List of compositions by Henry Cowell

This is a list of compositions by Henry Cowell.

## Pieces by date of composition

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* Anger Dance (1914; orig. Mad Dance)
* Dynamic Motion (1916; frequently misdated 1914)
* Three Irish Legends (1922)

1. The Tides of Manaunaun (1917; frequently misdated 1911 or 1912)
2. The Hero Sun (1922)
3. The Voice of Lir (1920)

* Five Encores to Dynamic Motion (1917)

1. What's This?
2. Amiable Conversation
3. Advertisement
4. Antinomy (rev. 1959)
5. Time Table

* The Trumpet of Angus Og (1918–24)
* Fabric (1920)
* Vestiges (1920)
* The Sword of Oblivion for string piano (ca. 1920–22)
* Exultation (1921)
* Six Ings (1922)

1. Floating
2. Frisking
3. Fleeting
4. Scooting
5. Wafting
6. Seething

* Piece for Piano with Strings (1923; for solo string piano, despite possibly confusing title)
* Aeolian Harp for string piano (ca. 1923)
* A Rudhyar (1924)
* The Harp of Life (1924)
* The Snows of Fuji-Yama (1924)
* The Banshee for string piano (1925)
* Slow Jig (1925)
* The Leprechaun (1928)
* Two Woofs (1928)
* Euphoria (1929)
* Fairy Answer (1929)
* Two Pieces (1930)

1. Lilt of the Reel
2. Tiger

* Sinister Resonance for string piano (ca. 1930)
* Ostinato Pianissimo (1934) for xylophone soloist and percussion ensemble
* Deep Color (1938)
* Rhythmicana (1938)
* High Color (ca. late 1930s–early 1940s)
* Elegie (for Hanya Holm) (1941)
* Persian Set (1957)

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Henry Cowell

List of compositions

Piano works|

* Dynamic Motion (1916)
* The Tides of Manaunaun (1917)
* Fabric (1920)
* Six Ings (1922)
* Aeolian Harp (1923)
* The Snows of Fuji-Yama (1924)
* The Banshee (1925)
* Two Pieces (1928)
* Sinister Resonance (1930)
* Rhythmicana (1938)

Concertante|

* Piano Concerto (1928)
* Percussion Concerto (1958)
* Harmonica Concerto (1962)

Orchestral|

* Variations for Orchestra (1956)
* Symphony No. 13 "Madras" (1958)

Books|

* New Musical Resources (1930)

Family|

* Harry Cowell (father)
* Clarissa Dixon (mother)
* Sidney Robertson Cowell (wife)

Pupils|

* Burt Bacharach
* John Cage
* George Gershwin
* Lou Harrison
* Ruth Crawford
* J. H. Kwabena Nketia
* Irwin Swack
* ...more...

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