List of compositions by John Corigliano

This is a list of compositions by John Corigliano sorted by genre, date of composition, title, and scoring.

Genre Date Title Scoring Notes
Opera 1991 Ghosts of Versailles, TheThe Ghosts of Versailles for soloists, chorus and orchestra in 2 acts; libretto by William M. Hoffman
Metropolitan Opera version (1991)
Standard version (1995)
Film score 1980 Altered States
Film score 1985 Revolution winner of the 1986 BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award
Film score 1998 Red Violin, TheThe Red Violin winner of the 1999 Academy Award for Original Music Score
Orchestral 1965 Elegy for orchestra
Orchestral 1965 Tournaments for orchestra
Orchestral 1971–19761971, 1976 Voyage for string orchestra from L'Invitation au Voyage for a cappella chorus; arranged 1976
Orchestral 1972–19741972, 1974 Gazebo Dances for orchestra original version for piano 4-hands; orchestrated 1974
Orchestral 1972–19741972, 1974 Overture to the Imaginary Invalid from Gazebo Dances for orchestra original version for piano 4-hands; orchestrated 1974
Orchestral 1981 Promenade Overture for orchestra
Orchestral 1981 Ritual Dance for orchestra from the film score Altered States
Orchestral 1981 Three Hallucinations for orchestra based on the film score to Altered States
Orchestral 1985–19861985, 1986 Fantasia on an Ostinato for orchestra original version for piano solo; orchestrated 1986
Orchestral 1987 Campane di Ravello (Bells of Ravello), A Celebration Piece for Sir Georg Solti for orchestra
Orchestral 1988 Symphony No. 1 for orchestra winner of the 1991 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
winner of the 1992 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
movement III adapted as Of Rage and Remembrance
Orchestral 1994 To Music for orchestra
Orchestral 1997 DC Fanfare for orchestra
Orchestral 2000 Phantasmagoria, Suite from The Ghosts of Versailles for orchestra
Orchestral 2000 Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Music
Orchestral 2000 Mannheim Rocket, TheThe Mannheim Rocket for orchestra
Orchestral 2004 Midsummer Fanfare for orchestra
Orchestral 2007 Jamestown Hymn for orchestra
Orchestral 2011 Cabrillo Lullaby for orchestra
Concertante 1968 Concerto for piano and orchestra
Concertante 1971–19831971, 1983 Voyage for flute and string orchestra from L'Invitation au Voyage for a cappella chorus; arranged 1983
also chamber versions for flute with piano, or harp, or string quintet
Concertante 1975 Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Concertante 1975 Aria for oboe and string orchestra (or string quintet) adapted from the Oboe Concerto: movement IV
Concertante 1977 Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Concertante 1977–19951977, 1995 Soliloquy for clarinet and orchestra adapted from the Clarinet Concerto; also for clarinet and string quartet
Concertante 1982 Pied Piper Fantasy, Concerto for flute and orchestra
Concertante 1992–1993 Troubadours, Variations for guitar and chamber orchestra
Concertante 1997 Red Violin: Chaconne, TheThe Red Violin: Chaconne for violin and orchestra also for violin and piano
Concertante 1999 Red Violin, Suite, TheThe Red Violin, Suite for violin and orchestra
Concertante 2003 Concerto "The Red Violin" for violin and orchestra
Concertante 2007 Conjurer, Concerto for percussionist and string orchestra with optional brass Winner of the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Band 1965 Elegy for wind ensemble original version for orchestra; transcribed by Christopher Anderson (2012)
Band 1965 Tournaments for wind ensemble original version for orchestra; forthcoming transcription by Christopher Anderson (2013)
Band 1972–19741972, 1974 Gazebo Dances for wind ensemble original version for piano 4-hands; arranged 1974
Band 1988 Tarantella from Symphony No. 1 for wind ensemble original version for orchestra; arranged by Jeff Gershman (2001)
Band 1997 DC Fanfare for wind ensemble original version for orchestra; arranged by Mark Spede (2001)
Band 2004 Circus Maximus, Symphony No. 3 for large wind ensemble also calls for players in the balcony, and marching band which moves around the audience
Chamber music 1962–1963 Sonata for violin and piano winner of the 1964 Festival of Two Worlds prize for chamber music
Chamber music 1971–19831971, 1983 Voyage for flute and piano, or harp, or string quintet from L'Invitation au Voyage for a cappella chorus
arranged for flute and piano by Mark Starr (1988)
arranged for flute and harp by Valerie von Péchy Whitcup (1988)
arranged for flute and string quintet by Clare Hoffman (1988)
Chamber music 1972–20031972, 2003 Black November Turkey, AA Black November Turkey for violins 22 violins, viola and cello original version for chorus; arranged 2003
Chamber music 1975 Scherzo for oboe and percussion adapted from the Oboe Concerto: movement III
Chamber music 1977 Soliloquy for clarinet, violins 22 violins, viola and cello adapted from the Clarinet Concerto; also for clarinet and orchestra
Chamber music 1993 Fanfares to Music for brass ensembles (on- and off-stage)
Chamber music 1993 Phantasmagoria (on Themes from The Ghosts of Versailles) for cello and piano
Chamber music 1993–1994 Two Works for Antiphonal Brass for brass ensemble
Chamber music 1994 Antiphon for brass ensemble 2 versions: for 8 or 10 instruments
Chamber music 1994 How Like Pellucid States, Daddy. Or Like a...an Engine for bassoons 44 bassoons
Chamber music 1995 String Quartet for violins 22 violins, viola and cello winner of the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
Chamber music 1996 Fancy on a Bach Air for cello or viola
Chamber music 1997 Red Violin: Chaconne, TheThe Red Violin: Chaconne for violin and piano also for violin and orchestra
Chamber music 1999 Red Violin Caprices, TheThe Red Violin Caprices for violin
Chamber music 2000 Utah Fanfare for brass ensemble and percussion
Chamber music 2003 Snapshot: Circa 1909 for violins 22 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music 2010 Lullaby for Natalie for violin and piano
Chamber music 2010 Stomp for violin employs scordatura tuning
Keyboard 1959 Kaleidoscope for pianos 22 pianos
Keyboard 1972 Gazebo Dances
  1. Overture
  2. Waltz
  3. Adagio
  4. Tarantella
 for piano 4-hands also versions for orchestra and band


3. arranged for solo piano by Dolores Fredrickson (1992)
Keyboard 1976 Etude FantasyÉtude Fantasy for piano
Keyboard 1978 Etude No. 1Étude No. 1 for piano left-hand revised 2007
Keyboard 1985 Fantasia on an Ostinato for piano also orchestrated
Keyboard 1991 O God of Love from The Ghosts of Versailles for organ arranged by Richard Wayne Dirksen (2000)
Keyboard 1997 Red Violin: Anna's Theme, TheThe Red Violin: Anna's Theme for piano
Keyboard 1997 Chiaroscuro for pianos 22 pianos tuned a quarter tone apart
Keyboard 2007 Birthday Cakewalk, AA Birthday Cakewalk for piano 4-hands
Keyboard 2008 Winging It for piano
Vocal 1959 Petit Fours, Song Cyclette
  1. Upon Julia's Clothes
  2. The Turtle
  3. Une allée du Luxembourg
  4. The Ancient Mariner (verse 1)
 for voice and piano
words by Robert Herrick1. words by Robert Herrick
2. words by Ogden Nash
3. words by Aloysius Bertrand
4. words by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Vocal 1965 Cloisters, TheThe Cloisters, 4 Songs
  1. Fort Tryon Park: September
  2. Song to the Witch of the Cloisters
  3. Christmas at the Cloisters
  4. The Unicorn
 for voice and piano or chamber orchestra words by William M. Hoffman


3. also for mixed chorus and piano
Vocal 1970
1999, 2003 		Poem in October for tenor and chamber ensemble
for tenor and chamber orchestra 		words by Dylan Thomas
version with chamber orchestra 1999, revised 2003
Vocal 1971 Wedding Song for medium voice and melody instruments, keyboards or guitar words by William M. Hoffman
Vocal 1972 Creations, Two Scenes from Genesis
  1. The Creation of the World
  2. The Creation of Adam and Eve
 for narrator and orchestra
Vocal 1988 Irish Folksong Settings, 33 Irish Folksong Settings
  1. The Salley Gardens
  2. The Foggy Dew
  3. She Moved through the Fair
 for voice and flute words by W. B. Yeats, Padraic Colum and anonymous
Vocal 1991–19921991, 1992 Ghosts of Versailles, TheThe Ghosts of Versailles: Arias and Excerpts
Aria of the Worm
Figaro was Supposed to Return the Necklace: Beaumarchais' Aria
Samira's Aria: Cavatina and Cabaletta
They Are Always With Me: Marie Antoinette's Aria
They Wish They Could Kill Me: Figaro's Aria
As Summer Brings a Wistful Breeze
Come Now My Darling
O God of Love: Sextet
 for voice(s) and piano
for tenor and piano
for baritone and piano
for mezzo-soprano and piano
for soprano and piano
for baritone and piano
for soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano
for 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano
for 3 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors and piano
 words by William M. Hoffman
Vocal 1994 Jack and Jill for voice and piano words by William M. Hoffman
Vocal 1996 Liebeslied for vocal quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and piano 4-hands words by the composer
Vocal 1997–2008
1997
2001
2008 		Metamusic, 3 Songs for Theatre (also known as 3 Cabaret Songs)
  1. Dodecaphonia
  2. Marvelous Invention (Songbook for a New Century)
  3. End of the Line
 for mezzo-soprano and piano words by Mark Adamo
Vocal 1999 Vocalise for soprano, electronics and orchestra
Vocal 2000 Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan
  1. Prelude: Mr. Tambourine Man
  2. Clothes Line
  3. Blowin' in the Wind
  4. Masters of War
  5. All Along The Watchtower
  6. Chimes of Freedom
  7. Postlude: Forever Young
 for soprano and piano
for soprano (amplified) and orchestra 		orchestrated 2003
winner of the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition




7. also for soprano and chorus a cappella
Vocal 2001 Irreverent Heart for tenor and piano words by Yip Harburg
Vocal 2003 Shatter Me, Music for soprano words by Rainer Maria Rilke adapted by Mark Adamo
Vocal 2005 One Sweet Morning for voice and piano words by Yip Harburg; also for female chorus
Vocal 2010 One Sweet Morning for mezzo-soprano and orchestra words by Czesław Miłosz, Homer, Li Bai and Yip Harburg
Choral 1959–20111959, 2011 Upon Julia's Clothes from Petit Fours for female or mixed chorus and piano words by Robert Herrick; arranged 2011
Choral 1960 Fern Hill for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (or chamber ensemble) words by Dylan Thomas
revised 1965 with full orchestra
revised 1999 with chamber orchestra
Choral 1962 What I Expected Was... for mixed chorus, brass ensemble and percussion words by Stephen Spender
Choral 1965 Christmas at the Cloisters for mixed chorus and piano words by William M. Hoffman
original version from The Cloisters for voice and piano
Choral 1971 L'Invitation au Voyage for soloists and mixed chorus a cappella words by Charles Baudelaire in translation by Richard Wilbur
Choral 1972 Black November Turkey, AA Black November Turkey for mixed chorus a cappella words by Richard Wilbur; also for string quartet
Choral 1976–19991976, 1999 Dylan Thomas Trilogy, AA Dylan Thomas Trilogy
  1. Author's Prologue, Part I
  2. Fern Hill
  3. Author's Prologue, Part II
  4. Poem in October
  5. Poem on His Birthday
 for baritone, tenor, boy soprano (or countertenor), mixed chorus and orchestra words by Dylan Thomas; revised 1999



5. also for baritone and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 1976 Psalm No. 8 for mixed chorus and organ
Choral 1991 Of Rage and Remembrance, Chaconne for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, male chorus, cellos, double basses and chimes words by William M. Hoffman
based on the 3rd movement of Symphony No. 1
Choral 1994 Amen for antiphonal double chorus a cappella
Choral 2000 Forever Young from Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan for soprano and chorus a cappella words by Bob Dylan
Choral 2005 One Sweet Morning for female chorus a cappella words by Yip Harburg; also for voice and piano
Choral 2005 Salute for mixed chorus with kazoos, brass and percussion

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