Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music

Pytheas Opera
New Music for Theater & Stage

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Alphabetical List

John Adams  (1947-     ), American
Nixon in China, opera (1985-87)
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, songplay (1995)
The Death of Klinghoffer, opera (1989-91)
El Nino, opera/oratorio (2000)
Doctor Atomic, opera (2005)
The Flowering Tree, opera (2006)
Fellow Traveler, opera (2007)

John Luther Adams (1953-    ), American
Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter: Coyote Builds North America, theater work (1986-90) [text: Barry Lopez]
Earth and the Great Weather, a sonic geography of the Arctic, theater work (1990-93)
Crow and Weasel, theater piece (1993-94) [story by Barry Lopez]

Richard Addinsell (1904-1977), British
The Charlot Show of 1926, musical revue (1926) [music also by Noel Gay]
 Adam's Opera, musical play (1928) [play by Clemence Dane] ["the text of a play set to music"]
The Good Companions, songs & incidental music (1931) [a staged version of J.B. Priestley's "The Good Companions"]
 His Lordship, musical comedy film (1932) [music/lyrics by: Addinsell; Bergen; Clinton-Baddeley]
Alice in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs and incid. music (1932) [adapted by Eva Le Galliene & Flora Friebus]
Alice in Wonderland, & Through the Looking-Glass, songs & incid. music (revival, 1947)
Come of Age: The Text of a Play in Music and Words, musical play (1933) [play by Clemence Dane]
The Happy Hypocrite, A Play in Words and Music, [songs & incidental music] (1936) [lyrics: Clemence Dane]
All Clear, musical revue (pub. 1940)
Tuppence Coloured, musical revue (1947)    see full song list  here
Penny Plain, musical revue (1951)    see full song list  here
The Globe Revue, musical revue (1952)
Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure, musical revue (1955)
Living for Pleasure, musical revue (1958) [lyrics: Arthur Macrae]

Samuel Adler (1928-     ), American
The Outcast of Poker Flat, opera in 1 act (1959)
The Wrestler, opera in 1 act (1971)
The Lodge of Shadows, music drama (1973)
The Disappointment, reconstruction of early American ballad opera (1974)

Javier Alvarez (1956-    ), Mexican
Mambo, opera (1989-2001)

David Amram (1930-     ), American
The Final Ingredient, TV opera in one act  (1965)
Twelfth Night, opera (1965-68)

Beth Anderson (1950-    ), American
Queen Christina, opera, sopr, mz-sopr, baritone, chmbr orch, tape/film/slides & audience participation (1973)[libretto: Anderson]
Nirvana Manor, musical, 20 voices, piano, db and percussion (1981)
Elizabeth Rex: or, The Well-Bred Mother Goes to Camp, musical, 8 voices, piano, bass and drums (1983)
Riot Rot, radio opera, text-sound and rock band (1983) [text-sound and theatre piece]
The Fat Opera, musical, 4 voices, piano and drums (1991)
Qoheleth, operetta, contralto, tenor, string quartet, harpsichord and percussion (1998) [libretto: Royce Dendler]

Leroy Anderson  (1908-1975), American
Goldilocks, a musical (1958)
Lady in Waiting – Ballet music, orchestra (1959)
Gone With the Wind, musical (unfinished)

Dominick Argento (1927-    ), American
Sicilian Limes, opera in one act (1953, withdrawn) [student work]
The Boor, opera buffa in one act (1957)
Colonel Jonathan the Saint, opera (1960; fp. 1971, withdrawn) [student work]
Christopher Sly, opera in two scenes and an interlude (1962) [text: Olon-Scrymgeour; based on "The Taming of the Shrew"]
The Masque of Angels, opera (1963) [text: John Olon-Scrymgeour]
The Shoemaker's Holiday, a ballad opera (1967) [text: John Olon-Scrymgeour; based on a play by Thomas Dekker]
Postcard from Morocco, opera in one act (1971) [text: Jon Donahue]
A Water Bird Talk, a monodrama in one act (1974-76) [text: Chekov; and passages from Audubon's "Birds of America"]
The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, opera in two acts (1975-76) [text: Charles Nolte]
Miss Havisham's Fire, opera in two acts, plus a prologue and epilogue (1977-79; rev. 1995) [text: Olon-Scrymgeour, after Dickens]
Miss Havisham's Wedding Night, a monodrama in one act (1981) [revision of epilogue from "Miss Havisham's Fire", 1971]
Casanova's Homecoming, opera buffa in three acts (1984) [text: Argento]
The Aspern Papers, opera in two acts (1987) [text: Argento; from the story by Henry James]
The Dream of Valentino, opera (1993) [text: Charles Nolte]

Georges Auric (1899-1983), French
Sous le Masque, opera (1927)

Elizabeth R. Austin (1938-    ), American

Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), Polish
The Adventure of King Arthur, radio opera (1959)

Ernst Bacon (1898-1990), American
A Tree on the Plains, music play in 2 acts (1942; fp. 1942) [text: Paul Horgan]
A Drumlin Legend, children's opera (fp. 1949) [text: Helena Carus}
Take Your Choice, musical comedy in numerous scenes (fp. 1936) [music by Bacon & R.Stoll; text by Bacon, Stoll, Phil Mathias]
Watergate 1972, satirical skit on the 1972 presidential election (fp. 1972) ["Nixie's party/Nixie's barnyard/White House blues"]
Doctor Franklin, musical play (1976) [text: C. Lengyel] [for the U.S. Bicentennial]

Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981), Polish
Jutro (Tomorrow), musical drama in one act (1964-1966) [based on short story by Conrad]

Samuel Barber  (1910-1981), American
Vanessa, opera, op. 32 (1957)
A Hand of Bridge, chamber opera, op. 35 (1958)
Antony and Cleopatra, opera, op. 40 (1965-66)

John Barry (1933-2011), English
Passion Flower Hotel, musical (1965)
Lolita, My Love, musical comedy (1971) [text: Alan Jay Lerner; based on Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita]
Billy, musical (1974)
The Little Prince and the Aviator, musical (1981)
Brighton Rock, musical (2004)

Greg Bartholomew (1957-     ), American
Razumov, a chamber opera (in progress)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, opera, op. 11, BB 62 (1911; rev. 1912, 1917-18)

Mason Bates (1977-     ), American
Trout Fishing in America, music-drama, one actor and five musicians (1997)
California Fictions, opera, with electronica (2006)

Robert Beaser (1954-    ), American
Food of Love, opera in 1 act (1999)

Ofer Ben-Amots (1955-    ), Israeli-American
Story Number 2, narrator and small orchestra (1983/88) [text: Eugene Ionesco]
Fool’s Paradise, opera buffa in 5 scenes (1993-94) [based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer]
The Dybbuk, a multimedia chamber opera in 3 acts (2007)

Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), American
Princess Charming, musical play (1926) [music & lyrics by Sirmay & Ruby; add’l songs by R.R. Bennett & Jack Waller]
Endimion [Endymion], ballet-operetta (1926 or 1927)
An Hour of Delusion, opera in 1 act (1928)
Hold Your Horses, musical play (1933) [words and music by Russell Bennett, Robert A. Simon and Owen Murphy]
Maria Malibran, opera (1934) [text: Robert A. Simon]
Music Box Operas (1940-41) [one-act operas for Bennett's radio program "Russell Bennett's Notebook"]
    - My Darling Clementine
    - The Man on the Flying Trapeze
    - The Band Played On
    - Kafoozalem
    - My Old Kentucky Home
The Enchanted Kiss, opera in 1 act (1944 or 1945)
Crystal, opera (1972)

Alban Berg (1885-1935), Austrian
Wozzeck, opera, op. 7 (1914; 1918-22)
Lulu, opera (1928-35)

Luciano Berio  (1925-     ), Italian
Tre modi per supportare la vita (Mimusique no.2), azione scenica (1952-55)
Allez-Hop!, racconto mimico (1959; rev. 1968)
Passaggio, messa in seena (1961-62)
Esposizione, azione scenica (1963) [destroyed]
Opera (1969-70; rev. 1977)
La vera storia, opera (1977-81)
Un re in ascolto, azione musicale (1979-84)
Outis, azione musicale (1995-96)
Cronaca delluogo, azione musicale (1998-99)

Leonard Bernstein  (1918-1990), American
On the Town, musical (1944; orchestrated by H. Kay)
Peter Pan, songs and choruses for J. M. Barrie (1950; orchestrated by Kay)
Trouble in Tahiti, opera (1951)
Wonderful Town, musical (1953; orchestrated by D. Walker)
Candide, comic operetta (1956; rev. 1973; orchestrated by Kay, Bernstein)
West Side Story, musical (1957; orchestrated by S. Ramin, Kostal, Bernstein)
By Bernstein, revue (1975, withdrawn) [based on unpubd and withdrawn theatre songs]
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, musical (1976, withdrawn; orchd by Ramin, Kay) [reworked as White House Cantata, 1997]
The Madwoman of Central Park West, musical (1979) [only 2 songs by LB: Up, Up, Up; My New Friends]
A Quiet Place, opera (1983; rev. 1984 in 3 acts, includes Trouble in Tahiti)

William Bolcom (1938-     ), American
Dynamite Tonite, actor's opera in 2 acts (1963) [text: Arnold Weinstein]
Greatshot, cabaret/theater opera for 2 actors (1967-69)
Theatre of the Absurd, paraphrase for live actor, taped actors, electronic tapes, wind quintet and piano (1970)
The Beggar's Opera [adapted by Darius Milhaud (1937) and William Bolcom (1978)]
Casino Paradise, musical theater opera, 13 singers and 7 instrumentalists (1986-90)
    - Casino Paradise, cabaret version, 3 or 4 singers and 2 keyboard players
McTeague, opera in 2 acts, 9 soloists, chorus and orchestra (1991-92) [libretto: Arnold Weinstein, Robert Altman]
A View from the Bridge, opera in 2 acts (1998-99) [libretto: Arthur Miller and Arnold Weinstein]
A Wedding, opera in 2 acts (2002-04) [libretto: Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman]
Lucrezia, 5 singers and 2 pianos (fp. 2008)

Victoria Borisova-Ollas (1969-     ), Russian
The Ground Beneath Her Feet, singers, narrator and orchestra (2007)

Ezio Bosso (1971-     ), Italian
Alcina, opera (1994)
Mercuzio, opera (1997)
Simone e il mago, opera (2000)
Orlando, opera (2002)

Susan Botti (1962-    ), American
Wonderglass, chamber opera (1993) [after Lewis Carroll]
Telaio: Desdemona, opera, soprano, string quartet, harp, percussion and piano (1995)

Robert Bradshaw (1970-     ), American
Gabriel, opera (2009)

Benjamin Britten  (1913- 1976), English
Paul Bunyan, operetta (1941) [based on the American folktale]
Peter Grimes, opera (1945) [based on George Crabbe's The Borough]
The Rape of Lucretia, opera (1946) [after the play Le Viol de Lucrèce by André Obey]
Albert Herring, opera (1947) [after Guy de Maupassant's story Le Rosier de Mme. Husson]
Let's Make an Opera (The Little Sweep), an opera for children (1949)
Billy Budd, opera (1951) [after Herman Melville's novella]
Gloriana, opera (1953) [after Strachey's Elizabeth and Essex, written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II]
The Turn of the Screw, opera (1954) [based on the novella by Henry James]
Noye's Fludde, opera for community performance (1958) [based on a mystery play]
A Midsummer Night's Dream, opera (1960) [after Shakespeare]
Curlew River, A Parable for Church Performance (1964) [based on a Japanese Noh play]
The Burning Fiery Furnace, A Parable for Church Performance (1966) [after the Book of Daniel, Chapter 3]
The Prodigal Son, A Parable for Church Performance (1968) [after the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15]
Owen Wingrave, an opera for television (1971) [after the short story by Henry James]
Death in Venice, opera (1973) [based on Thomas Mann's novella]
An unrealized Christmas opera, intended forces unknown (1976)

Margaret Brouwer (1940 -    ), American
Breakdown, a sample based hybrid opera in one act (2009) [in collaboration with Kasumi, video/sound artist]
Daniel and Snakeman, a children's symphonic drama, narrator and chamber orchestra (2011) [story by Margaret Brouwer]

Kenji Bunch (1973-    ), American
Confessions of the Woman in the Dunes, opera (2006)



John Cage  (1912-1992), American
[under construction]
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)

Robert Ward
Eight operas—including The Crucible

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)