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William Schuman (1910-1992)

Four Canonic Choruses, chorus (1933)                                                                                            Schuman  Links
Choregraphic Poem, for seven instruments (1934)
Symphony No. 1, for 18 instruments (1935)
String Quartet No. 1 (1936)
Symphony No. 2 (1937)
String Quartet No. 2 (1937)
Chorale Etude, chorus (1937)
Pioneers, chorus (1937)
American Festival Overture, orchestra (1939)
Quartettino, 4 bassoons (1939)
String Quartet No. 3 (1939)
Prologue, chorus and orchestra (1939)
Prelude for Voices, chorus (1939)
This is Our Time (Secular Cantata No. 1) (1940)
Symphony No. 3 (1941)
Symphony No. 4 (1941)
Newsreel (in Five Shots), orchestra or band (1941)
Piano Concerto (1938-42)
A Free Song (Secular Cantata No. 2), chorus and orchestra (1942)
Requiescat, women’s chorus and piano (1942)
William Billings Overture (1943)
Three-Score Set, piano (1943)
Symphony for Strings (Symphony No. 5) (1943)
A Prayer in Time of War, orchestra (1943)
The Earth is Born, film score (1944)
Steeltown, film score (1944)
Circus Overture (1944)
Variations on a Theme of Eugene Goosens, string orchestra (1944)
Te Deum, chorus (1944)
Undertow – Ballet Choreographic Episodes, ballet (1945)
Truth Shall Deliver, chorus (1946)
Night Journey, ballet (1947)
Violin Concerto (1947; rev. 1959)
Symphony No. 6 (1948)
Judith – Choreographic Poem, ballet (1949)
String Quartet No. 4 (1950)
George Washington Bridge, band (1950)
The Mighty Casey, baseball opera (1953); adapted into Casey at the Bat, a baseball cantata (1976)
Voyage – a Cycle of Five Pieces, piano (1953)
Voyage for a Theater, ballet (1953)
Credendum – Article of Faith, orchestra (1955)
New England Triptych, orchestra (1956)
Prologues, chorus and orchestra (1957)
On Freedom’s Ground, An American Cantata, baritone, chorus and orchestra (1958)
Carols of Death, chorus (1958)
Three Piano Moods, piano (1958)
Symphony No. 7 (1960)
Song of Orpheus, fantasy for cello and orchestra (1961)
The Orchestra Song, orchestra (1963); also for band (1967)
Symphony No. 8 (1963)
[Variations on America by Charles Ives (orchestrated, 1963)]
Amaryllis Variations, string trio with women’s voices ad. lib. (1964)
The Witch of Endor, ballet (1965)
Symphony No. 9, Le Fosse Ardestine (1968)
To Thee Old Cause, evocation for oboe, brass, timpani, piano and string orchestra (1968)
In Praise of Shahn – Canticle for Orchestra (1969)
Anniversary Fanfare, brass and percussion (1969)
Five Rounds on Famous Words, chorus (1969)
Declaration Chorale, chorus (1971)
Mail Order Madrigals, chorus (1971)
Voyage for Orchestra (1972)
Concerto on Old English rounds, solo viola, women’s chorus and orchestra (1973)
To Thy Love, Choral Fantasy on old English rounds, chorus (1973)
Prelude for a Great Occasion, brass and percussion (1974)
Symphony No. 10 – American Muse (1975)
The Young Dead Soldiers, soprano and chamber ensemble (1976)
Amaryllis, variants on an old English round, string orchestra (1976)
In Sweet Music, voice and chamber ensemble (1978)
Time to The Old, voice and piano (1979)
Three Colloquies, horn and orchestra (1979)
American Hymn, orchestral variations on an original melody (1981); also for band
Esses, Short Suite for Singers, chorus (1982)
Perceptions, chorus (1983)
Dances, divertimento for woodwind quintet and percussion (1985)
Showcase, orchestra (1986)
Awake Thy Wintry Earth, clarinet and violin (1986)
String Quartet No. 5 (1987)
A Question of Taste, opera (1988)


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