Otto Luening (1900-1996)
Best known as a
pioneer of electronic music, Otto Luening was an American composer,
conductor, flutist, and teacher, as well as an ardent supporter of
contemporary music. During his lengthy and prolific career, Luening
produced more than 350 compositions in a variety of styles, mostly
chamber music. Yet his experimental and electronic
arrangements - comprising only a small fraction of his life's
work - marked him as an innovator in the field. Although he never
attained the fame of such composers as Aaron Copland, George Antheil,
or Henry Cowell, music historians acknowledge Luening's substantial
contribution to an American style of music unbound by European
traditions. With the Russian-born composer Vladimir Ussachevsky,
Luening presented the first American electronics concert at the Museum
of Modern Art in New York on October 28, 1952. Also with Ussachevsky,
Luening established the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center - the
first workshop of its kind in the United States - in Manhattan in 1960.- musicianguide.com
COMPOSITIONS Luening Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Luening on Luening
Trio, soprano, mezzo-soprano and alto (1914)
Der Eichwald, soprano and piano (1915) [text: A. Lenan]
September-morgen, soprano and piano (1915) [text: E. Marike]
Wir wandeln aIle den Weg, soprano and piano (1915) [text: F.M. van Bodenstadt]
Organ Piece (1916)
Cum spiritu sancto, chorus (1917)
Violin Sonata No. 1, [violin and piano] (1917)
Fugue, piano (1917)
Gavotte, piano (1917)
One Step, piano (1917)
Thema con variazione, piano (1917)
At Christmas Time, soprano and piano (1917) [text: translation by H. Hesse]
In Weihnachtszeiten, soprano and piano (1917) [text: H. Hesse]
Mysterium, soprano and piano (1917) [text: Frey]
Requiescat, soprano and piano (1917) [text: O. Wilde]
Sextet, flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola and cello (1918)
Fuga a 3 voci, piano (1918)
Wie sind die Tage, soprano and piano (1918) [text: Hesse]
Flute Sonatina, [flute and piano] (1919)
String Quartet No. 1 (1919-20)
Piano Trio, [violin, cello and piano] (1921)
Enigma Canon, chorus (1922) [after J.S. Bach]
Variations on "Yankee Doodle", piccolo and piano (1922; rev. 1994)
Violin Sonata No. 2, [violin and piano] (1922)
Coal Scuttle Blues, piano (1922; arr. for 2 pianos, 1943) [collab. with E. Bacon]
Choral Fantasy, organ (1922)
Transcience, soprano and piano (1922) [text: S. Naidu]
String Quartet No. 2 (1923)
The Soundless Song, soprano, flute, clarinet, string quartet, piano, dancers and lights (1923) [text: Luening]
Symphonic Fantasia I, orchestra (1924)
Sonata, cello (1924)
Two Bagatelles, piano (1924)
Trio, soprano, flute and violin (1924)
Sister Beatrice, incidental music (1926) [for a play by M. Maeterlinck, trans. P. Horgan]
Sun of the Sleepless, female chorus (1927; arr. 1986) [text: Byron]
Gliding o'er All, soprano and piano (1927) [text: W. Whitman]
String Quartet No. 3 (1928)
Dance Sonata, piano (1928)
Eight Pieces, piano (1928)
A Roman's Chamber, soprano and piano (1928) [text: P.B. Shelley]
Auguries of Innocence, soprano and piano (1928) [text: W. Blake
Infant Joy, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
Locations and Times, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Whitman]
Songs of Experience (2 songs), bass baritone and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
To Morning, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
Visored (Visor'd), soprano and piano (1928) [text: Whitman]
Wake the serpent not, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Shelley]
Young Love, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
Ach! wer bringt die schönen Tage, voice and piano (1928) [text: Goethe]
Fantasia, organ (1929)
A Farm Picture, soprano and piano (1929) [text: Whitman]
Goodnight (Good-night), soprano and piano (1929) [text: Shelley]
Here the frailest leaves of me, soprano and piano (1929) [text: Whitman]
I faint, I perish, soprano and piano (1929) [text: Shelley]
Behold the Tabernacle of God, soprano, chorus and piano (or organ) (1931)
Evangeline, opera in 3 acts (1930-32; rev. 1947-48) [libretto: Luening, after H. Longfellow]
When in the languor of evening, soprano, chorus, woodwind quartet, string quartet and piano (1932)
Anthem, chorus and organ (1932)
Three Pieces, piano (1932-33) [Birds; Swans; Stars]
Manana, violin and piano (1933)
Fantasia No. 2, piano (1933)
Two Symphonic Interludes, orchestra (1935)
Phantasy, piano (1935)
Fantasia brevis, clarinet and piano (1936)
Fantasia brevis, violin, viola and cello (1936)
At the Last, soprano and piano (1936) [text: Whitman]
Forever Lost, soprano and piano (1936) [text: G. Taggard]
Hast never come to thee, soprano and flute (1936; rev. 1989) [text: Whitman]
Only themselves understand themselves, soprano and piano (1936) [text: Whitman]
Suite, soprano and flute (1936)
Prelude to a Hymn Tune by William Billings, chamber orchestra (1937)
Suite, string orchestra (1937)
Short Sonata No. 1, flute and piano (or harpsichord) (1937)
Variations on a Theme Song for a Silent Movie, English horn and piano (1937)
Fuguing Tune, woodwind quintet (1938)
Six Inventions, piano (1938-39)
Fuga a 3 voci No. 2, piano (1939)
Symphonic Fantasia II, orchestra (1939-49)
The Bass with the Delicate Air, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1940)
Christ is Arisen, chorus, piano (or organ), strings?; fl ad lib; cl ad lib; bsn ad lib (1940)
Short Sonata No. 1, piano (1940)
Variations, harpsichord (or piano) (1940)
Blood Wedding, incidental music (1940) [for a play by F. Garcia Lorca]
Canonical Study, piano (1941)
Canons, harpsichord (or piano) (1941)
Fantasia, harpsichord (or piano) (1942)
Andante and Variations (Violin Sonata No. 3), violin and piano (1943-51)
Suite, violin, viola and cello (1944-66)
Pilgrim's Hymn, chamber orchestra (1946)
Suite, cello (or viola) and piano (1946)
Ten Pieces for Five Fingers, piano (1946)
Pilgrim's Hymn, soprano, alto and piano (or orchestra) (1946) [text: H. Moss]
Suite No. 1, flute (1947)
Vocalise, female chorus (1949)
Love's Secret, soprano and piano (1949) [text: Blake]
Divine Image, soprano and piano (1949) [text: Blake]
Suite, double bass and piano (1950)
Noon Silence, voice and piano (1950?) [text: William Sharpe]
Venilia, voice and piano (195?) [text: William Sharpe]
Six Preludes, piano (1935-51)
Nine Songs to Emily Dickinson Texts, soprano and piano (1942-51)
Kentucky Concerto, orchestra (1951) [orig. title: Louisville Concerto]
Legend, oboe and string orchestra (1951)
The Tiger's Ghost, male chorus (1951) [text: M. Swenson]
Three Nocturnes, oboe and piano (1951)
She walks in beauty, soprano and piano (1951) [text: Byron]
The harp the monarch minstrel swept, soprano and piano (1951) [text: Byron]
Sonata, bassoon (or cello) and piano (1952)
Trio, flute, violin and piano (1952)
Fantasy in Space, flute and tape (1952)
Invention in 12 Notes, flute and tape (1952)
Low Speed, flute and tape (1952)
Suite No. 2, flute (1953)
Trombone Sonata, [trombone and piano] (1953)
Incantation, tape (1953) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Rhapsodic Variations, orchestra and tape (1953-54) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Of Identity, ballet, tape (1954; fp. 1955) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Wisconsin Suite, "of Childhood Tunes Remembered", orchestra (1954)
A Poem In Cycles and Bells, orchestra and tape (1954) [collab. w/V. Ussachevsky] [partially based on "Fantasy in Space", 1952]
Sonata in memoriam Ferruccio Busoni, piano (1955)
Carlsbad Caverns, TV score (1955) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Theatre Piece No. 2, ballet, 1 voice, instruments and tape (1956) [choreographed by Limon]
Serenade, flute and string orchestra (1956)
King Lear, incidental music, 3 versions: tape; solo voice; l voice, insts and tape (1956) [Shakespeare] [collab. with Ussachevsky]
Lyric Scene, flute and string orchestra (1958)
Sonata Composed in 2 Dayturns, cello (1958)
Sonata, double bass (1958)
Sonata, viola (1958)
Sonata No. 1, violin (1958)
Song, Poem and Dance, flute and string quartet (1958)
Short Sonatas Nos. 2-3, piano (1958)
Back to Methuselah, incidental music/special effects (1958) [1960?] [for a play by G.B. Shaw] [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Dynamophonic Suite, tape (1958)
Fantasia, string quartet and orchestra (1959)
Concerted Piece, tape and orchestra (1960) [Part I, composed by Otto Luening; Part II, composed by Ussachevsky]
Three Fantasias, guitar (1960)
Gargoyles, violin and tape (1960)
Suite No. 3, flute (1961)
A Day in the Country, violin and tape (1961)
A Study in Synthesized Sounds, tape (1961)
Synthesis, orchestra and tape (1962)
Sonority Canon, 2-37 flutes (1962)
Three Duets, 2 flutes (1962)
Trio, flute, cello and piano (1962)
Rondo, accordion (pub. 1962) [1967?]
Duo, violin and viola (1963)
Elegy, violin (1963)
Match for Diverse High and Low Instruments (1963)
Suite for Diverse High and Low Instruments (1963)
Suite No. 4, flute (1963)
Lines from a Song for Occupations, chorus (1964) [text: Whitman]
Entrance and Exit Music, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and cymbals (1964)
Diffusion of Bells, tape (1962-65) [collab. with Halim El-Dabh]
Electronic Fanfare, tape (1962-65) [collab. with Halim El-Dabh]
Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, brass [3 hn, 3 tpt, 3 trom], timpani and bells (1965)
Broekman Fantasia, string orchestra (1966)
Fantasia, cello (1966)
Trio for 3 Flutists (1966)
Two Pieces (Short Sonata No. 3), flute and piano (1966)
The Bells of Bellagio, piano 4/6-hands (1967)
Short Sonata No. 4, piano (1967)
Meditation, violin (1968)
Sonata No. 2, violin (1968)
Moonf1ight, flute and tape (1968)
Incredible Voyage, TV score (1968) [collab. w/Shields, Smiley in collaboration with H. EI- Dabh] [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Suite No. 5, flute (1969)
Trio, trumpet, horn and trombone (1969)
Sonata No. 3, violin (1970)
In the Beginning, tape (1970)
Eight Tone Poems, 2 violas (1971)
Short Sonata No. 2, flute and piano (1971)
Fugue, organ (1971)
Sonority Forms No. l, orchestra (1973)
Variations on "Fugue and Chorale Fantasy", organ and electronic doubles [tape] (1973)
Elegy for the Lonesome Ones, 2 clarinets and strings (1974)
Mexican Serenades, double bass, winds and percussion (1974)
Short Suite (4 Cartoons), string trio (or flute, clarinet and bassoon) (1974)
Wisconsin Symphony, orchestra (1975)
Symphonic Interlude No. 3, orchestra (1975)
Suite, 2 flutes and piano; cello ad lib (1976)
Triadic Canons, flute and 2 violins (1976)
Ten Canons, 2 flutes (1979)
Short Sonatas Nos. 5-7, piano (1979)
Potawatomi Legends, chamber orchestra (1980)
The Little Vagabond, soprano and piano (1980) [text: Blake]
Silent, Silent Night, soprano and piano (1980) [text: Blake]
Fantasia, violin, cello and piano (1981)
Symphonic Fantasia III, orchestra (1969-82)
Symphonic Fantasia IV, orchestra (1969-82)
No Jerusalem but this, cantata, solo voices, chorus and 15 instruments (1982) [text: S. Menashe]
Fantasia, clarinet (1982)
Sonority Forms I, piano (1982-83)
Sonority Forms II, orchestra (1983)
Lines from The First Book of Urizen and Vala, or a Dream of 9 Nights, solo voices and chorus (1983) [text: Blake]
Serenade, violin, cello and piano (1983)
Fantasia and Dance in memoriam Max Pollikoff, violin (1984)
Sonority Forms II, "The Right- Hand Path", piano right hand (1984)
Ah! Sunflower, soprano and piano (1984) [text: Blake]
The Lily, soprano and piano (1984) [text: Blake]
Laughing Song, tenor, baritone and baritone/counter tenor (1984) [text: Blake]
Symphonic Fantasia V, orchestra (1979-85)
Symphonic Fantasia VI, orchestra (1985)
Symphonic Interlude No. 4, orchestra (1985)
Opera Fantasia, violin and piano (1985)
Serenade and Dialogue, flute and piano (1985)
Three Canons, 2 flutes (1985)
Tango, piano (1985)
Symphonic Fantasia VII, orchestra (1986)
Symphonic Fantasia VIII, orchestra (1986)
Symphonic Interlude No. 5, orchestra (1986)
Three Fantasias for Baroque Flute (1986)
Lament for George Finkel, solo cello (or unison cello ensemble) (1987)
Suite, horn (1987-88)
Divertimento, brass quintet (1988)
Divertimento, oboe, violin, viola and cello (1988)
Green Mountain Evening, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 cellos and piano (1988)
The Bells of Riverside, carillon (1988)
Chords at Night, piano (1988)
Symphonic Fantasia IX, orchestra (1989)
Canon with Variations, double bass (1989)
Quartet, 4 flutes (1989)
Sonority Forms III, piano (1989)
Symphonic Fantasia X, orchestra (1990)
Symphonic Fantasia XI, orchestra (1991)
Bells of Spence, double bass and piano (1992)
Fantasia, flute (1992)
Fanfare, 4 flutes (1992)
Sonata, cello and piano (1992)
Fanfare for Those We Have Lost, wind orchestra (1993)
Canonical Studies, 2 flutes (1993)
Fantasia No. 2, violin, cello and piano (1993)
Joyce Cycle, soprano and piano (1993) [text: from James Joyce's "Chamber music"]
Symphonic Fantasia XII, orchestra (1994)
Canon Per Tre Flauti, 3 flutes (1994)
Canonical Variations, flute (1994)
Canonical Variations, string quartet (1994)
Divertimento, violin, clarinet and piano (1994)
Fantasia, viola (1994)
Fantasia Etudes, piano (1994)
Declamation for Solo Voice (1994)
Two Etudes, piano (1994)
Divertimento, orchestra (1992-95)
Divertimento, oboe and piano (1995)
Divertimento, woodwind quintet (1995)
Six Etudes, flute (1995)
Concertpiece, cello and orchestra (1996)
A Box at the Opera, viola and cello (1996)
Three Etudes on the White Keys, piano 4-hands (1996)
WORKS BY GENRE Luening Links ~ ~ ~ Luening on Luening ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Evangeline, opera in 3 acts (1930-32; rev. 1947-48) [libretto: Luening, after H. Longfellow]
Of Identity, ballet, tape (1954; fp. 1955) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Theatre Piece No. 2, ballet, 1 voice, instruments and tape (1956) [choreographed by Limon]
Orchestra
Symphonic Fantasia I, orchestra (1924)
Two Symphonic Interludes, orchestra (1935)
Prelude to a Hymn Tune by William Billings, chamber orchestra (1937)
Suite, string orchestra (1937)
Symphonic Fantasia II, orchestra (1939-49)
Pilgrim's Hymn, chamber orchestra (1946)
Kentucky Concerto, orchestra (1951) [orig. title: Louisville Concerto]
- Louisville
- Lexington
- Kentucky Rondo
Rhapsodic Variations, orchestra and tape (1953-54) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Wisconsin Suite, "of Childhood Tunes Remembered", orchestra (1954)
A Poem In Cycles and Bells, orchestra and tape (1954) [collab. w/V. Ussachevsky] [partially based on "Fantasy in Space", 1952]
Concerted Piece, tape and orchestra (1960) [Part I, composed by Otto Luening; Part II, composed by Ussachevsky]
Synthesis, orchestra and tape (1962)
Broekman Fantasia, string orchestra (1966)
Symphonic Fantasia III, orchestra (1969-82)
Symphonic Fantasia IV, orchestra (1969-82)
Sonority Forms No. l, orchestra (1973)
Wisconsin Symphony, orchestra (1975)
Symphonic Interlude No. 3, orchestra (1975)
Symphonic Fantasia V, orchestra (1979-85)
Potawatomi Legends, chamber orchestra (1980)
Sonority Forms II, orchestra (1983)
Symphonic Fantasia VI, orchestra (1985)
Symphonic Interlude No. 4, orchestra (1985)
Symphonic Fantasia VII, orchestra (1986)
Symphonic Fantasia VIII, orchestra (1986)
Symphonic Interlude No. 5, orchestra (1986)
Symphonic Fantasia IX, orchestra (1989)
Symphonic Fantasia X, orchestra (1990)
Symphonic Fantasia XI, orchestra (1991)
Symphonic Fantasia XII, orchestra (1994)
Divertimento, orchestra (1992-95)
Band
Fanfare for Those We Have Lost, wind orchestra (1993)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Legend, oboe and string orchestra (1951)
Serenade, flute and string orchestra (1956)
Lyric Scene, flute and string orchestra (1958)
Fantasia, string quartet and orchestra (1959)
Concertpiece, cello and orchestra (1996)
Chorus w/Orchestra or Ensemble
When in the languor of evening, soprano, chorus, woodwind quartet, string quartet and piano (1932)
No Jerusalem but this, cantata, solo voices, chorus and 15 instruments (1982) [text: S. Menashe]
Choral
Cum spiritu sancto, chorus (1917)
Enigma Canon, chorus (1922) [after J.S. Bach]
Sun of the Sleepless, female chorus (1927; arr. 1986) [text: Byron]
Behold the Tabernacle of God, soprano, chorus and piano (or organ) (1931)
Anthem, chorus and organ (1932)
Christ is Arisen, chorus, piano (or organ), strings?; fl ad lib; cl ad lib; bsn ad lib (1940)
Vocalise, female chorus (1949)
The Tiger's Ghost, male chorus (1951) [text: M. Swenson]
Lines from a Song for Occupations, chorus (1964) [text: Whitman]
Lines from The First Book of Urizen and Vala, or a Dream of 9 Nights, solo voices and chorus (1983) [text: Blake]
Music for Flute(s)/Piccolo
Flute Sonatina, [flute and piano] (1919)
Variations on "Yankee Doodle", piccolo and piano (1922; rev. 1994)
Short Sonata No. 1, flute and piano (or harpsichord) (1937)
Suite No. 1, flute (1947)
Trio, flute, violin and piano (1952)
Fantasy in Space, flute and tape (1952)
Invention in 12 Notes, flute and tape (1952)
Low Speed, flute and tape (1952)
Suite No. 2, flute (1953)
Song, Poem and Dance, flute and string quartet (1958)
Suite No. 3, flute (1961)
Sonority Canon, 2-37 flutes (1962)
Three Duets, 2 flutes (1962)
Trio, flute, cello and piano (1962)
Suite No. 4, flute (1963)
Trio for 3 Flutists (1966)
Two Pieces (Short Sonata No. 3), flute and piano (1966)
Moonf1ight, flute and tape (1968)
Suite No. 5, flute (1969)
Short Sonata No. 2, flute and piano (1971)
Suite, 2 flutes and piano; w/cello ad lib (1976)
Triadic Canons, flute and 2 violins (1976)
Ten Canons, 2 flutes (1979)
Serenade and Dialogue, flute and piano (1985)
Three Canons, 2 flutes (1985)
Three Fantasias for Baroque Flute (1986)
Quartet, 4 flutes (1989)
Fantasia, flute (1992)
Fanfare, 4 flutes (1992)
Canonical Studies, 2 flutes (1993)
Canon Per Tre Flauti, 3 flutes (1994)
Canonical Variations, flute (1994)
Six Etudes, flute (1995)
Chamber
Sextet, flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola and cello (1918)
String Quartet No. 1 (1919-20)
Piano Trio, [violin, cello and piano] (1921)
String Quartet No. 2 (1923)
String Quartet No. 3 (1928)
Fantasia brevis, violin, viola and cello (1936)
Fuguing Tune, woodwind quintet (1938)
The Bass with the Delicate Air, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1940)
Suite, violin, viola and cello (1944-66)
Trio, flute, violin and piano (1952)
Song, Poem and Dance, flute and string quartet (1958)
Sonority Canon, 2-37 flutes (1962)
Three Duets, 2 flutes (1962)
Trio, flute, cello and piano (1962)
Duo, violin and viola (1963)
Match for Diverse High and Low Instruments (1963)
Suite for Diverse High and Low Instruments (1963)
Entrance and Exit Music, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and cymbals (1964)
Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, brass [3 hn, 3 tpt, 3 trom], timpani and bells (1965)
Trio for 3 Flutists (1966)
Trio, trumpet, horn and trombone (1969)
Eight Tone Poems, 2 violas (1971)
Elegy for the Lonesome Ones, 2 clarinets and strings (1974)
Mexican Serenades, double bass, winds and percussion (1974)
Short Suite (4 Cartoons), string trio (or flute, clarinet and bassoon) (1974)
Suite, 2 flutes and piano; cello ad lib (1976)
Triadic Canons, flute and 2 violins (1976)
Ten Canons, 2 flutes (1979)
Fantasia, violin, cello and piano (1981)
Serenade, violin, cello and piano (1983)
Three Canons, 2 flutes (1985)
Lament for George Finkel, solo cello (or unison cello ensemble) (1987)
Divertimento, brass quintet (1988)
Divertimento, oboe, violin, viola and cello (1988)
Green Mountain Evening, flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 cellos and piano (1988)
Quartet, 4 flutes (1989)
Fanfare, 4 flutes (1992)
Canonical Studies, 2 flutes (1993)
Fantasia No. 2, violin, cello and piano (1993)
Canon Per Tre Flauti, 3 flutes (1994)
Canonical Variations, string quartet (1994)
Divertimento, violin, clarinet and piano (1994)
Divertimento, woodwind quintet (1995)
A Box at the Opera, viola and cello (1996)
Brass
Trombone Sonata, [trombone and piano] (1953)
Entrance and Exit Music, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and cymbals (1964)
Fanfare for a Festive Occasion, brass [3 hn, 3 tpt, 3 trom], timpani and bells (1965)
Trio, trumpet, horn and trombone (1969)
Suite, horn (1987-88)
Divertimento, brass quintet (1988)
Instrument and Piano
Violin Sonata No. 1, [violin and piano] (1917)
Flute Sonatina, [flute and piano] (1919)
Variations on "Yankee Doodle", piccolo and piano (1922; rev. 1994)
Violin Sonata No. 2, [violin and piano] (1922)
Manana, violin and piano (1933)
Fantasia brevis, clarinet and piano (1936)
Short Sonata No. 1, flute and piano (or harpsichord) (1937)
Variations on a Theme Song for a Silent Movie, English horn and piano (1937)
Andante and Variations (Violin Sonata No. 3), violin and piano (1943-51)
Suite, cello (or viola) and piano (1946)
Suite, double bass and piano (1950)
Three Nocturnes, oboe and piano (1951)
Sonata, bassoon (or cello) and piano (1952)
Trombone Sonata, [trombone and piano] (1953)
Two Pieces (Short Sonata No. 3), flute and piano (1966)
Short Sonata No. 2, flute and piano (1971)
Opera Fantasia, violin and piano (1985)
Serenade and Dialogue, flute and piano (1985)
Bells of Spence, double bass and piano (1992)
Sonata, cello and piano (1992)
Divertimento, oboe and piano (1995)
Solo Instrument
Sonata, cello (1924)
Suite No. 1, flute (1947)
Fantasy in Space, flute and tape (1952)
Invention in 12 Notes, flute and tape (1952)
Low Speed, flute and tape (1952)
Suite No. 2, flute (1953)
Sonata Composed in 2 Dayturns, cello (1958)
Sonata, double bass (1958)
Sonata, viola (1958)
Sonata No. 1, violin (1958)
Three Fantasias, guitar (1960)
Gargoyles, violin and tape (1960)
Suite No. 3, flute (1961)
A Day in the Country, violin and tape (1961)
Rondo, accordion (pub. 1962) [1967?]
Elegy, violin (1963)
Suite No. 4, flute (1963)
Fantasia, cello (1966)
Meditation, violin (1968)
Sonata No. 2, violin (1968)
Moonf1ight, flute and tape (1968)
Suite No. 5, flute (1969)
Sonata No. 3, violin (1970)
Fantasia, clarinet (1982)
Fantasia and Dance in memoriam Max Pollikoff, violin (1984)
Three Fantasias for Baroque Flute (1986)
Lament for George Finkel, solo cello (or unison cello ensemble) (1987)
Suite, horn (1987-88)
The Bells of Riverside, carillon (1988)
Canon with Variations, double bass (1989)
Fantasia, flute (1992)
Canonical Variations, flute (1994)
Fantasia, viola (1994)
Six Etudes, flute (1995)
Piano or Organ or Harpsichord
Organ Piece (1916)
Fugue, piano (1917)
Gavotte, piano (1917)
One Step, piano (1917)
Thema con variazione, piano (1917)
Fuga a 3 voci, piano (1918)
Coal Scuttle Blues, piano (1922; arr. for 2 pianos, 1943) [collab. with E. Bacon]
Choral Fantasy, organ (1922)
Two Bagatelles, piano (1924)
Dance Sonata, piano (1928)
Eight Pieces, piano (1928)
Fantasia, organ (1929)
Three Pieces, piano (1932-33) [Birds; Swans; Stars]
Fantasia No. 2, piano (1933)
Phantasy, piano (1935)
Six Preludes, piano (1935-51)
Six Inventions, piano (1938-39)
Fuga a 3 voci No. 2, piano (1939)
Short Sonata No. 1, piano (1940)
Variations, harpsichord (or piano) (1940)
Canonical Study, piano (1941)
Canons, harpsichord (or piano) (1941)
Fantasia, harpsichord (or piano) (1942)
Ten Pieces for Five Fingers, piano (1946)
Sonata in memoriam Ferruccio Busoni, piano (1955)
Short Sonatas Nos. 2-3, piano (1958)
The Bells of Bellagio, piano 4/6-hands (1967)
Short Sonata No. 4, piano (1967)
Fugue, organ (1971)
Variations on "Fugue and Chorale Fantasy", organ and electronic doubles [tape] (1973)
Short Sonatas Nos. 5-7, piano (1979)
Sonority Forms I, piano (1982-83)
Sonority Forms II, "The Right- Hand Path", piano right hand (1984)
Tango, piano (1985)
Chords at Night, piano (1988)
Sonority Forms III, piano (1989)
Fantasia Etudes, piano (1994)
Two Etudes, piano (1994)
Three Etudes on the White Keys, piano 4-hands (1996)
Vocal
Trio, soprano, mezzo-soprano and alto (1914)
Der Eichwald, soprano and piano (1915) [text: A. Lenan]
September-morgen, soprano and piano (1915) [text: E. Marike]
Wir wandeln aIle den Weg, soprano and piano (1915) [text: F.M. van Bodenstadt]
At Christmas Time, soprano and piano (1917) [text: translation by H. Hesse]
In Weihnachtszeiten, soprano and piano (1917) [text: H. Hesse]
Mysterium, soprano and piano (1917) [text: Frey]
Requiescat, soprano and piano (1917) [text: O. Wilde]
Wie sind die Tage, soprano and piano (1918) [text: Hesse]
Transcience, soprano and piano (1922) [text: S. Naidu]
The Soundless Song, soprano, flute, clarinet, string quartet, piano, dancers and lights (1923) [text: Luening]
Trio, soprano, flute and violin (1924)
Gliding o'er All, soprano and piano (1927) [text: W. Whitman]
A Roman's Chamber, soprano and piano (1928) [text: P.B. Shelley]
Auguries of Innocence, soprano and piano (1928) [text: W. Blake
Infant Joy, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
Locations and Times, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Whitman]
Songs of Experience (2 songs), bass baritone and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
- Hear the voice of the Bard
- Earth's answer
To Morning, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
Visored (Visor'd), soprano and piano (1928) [text: Whitman]
Wake the serpent not, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Shelley]
Young Love, soprano and piano (1928) [text: Blake]
Ach! wer bringt die schönen Tage, voice and piano (1928) [text: Goethe]
A Farm Picture, soprano and piano (1929) [text: Whitman]
Goodnight (Good-night), soprano and piano (1929) [text: Shelley]
Here the frailest leaves of me, soprano and piano (1929) [text: Whitman]
I faint, I perish, soprano and piano (1929) [text: Shelley]
At the Last, soprano and piano (1936) [text: Whitman]
Forever Lost, soprano and piano (1936) [text: G. Taggard]
Hast never come to thee, soprano and flute (1936; rev. 1989) [text: Whitman]
Only themselves understand themselves, soprano and piano (1936) [text: Whitman]
Suite, soprano and flute (1936)
Nine Songs to Emily Dickinson Texts, soprano and piano (1942-51)
- Our share of the night to bear
- The show is not the show
- Hope is the thing with feathers
- If I can stop one heart from breaking
- Experiment to me
- I felt a cleavage in my mind
- Few get enough
- Soul, wilt thou toss again?
- When I hoped I feared
Pilgrim's Hymn, soprano, alto and piano (or orchestra) (1946) [text: H. Moss]
Love's Secret, soprano and piano (1949) [text: Blake]
Divine Image, soprano and piano (1949) [text: Blake]
Noon Silence, voice and piano (1950?) [text: William Sharpe]
Venilia, voice and piano (195?) [text: William Sharpe]
She walks in beauty, soprano and piano (1951) [text: Byron]
The harp the monarch minstrel swept, soprano and piano (1951) [text: Byron]
The Little Vagabond, soprano and piano (1980) [text: Blake]
Silent, Silent Night, soprano and piano (1980) [text: Blake]
Ah! Sunflower, soprano and piano (1984) [text: Blake]
The Lily, soprano and piano (1984) [text: Blake]
Laughing Song, tenor, baritone and baritone/counter tenor (1984) [text: Blake]
Joyce Cycle (9 songs), soprano and piano (1993) [text: from James Joyce's "Chamber music"]
- Strings in the earth
- The twilight turns from amethyst
- At that hour when all things have repose
- When the sky star goes forth
- Lean out of the window, golden hair
- My love is in a light attire
- From dewy dreams, c1993
- Because your voice was at my side
- Sleep now
Declamation for Solo Voice (1994)
Incidental/Film/TV
Sister Beatrice, incidental music (1926) [for a play by M. Maeterlinck, trans. P. Horgan]
Blood Wedding, incidental music (1940) [for a play by F. Garcia Lorca]
Carlsbad Caverns, TV score (1955) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
King Lear, incidental music, 3 versions: tape; solo voice; l voice, insts and tape (1956) [Shakespeare] [collab. with Ussachevsky]
Back to Methuselah, incidental music/special effects (1958) [1960?] [for a play by G.B. Shaw] [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Incredible Voyage, TV score (1968) [collab. w/Shields, Smiley in collaboration with H. EI- Dabh] [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Electronic
Fantasy in Space, flute and tape (1952)
Invention in 12 Notes, flute and tape (1952)
Low Speed, flute and tape (1952)
Incantation, tape (1953) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Rhapsodic Variations, orchestra and tape (1953-54) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
A Poem In Cycles and Bells, orchestra and tape (1954) [collab. w/V. Ussachevsky] [partially based on "Fantasy in Space", 1952]
Of Identity, ballet, tape (1954; fp. 1955) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Carlsbad Caverns, TV score (1955) [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Theatre Piece No. 2, ballet, 1 voice, instruments and tape (1956) [choreographed by Limon]
King Lear, incidental music, 3 versions: tape; solo voice; l voice, insts and tape (1956) [Shakespeare] [collab. with Ussachevsky]
Dynamophonic Suite, tape (1958)
Gargoyles, violin and tape (1960)
Back to Methuselah, incidental music/special effects (1958) [1960?] [for a play by G.B. Shaw] [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
Concerted Piece, tape and orchestra (1960) [Part I, composed by Otto Luening; Part II, composed by Ussachevsky]
A Day in the Country, violin and tape (1961)
A Study in Synthesized Sounds, tape (1961)
Synthesis, orchestra and tape (1962)
Diffusion of Bells, tape (1962-65) [collab. with Halim El-Dabh]
Electronic Fanfare, tape (1962-65) [collab. with Halim El-Dabh]
Moonf1ight, flute and tape (1968)
Incredible Voyage, TV score (1968) [collab. w/Shields, Smiley in collaboration with H. EI- Dabh] [collab. with V. Ussachevsky]
In the Beginning, tape (1970)
Variations on "Fugue and Chorale Fantasy", organ and electronic doubles [tape] (1973)
Works in collaboration with V. Ussachevsky
Incantation, tape (1953)
Rhapsodic Variations, orchestra and tape (1953-54)
A Poem in Cycles and Bells, orchestra and tape (1954)
Of Identity, ballet, tape (1954; fp. American Mime Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, 9 Feb 1955)
Carlsbad Caverns, TV score (1955)
King Lear, incidental music, 3 versions: tape; solo voice; l voice, instruments and tape (1956) [Shakespeare]
Back to Methuselah, incidental music (1960) [for a play by G.B. Shaw]
Concerted Piece, orchestra and tape (1960)
Incredible Voyage, TV score (1968) [collab. w/Shields, Smiley in collaboration with H. EI- Dabh]
LUENING LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Luening on Luening ~ top of page ~
An Interview with Otto Luening (RadiOM)
Otto Luening - A Conversation with Bruce Duffie (kcstudio.com)
Otto Luening: An Appreciation (Frances Barulich, JSTOR)
Otto Luening Obituary (CRI/graham.main.nc.us)
Books
Otto Luening: A Bio-bibliography (Ralph Hartsock, Greenwood Pub)
Composer website [none at the moment] . . . inquire about Otto Luening: here or here
Luening @ Wikipedia
Luening @ American Composers Alliance
Luening @ ANABlog also here
Luening @ Answers.com
Luening @ Basic Famous People
Luening @ Classical Archives
Luening @ Classical Composers Database
Luening @ Columbia250
Luening @ Danielle Woerner
Luening @ enotes.com
Luening @ Eroica Recordings
Luening @ Facebook
Luening @ German American Music
Luening @ IBDB
Luening @ Infography
Luening @ InstantEncore
Luening @ Marc Peloquin/The New York Times
Luening @ Michael Dellaira
Luening @ MusicWeb International
Luening @ musicianguide.com
Luening @ MySpaceMusic/Danielle Woerner
Luening @ Naxos
Luening @ NewMusicBox
Luening @ New Music Connoisseur
Luening @ New World Records also here
Luening @ The New York Flute Club
Luening @ The New York Times
Luening @ Piero Scaruffi
Luening @ Phoenix USA
Luening @ Ralph Hartsock/University of North Texas - A Compact Discography
Luening @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Luening @ SEAMUS Online
Luening @ US Opera
Luening @ Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
Publisher
Luening @ American Carillon Music Editions
Luening @ American Composers Alliance
Luening @ American Society of University Composers
Luening @ Arrow Music Press
Luening @ Associated Music Publishers [G. Schirmer]
Luening @ Bardic Edition/Ludwig Music
Luening @ Boosey & Hawkes
Luening @ Bradley Publications
Luening @ Circle Blue Print Co.
Luening @ Colfranc Music Pub. Corp. [sole selling agent, Franco Colombo]
Luening @ Composers Facsimile Edition/American Composers Alliance
Luening @ Dreena Music
Luening @ ECS Pub.
Luening @ Edition Musicus
Luening @ Edition Peters
Luening @ EMI/Belwin Mills
Luening @ Galaxy Music Corp.
Luening @ Highgate Press [ sole agent, Galaxy Music Corp.]
Luening @ Independent Music Publishers
Luening @ Joshua Corporation [exclusive representatives, G. Schirmer]
Luening @ Edward B. Marks Music Corporation
Luening @ Mercury Music Corporation
Luening @ Momac Music
Luening @ New Music Society of California
Luening @ New Valley Music Press
Luening @ Phantom Press/Soundspells Productions
Luening @ Theodore Presser
Luening @ R.D. Row Music
Luening @ G. Schirmer
Luening @ The Edgar Stillman-Kelley Society
Luening @ Westminster Choir College Press
Luening @ World Library Publications
Streaming Audio
Luening @ Classical Archives
Luening @ Internet Archive/RadiOM
Luening @ last.fm
Luening @ MySpaceMusic/Danielle Woerner
Luening @ RadiOM/Interview
Luening @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Luening @ ArkivMusic
Luening @ ClassicsOnline
Luening @ Discogs
Luening @ DRAM
Luening @ New World Records
Luening @ The New York Flute Club
Luening @ Ralph Hartsock/University of North Texas - A Compact Discography
Video
Luening @ YouTube
Luening @ Google Video
Luening @ Vimeo
Luening on Luening: Interview with Charles Amirkhanian (streaming audio)
Composers
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