 1988

• Con leggerezza pensosa, cl, vn, vc, 1990 

• Quintet for Piano and Winds, ob, cl, bn, hn, pf, 1991

• Trilogy, ob, hp, 1992: Bariolage, Inner Song, Immer neu

• Esprit rude/esprit doux II, fl, cl, mar, 1995

• String Quartet no.5, 1995

• Luimen, tpt, trbn, vib, mand, gui, hp, 1997

• Piano Quintet, 1997

Solo instrumental

• Piano Sonata, late 1920s, withdrawn 

• Piano Sonata, 1945-6

• 8 Pieces, 4 timp [1 pfmr], 1950-66 

• Night Fantasies, pf, 1980

• Changes, gui, 1983

• Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi, vn, 1984 

• Scrivo in vento, fl, 1991

• Gra, cl, 1993

• 90+, pf, 1994

• Figment, vc, 1995 

• A 6 Letter Letter, eng hn, 1996

• Shard, gui, 1997

Principal publishers

• Associated

• Boosey & Hawkes