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Dance Composers - Alphabetical List
Karen Amrhein (1970-     ), American
Georges Auric (1899-1983), French
Jesse Ayers (1951-    ), American
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Polish
Samuel Barber  (1910-1981), American
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), American
Ezio Bosso (1971-     ), Italian
Benjamin Britten (1913- 1976), English
Earle Brown (1926-2002), American
John Cage  (1912-1992), American
Elliott Carter  (1908-     ), American
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), American
Jean Coulthard (1908-2000), Canadian
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), American
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Spanish
David Fennessy (1976-     ), Irish
Johannes Fritsch (1941-     ), German
Robert Gans (1952-     ), American
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), Argentinian
Philip Glass (1937-     ), American
Percy Grainger (1882-1961), Australian-American
Ferde Grofe (1892-1972), American
Lou Harrison (1917-2003), American
Bernard Herrmann  (1911-1975), American
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), German
Gustav Holst (1874-1934), English
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Swiss
Karel Husa (1921-     ), Czech-American
Maurice Jarre (1924-     ), French
André Jolivet (1905-1974), French
Scott Joplin (1868-1917), American
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), Hungarian
Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Austrian
David Lang (1957-    ), American
Dan Locklair (1949-     ), American
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994), English
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Czech
Giancarlo Menotti  (1911-     ), Italian-American
Alexandros Mouzas  (1962-     ), Greek
Alex North (1910-1991), American
Michael Nyman (1944-     ), British
Juliet Kiri Palmer (1967-    ), New Zealand-Canadian
Harry Partch (1901-1974), American
Clermont Pépin (1926-2006), Canadian
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), French
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian-Soviet
Behzad Ranjbaran (1955-      ), Iranian
John Rea (1944-    ), Canadian
Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940), Mexican
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), American
Dean Rosenthal (1974-     ), American
Nino Rota (1911-1979), Italian
Albert Roussel (1869-1937), French
Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), Hungarian-American
Aulis Sallinen (1935-     ), Finnish
Erik Satie (1866-1925), French
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Russian-Soviet
William Schuman (1910-1992), American
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Soviet-Russian
Mirjam Tally (1976-     ), Estonian
Barry Truax (1947-     ), Canadian
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Brazilian
William Walton (1902-1983), British
Kurt Weill (1900-1983), German
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich  (1939-     ), American


Dance Composers - Chronological List
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French
Erik Satie (1866-1925), French
Scott Joplin (1868-1917), American
Albert Roussel (1869-1937), French
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English
Gustav Holst (1874-1934), English
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Spanish
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian
Percy Grainger (1882-1961), Australian-American
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), Hungarian
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Brazilian
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Czech
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian-Soviet
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Swiss
Ferde Grofe (1892-1972), American
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), German
Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), Austrian
Georges Auric (1899-1983), French
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), French
Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940), Mexican
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), American
Kurt Weill (1900-1983), German
Harry Partch (1901-1974), American
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), American
William Walton (1902-1983), British
André Jolivet (1905-1974), French
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Soviet-Russian
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994), English
Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), Hungarian-American
Elliott Carter  (1908-     ), American
Jean Coulthard (1908-2000), Canadian
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Polish
Samuel Barber  (1910-1981), American
Alex North (1910-1991), American
William Schuman (1910-1992), American
Bernard Herrmann  (1911-1975), American
Giancarlo Menotti  (1911-     ), Italian-American
Nino Rota (1911-1979), Italian
John Cage  (1912-1992), American
Benjamin Britten (1913- 1976), English
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), American
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), Argentinian
Lou Harrison (1917-2003), American
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), American
Karel Husa (1921-     ), Czech-American
Maurice Jarre (1924-     ), French
Earle Brown (1926-2002), American
Clermont Pépin (1926-2006), Canadian
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Russian-Soviet
Aulis Sallinen (1935-     ), Finnish
Philip Glass (1937-     ), American
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich  (1939-     ), American
Johannes Fritsch (1941-     ), German
Michael Nyman (1944-     ), British
John Rea (1944-    ), Canadian
Barry Truax (1947-     ), Canadian
Dan Locklair (1949-     ), American
Jesse Ayers (1951-    ), American
Behzad Ranjbaran (1955-      ), Iranian
David Lang (1957-    ), American
Robert Gans (1952-     ), American
Alexandros Mouzas  (1962-     ), Greek
Juliet Kiri Palmer (1967-    ), New Zealand-Canadian
Karen Amrhein (1970-     ), American
Ezio Bosso (1971-     ), Italian
Dean Rosenthal (1974-     ), American
David Fennessy (1976-     ), Irish
Mirjam Tally (1976-     ), Estonian


Danses Pytheuses
New Music for Dance

Dance Composers and Their Works
Karen Amrhein (1970-     ), American
Little Nemo in Slumberland, ballet for orchestra (2002)

Georges Auric (1899-1983), French
Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel, ballet (1920) [collab. 'Les Six']
Les Fâcheux, ballet (1923) [based on incidental music]
Les Matelots, ballet (1924)
Pastorale, ballet (1925)
Les Enchantements de la Fee d'Alcine, ballet (1928)
Rondeau, ballet (1928) [for L'eventail de Jeanne]
La Concurrence, ballet (1931)
Les Imaginaires, ballet (1933)
La Fontaine de Jouvence, ballet (1946)
Quadrille, ballet (1946)
Le Peintre et son modele, ballet (1948)
Phèdre, ballet (1949)
Chemin de lumiere, ballet (1951)
La Chambre, ballet (1954)
Le Bal des voleurs, ballet (1960)

Jesse Ayers (1951-    ), American
Susanna and the Elders, clarinet quartet, percussionist, soprano, dancers and storyteller (1977)

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Polish
Peasant King, ballet (1953)
Esik in Ostend, ballet (1964)
Desire, ballet, orchestra and tape (1969, unfinished)

Samuel Barber  (1910-1981), American
Medea – Cave of the Heart, op. 23, ballet (1946); Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, op. 23a (1955)
Souvenirs, op. 28, ballet (1952)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian
Wooden Prince, ballet, op. 13, BB 74 (1914-16)
Miraculous Mandarin, ballet, op. 19, BB 82 (1918-19; rev. 1926-31)

Leonard Bernstein  (1918-1990), American
Fancy Free, ballet (1944)
Facsimile, ballet (1946)
Dybbuk, ballet (1974)

Ezio Bosso (1971-     ), Italian
Flautus, dance score (1994)
6 november, dance score (1994)
Traveller, dance score (1995)
The Breath of the Thramp, dance score (1997)
The Body and the Bass, dance score (1998)
Moments, dance score (2006)
Tenderhook, dance score (2007)
Riapertura, dance score (2007)
AmOx, dance score (2008)
Within the Golden Hour, dance score (2008)
We Unfold, dance score (2009) [music: Symphony No. 1, "Oceans", solo cello and orchestra, 2008]

Benjamin Britten  (1913- 1976), English
Plymouth Town, ballet (1930; fp. 2004)
The Prince of the Pagodas, ballet, op. 57 (1956)

Earle Brown (1926-2002), American
Indices, ballet, chamber orchestra (1954; concert version, 1954/57)

John Cage  (1912-1992), American
[under construction]
Music for an Aquatic Ballet, [instrumentation unknown, though included watergongs] (1938; lost?)
25 Ballets in 1 act for a solo dancer, [instrumentation unknown] (1939; lost?)
Four Songs of the Moment, piano w/dancer (1940; lost?)
Spiritual, piano w/dancer (1940; lost?)
Fads and Fancies in the Academy, 5 players (percussion, pianos, dance, speech) (1940)
Totem Ancestor, prepared piano and dancers (1942) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Credo in Us, 4 players w/dancers (pf; 2 perc; radio or phonograph) (1942) [choreography by M. Cunningham and J. Erdman]
And The Earth Shall Bear Again, prepared piano w/dancers (1942) [choreography by Valerie Bettis]
In the Name of the Holocaust, prepared piano w/dancers (1942) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Shimmera, prepared piano w/dancers (1942; lost?) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Ad Lib, piano w/dancers (1943) [choreography by Merce Cunningham and Jean Erdman]
Lidice, prepared piano w/dancers (1943; lost) [choreography by Marie Marchowsky]
Amores, prepared piano and 3 percussion players (1943) [choreographed by Merce Cunningham, 1949]
Tossed As It Is Untroubled, perpared pf (1943) [originally called Meditation] [choreographed by Cunningham, 1944]
Triple-Paced (first version), piano (1943) [second version, 1944, w/choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Arrangement of first mvt of "Socrate" (Erik Satie), 2 pf (1944 or 1947) [choreographed by Cunningham: Idyllic Song]
Four Walls, piano (w/singing voice) and dancers (1944) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Root of an Unfocus, prepared piano w/dancers (1944) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Spontaneous Earth, prepared piano w/dancers (1944) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
The Unavailable Memory of, prepared piano w/dancers (1944) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Triple-Paced (second version), prepared piano w/dancers (1944) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
A Valentine Out of Season, prepared pf (1944) [choreographed by Cunningham: Effusions avant l'heure/Games/Trio, 1949]
Mysterious Adventure, prepared piano w/dancers (1945) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Soliloquy, piano w/dancers (1945) [one of the dances from Four Walls, 1944] [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Experiences I, 2 pianos w/dancers (1945) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
The Feast, piano (1945; lost?) [choreography ?]
Thin Cry, piano w/dancers (1945; lost?) [choreography by Yuriko]
Three Dances, 2 prepared pianos (1945) [choreographed by Merce Cunningham: Dromenon, 1947]
Daughters of the Lonesome Isle, prepared piano w/dancers (1945) [choreography by Jean Erdman]
Encounter, piano w/dancers (1946, incomplete) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Foreboding, piano [w/dancers?] (1946; lost?) [choreography by Nina Fonaroff?]
Ophelia, piano w/dancers (1946) [choreography by Jean Erdman]
The Seasons, ballet in one act, piano or orchestra (1947) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Dream, piano, or viola and ensemble of 4 violas, w/dancers (1948) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Experiences II, voice unaccompanied w/dancers (1948) [choreography by Cunningham] [see also Experiences I, 1945]
In a Landscape, piano or harp solo w/dancers (1948) [choreography by Louise Lippold]
Orestes, piano? (1948/1946?; sketches only) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]
Suite for Toy Piano, toy piano or piano w/dancers (1948) [choreographed by Merce Cunningham: A Diversion, 1948]
A Flower, voice and (closed) piano w/dancers (1950) [choreography by Louise Lippold]
Sixteen Dances, fl, tpt, 4 perc, pf, vln & vc w/dancers (1951) [chor./Cunningham: 16 Dances for Soloist & Company of 3, 1951]
Black Mountain Piece, 3 spkrs, pf, dancer, gramophone, radios, film, slideprojectors & paintings (1952) [chor./Cunningham]
Imaginary Landscape No. 5, score to make a recording, using any of 42 LPs (1952) [chore./Jean Erdman: Portrait of a Lady]
Two Pastorales, prepared piano w/dancer(s) (1952) [choreography by Merle Marsicano: "Idyl"/for Pastorale No. 1]
Waiting, piano w/dancer(s) (1952) [choreography by Louise Lippold]
Music for Piano 2, piano w/dancer(s) (1953) [choreography by Louise Lippold & Merce Cunningham/multiple works]
Music for Piano 3, piano w/dancer(s) (1953) [choreography by Merce Cunningham/multiple works]
Music for Piano 4-19, piano w/dancer(s) (1953) [choreography by Merce Cunningham/multiple works]
Music for Piano 20, piano w/dancer(s) (1953) [choreography by Merce Cunningham/multiple works]
Variations V (1965) [choreography by Merce Cunningham]

Elliott Carter  (1908-     ), American
Pocahontas, ballet (1938-39)
The Minotaur, ballet (1947)

Aaron Copland  (1900-1990), American
Grohg, ballet (1922-1925)
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, ballet (1934) [a section of this ballet became the 2nd of the Four Piano Blues, 1948]
Billy the Kid, ballet (1938)
Rodeo, ballet (1942) [Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, orchestra, 1942]
Appalachian Spring, ballet (1944) [Suite, 1945; excerpt “Shaker Variations”, arr. for band, 1956]
Pied Piper, ballet (1951) [Jerome Robbins' choreography to Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, 1949]
Dance Panels, ballet (1959; rev. 1962)

Jean Coulthard (1908-2000), Canadian
Excursion, ballet (1940)
The Devil's Fanfare, ballet (1958)

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French
Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune, ballet (1891-94)
Khamma, ballet (1910-12)
Jeux, ballet (1912-13)
La boîte à joujoux, ballet (1913)

Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008), American
Prairie, ballet (1942) [Sinfonietta, 1941, choreographed by Loring]
The Duke of Sacramento, ballet, 2 pianos (1942, withdrawn) [choreographed by Loring]
On Stage!, ballet (1945) [choreographed by Kidd]
Diversion of Angels, ballet (based on Serenade, 1947-48; first performed August 13, 1948 as Wilderness Stair: Diversion of Angels)
    [choreographed by Martha Graham; later renamed Diversion of Angels, premiered, 1949]

The Triumph of Saint Joan Symphony, orchestra (1951) [based on music from opera The Triumph of St. Joan, 1950]
    [introduced as ballet, choreographed by Martha Graham, 1951; rechoreographed by Graham as Seraphic Dialogue, 1955]
Seraphic Dialog, ballet (1955) [The Triumph of St. Joan Symphony Symphony,1951, with new choreography by Martha Graham, 1955]
There is a Time, ballet (1956) [Meditations on Ecclesiastes, 1956; choreographed by Limon]
Women's Song, ballet (1960) [Harp Concerto, 1945; choreographed by Tamaris]
Variations, Chaconne and Finale, ballet (1963) [Variations, Chaconne and Finale, 1947; choreographed by Walker]
A Time of Snow, ballet (1968) [choreographed by Martha Graham] [some music used for Songs of Abelard, band, 1969]
The Glass Heart, ballet (1968) [Meditations on Ecclesiastes, 1956; choreographed by Wilde]

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Spanish
El amour brujo, ballet (1914-15)
El corregidor y la molinera, ballet (1916-17; revised and expanded as “The Three Cornered Hat”)
El sombrero de tres picos [The Three Cornered Hat], ballet (1918-19)

David Fennessy (1976-     ), Irish
Foot, Foot and Other Stories, scottish flute trio, percussion and dance (2008)

Johannes Fritsch (1941-     ), German
Die Regel war Unabänderlich – Ein Requiem, ballet, tape (1975-76)
Der Grosse Gesang, ballet,speaker, mezzo-soprano, countertenor, gtr, trombone, amp perc, tape (1979-80)

Robert Gans (1952-     ), American
Blue Ballet Suite in 4 Movements, piano, flute, oboe, double bass and percussion (2004)

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983), Argentinian
Panambí, ballet, op. 1 (1934-36) [also Suite from ballet, op. 1a]
Estancia, ballet, op. 8 (1941) [also Danzas de Estancia, orchestra, op. 8a]

Philip Glass  (1937-     ), American
Dance, for Philip Glass Ensemble (1979) [with Lucinda Childs and Sol LeWitt]
In the Upper Room, chamber orchestra (1986) [music for Twyla Tharp's dance piece]
12 Pieces for Ballet, piano (1993)
Les Enfants Terribles, dance opera, voices and three pianos (1996)
The Witches of Venice, children's opera-ballet (2005)

Percy Grainger (1882-1961), Australian-American
The Warriors,ballet (Dec 1913-Dec 1916)

Ferde Grofe (1892-1972), American
Hollywood Ballet, ballet (1935)
Jungle Ballet, ballet (1937)
Café Society, ballet (1938)

Lou Harrison  (1917-2003), American
Changing World, ballet, 2 pianos, percussion, recorder and voice (1937)
Something to Please Everybody, ballet, prepared piano, percussion and recorder (1940, summer) [lost]
Omnipotent Chair, ballet, xylophone, drums, bells, zither and bass (1940)
Green Mansions, ballet, piano, recorder, and percussion (1941, Aug) [also for 2 pianos]
In Praise of Johnny Appleseed, ballet, 3 percussionists (1942)
Western Dance, ballet, piano, flute, bassoon, trumpet, piano, violin, cello and double bass (1947)
The Marriage at the Eiffel Tower, ballet, fl, cl, tpt, vln, cello, db, piano and percussion (1949, summer)
Almanac of the Seasons, ballet, small orchestra (13 at most), singer and narrator (1950, summer) [lost]
Chorales for Spring, ballet, piano (1951, Mar. 22)
Praises for Hummingbirds and Hawks, ballet, chamber orchestra (1952, before Apr. 23)
Orpheus -- for the Singer to the Dance, ballet, tenor, chorus and percussion orchestra (15 players) (1969)
Ariadne, flute and percussion with optional dancer (1987)

Bernard Herrmann  (1911-1975), American
March Militaire, ballet music (1932) [for Americana Revue, September 1932]

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), German
Der Dämon op. 28 (1922)
Nobilissima Visione (1938)
Theme with four Variations (According to the Four Temperaments) (1940) for String Orchestra and Piano
Hérodiade de Stéphane Mallarmé (1944)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934), English
The Lure, ballet (1921)
The Perfect Fool, opera, op. 39 (1918-22) [ballet section]
The Golden Goose, ballet, op. 45 No.1 (1926)
The Morning of the Year, ballet, op. 45 No.2 (1926-27)

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Swiss
Le dits des jeux du monde, ballet (1918), H 19
Verite-mensonge, ballet (1920) ?????
La Noce massacre from "Le maries de la tour Eiffel", ballet (1921), H 35 [in collab. w/Les Six]
Horace Victorieux, mimed symphony/ballet (1921), H 38
Skating Rink, ballet (1921-22), H 40
Fantasio, ballet (1922), H 46
Sous-marine, ballet (1924-25), H 58
Amphion, ballet-melodrama (1929), H 71
Semiramis, melodrama/ballet (1933-34), H 85
Un oiseau blanc s’est envole, ballet (1937) ?????
Le cantique des cantiques, ballet (1936-37), H 123
La naissance des couleurs, ballet (1940) ?????
Le mangeur de reves, ballet (1941) ?????
L’Appel de le montagne, ballet (1943), H 174
Shota rustaveli, ballet (1946) [in collaboration with Tcherepnin and Harsanyi] ?????
De la musique, ballet (1950) ?????

Karel Husa (1921-     ), Czech-American
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, ballet or narrator and orchestra (1974)
Monodrama, ballet (1976)
The Trojan Women, ballet (1980)

Maurice Jarre (1924-     ), French
Masques de femmes, ballet (1951)
Armida, opera-ballet (1954)
Fâcheuse rencontre, ballet (1958)
Ronde Enfantine, ballet (1959)
Maldoror, ballet (1962)
Le filles de feu, ballet (1962?)
Notre Dame de Paris, ballet (1966)
Winter War, ballet (1987; rev. 1998)

André Jolivet (1905-1974), French
L'infante et Le monstre, ballet (1938) [collab. Daniel-Lesur]
Les quatte verites, ballet (1941)
Guignol et Pandore, ballet (1943)
L'inconnue, ballet (1950)
Ariadne, ballet (1964)

Scott Joplin (1868-1917), American
The Ragtime Dance, ballet, Wood’s Opera House, Sedalia, 1899 (fp. 1902)

Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967), Hungarian
Ballet Music, orchestra (1925) [deleted from Hary Janos]

Wolfgang  Korngold  (1897-1957), Austrian
Der Schneeman, ballet pantomime (1910)

David Lang (1957-    ), American
The Most Dangerous Room in the House, dance and mixed ensemble (1997)
Salt, dance and tape (1999)
Amelia, music for dance film (2002)
Monogrammed, dance work (2008)

Dan Locklair (1949-     ), American
Scintillations, ballet, organ, percussion, soprano, and orchestra (1986)

Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994), English
Great Agrippa, ballet (1933)
Little Red Shoes, ballet (1935, withdrawn)
Puck Fair, ballet, 2 pianos (1939-40; orchd Boyle, c. 1948; composer's revision of orchd version, c. 1953)
The Birds, extravaganza (1967-68)
The Jesse Tree, masque (1969-70)

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Czech
Istar, ballet (1922), H 130
Who Is the Most Powerful in the World?, ballet (1922), H 133
Revolt, ballet (1925), H 151
The Butterfly that Stamped, ballet (1926), H 153
Le Raid Merveilleux (The Amazing Flight), ballet (1927), H 159
The Kitchen Revue (Le revue de cuisine), ballet (1927), H 161
On tourne, ballet (1927), H 163
Checkmating the King, ballet (1930), H 186
Spalícek (The Chap Book), ballet (1932), H 214
The Judgement of Paris, ballet (1935), H 245
The Strangler, ballet (1948), H 317

Giancarlo Menotti  (1911-     ), Italian-American
Sebastian, ballet (1944; Suite, 1945)
Á l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, ballet from Proust's “Within a Budding Grove” (1947, never staged)
The Days of the Shepherd, ballet in four seasons (1974)

Alexandros Mouzas  (1962-     ), Greek
Stories (Days) of Vironas, dance (1998)
Trisha never left home (Intro; Serious; Tango; Toy; Solo; Finale), dance, orchestra and voices (1999) 
Papageno, digital re-construction of Magic Flute opera, dance (2000)
Calamity till the Dawn, dance (2002)
Asma Asmaton, A multimedia production for mezzo-soprano, chamber ensemble, laptop, video and dance (2008)

Alex North (1910-1991), American
Pre-Classic Suite, dance work (1933) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Salutation to the Morning, dance work (1933) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Into The Streets, dance work (1933) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Case History, dance work (1933?)
Song of Affirmation, dance work (1934) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Speaker, dance work (1935) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Inquisition, dance work (1936) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Ballad in A Popular Style, dance work (1936) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
War-Monger, dance work (1937) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
War Poem/War is Beautiful, dance work (1937) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Excerpts from A War Poem, dance work (1937) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Slaughter of the Innocents, dance work (1937) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Opening Dance, dance work (1937) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Facade - Espozione Italiana, dance work (1937) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
American Lyric, dance work (1937) [Martha Graham, choreography]
The Exile, dance work (1939) [A. Sokolow, choreography] [Palestinian folk music, Alex North, arranger]
Figure of Bewilderment, dance work (1939) [choreographer credit unknown]
Lupe, dance work (1940) [Esther Junger, choreography]
Nocturne, dance work (1940?)
Bar Room Ballads, dance work (1940)
Golden Fleece, dance work (1941) [Hanya Holm, choreography]
Rhapsody USA - Square Dance in Jazz, dance work (1941) [E. Junger, choreography]
Three Primitive Rituals, dance work (1941) [E. Junger, choreography]
Design for Five, dance work (1941)
Country Dance, dance work (1941) [M. Kruger, choreography]
Prelude; Will-o-Wisp; Trineke, dance work (1942) [Martha Kruger, Atty Von en Berg, choreography]
A Streetcar Named Desire, dance work (1942) [Valerie Bettis, choreography]
Clay Ritual, dance work (1942) [Truda Kaschmann, choreography]
Revelations, dance work (1943) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Intersection, dance work (1947)
Little Dance Preludes, dance work (1947?)
Ballad in A Popular Style No. 2, dance work (1948) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Songs of a Semite, dance work (c. 1933-48) [A. Sokolow, choreography]
Overture to Dance, dance work (c. 1933-48)
Black Panther, dance work (c. 1933-48)
Humpty Dumpty, dance work (c. 1933-48)
Ballet, dance work (c. 1933-48)
Go Down Death, dance work (c. 1933-48)
Bourbon's Got Blues, dance work (c. 1933-48)
Wall St. Ballet, dance work (1953) [James Starbuck, choreography] [Live TV ballet for "Your Show of Shows", 1953]
Daddy Long Legs Dream Ballet, dance work (1955) [Roland Petit, choreography] [for film "Daddy Long Legs", 1955]
Le Mal de Siècle (Souvenirs of Another Generation), dance work (1958) [Rosella Hightower, James Starbuck, choreography]

Michael Nyman  (1944-     ), British
A Broken Set of Rules, dance piece (1984)
Basic Black, dance piece (1984)
Portraits In Reflection (Childs Play), dance piece, 2 violins & harpsichord (1985)
And Do They Do, modern dance (1986)
Miniatures/Configurations (String Quartet No. 2), dance piece (1988/89)
Ballet Mechanique, dance piece (1983/2000)
Strange Attractors, dance piece (no date)

Juliet Kiri Palmer (1967-    ), New Zealand-Canadian
Cocktail, site-specific collaboration, 2 percussionists and 7 dancers (1999) [Juliet Palmer, co-director & composer; Karen Kaeja: co-director & choreographer]
Room, mezzo-soprano, clarinet and hurdy-gurdy (1999) [chor. Bill James, 1999] [also for sop., db, perc and cl]
Flotsam & Jetsam, interdisciplinary performance, mezzo-soprano, piano and  dancer (1999) [choreography: Bill James]
Inland, dance-theatre work, violin and CD (2002) [conceived and choreographed by Douglas Wright]
Cypress, dance piece, double bass and bass clarinet (2002) [choreography by Yvonna Ng]
SLIP, site-specific work for dance, theatre, music and installation (2006)

Harry Partch  (1901-1974), American
Daphne of the Dunes (1967) for dance

Clermont Pépin (1926-2006), Canadian
Les Portes de l'enfer, ballet (1953)
L'Oiseau-phénix, ballet (1956)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), French
La baigneuse de Trouville & Discours du general from “Les maries de la Tour Eiffel” (1921)
Pastourelle for “L’eventail de Jeanne” (1927)
Les Biches, ballet music w/chorus (1923; orchestral suite, 1939-40)
Aubade, concerto choréographique for piano and 18 instruments (1929)
Les animaux modeles, ballet (1940-41; orchestral suite, 1942)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Russian-Soviet
Scythian Suite, suite from Ala i Lolli, op. 20, orchestra (1915) [Ala i Lolli, ballet, op. 20a (1914/1915)]
The Tale of the Buffoon (Chout), ballet, op. 21 (1915)
Quintet, G minor, op. 39, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass (1924) [arr. as ballet, Trapeze, op. 39a]
Le Pas d'Acier (The Steel Step), ballet, op. 41 (1925/1926) [Suite, op. 41b]
The Prodigal Son, ballet, op. 46 (1928/1929) [Suite, op. 46b]
On the Dniepr, ballet, op. 51 (1930/1931) [Suite, op. 51b (1933)]
Romeo and Juliet, ballet, op. 64 (1935/1936)
Cinderella, ballet, op. 87 (1940/1944)
The Tale of the Stone Flower, ballet, op. 118 (1948/1953)

Behzad Ranjbaran (1955-      ), Iranian
The Blood Of Seyavash, Persian Trilogy, ballet (1994)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), French
Valses nobles et sentimentales, piano (1911) (arr. for orch, 1912, for ballet: Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs)
Daphnis et Chloé, ballet (1909-1912) (Suite No. 1, 1911; Suite No. 2, 1913)
Fanfare - prélude à "L'évantail de Jeanne" ballet (1927)
Boléro, ballet (1928)
Morgiane, oratorio – ballet (1932) incomplete

John Rea (1944-    ), Canadian
The Days/Les Jours, ballet (1968-69)

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940), Mexican
El Renacuajo Paseador (The Wandering Tadpole), children's pantomime, chamber orchestra (1933/35)
El Renacuajo Paseador (The Wandering Tadpole), ballet pantomime for marionettes, instrumental ensemble (2nd version, 1936)
La coronela (The Lady Colonel), ballet (1940 - unfinished; orchestrated by Moncayo and arr. by Limantour)

Richard Rodgers  (1902-1979), American
Ghost Town, an American folk ballet (orchd H. Spialek, 1939)

Dean Rosenthal (1974-     ), American
Kansas Has This About It, music for dance piece (2008) [included in "60x60 Dance Evolution Mix" curated by Robert Voisey]

Nino Rota  (1911-1979), Italian
Rappresentazione di Adamo, ballet (1957)
Fantasia tricromatica. Balletto sulla musica delle 'Variazioni sopra un tema gioviale, ballet (1953)
La strada, ballet (1966) [incl. material from various film scores]
Aci e Galatea, ballet (1971)
Le Moliere imaginaire, ballet (1976) [incl. Material from film score Caro Michele]
Dichterliebe-Amore di Poeta, ballet (1978)

Albert Roussel (1869-1937), French
La festin de l’araignee (The Spider’s Feast), ballet, op. 17 (1912)
Sarabande, for L’eventail de Jeanne, collaborative ballet (1927)
Bacchus et Ariane, ballet, op. 43 (1930)
Aeneas, ballet, op. 54 (1935)

Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), Hungarian-American
Hungaria, ballet (1935)

Aulis Sallinen (1935-     ), Finnish
Variations sur Mallarmé, ballet (1967)
The Hobbit, ballet, op. 78 (2000)

Erik Satie (1866-1925), French
Uspud, ballet, [flutes, harps, strings] (piano score published) (1892)
Le Piège de Méduse – 7 monkey dances, piano (1913; arr. small ensemble, 1921)
Parade, ballet (1916-17)
La belle excentrique, fantasie serieuse, orchestra or piano duet (1920) [3 dances + La Grand ritournelle]
Mercure, ballet (1924)
Relâche, ballet (1924)

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Russian-Soviet
Labyrinths, ballet in five episodes (1971)
Peer Gynt, ballet in three acts (1988) (fragments arr. for orch. as Hommage à Grieg, 1993)

William Schuman  (1910-1992), American
Undertow – Ballet Choreographic Episodes, ballet (1945)
Night Journey, ballet (1947)
Judith – Choreographic Poem, ballet (1949)
Voyage for a Theater, ballet (1953)
The Witch of Endor, ballet (1965)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Soviet-Russian
The Age of Gold, ballet, op. 22 (1929-1930) [Suite, orchestra, op. 22a (1929-1930)]
The Bolt, ballet, op. 27 (1930-1931) [Suite, op. 27a (1931)]
The Limpid Stream, ballet, op. 39 (1934-1935) [Suite, orchestra, op. 39b]
Ballet Suite No. 1, orchestra, op. 84B (1949) [assembled by L.Atovmian; orig. op. 84]
Ballet Suite No. 2, orchestra, op. 89B (1951) [assembled by L. Atovmian]
Ballet Suite No. 3, orchestra, op. 91D (1952) [assembled by L. Atovmian]
Ballet Suite No. 4, orchestra, op. 91F (1953) [assembled by L. Atovmian]
The Lady and the Hooligan, ballet, op. 124C (1962)
The Dreamers, ballet, op. 146C (1975) [adapted from opp. 22 and 27]

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Russian
Firebird, ballet (1909-10)
Petroushka, ballet (1910-11, rev. 1946)
The Rite of Spring, ballet (1911-13; rev. 1947)
Les noces, cantata-ballet (1914-17, rev. 1921-23)
Renard, a burlesque in song and dance, chamber opera-ballet  (1915-16)
Song of the Nightingale, symphonic poem/ballet based on Le Rossignol (1917)
L’Histoire du soldat, to be read, played and danced (1918)
Pulcinella, ballet with song after Pergolesi (1919-20); Suite (1922; rev. 1947); Suite italienne (1932/34)
Apollon musagete, ballet (1927-28; rev. 1947)
Le Baise de la Fee [The Fairy’s Kiss], ballet (1928; rev. 1950)
Jeu des cartes, ballet (1936)
Scenes de ballet (1944)
Orpheus, ballet (1947)
Agon, ballet (1953-54, 1956-57)

Mirjam Tally (1976-     ), Estonian
Exercises for the Tail, music for dance performance (5 mvts), bass clarinet, percussion, electric guitar, phonogram (2002)

Barry Truax (1947-     ), Canadian
Powers of Two: The Artist, electroacoustic music theatre, 2 singers, dancer, video tape and 8 digital soundtracks (1995)
Powers of Two: The Sibyl, electroacoustic music theatre, 2 singers, dancer, video tape and 8 digital soundtracks (1997)
Powers of Two: Beyond, electroacoustic music theatre, 4 singers, two dancers and 8 digital soundtracks (1997)
Powers of Two: Repetition, electroacoustic music theatre, 4 singers, 2 dancers and 8 digital soundtracks (1999)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English
Pan's Anniversary (masque), dance work (1905; unpublished) [co-written with Gustav Holst]
Old King Cole, ballet (1923)
On Christmas Night (masque), ballet (1926) (adapted from Dickens' "A Christmas Carol")
Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet (1930)
Masque for the English Folk Dance and Song Society (1937; unpublished)
The Bridal Day, ballet (1938-9) (later arr. as Epithalamion for chorus and orchestra, 1957)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), Brazilian
Amazonas, ballet (1917; fp. 1929)
Uirapurú, ballet (1917; fp. 1935)
Possessao, ballet (1929)
Caixinha de boas festas, children's ballet (1932)
Pedra Bonita, ballet (1933)
Danca da terra, ballet (1939)
Mandú-Cárárá, profane cantata/children’s ballet, chorus including children's voices and orchestra (1940)
Rudá, ballet (1951)
Gênesis, ballet (1954; fp. 1969)
Emperor Jones, ballet (1956)

William Walton  (1902-1983), British
Symphony No. 1 (1935); arr. as Salome, ballet (1971)
The First Shoot, ballet for the revue Follow the Sun by C. B. Cochran (1935) – lost (version for band, 1980)
The Wise Virgins, ballet in one act, based on music by J. S. Bach (1940) – original lost; Suite (1940)
The Quest, ballet in five scenes (1943)
Varii capricci, ballet (1983) [from Five Bagatelles, 1971; then arr. as Varii capricci, orchestra, 1976)

Kurt Weill  (1900-1983), German
Zaubernacht, ballet-pantomime with scenario by Vladimir Boritsch (1922)
Die sieben Todsünden, or The Seven Deadly Sins, ballet chanté for voices and orch (Brecht) (1933)

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich  (1939-     ), American
Tanzspiel, ballet (1987)
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